Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon’s birth story - from induction to ventouse delivery
27.02.2023 - 11:41
/ ok.co.uk
Lucy Fallon welcomed her first child, a son Sonny Jude, in an emotional birth, which left her and footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson sobbing "happy tears" upon their newborn's arrival. But the birth wasn't without its drama and the former Coronation Street actress told OK! she was induced at 38 weeks on the 29th January when doctors noticed Sonny's growth had started to slow down. “I was having tiny contractions during the day,” the 27 year old recalled.
“Ryan wasn’t allowed to stay after 9pm. At midnight, my waters broke, and then my contractions started getting quite painful. Ryan came back to the hospital at 5.30am.
By then, I was 3cm dilated and was moved to the delivery suite. I was on gas and air for ages but that didn’t work, I was being sick – it was horrible. I was making a lot of noise!" At 10am Lucy had an epidural and was put on a hormone drip to make her contractions "stronger." "By 2pm, I was fully dilated, and I started pushing at 4pm.
I was pushing for an hour and a half but, between contractions, his head was going back in.The consultant said I had three options – ventouse (vacuum cup), forceps or Caesarean.” Sonny’s position would have had to be manipulated for a C-section and Lucy didn’t want him put under any unnecessary stress. She knew she didn’t want a forceps delivery, so she opted for the ventouse. “Having the ventouse is classed as an assisted birth, so we headed into surgery around 6pm, and he was born at 6.34pm, weighing 7lb 4oz.
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