Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon’s birth story – from induction to ventouse delivery
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. He had a bit of a cone head for a few days, but he’s fine now.”
For the delivery, Lucy had to have an episiotomy (a cut in the perineum), and saw the consultant stitching her up!
“He had a mirrored light and I could see everything!” she said.
Lucy explained she "tried not to look" because it was "like a crime scene."
"There were loads of tissues soaked in blood," she said. The stitches are the part you don’t prepare for. Going to the toilet for the first time was so painful.
“The few days after the birth were the hardest – you’re looking after a baby but you’re also in loads of pain.”
New dad Ryan added: “I couldn’t do much except be there for Lucy. I’ve already told her, but she’s an absolute machine. I’m so proud of her – from the start of the journey, through the pregnancy, the birth and even what she’s going through now with breastfeeding. To all the women who have given birth and breastfed, hats off to them, because I don’t think fellas would go through that!”
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