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Mumsnet Discussions: Birth announcements : WinkyGirl has WinkyBaby Number 2 (20 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By WinkyGirl on Tue 18-Mar-08 20:33:41
James Christopher Eric was born at 1.50am on Sunday 16 March. He weighed 8lb 11.5oz.

And here is the birth story...

I was happily bouncing on my birth ball 6.30pm on Friday when I felt a gush. Shouted to DH that I had either wet myself or my waters had gone! The wetness kept coming so definitely the latter. Contractions started 1am Saturday. Got my tens out (I love tens!) Went into hospital 7am. Was 1/2 cm dilated. Contractions were on/off. Very frustrating. They gave me some valium around 10pm and said I was in early labour. Around 11.30pm I was feeling the urge to push and the contractions were every 3 mins. They said I was still in early labour and would not examine me until 1am Sunday. At 1am they found that actually yes I was fully dilated and was wheeled straight round to give birth.
James was born 1.50pm. Was amazing to experience it without pain relief although I preferred DD's birth with epidural!
When they tried to deliver the placenta my entire womb came out! Its called uterine inversion and is very rare (1 in 20,000 births apparently.) I was wheeled straight into theatre, given a general anaesthetic so they could shove it back in.

All very tiring and upsetting but I am happy its all over and James is home with us...
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By JossStick on Tue 18-Mar-08 20:38:31
Good Grief!!!!!!!!!!!!
That sounds very traumatic!

Congratulations and welcome to little James!

Take it easy the pair of you smile
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By lackaDAISYcal on Tue 18-Mar-08 20:46:27
wow winky, sounds a bit traumatic. i hope things are OK with your lady bits now.

Big Big congratualtions to you and your family and welcome to the world little James grin
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By camillathechicken on Tue 18-Mar-08 20:52:27
welcome to james, congratulations. sounds frightening at the end... take it easy x
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By splishsplosh on Tue 18-Mar-08 20:56:17
Congratulations Winky, and welcome to James, hope you've recovered from the dramatic birth
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By justjules on Tue 18-Mar-08 20:57:32
congrats winky

welcome little baby James smile

<<jules totally ignores / refuses to accept / whistles to herself shock the womb falling out story>>
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By makecakesnotwar on Tue 18-Mar-08 22:05:10
Yippee and well done Winky. Congrats to you and all the winky clan!!

Very impressed with no epidural and rare womb story...
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By weeonion on Tue 18-Mar-08 22:10:40
congrats and welcome to james!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Sazisi on Tue 18-Mar-08 22:15:27
Congratulations, well done Winky
(and blimey at the womb thing; I am definitely never ever getting pregnant again shock Hope you are okay now xxx)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By EllieG on Tue 18-Mar-08 22:29:04
Yey winky! Well done mate, that's brilliant x

Sorry to hear about the womb-falling-out thing, sounds a bit horrid.

Lovely names, glad you and James are both well, congrats to Mr Winky too smile
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By goodcatholicgirl on Wed 19-Mar-08 18:10:04
Congratulations winkygirl, from your fellow 'May '06' poster!! Really pleased to hear all is well, though tbh, totally horrified at womb falling out bit shock shock shock!!!!!!!! Glad all well now.

Love the name James btw, it will be our middle name if we have a boy. I would have liked it as a first name but DH not so keen hmm. I had a cousin called James who passed away in 2004 aged 28, so I always wanted to call any son I have after him. (Hope that's not the wrong thing to say to you??)

Look out for my announcement around end April, beg May....due 2nd May but Sophie was early ....
<<<she says, crossing fingers, legs and anything else that will cross>>>

Love GCG (luckymummy2sophie)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By rainrain on Wed 19-Mar-08 20:53:13
Well done WinkyGirl!! Yay!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By plama on Sun 23-Mar-08 10:48:16
Congratulations Winkygirl!
Two little winks now- Does that make one blink?grin
Hope you are all well. Take care of yourself.
Plama
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By mumofmonsters on Sun 23-Mar-08 10:49:54
thats a dramatic birth story!!

Glad James is here safe and sound
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By mumofmonsters on Sun 23-Mar-08 10:50:50
lol @ blink

(sorry!)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By belgo on Sun 23-Mar-08 10:52:28
shock! Poor you Winky Girl!

Wishing you a good recovery and congratulations.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By LittleFairySmile on Wed 26-Mar-08 14:56:08
Congratulations, good size little boy, yikes over uterine inversion. Will it heal fully?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By WinkyGirl on Wed 26-Mar-08 19:21:14
Apparently there is a 30% it would happen again if I have another baby. There is NO CHANCE of that!

I did, bravely, ask if it could fall out again while walking along the road. They said no.

I have a follow up in around 6 weeks with the consultant who returned the uterus to its rightful place.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By jammi on Wed 26-Mar-08 19:35:17
oh my god at womb shock

congratulations on the rest



xxxx
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By hockeypuck on Wed 26-Mar-08 19:58:08
I don't often type the shock emoticon. But blimey shock is actually wh\t my face looked like!

Well done from another May '06 er - sorry it took so long to notice the announcement.

Hope the womb behaves itself in future.

Congratulations on the lovely James - rest assured baby number 2 is SO much easier than baby number 1 - you know it won't be like this forever!!!!

Enjoy enjoy enjoy x


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