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Mumsnet Discussions: Birth announcements : warthog's dd2 is here! (9 messages)

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By warthog on Tue 26-Aug-08 12:10:20

quite easy all in all...

started contractions at about 8:30 in evening. went into hospital at 11. they measured me at 12:30 and said i wasn't even in labour yet! pah! said i should go home!!

thank goodness she relented and let me stay an hour to 'see how things progress'. by 1:45 i was 5 cms and after 2 really bad contractions at 2:30 i felt the need to push. didn't even have time to get on the bed so dd2 was born standing up, with only 2 pushes. took about 10 seconds, thank god, because it was rather painful.

so active labour only 2 hours, and there wasn't time for an epidural which i was determined to have. in retrospect, it was fine not to have one. you forget the pain quite quickly really.

baby is GORGEOUS, a bit like john travolta, and is feeding well.

By cyteen on Tue 26-Aug-08 12:11:50

Congratulations warthog, sounds like a dream labour in many respects!

Am lol'ing at your John Travolta comment grin

Have you got a name picked out yet?

By cheerfulvicky on Tue 26-Aug-08 12:21:04

Congratulations! Please post pics as I'm dying to see this John Travolta-ese baby

He sounds lovely.
Wonderful birth story too, lucky you!

By merryberry on Tue 26-Aug-08 13:20:17

congratulations! hope you're walking round singing 'she's the one that i want, oo oo oo baby' then

By JackieNo on Tue 26-Aug-08 13:26:12

Huge congratulations grin

. Love the John Travolta comment grin

. We definitely need photos, I reckon...

By Lio on Tue 26-Aug-08 13:29:08

Hoorah, delightful news, Warthog. So glad you had a good birth experience to make up for last time.

By warthog on Wed 27-Aug-08 02:19:00

thanks all! gosh these newborns sleep at funny times.

By nappyaddict on Wed 27-Aug-08 02:52:51

name? pics?

By Lio on Wed 27-Aug-08 20:46:07

Actually I know her names and they are very lovely; are you telling, Warthog?

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