I've been under the name 'Stardown' until very recently :) DP and I in a civil partnership - two women - wanted to clear up any confusion 
32 weeks plus 5 today. Very dramatic birth story - DP started having twinges at 8am, and some fluid leakage, progressively pains got worse until about 3-4mins apart by 8.30. Couldn't get a taxi, ambulance, or bus due to so much SNOW down in Surrey/Kent! Labour ward advised walking to nearby GP's office.
Got to GP at 8.50, contractions every 2 mins. By 9.15 waters had broken & had quite a bit of blood, ambulance on the way, DP in lots of pain. 9.30 ambulance arrived, we were scared she'd deliver in the GP's office! DP had no trousers on as water broke inside them so had to get on stretcher, covered by blanket, and whisked out of GP's office into snow-covered street with lots of onlookers!! Very dramatic. Got to hospital by 9.55, rushed into labour ward, team of 5 (midwife, head midwife, consultant obstetrician, 2 SCBU doctors) in labour ward. Checked DP who was fully dilated and baby's head nearly crowning!!
Pushed him out in 5 pushes at 10.05, 2 hours and 5 minutes from start to finish!!
Elias Hugo was 4 lb 14 oz (2.2 kgs) and had to have some oxygen - he is on CPAP in SCBU at the minute, they did a chest x-ray and bloodwork which came back normal. He was a VERY good weight for his gestation - probably down to DP's diabetes, but soooo happy he's bigger than normal. Since DP had absolutely NO pain relief, just a few stitches, she was ready to go home 2 hours after birth! Labour ward full and no beds empty so we were just now discharged after 7 hours.
Going back in the morning to see him and will update then!
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Very dramatic birth story - 2 hours start to finish in the snow!!
SunOverStars · 03/12/2010 00:40
gosh that is a FANTASTIC weight for that age, well done that diabetic DP! 
how utterly, blissfully exciting for you both! elias is a lovely name, well done. My second child was prem, 33 weeks (four lb one and we were told we'd done well), and i would say it was a lot to get over. dd2 wasn't in scbu for any time at all, she was kept with me, it was fine, but i genuinely mourned the loss of 'my' time alone with her, those last couple of months together. so take care of dp, she might be a bit wobbly about that kind of stuff.
congratulations, Mum!
Oh Aitch thank you so much!! It's all happened so quick, don't quite feel like a Mum yet. Had a very sad feeling sorry for myself moment awhile ago about him being in there but over it now and can't wait to go and see him in the morning. Just wish we could hold him 
Hopefully he can come home for a good family Christmas. 
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