Her name is Francesca Charlotte, she was a whopping 8 lbs 11 1/2 oz and she was born on Monday 16th May (7 days late) at 3:48pm. Official labour time 1 hr 48 mins.
Here's the full story: I went in at 9am Monday morning with contractions every 5 minutes. By lunchtime I wasn't progressing and the midwife thought that the baby was facing the wrong way. So we went home and I had a bath. I then had a show and went from 0 to 8 cm dilated in about an hour which I absolutely do not recommend to anyone. It was a 1 hour long full strength contraction and I had no pain relief! We got to the hospital and I went straight into the birthing pool and was given lovely gas + air. Just under an hour later she was born in the water as planned. There was meconium in her waters and the cord was wrapped around her neck twice which was a bit worrying but she was fine. I wasn't expecting such a big baby though and I did get a nasty tear. We were home about 5 hours after the birth. So in the end, I got the birth that I wanted but at about 3 times the speed.
My daughter is beautiful and we are both absolutely fine.
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logic · 18/05/2005 17:08
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