Baby Eliza born january 6th 2011 weighing 8lb 8oz. The baby i was told i had a less than 1% chance of having is finally here.
firstly i would just like to say a massive thanks to everyone who posted on my numerous threads before i finally went into labour 13 days late. I couldn't have gotten through it without you all.
i joined mn after having my first miscarriage in 2008 and i have received so much support whilst undergoing recurrent miscarriage tests etc. especially from the girls on the recurrent buns thread.
I'm not going to post my whole birth story, just the short version.
regular but short contractions started at 10.30pm ish, roughly 6min apart but only lasting 30-40 seconds. decided about 11.30pm i had better get checked out as i lost a pretty big blood clot and i knew i had to be a fair bit dilated as i had been 3cm at 2.30 that afternoon (had a sweep)
got to hosp and was examined at 12.30, 5cm. pains were very intense but short. i was allowed into the pool straight away and used g&a for a while.
waters broke at 3am baby born in the water at 3.39am. as i felt her head moving down i reached down and delivered her myself. I had to unwrap the cord from around her neck but she was absolutely fine.
a few feeding issues but all sorted now.
i am absolutely besotted with her, as is her dad and brother and sister. I will try and post a pic on my profile shortly.