Hi all, just thought I'd put a quick post down to let those that know me that we've had a baby girl!! Leah Charlotte arrived four days late after a four hour labour with no pain relief except gas and air, weighing a healthy (or should that be heafty!)8lb12. She is wonderful.
Dh and my mum were with me. Contractions started mildly in the early hours of Fri night, but by 3pm Sat they were getting quite painful. Went off and had a bath and a lie down. By 5pm I really wanted more pain relief, but ofcourse it took us an hour to get out of the house and to the hospital even though its only 5 mins away!! Got there, no beds. Ended up being that annoying woman groaning like a banshee out in the hallway and 20 mins later I was examined and was 9cm dilated! Couldn't believe it. I would have died if she'd said 3... So waters were broken and 15 mins later an unexpected baby girl arrived into the world (I looked and carried just like my son and the heartrate was always around 140, so it was quite a shock, but ofcourse a most pleasant one). 1/4 tear, no stitches and a fanfair of fireworks at exactly the right moment!! One of my strongest memories was shouting "Get it OOOOUUUTTTTT!" My God how do we do it??!
Anyway, that's our little story and she's soooooo wonderful. All of a sudden my 2.4yo seems so big and grownup. He's been so good with her.
Hope to see some MNers soon, in the New Year most likely, to show them both off