Morning ladies,
Well...here go's......
I went to hospital at 10.30 last night and after being monitered for a while (but receiving no internal examination) the mw told me to go home as my contractions were not regular or strong enough. We got home at about 12.30pm but on the way home the contractions had gotten stronger and closer together. The mw had said not to go back to hospital so I stuck it out at home.
After a very painful hour my waters went around 1.30 and I immediatly needed to push. My dh got me into the car (somehow) and drove like a formular one driver to the hospital. It's a good job it was the middle of the night as I was on my hands and knees in the car park trying to get a big enough break in contractions to get into the wheelcahir that was waiting for me when I arrived.
We got to the hospital about 2am - the mw's got me into the delivery room, took my trousers off and the baby was already crowning. A couple of pushes later and Luca Benjamin was born at 2.14am weighing 8Ib 2Oz.
And guess what - no stiches
We were home by 5.30am and my dd is loving her new baby brother. I feel great (if a little tired) and can't believe how different this birth was to dd's.