thanks everyone for all your well wishes, am slowly but surely reading thru them all b4 I head off to bed for some much needed kip! anyhow here goes, as u all know waters went around 9am - managed to get thru to DH - well they sent him straight home (after he'd demanded I go into labour on tuesday night as it suited his time table! 
) anyhow rang the m/w who came out around 11.00 ish I think (althou not sure) she said well u're in v early stages stay here have tens paraceotamal (sp) at zero station and it will go on for hours so grin/bear it - also that I wasn't in pain cow anne, anyhow, after trying to get comfy - impossible with LO feelin like he was clawing his way out I rang the m/w back at around 1pm ish I think - can't quite remember was in the bath she finally did an internal (didn't b4) and said nope the cervix is still at the back, by 2.30 pm I was in hospital bleeding rather heavily. DH dropped me at the door and I tried to waddle up to the ward inbetween contractions - turned out some random passing lady (also PG) helped me into a chair and took me up as the bleeding was v noticable. anyhow, got to the ward and was given gas/air straight away - (fab stuff is that felt v drunk althou also woozy and sicky) the m/w came in again and was examined again and found to be 2cm so they let me stay in =- good job as well cos there was no way I was leaving that gas/air for love nor money! lol. next check was around 5pm, where the m/w said I was 5cm and could have the much asked for epidural if I wanted - (I know I caved and had it but it did really help) so we went to the delivery room she rang the anethatist and DH all the while was having his fingers ripped out by me! lol. the epidural came around 6ish as the m/w's changed over when I was around 6cm. they all said I'd done really well and was progressing v quickly. the epidural went in - poor DH nearly fainted at the sight of the needles, and I was sick (yes all dignaty and shame went out the window after DH saw that as it was bright greeny/yellow - lovely) we started off at 7 and soon went up to 10 as it literally felt like my pelvis was splitting and the epidural did nothing to help, I stayed like thta till about 10pm when we were reexamined and the epidural topped up again. finally at approx midnight I was ready to push - after pratically beggin the m/w every time she came in to let me have a c section and telling her I couldn't do it. - poor lady worked about 3 hours extra to delivery Joesph. anyhow. inbetween contractions/pushes I was able to regroup a bit and even chat away - all be it a v drunken chatter. we reduced the epidural as I was pushing in the right place but I couldn't feel enough so it went back down to 4, after an hour of pushing the registra came in with another doctor and said to have yet more drugs to help strenghten the contractions as they couldn't pick them up on the moniter. as they increased that they also increased the epidual back up again - he was moving down but v slowly. two M/ws were holding my legs up, and DH was sat like a lemon not really knowing what to do or how to help ( I didn't want to grab his hand as I had the pole thingys on the bed) about 3 more puking attempts later - and half the supply of gas/air as well, it was decided that Joey hadn't progressed down quite far enough I was exhausted (still asking for a c section) and his little heart started to drop with every contraction so the decision was made to use a vontuse - que the epidural to be topped up again (according to DH - I don't recall) and then the fun began! The registras said I had to be cut slightly (approx 1 inch apparently) as LO's head was a bit big and I needed a bit more room, so they did the cut and I pushed 3 times for his head to be born then the body came out apparently on the next push - althou if u ask me Joey arrived in one go! after placing him breifly on my chest to cut his cord, and me telling DH we had a baby (duhhh!) they took him away again as he wasn't breathing properly and was v raspy/mucasy. so they checked him over/cleaned him up a bit, and left me with the registra to be stitched up - que my eyes to widen fully when she produced a huge needle for the local anesetic - hell a needle that big should not be down by anyone's foof! 
lol. anyhow an hour later she had finally finished stitching me back up - Joey also managed to tear me slightly in a few extra places! Joey was given back to me after screaming the ward down, (he was content and sleepy thou once he was wrapped up) and DH and I set about watching/cooing over our bundle. again I was sick. - poor DH! by this time it was about 3.30ish and DH popped over to the 24 hour garage to get some food as the poor love had only had a sandwich since dinner on tuesday. (we're now thurs morning). I was then taken down to the ward witih another lady and left there with Joey sleeping by the side of me moaning to himself. legs were numb and he wouldn't take to my boob - got quite offended by that! lol. anyhow, Thursday morning came around and he finally started to feed at approx 45 min intervals but not regually for between 5-10 mins each and I naturally got v worried, not to mention he was still so sleepy. they checked him over and said he was fine. as was I and I could prob go home fri/sat (althou they like u to stay in till BF is established down here) by the time friday came after no sleep with joey up all night my pulse was racing (126) and temp was v high. so the m/w got a v horrible nast nasty german dr to come and see me - Joey was also diagnoised with jaundus (sp) - althou not v bad. the german woman did swobs and an internal - the cow anne - could have slapped her, she also said my stitches were infected and pussy so they'd see how they went and poss take them back out. also had a full blood count done. in the afternoon they found I was v anemic and had high white blood cells - que a blood transfusion of 2 packs (4 lt I believe) and IV drip as the oral antibotics weren't working. they basically said I had an infection somewhere in my body but they couldn't be sure where. by sat morning I was full of the joys of spring (even managed to tidy around my bed space a bit) by this time was on my own in the room so spread out a lot! lol, but as usual over did it and was asleep again within about 2 hours! the pead checked Joey and said still jaundus but as I wasn't going home they were not worried. sunday came I was dishcharged to come home but they were worried about Joey still being so yellow (he hadn't changed to me) so they took bloods from him to double check as he was looking 'boarderline' for the photo treatment. the bloods turned out high and he had to go into the uv light - que me to get v v hormonal and think I was a bad mum and it was my fault etc. he was also v anti about his feeding and hysterical - thankfully that has now passed. anyhow we stopped in, he liked the incubator in the end as it was warm - althou it's caused him to have v v explosive yellow poopies! lol. his feeding's have become roughly every 3 hours and he'll suckle for approx 20 mins from the boob (about 15 continuously) althou i'm producing more milk than bloody cow/gate at the mo so they're v sore/hurt. we were let out today at 3pm after his blood work today came back normal.
would I do it again after that - definatly! esp if they're as cute as him with the checky facial expressions! lol - they are so comical! ooh and he has two really cute dimples on each cheek!