Finally popped at T+14 at 5 am today!
Little William Gilbert arrived in 4.5 hours from start to finish and weighed 6lb 15oz
Birth story is pretty straight forwards. I woke up in pain at 12.30 at night and quickly got in a pretty bad way as contractions went right into overdrive and although not that strong left no gaps so the pain never actually faded. Added to that I was throwing up everywhere. Tried the bath, birthing ball etc and then worried dp slightly by ending up naked on the living room floor on my side. Well I thought I was more comfortabl there! MW arrived around 1.30 and on inspection I was already 7cm. She mentioned something about getting me on all fours as I was getting it all in my back but I flopped over onto my side again (bed this time) and was quite happy there. By this point I was getting pushing urges and contraction had strengthened but spaced out a bit so I was much more comfortable and actually more able to contemplate being able to manage it! Plus I got given gas and air. Fab stuff is all I can say! Only had it for about an hour though then the MW grabbed it off me and coaxed me into sitting up to push and by 5am I had my baby! Can't argue with that!
And the best part about having him at home, an hour later after a nice shower dp and I were under the duvet in our own bed gazing at this wonderful baby snuggled on the bed between us.
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Indith finally popped
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Indith · 11/01/2007 18:55
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