Just to let you know that I gave birth to the most gorgeous little girl at 11.15pm on Weds 7 Feb. She is called Isla Maisie and weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces.
The birth was a bit frightening because the birthing centre I was hoping to go to kept on refusing to believe that I was in as advanced a state of labour as I was and I ended up getting to the pushing stage on my own over a birthing ball using TENS and was being told that I was just about half way, and perhaps call again in an hour to see if it was time to come in. I thought that if this pain was only half way then I was in trouble! Then it seemed to abate and I went to the loo because I thought I needed to push, waters went etc. and we frantically drove to the hospital, 10 mins away. The birthing centre had finally got their act together and told the hospital to be ready for us. I was rushed through the A&E entrance on a stretcher and upstairs to the delivery suite where there was a team waiting for me and baby Isla was born 15-20 mins later. But she is just wonderful and worth every second of it all.
xxx