I'm now the proud (and sore and exhausted) mum of little baby Rosa. She was born at 12.25 on Saturday after 8 hours of labour (although they only count from when you're 3cm dilated so actually I'd say I was in labour for a hell of a lot longer than that!).
It turned out that she was back to back which made the pain worse so I couldn't really cope with doing it drug free as I'd planned. Ended up with pethadine and gas and air.
She's absolutely beautiful and I'm totally in love with her. I could just stare at her all day long.
I actually had no idea that it was possible to feel pain that intense but it was all worth it