A belated Happy christmas to everybody.
Baby BeachedWhale has arrived and she made it just in time for Xmas. We have called her Olivia Grace and she was born on 23rd Dec and weighed in at 7lbs 3oz and she is just wonderful.
We got to the hospital at 6am and I was having strong contractions and had a show but when they examined me I wasn't dilated at all. They were just debating what to do with me when my waters went at about 7am and from then on it was pretty fast and furious. I was desparate to try a VBAC this time but I was worried about being constantly monitored and not being allowed to get on with it without doctors poking their noses in all the time. However, we were so lucky to get allocated a superb midwife on loan from the birth centre and she let me just do what I needed to do.
Got in the bath at about 10am and when I got out I was 8cms. A lot of gas and air and an epidural got me through the last bit and she was born after 20mins of pushing at 3pm. I'm so proud that I managed it as it took me so long to get over the shock of my emergency CS first time round.
The best bit was they let me go home after 6 hours and we made a mad dash to the West Country on Xmas eve to be reunited with our twin DS's in time for a fab Xmas day. My turkey dinner never tasted so good! No heartburn - yippee!