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popy's ds3 is here 2 weeks early

58 replies

popsycal · 12/09/2008 20:46

born thurs 11th at 4:36pm
7lb 6oz
full story later

home - all fine and well

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Nappyzoneneedssleep · 12/09/2008 20:47

congratulations on your early arrival

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differentID · 12/09/2008 20:49

congrats popsycal

misdee · 12/09/2008 20:50

yay!

congratulations popsycal.

sending you lots of sleeping vibes.

psychomum5 · 12/09/2008 20:50

oh, lovely. congratulations

popsycal · 12/09/2008 20:51

cant even type my name

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Hulababy · 12/09/2008 21:25

Congratulations Popsy; so pleased for you!
Hope the big two are liking their new baby brother.

ladytophamhatt · 12/09/2008 21:28

Fantastic new popsy.

cna't wait for the details.

xx

SorenLorensen · 12/09/2008 21:29

That's wonderful - huge congratulations

chipmonkey · 12/09/2008 21:36

Yay, popsycal! You've almost caught up with me and LTH now, just one more ds to go!

notnowbernard · 12/09/2008 21:38

Congratulations

hatrick · 13/09/2008 11:59

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lauraloola · 13/09/2008 12:05

Congratulations, have you decided on a name?

lulumama · 14/09/2008 10:25

woo hooooo !!! hope the birth was how you wanted, after all your concern re BP etc.. and baby arriving before you could get to hospital !! congratulations to you xxxxx

CantSleepWontSleep · 14/09/2008 10:30

Ooh congratulations!

Didn't twig this was you at first, but then realised that 2 weeks early meant there was a good chance it was!

Look forward to details.

Majeika · 14/09/2008 10:31

ooh fab!

tell us more!!

MrsWeasley · 14/09/2008 10:47

Congratulations.

MrsJohnCusack · 14/09/2008 11:32

congratulations!

popsycal · 14/09/2008 15:06

I'm here!

Tried to type birth story twice last night but got side tracked!

Anyway. Thursday was to be ds2'2 first day at nursery and, sod's law, ds3 decided to put in his appearance!

Got up at 6am and and had a 'show' (hate that phraase!) and had been told that at the very first sign of labour i needed to be assessed due to speedy labours and high bp and the fact that the nearest CLU was abot 30 mins away.

Rang my mam who got over quick even though I wasn;t really experienicing any pains. Delivery unit said to come down to have bp done.

Got there abot 7:30 ish and had mild contractions in car but nothing at all - I reckon with ds2, all the minor build up happened as I slept whereas this was happpening during the day.

BP was 150/100 so stuck on bp monitor for an hour and a half and bp was consistently in high 90s/low 100s.

Faffed about getting bored as nothing much happening - I nearly popped round the corner to take ds2 to nursery but wasn;t allowed .

Back on monitor - bp down a little and showing mild contraction - which I could barely feel. Bp settled in high 80s/low 90s.

Midwife and student midwife examined me and I was 1-2cm dilated - told them to have a good rummage to try to get things going.

They decided I needed to be reviewed as I was at the midwife led unit and if bp stayed high but I wasn;t in labour proper they may send me on to be induced.

Sent round to pregnancy assessment unit where they arsed about and I satrted having afew more contractions but nothing big at all. Doctor examined me - 2cm-3cm dilated and bp still hgh so they sent us in the car to the consultant led unit.

Got there - they could not understand why we had been sent as I was clearly in labour so the bp didnt matter and it was only....

got to go
boys back/....
part 2 later

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lulumama · 14/09/2008 15:09
misdee · 14/09/2008 15:09

i have to be at my MIL in about 30mins, can you hurry up a bit....

lol

unknownrebelbang · 14/09/2008 15:12

congrats.

Majeika · 14/09/2008 15:47

Oh no! Popsy? come back!

I do not like birth stories in 2 parts...

roisin · 14/09/2008 15:50

Congratulations! I can't wait to hear the second half. Come on woman, you've only got 2 little boys to look after, visitors to juggle, newborn to deal with, given birth 3 days ago. Get your priorities straight woman, MN needs to hear the story!

Soapbox · 14/09/2008 16:34

Congratulations Popsy and welcome popsy junior

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