Well, my waters started to go in a very slow trickle just before 3.30am on Monday 21st December. I think my constant coughing from my cold helped. Tom woke up an hour or so later, so we all sat in bed until we had to get ready to get him to Dusts parents as had an antenatel appt that morning anyway.
Me and Dust got to the hospital and I got examined in triage. One funny thing was the midwife bringing out a torch to see 'up there'. She just said 'well it is dark up there!', LOL. I was hooked upto a monitor and then invited back the following morning to start things off if they didn't happen anyway.
Well, around 9pm I started to have contractions. Once Tom was in bed we phoned hospital. I had to say that my consultant had told me to go straight there once I was in labour after quick birth with Tom. SIL came round to be with Tom and me and Dust made our way back to hospital.
We arrived just before 11pm, I was hooked upto monitor again, but had to hold the sensor thing which would have been ok if I wasn't moving around alot with contractions. Midwife had the cheek to ask 'have you quite finished', whilst examining me mid contraction! I was 4-5cms. After what seemed liked an eternity, a midwife came and got us and took us upto labour suite. Not before the rest of my waters went all over the triage floor, lol.
By the time I got examined in the labour room, I was 9cms. Midwife went to get me G&A, I gave Dust a heart attack as I suddenly felt the urge to push, got my G&A (bloody good stuff that) and suddenly I was 10cms and ready to push!
Erin was finally born at 1.55am on Tuesday 22nd December 2009, weighing 7lb 3oz (almost 2lb lighter than Tom). Dust cut the cord. I remember thinking she looked like me, kinda like looking in a mirror! It took ages for placenta to be delivered as cord snapped. Had to have catherter in to drain bladder to give it more room to come out. Finally a consultant guy got it out! He also did my sutures as the midwife couldn't do them due to my previous 3rd degree tear. This time I just had 2nd degree tear and labial laceration.
Midwife gave us tea and toast, then I had a shower. Midwife said to meet 'husband and your daaughter in the waiting room down the hall'. Usually I would question the husband bit, but this time I thought 'daughter? When did that happen?' hehe!
I think it was just after 6am by the time I got onto the post natel ward. Had my own room! Dust had the honour of changing Erins first nappy. 'How do you wipe a fanny?', he asked. hehe! Food wasn't too bad. They played xmas songs. Erin had a bath. What did surprise me though was when Dust came to take us home with Tom the next day. He'd suddenly grown twice as big! Where had my baby gone? We left hospital at 5pm and got home just after 6pm.
Recovery was a bit slow to start with as still had cold and a stitch came undone due to constant coughing!
The community midwife that discharged us said, seeya in 4 years, lol. I think 2 is quite enough, thank-you!