Hey ladies
Alice Grace was born yesterday at 10.50 am weighing 9lbs7.5. She's utterly adorable and we are thrilled with her.
I was due to be induced yesterday anyway but started having inconsistent/infrequent contractions from about midnight on Tuesday. Until about four am they were varying in intensity and length so thought not much was happening, called delivery suite at 5am really because I wanted to get checked and sort out arrangements just in case for DS.
We arrived at 8am I was already 7cms dilated. I spent the whole time standing up with DP rubbing my back (that man has talent!) until I moved onto the bed when fully dilated. I gave birth on all fours hanging over the top of the bed. Because of the interventions with DS birth I really didn't understand how primal natural delivery is at all, and feel utterly blessed to have experienced it that way, my body totally knew what to do, where to position me and actually how to cope (though the gas and air was glued to my actual face!).
I had a small tear, six stitches and other than that all taking ages post also taking ages to deliver the placenta it was all massively straightforward and recorded as a five hour labour.
DS got to keep his own birthday and I got the experience that I wanted. We're all besotted with Alice and all, except for the craziness that is breast feeding a newborn (8 pm - 2am last night, ALL day today with two half and hour naps!! 
) is good in my world!
Will read back over what I've missed and post properly, good luck to anyone nearly due date or at the start of labour x