Congratulations to everyone who has popped!
Was so dazed the other night I forgot to say her weight- 7lb 4oz. 2oz less than ds, but they are totally different shapes, she is short and round, ds was long and thin!
I had a very bizarre labour really. Very strong pains every 7-13 mins for about 6 hours, I thought 'this is it' and phoned mw. My mum came over and took ds out for the day. Mw turns up at 9ish, takes one look at me and says I am not in labour, the pain is prob the head engaging. I cried (!) and asked her to examine me anyway. She does at 9.30, and she was right, baby only 3/5 engaged and just about 3cms. She gave me another sweep while she was there, went to write her notes and get ready to leave. She said she would come back that evening to check on me. The pain intensified immediately after the sweep, cue much panicking by me, mw decided to stay till I was calmer. Decided to get in the bath to see if it would help. I got in at about 10.30, and demanded g&a as the pain was too much. Mw refused me any, as it was too early (ha) and she would run out of canisters. Suddenly I needed to push, tell her and dp and both shout 'no!'. I ignore them and start pushing, I really couldn't help it. Mw demanded I got out the bath so she could examine me, if I pushed at 3cm it could cause problems. I managed to get out and walk to the bedroom, and announce I can feel the head coming out. Dp and mw exchanged a look. Lay on the bed at 10.45 and waters pop everywhere, 7 mins later she was out. All four of us very shell shocked. She had the cord round her neck twice, so was very blue and took a minute to breath properly, but after some vigorous rubbing from mw she was fine. Second mw came to help clear up lol! My duvet has been ruined as I delivered on it, mw had only put one Inca pad down for me to lie on while she checked my dilation! Gah. Dd is lovely of course, though still nameless. Ds has been very accepting so far!
I really hope everyone has their babies in their arms soon, and will see you all on the 'other side'. Good luck, will pop back to check for your BAs, those babies will come out one way or another!