nickelbabe's live birth saga part 3. There HAS to be a birth in this one!

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Just getting it ready....

Noone post until it's full, right!!

Congratulations Nickel and Mr Nickel and welcome Nickelette :) x

Such wonderful news, congratulations! xxx

Congratulations Nickel and MrNickel and welcome LittleNickel :)

Hooray for baby girls! Well done Nickel and congratulations!

Fabulous news, a lovely little girl! Congratulations to all involved. Wishing you a speedy recovery x take care of yourself Nickel x

Ah congrats on the safe arrival of baby nickel x x

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Nickle and welcome to the world isbn! Hope you all have a well earned rest.

Delurking to add my belated congratulations - quite a marathon and sounds like a scary finish but hope you're back home and snuggling even as we type!

ENjoy your wonderful baby girl!

I feel like doing a little 'Flicking V's' dance at the melodramatic consultant and going "ner ner ner ner ner " even with the transfer

In fact...

....ner ner ner ner ner flicks v signs

Congratulations to both the proud parents! so beautiful to wake up to hearing about your lovely little girl.

Another one who has been lurking on all of your threads,many congratulations on the birth of your baby daughter

oh my, i've just caught up on the whole thread!

hats off to you nickel and many many muchos congratulations on your little girl: welcome ISBN

and congratulations on becoming mummy and daddy :)

vamosbebe was born on 7th Dec weighing 4.4kg/10lbs !! forceps and episiotomy, but was allowed one final massive push instead of whipping me in for a c-section :)

stage 1 labour was a piece of piss: 5 hours of contractions, only the last 2 hours v v painful. they started an after the 'sweep' (bloody awful thing!). stage 2 the longest: 6 hours but with full epidural, so that wasn't so bad. however, he was so huge that the last push broke through the epi :(

hospy staff fabulous, and we came home Saturday just as my dad arrived from UK, so well-timed!

it's a truly wonderful feeling holding our DS, even crying 'cos he's full of burps! music to my ears!!! (i know, i know, give it time!)

he smells so wonderful i could weep!

are there anymore fresh new babies around??

xxx

Congratulations! I have a 12/12 two year old on my knee. The best date .

Lovely news.

Many congratulations! I'm so broody now.

Congratulations Nickel family. Lovely news to wake up to. Sounds like you need to get the Arnica out! Well Done. x

Congratulations hope all well with you both. Enjoy your snuggly new born

Nickel - Hooray! Well done! Another little WI member in the making! I knew it! Huge Congratulations xxx
Vamos - Excellent news, well done. Phew, babies are here!!!!!

Aww congratulations! A wee baby girl,how lovely and what a fab christmas you'll have. Lots of love x

Hurrah! Congratulations to you all, enjoy the newborn baby snuggles (vvv broody here!)

As of 8 am Nickel is still in and they may be transferring her to the ward later. That's all I know. I spoke to Mr Nickel briefly to ask about keys and cat food and she was eating tea and toast in the background so that's a good sign.

All I can say is Little ISBN is a BEAUTIFUL babe. Pretty little features and she came out all pink and wailing last night. She handled her birth experience fabulously too and because she was coping so well Nickel was able to keep going and get her HB. So YAY to team Mummy/Baby Nickel

Brilliant news you fantastic, wonderful superhero of a woman you! As promised I've been here all night checking in on the night feeds and hoping to hear more (why can't I post from my phone?)

Do we know name? Weight? OK I won't rush you.

Hope the hospital transfer went ok and the stitches aren't too bad. I had them with A and all I can say is remember to take it easy, stay off your feet as much as possible, take a good stool softener and eat plenty of fruit/drink plenty of water. You might not think you'll need it but you WILL...everything slows down after birth and it's better to be prepared. Jug of warm water poured over your stitches as you pee and lots of short salt baths with a bit of lavender and tea tree. Oh, and if you're really struggling pop a bit of tea tree and witch hazel on a maternity pad, pop it in the freezer for 15 mins and use.....instant relief! (I'm not sure about the rubber ring - I really wanted one but my OB said it would make any piles I may have got pushing worse so to avoid at all costs. The maternity pads themselves seemed to be enough cushioning though tbh)

I do hope you're well and you realise exactly what an amazing thing you did and have come out of this with no regrets whatsoever. I know the epi wasn't part of the plan but you have a wonderful, healthy baby girl AND you got a homebirth. Hooray!

Ahhhhh, congratulations Nickel!!!

weepy tears. thanks for the update.

Didn't sleep all night from excitement!

Nickel, hope you are recovering nicely today and being taken good care of. ISBN was a long time coming but she will be making it all worth it for you.

My predictions were completely wrong. If you need a sure bet on a horse, don't ask me!

Captain - I'm waiting for nickel to feel up to posting to share weight and name. I did a lot of updating and had her permission to post the gender last night but I think it'd be lovely for her to get to announce the name/weight/etc. Hope no one minds