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Childbirth

In labour. Bored. Anyone want to keep me company?

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AnathemaDevice · 01/02/2013 10:41

Been having contractions since about 5.30am. Currently about 8 minutes apart- I'm fed up! With DS and DD I was well on the way to them arriving (both 6 1/2 hour labours), but it looks like I'm going to take a bit longer this time around.

So, anyone care to distract me/give me any tips on how to speed things up?

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flamingtoaster · 02/02/2013 07:08

Congratulations - and welcome to the world Rory Michael. Hope you had a restful night.

Reaa · 02/02/2013 02:02

Congrats to you and family

AppleOgies · 01/02/2013 23:38

Aaawwww...

sumrandomgirl · 01/02/2013 23:11

well done you xxx

AnathemaDevice · 01/02/2013 20:48

I'll get a picture up in the morning, but basically he looks just like DS1, but with darker hair. He is rather lovely though :)

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FlouncingMintyy · 01/02/2013 20:26

Any chance of a pic? When you've got a minute in a day or two of course. I spect its all family snuggles and trying to get him latched on atm. Oooh I'd do anything to hold a newborn at the mo.

Flisspaps · 01/02/2013 20:01

Congratulations! Welcome baby Rory :)

Twogoodreasons · 01/02/2013 17:50

Congratulations - what a whopper! And a lovely name too!

mum47 · 01/02/2013 17:47

Fantastic, congratulations, and love your choice of name!

Linoleic · 01/02/2013 17:44

Congratulations!

AppleOgies · 01/02/2013 17:43

Congratulations! And Well Done!

FlouncingMintyy · 01/02/2013 17:35

Fantastic! Congratulations ... and fabulous name. Well done . Hope everyone is looking after you beautifully.

AnathemaDevice · 01/02/2013 17:32

It's a boy! Rory Michael was born at 3.14pm, weighing 8lbs 12oz. It was my longest labour at 9 3/4 hours, but it was fairly straightforward so I managed to stay at home.

The other DCs aren't overly impressed, but they're still so little themselves that I wasn't expecting them to be.

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sumrandomgirl · 01/02/2013 16:31

hope all went well...happy days ahead xxx

AppleOgies · 01/02/2013 12:57

Good luck!!!

Twogoodreasons · 01/02/2013 12:20

Good luck. Will look forward to the news!

LaVolcan · 01/02/2013 12:18

I had a labour like that - not much happening it seemed, so based on my first labour I thought I must have had hours to go, I thought, then whoosh - I suddenly started pushing and had to get hold of the midwife pdq.

AnathemaDevice · 01/02/2013 12:17

Midwife is on her way, so I'm turning the computer off now. I'll be back later to let you know how it all went. Contractions are now 4 minutes apart and quite painful.

Hopefully I'll be back soon!

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sumrandomgirl · 01/02/2013 12:08

he may faint with relief when She arrives haha, he sounds paniced poor guy, bet he is driving u crazy,
how are your contractions now x

AnathemaDevice · 01/02/2013 12:02

DH is now dancing to try and keep me entertained. I may lock him out of the house when the mdwife gets here.

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AnathemaDevice · 01/02/2013 11:41

No answer when DH phoned the midwives. He's going to try the daytime number again, then call the central delivery suite and hope they can get hold of whoever is on duty today. I hope it's the midwife I've seen all the way through, 'cos she's lovely.

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Reaa · 01/02/2013 11:41

I second the cleaning windows and add in skirting boards

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flamingtoaster · 01/02/2013 11:38

Oh how exciting! Hope things speed up soon for you. If you want to keep DH busy are you sure the windows don't need polishing or anything?

FlouncingMintyy · 01/02/2013 11:32

How exciting! I don't know why but I just think its so cool to have a birthday on the 1st of the month. Good luck op!

Flisspaps · 01/02/2013 11:32

The MWs will clean up the mess afterwards, I wouldn't worry about that!

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