OK, here's copy of message I posted to my antenatal thread, just so you all can know too!
At last, my baby is here! Clement James was born at 2:12pm this afternoon! He weighs 8lb 14oz and is 22.5 inches long.
Here's a peek at him too:
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first nappy! xs Sandy's from swampster! (though as big as he is, I think he's wearing it on the largest popper setting!
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small ME Airflow wrap - as my lovely tartan size 1 wrap looked tiny compared to him, and the xs Weennotions wrap (with cute adorable frogs on it) just wouldn't fit! So, a small Airflow fits nicely, though the waist is not on it's smallest setting even!
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I had contractions all night long last night - like every 10 minutes, so I didn't get any sleep. I felt they were beginning to fade this morning, and was giving up hope that anything would ever happen (having already had a previous night of contraction with nothing to show for it). So, I was only 1cm on Thursday, I'd made it to 3cm on Friday (though still no contractions). This morning the midwife came out at 9am and she said I was 4-5cm. She witnessed the painful contractions I was having and decided she wasn't leaving and that I was actually in labour. I had them about every 5-6 min apart for a good while - though many of them lasting well over 50 seconds. In fact, apart from a couple of back-to-back contractions, I'm sure they weren't much more frequent than every 4min up until soon before he was born! I ended up using gas & air for about 45 minutes so I could relax a bit, as I was totally exhausted! Eventually my breathing started sounding like I was ready to push, so they told me I should try the next few contractions w/out the gas & air. The next one resulted in my waters bursting - yay!! Quite a lot of relief (I had PROM for 2 days with other two children, so having waters in tact for so long was difficult!). Anyway, finally managed to push him out - was very painful and difficult (he's got a big head, which I think was a large part of the problem with labour not establishing), but I'm happy to say I'm perfectly in tact, with not a graze or tear!!
So, all in all, I got the home birth I wanted - though it was a long struggle to get there, with lots of pain and lack of sleep. But well worth it - we've got a lovely little boy! And he's feeding like a pro too - had a 1 hour feed from about 20 min after he was born! And he's very calm & content too! His big sister & brother love him to pieces too! Now I just need to get some very much needed sleep!!