August 05 babies stats thread

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...for all who were on the Due in August 05 antenatal thread and who had their babies in August! Think that covers everyone!

OK:

Name: Calum
Birth date: 1 August 2005 (1 day after due date)
Time: 2.15am
Weight: 8lbs,
Where: Belford Hospital, Fort William
Experience: 4 hour labour, waterbirth, no pain relief, retained placenta which had to be removed in Inverness!

oops meant to add, baby no.3 for me, two older dds.

Name: Lemmy (Lemuel)
Birth date: 5th August (4 weeks before due date)
Time: 12.15pm
Weight:6lb 6
Where:Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Experience: 4 hour labour, gas and air, episitotomy......

Name: Benjamin
Birth date: 18th August 2005 (1 week before due date)
Time: 9.45am
Weight: 6lbs 15oz
Where: Queen Charlottes, London
Experience: Planned caesarian

Baby (and boy) no. 2 for me

Name: Benjamin (love the name Azure!)
Birth date: 29th July, 1 day before his due date
Time: 05:50
Weight: 9lb 120z, 1oz bigger than his big brother
Where: Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley I don't recommend it
Experience: 12 hour labour, big improvement on 27, gas and air, fast second stage, baby not breathing on delivery, but perked up quickly, no stitches and home in time for tea having escaped for the truly horrid midwives.

Name: Rhianna
Birth date:30 August 2005 (3 days after due date)
Time:1.25am
Weight:7lb.14oz
Where: Raigmore Hospital Inverness
Experience: 3 hour labour, gas and air, slight tear no stiches over the moon after 3degree tear with DS

Name:Max
Birth Date: 15th Aug 05 (one day before due date)
Time:6.43pm
Weight:8lbs 9oz
Where:St Michaels Bristol
Experience:2hr 18min labour, 2nd stage only 8 mins and 3 pushes!!!!! Stiches as 2nd degree tear.

Name: Caitlin
Birthday: August 27
Time: 3:28 am
Weight: 7lbs 9oz(1 & 1/2 lbs lighter than ds!!!)
Where: Thousands of miles away from any of you, so you would never have heard of it.
Experience: Slightly less than 2 hr labor, DH had to convince me to go to the hospital, because contractions didn't feel like contractions. Labored in water for a bit, and when dr. arrived to break my waters, everything went very quickly and she came in 5 pushes.

My 2nd child, DS is 2 yrs and 9 days older.

can i add mine there too ....Charlotte is an august baby really

Name: Charlotte
Birth date: 7 July 2005 (almost 4 wks early)
Time: 4.41pm
Weight:7 lbs
Where: Sainte Felicitie, Paris
Experience: Very quick labour, had epidural, no tearing or cutting, no stitches,

Apart from Kate I can't believe what quick labours everyone has had!

oh forgot to add, second baby, first is 3.5 years.

Name: Rosalie Genevieve
Birth date: 9 August (4 days before EDD)
Time: 3.12am
Weight:3900g (10g lighter than ds)
Where: Cambridge
Experience: VBAC, waters went at 8pm, in hospital by 9pm, established labour by midnight, dd arrived after 30 minute second stage. G&A only.

thought I would add mine here too....
Name: Thomas
Birth date: 7 August 2005 (12 days after due date!)
Time: 7.44am
weight: 8lb 13oz
Where: Salisbury district hospital, salisbury
Experience: 12hr labour, TENS, gas&air, pethidine and around 5hrs in the birthing pool!!!

Name: Logan Andrew
Birth date: 6 August (Due Date)
Time: 3.17am
Weight:7lb 15oz
Where: Kirkcaldy
Experience: False labour for 2 days first - didn't sleep. Wasn't convinced I was in labour - was 7cm when I went to hospital. Birth pool for next 2cm but due to meconium staining got transferred onto my back :-). A touch of morphine to keep me going as the last cm was taking ages. No stitches. Not sure when it started but total time in labour at hospital was 6 hours. Came home 36 hours later to escape! Would do it again anytime

1st baby.

That was meant to be a :-( not :-)
was not happy on my back!

Name:Finlay Leo
Birth Date:8 August 2005 (1 day after due date)
Time:5.05pm
weight:8lb 1oz (3.65kg)
Where:Stoke Mandeville hospital, Bucks
Experience: stop start labour. TENS only, 2hrs regular contractions then found to be 8cms, ran by m/w on bed to delivery, 4min 2nd stage!

4th baby others are 2xDS 1xDD

everybody has probably stoped looking here now but...

Name Noah
Birth dat: 11 August
Time: 00:26
Weight 9lbs 3
Where: Home birth transferred to Ealing hospital
Experience:
Went into labour 8th Aug (due date) transferred to hospital on the 10th of August not progressing. Waters broke naturally at hosp but stained with meconium so the drip was increased to further speed contractions, no pain relief only tens, after 5 hrs on drip only 1cm further, tried gas and air made me out of it, gave in and had epidural after a bit they cranked up the drip then fully dilated in 1 hr, baby facing around the wrong way so manualy turned by doc, babys shoulders stuck so my legs put up in air, forceps and large episiotmy (still infected).

No they haven't pookey! Azure you must live (relatively) near me I think...
Name: Chloe Ava
Birth date: 28 August 2005 (3 days early)
Time: 11.24pm
Weight: 8lbs 14oz (same weight as ds)
Where: St Georges hospital, Tooting, London
Experience: 2 1/2 hour labour, made it to hospital with 1/2 hour to go, no pain relief at all, 2nd degree tear (same as last time). Useless midwife and very rude midwives on the ward! Initially given wrong name tag and Chloe was down as someone else's daughter!
Second baby, first was a boy

Name: Max
Brith Date: 14th August 2005 (12 days early)
Time: 01.16
Weight: 6lbs 14ozs (lightest of all 4 boys)!!
Where: Watford General Hospital
Experience: Fantastic!! Best labour of all 4. Planned induction, Epidural first then break waters and let him do the rest!! Total labour, 1 hour 26 mins, no pushing required and no pain!!!!

Name: Rachel
Brith Date: 22nd August 2005 (10 days early)
Time: 00.07
Weight: 6lbs 8ozs
Where: Royal Berkshire Hospital
Experience: A natural birth as planned although had to be transferred to hospital for delivery. Laboured at home with TENS on my birthing ball and then transferred when got uncontrollable urge to push at 6cm dilation. When arrived was fully dilated so was allowed to push, 30 mins and 3 pushes after I arrived in hospital she was born. We were home 12 hours later, I would do it again if I could!

Name: Joseph
Birth date: 5th August 2005 (3 day b4 due date)
Time: 7.40am
Weight: 9lbs,
Where: Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
Experience: Second baby (DS). Labour was fab in comparison to first time around (DD was compound presentation and took 4 1/2 hrs with 3rd degree tears at the end!!!).DS Start to end took 1 1/2 hours with no pain relief (had 3 contractions on way to hospital and was 9cm dilated when checked), and best of all no tears. Excellent midwife, and was able to come home within 8 hours.

(Joseph James. . . .named after G-Grandad and his daddy)

hi i searched for russells hall and it came up with this thread-
to kate100 - i am having my baby at russells hall can you tell me if they have TENs machines please.

I don't think so, I rented my own from Boots at Merry Hill both times, the staff there were gret and very knowledgeable about how it all worked, hopethat helps

hi can you also tell me if they have anything like bean bags in the rooms?

No bean bags, I had a ball to sit on which was great, but I took the attitude that if I wanted it I took it myself, so I had my own in the car too!! I'd also take your own food if you're going to be there any longer than 8 hours YUK!! Oh and there's no TV or radio as there was at Wordsley, so you need to take that too, becaause if you have a long labour or you're admitted before the birth you'll be very bored.