October 08 - "I said no!"

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it appears I posted the last post... so here's a new thread

He was indeed out by 10 Star, well done! Had few incredibly mild tightenings from 11 ish, my waters went at 1, 10 mins later they were 3-5 mins apart really strong lasting 30 secs at first. Got to hosp at about 2 ish was 6-7 cm dilated, he settings quarter to 4!!!!! Bit of pethediine, found tens boost more effective than gas and air , was on my knees leaning over top of bed throughout, on hands and knees in back of car with head down between seat and door! That was a baaaad car journey, he took the route with speed bumps!!! Paul was wonderful, I got nothing but flannel out of bag and bp was fine, normal blood loss, some stitches but ok. I am so fantastically chuffed with myself!! Will post this one before I lose it!

That should be he was born at quarter to 4!

He is Beautiful. He looks sooo much like Poppy. I can't tell u name yet as grandparents don't know till they all come in together at 2 (DHs idea!) so will put announcement on FB once they gone. He was 8lb 5, absolutely fine, will be in until tmrw morning just cos of strep
B, we only had time for one dose of ABs.

Did I mention how beautiful he is? I'm up and about, no
Catheter and bedbound this time. I am Superwoman

Midwife was great and I stayed calm throughout. in fact i made more of a fuss about the stitches than the labour! Hate needles!

Sorry that's not bedbound and no catheter - they were considering it cos I've torn up labia to urethra? (sorry Star!)

Getting emotional now for first time [heartless
Emoticon] so happy

Oh and he is feeding ok, he's very sleepy but just had over an hour on the boob. And he is sooo different from Pops in that he just doesn't cry so tentative fingers crossed that maybe we have escaped the curse of reflux!

awww big congratulations to you, HMM! :) Well done! Sounds like it was just perfect. Has Poppy met him yet? I'm so happy for you. I cried reading your posts

wowee! congratulations and well done!
how brilliant to have such a positive experience after last time ... very chuffed for you

Huge congratulations HMM! Well done!

How did you do labour in 3 hours with pethadine? When I had that it knocked me out to barely awake but VERY sleepy for a few hours. Maybe that wasn't pethadine that they gave me....
Cute name and it matches well with his sister :) I have a friend with a nearly 1 year old DS with that name and he is very sweet!

Wonderful news hmm. And great name. One we considered for D, and the name of dh's best friend (lives in Oz).

Just seen the announcement on fb. I love that name too.

Thanks guys and thank you all for your support esp in recent weeks x

I'm in such a 'different place' from the aftermath last time. Apologies for the mass posting, I wanted to record it all while I remembered it! Pethedine didn't really knock me out this time Star, was weird, but it did stop me feeling urge to push I think. Who knows, it could have been even faster! I have to stay in till the morning for the strep b monitoring, I absolutely can't wait to see Poppy.

Am going to try to wake him now for a feed then hopefully I'll then feel able to sleep! Still on adrenaline high!

xxx

DSs () strep B obs now complete and he is fine, we will be able to go home subject to hospital admin this morning, they said he will no longer be subject to any effects of the pethedine but is still an unbelievably chilled out sleepy dude, I can't rouse him to feed him!!

Any thoughts about best way to intro him to Poppy? She's at her grandparents has been there overnight, so we could get grandparents to bring her in and have him in lounge in Moses with his present for her; or get her in then bring him to the door (pref not carried by me or DH I think) Any thoughts?

Spot on re not holding ds when you intro him to poppy. We had ds1 in Moses basket in same room as present ( big dolls' house) and I walked into the room holding Dd. Mentioned that her new brother was here - she peered over shoulder at him. Mentioned he'd brought her a present and pointed it out - she wriggled out of my arms to go play with it! So don't be surprised if pops seems underwhelmed at first.

Ha ha! That sounds perfect CSWS, esp re holding her, I hadn't thought of that. We've got her a baby that cries and an ELC baby accessory set - buggy, Moses etc, so poor DS probably won't get a look in! All Pops has been saying all week is 'Baba Diwan coming soon and bringing present'

Oh let us know how it goes - introducing Poppy to DS. What fun! :)

Thanks Pistachio, he is so opposite to the way Poppy was that I was wondering that myself. Pops barely slept and was constantly crying, which of course later proved to be reflux (and probably also the forceps delivery).

Didn't expect the BF latch to hurt this time round [naive]

Yipee. Congratulations HMM.
Now that is how you deliver a baby
I would second the you not holding baby. Have DS in the room but you bring P into see him. Or maybe have P at home ready for you to come home. That way she gets to welcome her new brother to the house.

Either way it will be in a few weeks when P will not do anything you ask her to do and she might get fussy with her food and probably not be happy with you feeding DS. Those are the things that will cause trouble for you all. But lots of extra love and hugs for P and it will pass.
Ps breast feeding hurts no matter how many children you have

Thanks ronshar.. I am typing one handed as DS is bf while holding my thumb went well with pops, so glad to b home, checked hosp notes and birth actually 3.30 so just the 2.5 hours start to finish then (DH was a little hazy)

Congratulations hmm!!! Sounds as if everything went much better this time. Love the name too...

either 3460d35 or 3460d26 of B. is there no way to blow them up to look at better? I can't see the facial expressions properly on some of those that I otherwise like of T.