I gave birth this morning......update & photos page 8

Snaggles

Hellooooooo!

I'm just in the process of uploading a few photos, so I'll pop those on in a minute, but thought I'd do a quick update first - it was just too much of a pain to type long messages from my mobile and the battery gave up half way through the day!

Anyway, I was lying in bed in the early hours of yesterday (was it only yesterday...wow!) morning, suddenly thought 'Oooh, feel a bit odd', had 3 contractions in about 6 minutes and thought 'nah...can't be....contractions don't START 2 minutes apart, do they?'. Then I felt a 'pop', and realised I was (**TMI ALERT**) pouring fluids all over the place.

Rang delivery suite 'what colour is the liquid Mrs Snaggles'.....'Um, it's a bit greenish'......'Okay, come straight in and we'll have a look at you'.

We got SIL to come straight over to look after DS, got in the car and set off (false start when we realised we'd forgotten the maternity notes and had to come back home....:rolleyes:.....wasn't impressed as contractions every 2 minutes still, although managing to control the pain by breathing steadily and not panicking).

The contractions were coming a minute apart and lasting almost a minute :eek: by the time we arrived at hospital - a nurse took pity on me and got a porter to take me to delivery suite in a wheelchair as walking was getting tricky. Had a bit of gas and air while they examined me.... 'Mrs Snaggles, you're fully dilated (:eek: :eek: ALREADY?????), are you feeling the urge to push'.....'um, not sure....'

Then a bit of a panic because the baby's heart rate started dropping quite badly so I had to start pushing straight away (as it happened, I found out pretty much immediately what the urge to push felt like....wow, it's WEIRD isn't it??????? )

The head crowned and I was pushing as hard as I could but it was taking a few minutes to deliver the head and they were a bit worried that we didn't have a few minutes because of her heart rate, so I had an episiotomy and she flew out with the next push, cord wrapped round her neck and body (hence the heart rate problem). They unravelled her and she started breathing unaided straight away, and her heart rate came back to normal without them needing to do anything.

My waters broke at 2am and I gave birth at 3.24am, so technically it was less than an hour and a half, (I think I said the labour was 2 hours, but that was from when I started feeling a bit odd, not from my waters going).

It hurt like hell, but it was sort of amazing at the same time, a totally different experience to last time. I'm so happy I can't stop smiling!

etxec

Ooooh! Congratulations Snaggles from another lurker.

ZTD

Snaggles wrote: »

so I had an episiotomy

Yowsers! _pale_ :eek:

Don't forget to change your .sig

And well done...

Mizz_Pink

Congratulations Mrs Snaggles, you made it sound like a breeze ! :j :j :j

Am too jealous btw.

cazziebo

Wow! what a story!

Well done Snaggles. Wishing you and your family lots and lots of love and happiness

Cazzie
xxxx

Snaggles

How cheesy is THAT grin!


Natasha Grace, a few minutes old

tumbleweed261

She's so gorgeous! Congratulations Snaggles and welcome baby Natasha!

Love tumble x

Purpleroses

awww she's soo cute!! am getting all broody now!
Hope you're all doing well today. x x

looby75

awwww I want one!!! She's gorgeous, well done and wow on how fast your labour was.

Bunnyinthelights

Ah BLess! How wonderful!!!
It sound all very exciting. She's beuatiful.
Love and big kisses,
Bunny
ps
please PM me your address asap so I can post you card!!!