EDD was 17/6/04. Hospitalised with pre-eclampsia at 31 weeks. One month in hospital (just awful) whilst they decided what to do with me!

After daily u/s and those tests where they make you sit down and monitor the heartbeat/movements etc (can't think what they're called now!) also daily, we had an intense growth scan at 35 weeks, after another at 33 weeks.

Alex had only put on 100 gms between 33 weeks and 35 weeks, so they decided he would be better fed on the outside, and induced me.

I had the first gel at 7am on 20 May 2003. Nothing.
Second lot of gel at 5:05pm on 20 May 2003. Had two (fairly major) contractions straight away, which is not unusual for gel (apparently).

But Alex decided he didn't like labour and his h/b dropped to 60 when it's supposed to be 160.

The doctor came straight in and said that they were stopping the induction and I was having an emergency c/section whether I liked it or not.

Imagine - up on the bed with doc up my watsit trying to get the gel out, another doc giving me two injections to stop the contractions, and another nurse with the monitor on my belly trying to keep track of what bubs was doing!

The nurse who was monitoring me, said to the docs that we needed to get me in straightaway. Which they did, and Alex was born by emergency c/s at 6:05pm.

Weight 1.9kilos (4lbs 2oz I think), which was tiny, even at 35 weeks!

But he's now 18 months and doing Fantastic!

Regards;

Divvy