My labour was fairly uncomplicated...... Felt funny at 2am and got up to go to the loo. On the way there, my show plopped onto the ground and an hour later I had my first contraction which followed immediately by more hard and strong pains. They were 7 minutes apart right from the get go. We decided we should go to hospital at 4am and on the way there the newspaper guy pulled out in front of us doing 20kph chucking his newpapers onto front lawns and we couldn't get past him despite DH sitting on his tail and honking the horn...... our 5 minute trip to the hospital seemed to take hours! My doctor visited at about 7am and said that despite my strong labour, I had at least 5 hours ahead of me (sigh)... My husband said "thats like a round of golf and a couple of beers at the club - pretend you're caddying for me" If looks could kill....DH would not have lasted much longer! Exactly 5 hours later at 12 noon I was fully dialated and ready to push....... My baby was born at 12:30pm weighing 3402g (or 7lb 8oz). I gave birth completely naturally with no drug or gas assistance....which I hope I am able to achieve again this time.