Well, I'm home and we are hoping for Patrick to join us on Saturday, we have a couple of hiccups to iron out but nothing too serious.
The short story is: On Tuesday night I was having mild pains, that kept me awake every hour or so. About 6am, they were about 15 minutes apart, but they were still bearable. At 8am they were 5 minutes apart and I was really feeling them and I said to my Aunts that I was still thinking of going shopping in Shepp. At 9.30am, I dropped the kids lunches and fruit at school and went home to drop Elizabeth off( I had abandoned the thought of shopping as the contractions were now 3 mins apart!). I said to my Aunts that we were heading over to the hospital and one of my aunts commented, I wonder if they will send you home again!
We left Euroa at 10.00am, and DH was sitting on 160km/hr all the way there (50km away!) It took us 15 mins to get there and even then that was cutting it close, I managed to drag the contractions from 3 mins to 10 mins apart!!
Got to the car park, and the contractions hit stronger back to 3 mins apart. Went up to Birth Suite and they checked my obs. and rang the RMO on duty.I had been there half an hour when I had an urge to push, the midwife checked and I was 5 cm dilated, with bulging forewaters. About 15 mins later I had another urge, so the midwife checked again and found I was further dilated to 9cm.She said three more contractions and he will be here. Well, they felt like forever, but I had another urge, so I pushed and my waters broke, halfway across the room! Not a minute later, Patrick's head was crowning and then he was here!
Dh cut the cord, and Bella was in her pram watching the whole thing!
EDITED TO ADD:
Just received my birth summary from the hospital.
Total labour was 5:46
1st stage: 5.40
2nd stage: 0.03
3rd stage: 0.03
So to me that reads that I spent 3 mins pushing!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Jess!! Short and sweet!
What a great story tho... and how proud will Bella be when she can tell everyone that she was there for little Patrick's birth??
Hope he can come home soon.
Thanks for sharing your story.
Jess - that is amazing, we all hear so many horror stories, it is so nice to hear one like yours... You make is sound so easy!!!!!!!!!!
Very inspirational!
thanks for sharing, we know how busy you are...
lol
CC
Well, he is finally home after 12 days in SCN.
After a lot of discussions with Paeds they decided to let him come home sooner than expected. As long as we keep an eye on his weight they are happy!
Patrick James' birth
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