Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the positive vibes. And yep, Jenna and I are both doing really well - particularly now we are home. She is amazing and her labour story proves it.
I mentioned feeling like some indigestion last Friday morning, and that lasted all day, the period like cramps accompanied by Braxton Hicks happening intermittently, but definately not unbareable or anything and lots of toilet visits for #2's. I spent most of the day looking up "pre labour symptoms" and "how to bring on labour" not even realising i was in fact in my bodies form of labour!!
At 3pm, i decided the cramps where seemingly more frequent, but not long, though i should time them and yep, they were between 30-50secs long with 3-5 minute intervals. DH arrived home at 4pm and i told him about it, showed him the monitoring and he said, 'yeah well, if you think it's something, ring the midwives, i'll go have a shower'. I rang the delivery suite and they weren't too concerned until i couldn't tell them the last time i felt bub, so they said to come in for safe monitoring, as they could always send me home. At 4.45pm i was put on bub monitor and midwife left the room, with that, another cramp like contraction and the waters broke. Midwife came in, checked dilation and unenthusiastically told me that i was 2cm's therefore had another 8hrs to go, 1cm an hour, but she would put me into a delivery room. Well by 5.20pm in i went, onto the gas with contractions getting stronger and me in complete distress that i had to actually go through this for another 8 or so hrs (AAARRRGGGHH! what had i done??) Due to all my breathing noises and moans, the midwife came in at prob 6ish and again said she'd check the dilation and offered some stronger pain relief to which i said yes!, but upon saying yes, she said, sorry Jane your baby is coming, legs and knees up nice and high and push when i tell you! 6.24pm Jenna Michelle is out and on my chest, i am exstatic, DH beside himself and the midwife repeating over and over i can't believe it, that was so fast, as i delivered the placenta (actually felt great! Can i even go as far as to say orgasmic?!) and she then gave me 2 stitches.
There were some complications which surfaced an hour later when the midwife tried to rush me into the shower and out of the delivery suite. I had a heamatoma develop from uncited internal bleeding which then ruptured 3 times over (torture and back on the gas). I was rushed into theatre for 1.5hrs of internal stiching under a general anasthetic followed by 2hrs recovery. DH spent the entire time alone with Jenna which has resulted in an incredible bond already.
But the moral is the labour was a blessing and the female body is an incredible healer and of course only Jenna's health and happiness mattered in the immediacy of the situation. And now we are home.
Anyway, long selfish post but i feel so much better for writing Jenna's birth story, even if it should be in a different forum.
Will now go and catch up on everyone else's progress until now...though i do know Lenny and Marcellous, you guys are next woo hoo!