Evening Ladies

I have been MIA for a while, but I have a good excuse….. I was off having a baby!!!

Casey James was born on Sunday 11 July at 8.06pm, weighing 2.57kg (5lbs, 11oz), 49.5cm.

It has taken me a while to get on and post as things have been so hectic this first week or so. My elective c-section was originally booked for 19 July, but I started bleeding on 11 July (one week early). Due to my placenta praevia, we called the hospital who said I needed to come straight in. So we did, and were subsequently told we were going to be having the baby that night (emergency c-section). Casey was born just after 8pm, but apparently the doctors had difficulty getting my bleeding under control and I ended up losing 2 litres of blood. Casey was sent straight to the Special Care Nursery because he was so little, and I spent the night in Intensive Care. I didn’t actually end up seeing him for the first time until about 7 hours after he was born.

I spent the whole week in hospital and had to have 2 blood transfusions to try and make up for all the blood I lost during the c-section. Needless to say, it’s been a tough time since Casey was born. DH and I absolutely love him to bits though, and are very happy, albeit struggling a bit with the lack of sleep right now.

Well I’m just about to feed the little one so I’d better head off. Good luck to LondonMiss and WantBaby. I hope everything goes well for you both and your upcoming births. And good luck to all the other fantastic ladies in here. I wish you all the best for your pregnancies.

Wishes xoxo