Thanks for the warm wishes ladies. Now as for the experiences -- the first was a blurr to be honest.... Except for the pain...thats something you don't forget really. I had a 5 hour journey with both my girls. I am so blessed that the first was short and sweet. 15 years ago I had my first girl. It was the same year I lost my mother. A very trying time for me indeed. I lost my mother when I was 4 months pregnant. She got to see one of my ultrasound images when she was in hospital and I am thankful for that too. She was happy to see it. So anyway, I gave birth to my eldest 5 months later. She was due on my 21st birthday, but decided to wait a week and not to come so I had to be induced. I also had high blood pressure too. I can only remember drifting in and out of the birth really with her. I think my emotions were all over the place with what I had been through and also knowing that my mother was not there for it all was a bit on my mind too. I didn't have any trouble really with the birth. My husband reminded me that I did scratch the heck out of his arm too. hehe. I had long nails too that day! lol...I used pethedine and the gas for it. Did really well I must say coz I never had any stitches with that one. But I did get a graze... Every so often I get a reminder of it too. Sometimes the scar will stretch and ache, especially at that time of the month. I can remember one thing after I had my girl to and that was when I went to breastfeed her for the first time, being all new to me, I never thought it would be so hard. I couldn't get her to take to the breast. I tried and tried, before I knew it, I was sobbing my heart out and the nurse decided to give me and bub a break for the night. She gave her a bottle throughout the night. I think my emotions were running wild with me because I was missing my mother. I can recall really sobbing badly like a child that lost their toy. I never knew anything about baby blues then, but I think I had a touch of it there that night in the hospital. I was fine the next day and tried to breastfeed again. She wasn't taking to it very well also because I was a bit stressed still. So she was a bottlefed babe. I did try at home every so often, but with no luck. She turned out to be a great chick anyway. I am proud of who she is. With my last one, I can remember every movement of her journey. I also just used gas and pethedine. I did get 4 stitches with her though. I remember going through the motions of breathing and feeling every movement of her journey decending down. It was a wonderful experience as though I was lifted above clouds. Maybe I was sucking so hard on the gas, it was making me high! LOL As long as I had my breathing in order I was fine. My 2 girls have different fathers to by the way. Second husband had his first experience of child birth with our little girl and I got him to cut the cord. I am very close to my youngest one. We waited 5 yrs to have her. So her journey to us was a long one. Both my girls are special to me really because they are my strength when I am hard done by. My first one has the strength of my mother with her and the younger one has the strength of a free spirit. She is a Gemini. Eldest is Leo like me. So there you have it. All worth it in the end. I had hyper emmesis with both my girls in the early stages of the pregnancies and was in and out of hospital for the first 5 - 6 months. GD with the second and colestasis with the second. I have GD & colestasis with this one too. So like I said all worth it in the end. Hoping this one will be short and sweet too. If bub comes within the 5 hour time span and makes the record of 4 hours....it will be read as this... 4hrs(birth),on the 5th(day), 6th(month) of the 07 (year) ....so we have 4 - 5 - 6 - 7. Interesting isn't it...hehehe Have a great day ladies...