Zara Grace - another impatient but gorgeous lil princess (sorry long)
I finally have some time to sit down and write... YAY but now where to start!
12.05.09 - I had had a very strange feeling for a couple of days that i was pregnant, i was late and i just had that odd sense something wasn't right so as soon as DP got home from work we did a test and sure enough.. :bfp: i cried and cried and cried.
DD was only 7mths old and a baby was NOT part of our plan for atleast another year or so, i was so worried about telling people but in the end everyone was VERY supportive and we grew to like the idea of Ava having a little brother or sister.
My PG went quite well this time round, no bleeds, no high BP i had morning sickness but couldn't physically be sick which i think makes you feel even worse.
I was a completely different shape to Ava and felt so much different i was convinced we were having a boy (wishful thinking maybe).
We went to the 18-20wk scan and found out IT'S ANOTHER GIRL!
We were a little disappointed but were both happy to know she was healthy and thats all that mattered.
I was enjoying my appts at the PANCH clinic instead of hr long waits @ the Mercy and the midwives were GREAT and very reassuring, they went right over everything that happened with Ava's birth and what i should or shouldn't expect this time round.
I had to see an OB at the Mercy who told me theres a chance she would want to induce me @ 39wks to avoid me NOT being in hospital again... i wasn't impressed and discussed this with my midwife who advised me not to worry she would send me to a different OB @ 36wks to make sure bubs wasn't breach and to assure me i would be allow to try everything as naturally as i would allow.
I got to 36wks and was starting to have sore back etc and thought this bubs really can't be too far off, the OB sent me for fetal monitoring as he thought she was a little small and didn't understand how someone of my stature only has 3kg babies. :wall:
He assured me she was HEAD DOWN and very low and i could basically go any day, i was getting very excited as x-mas was just around the corner aswell.
I had guessed the 27th of December but my date came and went so did new years and i was getting antzy my back was getting sore, it was hard to chase DD around and keep on top of everything in the house.
I had house guests who by the end of it all were getting on my nerves something shocking and if bubs didn't come they were staying another week!
05.01.10 - i had been getting braxton hicks, nothing regular but enough to annoy me while i was sleeping, i told DP i hoped it meant something was going to happen soon.
Spent the day chasing DD and entertaining our guests and everything had stopped, i figured maybe this kid is going to wait until her due date or after.
06.01.10 - had been getting niggles on and off during the night, nothing regular and nothing strong and nowhere near as intense as with DD1, figured it was braxton hicks again.
In the morning i cleaned the lounge, moved the couch to vac, dusted shelves etc all the while getting these little niggles, after Ava's sleep we went outside to draw on the ground with chalk and play in the sandpit, the pains were now probably every half an hour or so but still didn't feel strong enough to worry about.
DP got home around 4:30 - 5ish and the pains were now 10-12min apart but i was determined to wait and see as they didn't feel bad enough.
Plus mum had made lasagna and i wasn't missing out :redface: so we sat down and ate tea (mum timing contractions while i ate ), i didn't have a sense or urgency and everyone else was getting a little worried.
We finished tea, DP went and had a shower while i got changed, put my bag in the car and changed DD into her PJ's, it was now about 8:00pm and my contractions were about 6min apart if walking around and 8min if sitting down.
I was positive we were going to get to the hospital and they would send me home.
8:30pm - arrived at hosp and was advised they would monitor me for 30min and decide what to do.
9:00pm - told to stay,, go for a walk around the hosp etc, contractions were classed as 'mild' and were 5-8min apart, they checked me probably every 30min but left me to my own devices.
We did a lap of downstairs and outside and i was stopping and rocking through contractions, we came back in to be checked again when the shifts changed and then i just walked around the room while DP read his paper.
10:30 - decided to have a shower, was getting late and tired and sore and figured it might wake me up and take some pressure off my back, DP sat in the room and read his paper still and came in and checked me a couple of times.
I got out and had a couple of contractions a little STRONGER and closer together, i couldn't get my leggings back on so decided too bad my dress will have to do.
Went back into the room and rocked through contractions again, now 5min apart and slightly stronger.
10:55 - MW came in and checked me, contractions now regularly 5min apart and a little stronger but not good enough... she said we want them closer together and stronger still, have a rest for a bit and then maybe go for another walk around the hosp.
She left the room and i went to get off the bed and had a REALLY good one.. OUCH, told DP that wasn't 5min, went to move again and another... thought hmmm when i move they KILL.
11:00 - Could feel another one coming so got up on the bed on my knees and leant against the top of the bed (raised) when my waters broke.
DP who was still reading his paper (think he had 2 dif ones) asked if he should get the MW and i said yes she needs to check my waters... oh and i need to push!
So the MW came in and said don't push i think your still a bit off, let me just check.
NOPE she ran out of the room and another 3 MW came in (2 to get the lamps and everything on and 1 to check me), the 2nd MW casked me to turn around so they can check whats happening and she said "the heads RIGHT THERE".
told them i need to push and they said just go with what your body says and we will only stop you if we think you need to slow to stop tearing etc.
They asked if i wanted to change position but i was focused and no matter what i was pushing and this baby was coming... don't distract me... lol
DP was rubbing my head and getting me water when i asked, he was fantastic.
They told me to slow down the pushes only about twice but let me do my own thing, i rememebr screaming once and constantly telling them i couldn't feel my hands!
11:08pm - ZARA GRACE enters the world, 8min of pushing after my waters broke, no drugs AT ALL, no stitches and only a small graze!
She was gorgeous, they put her straight on my chest and i couldn't believe it, she was finally here!
They took her for a minute to check her and give her a little oxygen as she had been so quick etc but she was back on my chest ASAP and it felt amazing, i never got that gooey chest to chest experience with Ava as she was wrapped and given to me while we waited for the ambulance.
DP started taking some photos and you can tell this time round he was there, looks like he has glo sticks in his cheeks!
ZARA GRACE - 11:08pm on 06.01.10, 3050g and 49cm
So far she is going very well, only lost 100g in hosp but put on 110g in 6 days after being out then another 70g in 2 days when the MCHN came to check on her.
Ava points when she cries and tries to pat her, i am LOVING seeing my two girls together and couldn't be happier with how her birth panned out.
Another drug free labour and healthy little girl!
Thanks for reading if you made it this far!
** Thanks to everyone on BB for helping me through this PG and being there as support, it was an AMAZING experience **
