I'm reading about all you girls labours and I'm starting to feel incredibly lucky. My labour was about 9 hours, the pain was quite bad in the middle which I took panadine for (I was offered morphine, pethadine & an epi but I hate the thought of taking things that make you feel like your drunk off your face :P) and then it eased off and I feel asleep. I woke up about 45 minutes later and got up and started pacing around because I was getting frustrated at how long everything was taking (Yeah, I know.. only 9 hours... shoosh XD) and I felt Jayvan just drop, and about half an hour later it was all over.
I was expecting to have a screaming labour like you see in the movies. I'm assuming the pain of contractions would be more significate with a full term baby though, especially the pushing out part? But I say bring it on as well!

Tildy, I had a intern as well! And when he stuck my IV drip in it squirted blood all up the wall, all over me & him! Not to mention He didn't have any gloves on when he did it... so lucky for him I'm not carrying any weird and wonderful diseases otherwise he'd have them right now.
Your midwife sounds really good, you're certainly in good hands! Unfortunately we don't get to choose who we have here, but I'm hoping to be able to have the midwife who delivered Jayvan again. She was so lovely.

DD, I hope you had a nice trip! And how very considerate of your DH ^^;

Rozzie, that's great about your little bubba! Growing nice and strong by the sounds of it, you must be feeding him/her well

I'm still trying to shake this frikken cold *grumbles* It's just sitting in my throat now giving me the you-know-whats!

to everyone!