Hi Girls,

I'm Kristy and my bub was due on teh2 28th Feb but ended up having my little girl Erin Kate on the 7th March. As I was in the buddy group with all the other Feb girls I hope nobody minds me squeezing in albeit a little late into your Feburary group.

I was induced at 5pmTuesday the 6th and by 11pm my contractions were 30 second apart and I gave in to saying I wanted a light epidural as I was only 1cm dilated and they were going to put another lot of gels in. The anathesist was on call so tehy said he would be 20 mins so 50mins later there was a clal from him saying he had a flat tyre and was trying to change it by a light of a match !!!!! 20mins after that he called back again saying that he could not get the middle wheel nut off so my Dh who is a cop was explaining where he would find the gizmo that takes the middle wheel nut off. 2 hours later he arrived !!!! I had a 1/4 epidural put in and by then I was dilated to about 6cm so the wait was at least productive. The epidural worked great I could still move around and feel contractions but not as intense. By 7.30am I was fully dilated and ready to push.

Poor Erin had the cord around her neck 3 times and a knot so they had to use a little suction cap to get her out andquickly whisk her away and give her a bit of oxygen but 10 mins later she was fine and has been feeding, sleeping and is over her birth weight so all is going well.

I can hear her stirring so will hopefully come on later and chat some more.

Take Care girls.