Babies Born in June 2006 #38

[Bathsheba]

This time last year I was starting to think about pushing... Kelly was beside me encouraging me through the worst of the contractions... as was DH... the oxytocin drip had been finally turned off thankgod as they were getting waaay too strong and close for my liking. The radio was on (Gold 104) playing hits of the 80's... we were having a bit of a laugh in between contractions joking about which song was going to be playing when I pushed him out... honestly this was my only sanity-saver! I don't usually like that station! (Music was my main source of focus this labour... previous ones had been in silence and I found that having something to listen to really helped) Anyhow, I was well and truely over it all as I had been in the same room all day (after an induction at noon, had been at the hospital since 7am)... things got really tough toward the end... Niall's head got stuck and they were talking about the vacuum suction... a doctor went in search of one... anyhow I heard Kelly say "c'mon, you can do this! You've come all this way!" etc. "Footloose" was playing on the radio... I could see the humour in the whole situation yet I was scared out of my wits. I knew the doctor was going to return with the dreaded suction thing (which Verity was assisted with and resulted in her having a huge lump the size of 1/2 a tennis ball on the back of her head) and I was determined that this baby not have to endure that so i gave one helluva push and "ooooouchy!!!" out he came! Soon after I heard exclamations that he had been born with his hand up next to his face and I had sustained a graze... leading to excruciating internal examinations. Anyhow, eventually i got to hold him, after DH and Kelly had had long cuddles while I was being checked out. He was, of course, gorgeous and attached for a BF pretty much immediately.
Oh and he was born at 8.53pm... we're just about to light a candle too Maybe play "Footloose" LOL

Anyhow hope you don't mind me reliving Niall's birth here tonight... I don't think I ever ended up writing a de-brief in BB as Kelly wrote a detailed account for me and gave to me as a typed hardcopy. I always meant to get a digital copy to put here on BB and Nic reminded me enough times... but it just never happened. Oh well... so many new girls now... you might want to share your stories here too!

ETA: Thanks for posting the birthday list again Nic You read my mind!