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My update...

ms_mellorms_mellor
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

Have I waited long enough so that it's not 'weird' (or whatever the term was??).

Here's the short story (sort of)...
I'd been having contractions since Friday evening. Finally Monday morning at 2am they were 5 minutes apart, so we headed to the hospital to meet the midwife. I was only 2cm dilated, and had not changed since Thursday (when I had a stretch and sweep), so they sent us home (it took me forever to dilate with Ruari, so no one thought anything would happen). I took some Gravol and Tylenol, hooked up the tens machine and tried to sleep. At about 4ish, I woke up with horrendous contractions. They were about 2 minutes long, every 3 minutes and were excruciating. I also started to feel super nauseous despite having taken Gravol (which I thought was odd). Finally I told DH that something didn't seem right and that we needed to call the midwife back. I started a bath and got in while DH talked to the midwife. She listened to one of my contractions, and told us to get to the hospital right away, and to call the other midwife if there was an emergency. As I was getting out of the tub, my water broke, and I started to bleed. As I was trying to get dressed, I had an unbelievable urge to push. I had had an epidural with Ru, so the whole sensation was very new to me. DH quickly called the midwife, and she told him to call 911 and she was on her way. He called 911, got me on the floor, got a towel and a pillow....and in 4 pushes out came Maggie...screaming!!! He tied the cord off with a shoelace (why he picked a shoelace, I don;t know...I have a whole craft room full of wool etc.). And then the paramedics arrived (they sent 2 ambulances). My midwife showed up about 10 minutes later, and took control, sewed me up, got me in bed. She was born at 5:50 (ish) and by 7:30 I was sitting in bed eating breakfast. It was all so very odd really. (I was also high on adrenaline, which was why I felt well enough to post, and because I had a midwife, I didn't need to go to the hospital)
We're still pretty amazed that it all happened, and I am totally in awe of DH. He was so calm....I was not (I remember saying 'This is not how it's supposed to happen' as I was laying on the floor).
We're just getting ourselves settled in. I feel quite well (in reality, it was a pretty easy delivery). Ruari has somewhat gotten used to the idea of 'Iggie' as she calls her. My new little redhead is eating well and often, and sleeping well. The midwife came today to check in, and we are both doing very well. I am still amazed at this little baby...she survived mommy having H1N1, then pneumonia, then breathing issues (which meant heavy drugs) for months, and was then delivered by her daddy...she's one tough cookie!!

Thanks for all your well wishes and thoughts! 


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