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We had our baby boy XP

KateLouiseKateLouise member
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Hi ladies,
We had our baby boy last night. Of course I think he's perfect :) It was a pretty fast and intense induction.
Timeline:
6.30pm Cervadil placed in
830pm Placed on monitoring 
9pm I ask to be taken off monitoring so I can get up to work through the contractions.
9.45pm hospital mw examines me and I'm 3cm dilated. She does a stretch and sweep of the membranes.
10.20pm I ring my husband to come up to the hospital (he'd been sent home off the ward at 8pm) I'm taken down to delivery
10.30pm My mw arrives back at the hospital.
10.45pm husband arrives. 
11.pm waters are broken.
11.15pm baby is delivered.
11.20pm placenta is delivered.

So about an hour and a half from being 3cm to baby being delivered. It was pretty intense, and baby was completely posterior which made pushing him out seriously hard work.

His cord was over a metre long, it was wrapped around his neck 3 times, and tangled around his arms, legs and body.

I'm thankful that the hospital staff didn't insist on constant monitoring, despite hospital protocol. In fact there's no way I would have been able to lie in a bed, but I didn't need any pain-meds, and certainly didn't have time for an epi.

I did have some bleeding, but no tearing, and baby boy weighed 7lbs and 2 oz, which is little for me, after my last baby was 10lbs, and my first was 9lbs.

All is well and we are settling in nicely.
Best wishes to those of you who have births coming up soon, and to those of you who are at the earlier stages of your pregnancies.

Thank you for your support and friendship over the last few months. It has meant a lot.
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    Momona1Momona1 member
    Congratulations on your baby boy!




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    djdawn29adjdawn29a member
    Congratulations!!!
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    jlion27jlion27 member
    Congratulations on your baby boy!! What a lovely story. Thank you for taking the time to fill us in. Cheers to you and congrats.
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    browneyes_326browneyes_326 member
    Congrats :)
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    sidey1sidey1 member
    Congratulations! Happy it moved along so quickly for you, enjoy your new addition!

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    Me 43 DH 48 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test.  *5th cycle after loss 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
    ** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy born 5/6/2013!

    TTC #2, bpf 1/15/15 Baby Girl due Oct 1! She's here, 9/26/2015! 

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    flyinmommyflyinmommy member
    Congrats!!
     

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    Congrats!
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    BP1979BP1979 member
    Wow, that was a fast birth! So glad to hear you and baby are doing well!
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    nyc2015nyc2015 member
    Congratulations!!!
    Such wonderful news you and baby are doing great and that is great labor moved along nice and fast for you!
      . 
    I was on here back last winter with you guys before I suffered a miscarriage in February.  You were always so kind and supportive.  I remembered a couple of you were due in October and wanted to sign on to wish you my congratulations!!
    It has been one tough year (my mother got very ill), so fiance and I have not been ttc, but thinking of options now-- at 43 now and time is, well you know.   Anyway, my congratulations to you guys and wishing you the best of everything!   ENJOY!
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