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Hi Guys,

Well baby is here sorry i have not updated you all but its been a little manic and i am very tired and sore.

Her name is Harriet Lucy :)

Photos - http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/baby/

Birth story well -

Waters broken 6.30 am Sunday
Contractions for about 30-45 min every 5-10 min the stopped.
Checked into fetal assessment unit and the confirmed my waters had broken and told me if labour did not start to call 7pm Monday to come in.

Nothing happened so in I went. Induced at 11 pm mw was incacapable of getting my catharher in so got 2 blown veins on on left hand and one right arm, I would not let her have another go so she got someone else who popped this into my right hand. So 2 arms useless for a few hours. 6 hours later I was 1 inch dialated with contractions every 4-5 min, the started me on the hormone drip and contractions got stronger and now every 2 min. So this was at about 5am Tuesday morning they assessed

Me again 6 hours later so 11am ish was 2 to 3cm and found the membrane had not rubtured but cervix was soft so she went in and ruptured with a hook. Had pethadine at 2pm, had been coping with tens from 9am. When contractions and cramps peaked at next assesment and had only got to a good 3cm I had an epidural but in because of the contractions and my back problems it took almost 2 hours for them to fit the epidural and they had to use an ultrasound machine and 5 anaesthetis in the end. So it was only in for about 9pm. and as i was contracting all the way though the 2 hours i could not move and only had the gas and air to cope with the pain...

Contractions now stronger but still every 2 min was to be assessed again in 6 hours and in fact was checked about 10pm when it was confirmed baby had turned back to back and got stuck (breach) during this time and dispite hormone drip was still only 3cm the advised a cesarian I was in a lot of pain and tired so agreed. Baby born 11.24 and weighted 7lb .15oz breast feed quickly and she slept through the night is very alert and happy bunny.

Were were kept in 36 hours as she was so long before waters broke just to check on things.

Baby is very long almost fills the cot at the end of my bed in fact she 52cm long.

Shes been home a few days now and is feeding well and although she lost 9% of her body weight she has started to put some back on now and had had some normal bowel movements. Which i am told is the turning point in the baby coping with having been born and coping with breast milk.

I have had my staples out but cant drive or do any heavy lifting for another 5-6 week so there goes the garden for a while longer.

Congrats Cammy, your babe is beautiful,

sorry you had a tough time, but the end result is worth it :-* ,

take care / shades x

Congraulaions, she is beauiful!

Hope you recover quickly and feel well soon.

really, really well done

Oooooo, congratulations, Louise and hubby! xxx  She is beautiful  :D

Aw she's so beautiful !!! such big eyes and so alert for a newborn!  I hope you somehow manage to get some rest over the next few days. Congratulations and well done ;D ;D

Harriet is gorgeous!  Such a lovely little round face and beautiful eyes, I can't wait to see more photos of her.
Sorry you had such a rough time and I hope you feel much better soon.

Congratulations, she is so lovely. Hope you have a speedy recovery, she looks so worth it :)

Well done. Sorry it wasn't as it should have been but you have a beautiful daughter. She doesn't look new born with those big eyes taking it all in. Take care.

Congratulations to Mum, Dad and baby Harriet. Beautiful baby.

oh wow she's a beaut!

Its a bit difficult when you dont have the birth you expected but at the end of the day when you have such a beautiful daughter, just makes it so worth while!

Glad she's home safe, gaining weight and sounds like she's doing well.

and yup she looks like she's been here before with those eyes  ;D


also happy to hear that your mending, if slowly!


really really super congratulations

Aww beautiful, congratulations  ;D

Congratulations Cam. She's beautiful  ;D

Congratulations,So glad you and baby are well. She's a real beauty

Aaaw Louise she is beautiful and I love her name  :)

Don't worry about your garden or anything else, just treasure your time with your little one, the jobs will wait and she will grow up so fast, just enjoy her and savour the moments with her.  I love it when they are snuggling into you with that headbobbing motion routing for the milk, lovely.  You can tell I am a real old broody thing!! :-[

Enjoy her.xxxx

Congratulations, she's so lovely.  
Your birth story is very similar to my daughters - she also took a long time to get pregnant, but she didn't need a cesearian.  Second time around for her, she had a half hour labour and everything happened so quickly the baby was born at home, just as the called-out paramedics arrived, with the midwife arriving 15 minutes later.

Well done you! ;D

Will not offer any midwifery type advice as I am sure you have had more than enough from inumerable sources.... ::)

Accept all offers of help and take your time to get to know Harriet, she will grow at an amazing rate and will look different from day to day, so make the most of the time you have with her now.

I made the mistake of sending my mum back to London the day after I had my 2nd baby, in reality I was struggling to cope with an unstable pelvis but too proud to admit it, 24 hours later I was on the phone begging her to come back! She stayed for two weeks, I sat around and did little except recover, drink tea, eat mums delicious snacks and lunches and breastfed! I'm sure it would not have gone so well if mum hadn't been there to let me concentrate on him, the temptations to 'get back to normal' and do stuff around the house and garden are so great and hard to resist. Good luck! ;D

I thought you might like this poem. :)


I hope that my child, looking back on today
Will remember a mother who had time to play;
Because children grow up while you're not looking,
There are years ahead for cleaning and cooking.
So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep.
I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep.

Congratulations!  All the pain and suffering makes it worthwhile  :) :) :) :) :) :) :)  Now you can recover and enjoy watching her grow up.

Congratulations Louise...she is lovely!

My nephew has 3 daughter's Lucy and Harriet are the names of two! For some reason I've gone blank on the third :-[

Cam she is a stunning baby hun !!!!!!!!!
Heres to loads of lovely times for you all and i love Harriet as a name, she will be much loved and cherised.
The garden will be there in the summer to play in together  :)