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connor Sex: boy Born: 21 February, 2003 Age: 10 years & 90 days Birthday in: 275 days Starsign: Pisces Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

WARNING...not a nice story!!!
ok, my first pregnancy went really smoothly, no morning sickness or anything! the labour on the other hand was horrendous!!!!
i first felt my contractions at around 4am and my then partner was at work doing the night shift so i called him and he was home within about an hour, he then went straight to bed!!!! contractions started getting really bad around 3.30pm so went to the hospital...hitting around 10 red traffic lights (me yelling at him to go faster, him yelling at me cos he couldn't) when we finally got there, i was sent from one ward to another, then back again (useless hospital!) eventually i got a bed and was being taken care of by two trainee midwifes.
at 6.30pm, i was examined and told i was 6cm dialated and had approx 4hrs left as it s an hour per cm (apparently) so i told my then partner to go call my mum as she wanted to be there and the midwifes left to get me some pethadine(SP) as the gas and air made me feel ill especially as i had a chest infection.
anyway, as they all left i had an almighty contraction and the next thing i know, something was bulging between my legs (no not the baby, my waters as they hadn't broken yet) i pressed the alarm button and one of the midwifes came back in clutching the neddle full of pethadine (as you can imagine, i didn't get it in the end!) they broke my waters and had a look and said ''i can see the babys head'' within minutes i felt the urge to push, my then partner was still no where to be seen (he'd gone for a cigarette too) about 5 mins into pushing, he came back and then seconds later i heard the midwife say ''breech'' and withinn seconds the room was full of doc's.
first of all they tried to push baby back up and turn him around (they figured it wasn't gonna work after 5mins) and it was too late for a c-section so i had to give birth to a breech baby, naturally...with NO pain relief!!!
it took around 5mins to get the body out and then a further 15mins to get the head out, i had to be cut in the end as i simply could push anymore.
once our son was fully born,he had the cord wrapped around his neck and and swalled merconium(SP) and his heartbeat had dropped dramaticly, he had to be rushed away to have his lungs cleared and be resusatated(SP).
i on the other hand was made to get up and walk across the room, holding a sanitary towel to myself (before being stitched up) while they cleared to bed!
after i was stitched up, i asked the doc how many stitches and was simply told ''too many to count!!'')
thankfully our son was fine, weighed in at 5lb 15 1/2oz (only one day early) and we went home after a week but... my story doesn't end there!!!
about 10 weeks later, we we're visiting my mother-in-law (around 300miles away from our home) and i was still bleeding, i'd been to the doc's several times and was told i must have an infection and was given antibiotics, but while we were away, the blood turned black and i smelt of rotton flesh down there (sorry, i know, not nice!)i got an emergency appointment with a doc and was told the same thing as before (infection and antibiotics) but i put my foot down and said he had to do an internal examination as something really wasn't right, he gave in and did one and gagged when he went to have a look, he then said he could see something in there and sent me straight to hospital as he couldn't remove it himself.
at the hospital, another doc examined me and manged to get the offending item out, turns out it was a swab left in there from the birth!!! they tried to say it was a tampon but i just said that it must have been there before i got pregnant as i hadn't used one since givng birth!!!! i was given about 5 different types of antibiotics to take away with me and sent home, it then took my normal doc 6 weeks to contact me and i was then told that whatever had been inside had been thrown away before being properly tested!!!!
as you can imagine...it wasn't the greatest first birth that i thought it would be!!!

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jack Sex: boy Born: 22 November, 2005 Age: 7 years & 180 days Birthday in: 185 days Starsign: Scorpio Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

thankfuuly, this is a nice story, pregnancy was the same as the first (very easy) but i was on my own due to the father doing a runner within a week of me telling him he was gonna be a daddy!
my waters broke 2 days before i actually went into labour so i was stopping at my mums house and she was helping me with my 1st son who was then 2, my contractions started around 11pm and i went to a different hospital from last time, i was examined around 5mp to see how far dialated i was and i was already 7cm!
i gave birth in the birthing pool with my mum beside me and it was a wonderful experience, my baby boy weighed in at 7lb 2oz and was a week early and was also born with no pain relief.
this birth couldn't of been more different from the first but i was still terrified that something was gonna go wrong.
my mum looked after my eldest for a weekso i could get used to having my new baby and when i came out of hospital 5 days later, we stayed at her house so i could get used to looking after 2 children on my own but still have the help that i needed.

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Ella Amelia Sex: girl Born: 30 January, 2009 Age: 4 years & 109 days Birthday in: 256 days Starsign: Aquarius Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: - walking at 9 months

it was tuesday the 27th jan at about 10.30 in the evening and i was sat on the sofa with my laptop and all of a sudden felt quite wet between my legs, i got up and a little bit of water trickled out so i went to the toilet and a little bit more came out then i laid on the sofa for 30 mins and stood up again and more water leaked, phoned midwife and was asked to go in and have a trace and a check over, i had one small contraction the entire time i was there and i didn't even feel it so was sent home! around 10am on thursday 29th, i was back in the birthing unit (where i was planning on giving birth) for another trace and had another small contraction in the space of 1hr so was sent to the main hospital to be induced.
once there, they inserted the little tablet thing to soften my cervix and i had to wait 6hrs to see if it took effect...it didn't so at around 10pm they gave me the drip to speed things up.
at about 11pm my contractions started and quickly got stronger and more painful and eventually at 1.33am, my gorgeous daughter Ella made her appearance to the world weighing in at 6lb 5oz.
she was my very first birthday present and the best gift i could of recieved, unfortunately, i had to spend my entire birthday in the hospital as my waters had broken on the tues and there was a higher risk of her developing an infection, luckily she didn't though and is now home where she belongs.

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Joshua Sex: boy Born: 07 August, 2010 Age: 2 years & 285 days Birthday in: 80 days Starsign: Leo Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: 08.08.10
Type of delivery: Vaginal (without pain relief)
Duration of labor: 9hrs 40mins from start of contractions
Weight @ birth: 7lb 12oz
Length @ birth: -

Joshua`s birthstory

contractions started at 3pm at 10 mins apart, by 5.30pm they were every 7 mins but not lasting very long so i phoned birthing unit and they said i seemed to be coping well and to go in when i was ready. i wanted to wait till my 18 month old dd was in bed before leaving so at 8pm i went to the hospital fully expecting to be sent home as my contractions still weren`t painful and were only lasting around 15-20seconds, anyway, i was examined at 9pm and i was already 9cm dilated!!!
an hour later i was fully dilated but my waters had still not broke and after examination they found he was still quite high and wouldn`t break my waters incase he dropped and got the cord wrapped round his neck
they eventually broke my waters around midnight and at 12.40am he was born...sleeping!!!
he let out a healthy cry for about 2 seconds and then went back to sleep!

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Benjamin Sex: boy Born: 28 May, 2012 Age: 0 years & 355 days Birthday in: 10 days Starsign: Gemini Development: See the 11 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: June 1st 2012
Type of delivery: Vaginal (without pain relief)
Duration of labor: 3 hrs 45 mins
Weight @ birth: 7lb
Length @ birth:

Benjamin`s birthstory

coming soon :)

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