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Oliver Malakai Sex: boy Born: 28 September, 2008 Age: 3 years & 140 days Birthday in: 225 days Starsign: Libra Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: Being the best baby i could have ever asked for :)

Birth details

Original due date: September 21st 2008
Type of delivery: Vaginal (without pain relief)
Duration of labor: 13 hours 20 minutes
Weight @ birth: 7lb 11oz
Length @ birth: 51cm

Well, as i have put on my profile i wanted a water birth at home and thats just what i got. Here are the following notes that my Midwife has written for me about my labour. Regarding to his name, Hamish and I FINALLY decided that we both like Oliver and Malakai (means my angel) while i was in labour funny that!

Sunday 28th September.

Well i woke up about 3am to quite bad contractions and got hamish to rub my back. Rang Sue ( My midwife) and she said to ring back when they are 5mins apart.

10.00am- Sue arrive to me contracting 5mins apart with good support from Hamish. Contractions getting progressively closer togther and stronger. BP-110/74, FHR 130-140

10.40- Vaginal exam. Cervix 90% effaced. Station -3, bulging membranes, dailated 4cm. Postion LOA. Zavana Drinking and empting bladder regularly.

12.20- FHR 130bpm. Contracting 3 in 10mins.Coping well with Hamish.

12.55pm-CTX stronger, feeling more pressure. FHR 130-140bpm. Requesting pain relief, to get into pool. Moved from bedroom to lounge to into the birthing pool.

13.50pm- FHR 130bpm. Stronger regular contractions, 3:10. Zavana working hard.

14.20pm- Zavana requesting VE to know hoe she is doing, Cervix fully effaced, 9cm dialted, station 0. Intact membranes. Reassurance given.

14.35pm-FHR 130bpm- Zavana vocalizing through contractions, feeling increasing pressure and desire to push agaisnt it. Good support given.

14.50pm- Increasing pressure, rim of cervix remains.

15.20pm- VE exam, rim of cervix remains, contractions very strong and 30seconds apart, zavana kneeling down in pool, vocalizing distress.

15.35.-VE, meconium stained. Cervix lip reains on right.

16.15pm- FHR 108. Zavana feels like pushing with contraction.

16.20pm- VE. Fully dilated station +2, Zavana pushing well.

16.35pm.- Peep of head visable, FHR 120-130bpm

16.39pm- Birth of baby boy in water, loose nucal cord removed, brought up to zavana;s chest, first gasp at 30seconds.

16.40pm- APGAR @ 1min. 7, APGAR @ 5mins, 9

16.55pm- Zavana standing up, placenta delivered by maternal effort, miminal blood loss.

17.00pm.- Baby skin to skin with Zavana, moved out of pool, cord cut by Hamish

17.15pm- Perineum checked-intact. Placenta complete, membranes complete.

17.25pm.- zavana breastfeeding baby, good latch, sucking well. Family enjoying baby. Zavana eating ice block. Uterus well contracted at umbilcus. Moderate Lochia.

18.40pm- Up to toilet. Uterus massaged vigourously-large clots expressed. Fundus at umbilicus. Zavana Tired, Baby pink and warm, Weight 3500grams (7lb 11oz), length 51cms, HC, 35.5cms.

And there you have it, my perfect handsome baby Oliver was born. All is well. Altho now with my milk in im finding breastfeeding hard. But ill get there.. :) I am so blessed to have such a perfect baby that came into this world in such a stress-free environment, sunny day ( he was born with a view of the windmills on the hills and horses in the paddock!) and without any drugs. :)

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Xander Ashton Sex: boy Born: 17 March, 2010 Age: 1 years & 335 days Birthday in: 30 days Starsign: Pisces Development: See the 23 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

DUE DATE: 9TH March 2010

LABOUR: 10 hours without pain relief

WEIGHT: 7lb 8oz

LENGTH: 50cm

Well, as you know I was due with my second on the 9^th March, I had to wait another 8 days till I was able to finally see my baby.

On Tuesday night (16^th March) I started to have contractions able 10mins apart that weren’t that painful but enough to be annoying, it wasn’t until about 4am the following morning that I woke up to a tad painful contraction that I knew that I was in labour. I txt my midwife ( Hamish’s aunt) to tell her that I was having contractions that I felt like they were the start of labour. She funny enough she was at another birth up At the hospital when I txt her and she said she would be round home at 9am.

My father in law came and picked up Oliver and took him for the day which was great. Hamish got everything ready while I jumped in the shower. By 12pm my contractions were coming strong and fast yet I still managed to watch TV in the lounge and watch Hamish set up the birthing pool and fill it.

I hoped in the pool at 2.05pm as I felt the contractions were getting just a tad painful (I was also drinking a load of water with rescue remedy in it for my pain relief. it works wonders!!)

Sue then checked how far dilated I was and I was uneven as the baby’s head was coming down on a angle. But within 10mins it had corrected itself.

I was knelling over the side of the pool (so yip my bum was on show) and at 2.45pm after 23mins of pushing XANDER ASHTON arrived still in his bag of waters. He was perfect!! And another boy!!

Xander was 7lb 8oz and 50cms long. A tad smaller then Oliver though he was cooked by a day longer.

He is such a lucky baby to be born in his waters in water and on St Patricks Day!

Oliver came back at 6.30pm to arrive home with a new baby brother in which he gently patted Xander’s head and kissed and hugged him. My family is now complete!!

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