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Mia was born on 4th December at 5:57pm weighing 6lb 15oz. It was a tricky birth. Heres my story:

On monday 3rd my waters broke as i went to collect my daughter from school, i was admitted to the hospital only to be discharged as natural labour had not kicked in by then. They had instructed me to check my temperature twice a day. If it was above 37.5 then i was to go back to the hospital straight away. The midwife told me that it is very rare for anyone to contract an infection and so not to worry, just go home and relax and if i hadnt started labour by thursday i would have been induced. Well..... the next day (4th Dec) I checked my temp in the morning and it was fine... but i was starting to have irredular contractions and bad back ache.. I checked my temp again mid afternoon as i was starting to get very shiverey and wasnt quite feeling myself... it was spot on 37.5... The midwife had said to wait an hour and check it again and if it was still up then to go to hospital, so i checked an hour later and it was 38!! I got told to go asap to hospital which my partner and I did.. we arrived at the labour suite at 3.30pm.. I had to be given antibiotics via a drip and paracetamol to bring down my temp.. they had told me that i would have to be induced to be on the safe side.. this was ok as it meant i would get to see my baby... But being as my irregular contractions werent anything special and i wasnt dilating as fast as they wopuld have liked they called in 4 specialist doctors to check me!! At this point my partner and i were worried.. They ended up rushing me to theater and giving me an emergency C-section ... Mia was born at 5:57.... a healthy baby girl.

I then had to stay in hospital for a further 3 days so they could keep Mia on antibiotics and under close watch. It was all a very worrying time. But we are both home and mum and baby are doing fine. In fact today i get my stitches removed and so should feel alot better. I will post pictures later.

19/04/07

well i am 6 weeks pregnant with my second child. Its an amazing thing to happen to us both at the minute and we are both over joyed with the fact we are going to have a baby in 71/2 months. I have my first midwife appointment on May 1st. So looking forward to that.

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20/04/07

I'm finding it very easy to give up alcohol and caffine! I gave them up as soon as i found out i was pregnant and haven't looked back since. I feel so much more in control of my body.

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25/04/07

Today i feel better what with morning sickness, but have managed to catch a nasty cold virus and so with that wrapped with how tired i feel anyway i am actually feeling really run down today... I had yesterday afternoon off work because i felt so rough, but can't have any more time due to the fact that no-one at work know's about the pregnancy and i work with a lot of men in a warehouse and they class you as a whimp if you had time off for anything other then a broken back!!


But as for everything else i'm doing good! 7 week's today :-)

I will like it more once i start having physical sign's of being pregnant, at the moment it seems as though its all in my head...

Well congratualtions to you all! And if any of you can let me know when it is you start to notice your tummy getting harder then let me know as i'm convinced mine is but not sure i'm imagining it as i'm wanting it soo much.


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02/05/07

Yesterday i had my first midwife appointment. It went very well... she took 5 lots of blood and a urine sample. I should get the results in the next few weeks, well thats if there is any trouble! She weighed me and compared that to my height... i am 5ft 11 and 80 kgs... which sounds alot but because i am tall and quite broad my weight is perfect... so thats good news.

She felt my tummy but couldnt feel anything just yet but she says thats normal! around another 2-4 weeks before she will. She also said that my letter with my scan appointment should be sent out this week! cant wait to get the date through.

I'm still convinced i can feel my tummy getting bigger.... not loads but my waist line has definatley expanded. Going to have to buy some new clothes this weekend because my trousers are too tight for me at work now!

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11/05/07

Well today i woke up and had a show of blood, I rang my midwife and she has arranged a scan for me on monday at 9.00, I didnt have any real pain with the show of blood which is always good. I am very worried and won't be able to set my mind at ease until i see that everything is okay. I have had the day off work today and have done nothing but rest... Also planning on doing nothing all weekend as i dont want to risk anything at this early stage. It is all very worring for me and my partner. I have to pray everything is ok on monday. My 8 year old daughter is booked into hospital on Tuesady to have her tonsils removed which will be an all day operation and so I am hoping i will be well enough to take her to that. Fingers crossed all will be okay. Feeling very low today.

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20/05/07

I went to the hospital on monday for my scan and everything was fine... We saw our little bean move and the heart beat it was amazing. It's weird but now I am starting to actually feel pregnant. I have also noticed that I have lost most of the weight I put on at the start of this pregnancy, which everyone said was water retention which they were right! It was!

Well I have also noticed that my morning sickness has stopped completely and I am feeling a little more energetic which is brilliant. I have a slight bump when i lay on my back that seems to grow throughout the day! what starts un-noticable, becomes very prominant at the end of the day!

I havent noticed any cravings yet apart from everything! I can't seem to stop eating. Everything I see I want! I have been thinking about starting swimming classes to keep my weight down because I drive everywhere now adays and don't seem to get chance to walk or exercise. With my first daughter I put on alot of weight! 4 stone in total and it took me years to loose it! Thats the last thing I want with this one so I suppose I will have to pull my finger out :-)

Well I will be 11 weeks next week, which means nearly at the 3 month stage! I can't wait.

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