We've decided on 'Tristan Alexander' for our little man.

About You
Name?: Kristy
Age?: 23
Height?: 5'9
Pre-pregnancy weight?: Around 55kg
About The Father
Name?: Allen
Age?: 31 (old man)
Height?: 6'0
Are you still together?: As often as we can get away with it.
About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy?: No, my first son, Jack, is two.
When did you find out you were pregnant?: Several days before my period was due. Faintest line I have ever seen.
Was it planned?: Yes and no, we weren't using contraception and we were trying but still weren't expecting to.
What was your first reaction?: OMG!, ha ha ha ha ha, yay, oh f**k!
Who was with you when you found out?: Hubby was home and had told me how great my boobs looked, I went in and did the test straight away.	.
Who was the first person you told?: Al
How did your parents react?: Congratulations, but I think they then assume that you must be fairly well along and were quite shocked when told that their grandchild was only conceived days ago, and a little grossed out.
How far along are you?: 32 weeks
What was your first symptom?: Big Pammy Anderson boobs. Instant E cup.
What is your due date?: 29 February 2008
Do you know the sex of the baby?: Yes......
If so, what is it?: A little man
Have you picked out names?: Yep
If so, what are they?: I liked Sean but he didn't, and we both liked Tristan so that's it.
How much weight have you gained?: 15 kg
Do you have stretch marks?: Only from last time around. No freshies yet.
Have you felt the baby move?: About two minutes ago, he's in training for Beijing and he's going to be a gymnast.
About the birth
Will you keep the baby?: Just for special occasions.
Home or hospital birth?: Hospital, had complications last time, and I was really glad for the 5 paediactricians storming the room within 20 seconds.
Natural or medicated birth?: As natural as possible. Only the one epidural hopefully, maybe some stitches just for laughs.
Who will be in the delivery room with you?: My cool, calm sister and my panic-merchant husband.
Will you breastfeed?: I'll have a go. But have two inverted nipples, should be interesting.
Do you think you'll need a c-section?: Absolutely hope not.
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: I don't know.
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: Hello baby, I felt so lame when I said that last time that I think I should say it again, so as not to usurp one child.
Would you let someone videotape the birth?: I wouldn't even let my husband watch him crowning last time.
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: Excited. Been there, and I was scared enough last time so that when it was all over I kinda felt it was a bit overrated. Incredible pain. Check. Hardest thing I ever did. Check. But not only did I cope, I enjoyed it. Jan 17th - I have been so up and down lately! I can see why my husband is starting to get a bit edgy, I'll bite his head off if given half a chance. Baby is doing wonderful but I keep having awful dreams that he'll be stillborn, or I wake up and think I'm bleeding again. I just want to hand my husband a big eight pound baby this time, Jack was so sick when he was born and at 6 pound 5 he looked like a tiny little angel. I just wish I wasn't so anxious and I wish I didn't cry at the drop of a hat. So glad I'm not working! I'd drive all my patients nuts at the mo'. I just want to get back to being on cloud nine and happy all the time. Can't wait for the next mood swing. Jan 23rd - I think I'm finally nesting, which is great because there is so much crap I have to do around the house and I have only 36 days! I swapped my sons bedroom to the spare room and have set up the nursery. I bought some great covers for the lounges and have put some new cushions around too and it looks like a whole new house. My husband is probably going to freak out when he comes home from work. lol. If I get the carpets steam cleaned today then it'll probably smell like a new house too. I had them done not that long ago, but a month is a lifetime worth of filth when you have a toddler. I just think that this is only going to last a couple of days so I'd better make the most of it. Better get back to it.

Friday, 22 Feb

Sunday, 24 Feb

Wednesday, 27 Feb

Still have a baby in my belly. I feel so irritable and so emotional and I want to get him out before I go totally mad. Our poor toddler has been copping it this week, his loose and liberal parents have turned into strict ones and won `t morph back. I have been having blood stained discharge since sun and have felt as though I was going to get my period too. I had a membrane sweep this morning as well. My dr also said he `s inducing me because tristan isn `t getting any bigger and so my placenta isn `t functioning as well as it should. So we `ll have a drip on fri morn. I just feel so awful.

Saturday 1st March

I went into labour at about one thirty in the afternoon on Wed. It seemed to pick up where it left off on Sunday. Same level of pain per contraction and about fifteen minutes apart for the first hour. Then something changed and they were so sporadic, like I had one straight after another and then would have gaps of about seven minutes. I finished getting everything together and then, we called Al's parents to watch Jack, while we waited I took some panadol and was using a hot pack on my lower abdomen and back and it helped, then we called the hospital and went in. My husband was desperate for us to get there early enough for pain relief so we got there at about two thirty. They popped a CTG monitor on, and we were watching the little waves for each contraction and that was cool. Every time I had one I would start this really low moaning, I had forgotton that they were painful! Our midwife said it's probably still early and that she would book us into a room upstairs and give me a sleeping tablet, but she would examine me first, as I was already dilated this morning. I was being really quiet and just trying to "go with it" as each contraction hit. All up I think this was about an hour and a half, becasue I had to pee so we had to start again, and then he fell asleep, so I drank some ice water and it started again.

The midwife explained that every seven minutes were good strong contractions, but we were still getting Braxton Hicks sporadically as well, they felt the exact same, but weren't showing up as strong as the real ones. She finally examined me and we were seven centimetres dilated, I cried. This meant too late for pethidine, and they weren't painful enough to warrant an epidural and slowing it all down. We were taken to a delivery suite and shown how to use the gas and air. She said that she would come back to check on us. I lay down on my side on the delivery bed and got comfy so my husband could give me a back rub, and then the intensity just went up and up and up. Every two minutes now. A training or student OB GYN came in and asked if he could examine us, he checked and in 30 minutes we had dilated to 8 centimetres. Not too bad, I assumed that I would still have another couple of hours. Then he left and I had just one on top of another and my waters broke with a massive slosh and I had an incredible urge to push, it felt like I was trying to hold a big poo back. I had to try and hold back until the midwife got there and could make sure I was fully dilated. I couldn't, and the next contraction moved my whole body with me trying to pant and I was still lying on my side, my sister had gone to get help. The midwife came in and lifted my leg and said "this baby's got hair!" and then I've looked up because I had my eyes closed for about the last 10 minutes and all I could say was "what!!". He was crowning and his head was delivered as slowly as we could, he had a hand on his shoulder so she moved it and with the next contraction the shoulders and the rest of his body with a whoosh. I didn't push once! And I was still scared to move, but there was no more pain. I opened my eyes again and there were five people standing around. I had no idea who they were or where they had come from. I didn't really care. Tristan was popped on my tummy. Cord cut. I cried again. It was only five o'clock. Three and a half hours of labour. I was a total blubbering mess. I would probably say that I preferred my first labour, 14 and a half hours, as there were bigger breaks in between contractions, but I was lucky both times not to tear. I had a small graze, which stung a bit when I peed the first time, but otherwise all was well. He didn't try to feed until midnight but we've been increasing his time at the breast and he's doing okay. About 20 minutes each breast. We came home yesterday evening. I think I'm getting the hang of it.

Tristan Alexander

8 pounds even, born at 5:00 pm, 50cm long, head circumference 35cm.