Baby Emily arrived at 11.29pm last night....The time on the ticket showing as entering the car park was 11.08pm!
I phoned the labour ward when contractions were about 5 mins apart but as they were only lasting about 30 seconds and weren't overly painful they advised I stay put and call back when they were lasting at least a minute. The pains got more frequent about 3 mins but weren't lasting any longer but phoned back labour ward and they said take 2 co codamol and have a bath. I explained I lived at least half hour away and lost 5 pints of blood last time and labour only lasted 5 hours last time but they said I didn't sound like I was in established labour even though the pains were getting more intense.
About half an hour later the pains were about a minute apart so I said to my hubby to phone the labour ward and tell them we're coming in! Arrived at the hospital and could barely get out of the car and had 3 contractions to walk about 10 feet to the labour unit! In the assessment room I started feeling the urge to push...The midwife checked me and I was fully dilated and at that point my waters went! I was wheeled straight to labour ward, still contracting and they could see her head coming! I begged for pain relief the minute we got in the room, too late for anything via injection but the gas and air helped slightly but 3 pushes and she was out!
Emily was born weighing 8 lb 5. Sadly I retained the placenta again so ended up with an epidural after the birth but no huge blood loss this time, measured at 600 ml.
She's enjoyed a few feeds now and is currently sleeping, I think she looks so like her big sister Grace. Both were born with a full head of black hair!
Jo. X
