Princess_Puddles
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Hi its Tim again. Well there has been an 'interesting development' since my last post!!
I got home from the hospital, made that last post 5 minutes later, stayed on the laptop for about another 10 minutes then played my xbox 360 for a while before deciding to go to bed at 11:55pm. Went upstairs, got ready for bed, was just about to get into bed......and the phone rings!
It was the midwife at the hospital, the conversation went like this:
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MW: Hi its Harlow hospital here, we have transfered Mica to the labour ward
Me: Ok are things starting to happen then?
MW: Yes she is going to give birth very soon
Me: When you say soon...how soon?
MW: half an hour to an hour
Me: SAY NO MORE!!"
I shouts "KEEEEELLLLLYYY (mica's mum) we're going to the hospital mica is giving birth within the hour!!"
I was dressed in 10 seconds and we were out the door in 2 minutes. Hospital is 25 minutes away so I'm blatting down the motorway at 90, feeling shocked/scared/worried/almost in tears. We get to the hospital I park in the midwifes car parking spot (right outside the labour ward lol) and we rush in.
We got there at 12.31am, Harrison Keyon Goodall was born at 12:35am
we got there in time by FOUR minutes!As to exactly what happened I will leave Mica to explain, but the basic gist is that she was in full blown labour for only 2 and half hours! She went from 1.5cm to fully dilated in less than 2 hrs.
I can't explain the feeling, but from getting ready for bed to 35 mins later seeing your son getting born is a life changing experience.
He was born, Mica got him placed straight on her chest whilst I cut the cord (proud dad) and then we both collapsed in a flood of tears.
He is a perfect little boy, 7lb10oz, he cried when he was born but settled and is a gorgeous quiet little baby.
I am SO very proud of Mica, she only used TENS and a little gas and air, and she did so well and stayed strong even when me and her mum weren't there. I love them both to bits and I am the happiest person in the world, this is without a doubt the best and most proudest day of my life. I will let mica go into more detail as to what happened and why, and she will put more pics up, but here is one of Harrison sharing his first cuddle with his Nan:
I am now off to bed for the best 3hrs sleep of my life, before going back to hospital for 11am.
Goodnight all x
