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MountainGirl
04-07-2008, 08:21
The arrival of our 3rd child, and second son had been looming ominous for a couple of weeks before his arrival (as some of the girls on here can attest, due to my constant whinging and moaning:o),. I had spent 4 nights in a row with painful contractions and seemingly endless runs of BH contractions before finally falling asleep in the early hours of the morning, and waking up still pregnant. sigh.,.... It was as if he would never come!
Our first due date of June 20th came and went and the second date of June 29th got closer and closer,. The evening of June 24th started with the same run of contractions but I went to bed thinking "Ho Hum,...yeah right,.not tonight!",. At 23:00 I woke to a strong pain,..and then another and another,... The contractions started at 5mins apart,.and at 23:30 were down to 3mins apart,. We called my mum who was going to spend the night with Scarlett and Jasper and I got dressed and waited at the front door,...contractions were really painful, lasting nearly 2mins and coming every 3mins. Before we left, I heated up my wheat pack,.and the pain of the contractions was so bad that I didn't even notice the pack was too hot, and I ended up with a burn on my tummy! Mum arrived, and we jumped in the car and I was having contraction after contraction and thinking that it was all happening rather quickly. We drove to Royal North Shore Private and by the time we got there the contractions were 1minute apart. We arrived at midnight and the midwife did an internal, and I was 9cm! She called my divine Obbie Stephen, who arrived about 30mins later,... We had a giggle and a chat with him,.he broke my waters,.and I pushed our beautiful baby boy into the arms of his Daddy (who was 'assisting' Stephen). He was born at 2am after 3 hours of labour. No drugs, no tears! He weighed in at 3.2kg with a shock of black hair and a serious little face. His Daddy welcomed him in the same way as he did our other two children,..by kissing him and whispering into his ear "Welcome Earthside my Child,...I have been waiting for you!":valentine: A lovely birthing experience:yes:
Wow, go you good thing! :D And welcome, little Rafferty! :goodvibes:
Congrats!What a fantastic birth!
Your DH sounds like a total darling!!!!
Welcome Rafferty!:smiliedance:
grass is always greener
04-07-2008, 09:22
What an awesome birth story. You did such a great job.
You are wonderwoman SJR, such a beautiful birth..
Congratulations, and welcome little Rafferty.. :hugs::baby:
Mamalicious
04-07-2008, 09:40
:goodvibes: That is so sweet of your DH, I nearly cried. :o
Welcome to the world Rafferty!!! :sunshine:
sshellzp
04-07-2008, 11:54
Wow what a fantastic birth story. You did very well. Congrats on your new son.
What a fantastic birth hun. I guess all those practice BH put you in good stead for the real thing.
Welcome to the world little man.:yelclap:
bubbleyblossom
04-07-2008, 12:04
Oh wow! Thats such a lovely birth!
Welcome to the world little one!
:goodvibes: That is so sweet of your DH, I nearly cried. :o
I did! :o
Beautiful birth story, welcome to the world little man!!! :baby: :goodvibes:
His Daddy welcomed him in the same way as he did our other two children,..by kissing him and whispering into his ear "Welcome Earthside my Child,...I have been waiting for you!":valentine:
Awwwwwwwww! What a gorgeous man!
Beautiful experience for a beautiful boy. :yelclap: Congratulations again :hugs:
(Still waiting for those pics of Stephen ... don't make me have to feign pregnancy to go and see him in his offices! :laughing: )
Congratulations:smiliedance:
What a wonderful experience :goodvibes:
You did a great job :thumbsup:
Welcome to new little Rafferty :cloud9:
MountainGirl
04-07-2008, 12:18
Awwwwwwwww! What a gorgeous man!
Beautiful experience for a beautiful boy. :yelclap: Congratulations again :hugs:
(Still waiting for those pics of Stephen ... don't make me have to feign pregnancy to go and see him in his offices! :laughing: )
When in labour, the last thing you think of is taking discrete photo's of your obbie! I did however, manage to admire the lovely camel coloured cashmere sweater he was wearing! :o The things you notice! Sheesh!
When's your follow up appointment? Just hand Rafferty over and snappy snappy! :D
MountainGirl
04-07-2008, 12:46
:laughing: Beany! I would be too embarassed,...:o And,..you may be disappointed!
Jane, I had a friend who did that at her follow up so I could see her obbie!
Aww Jane, what a lovely husband you have :goodvibes: and a beautiful birth story. :yelclap:
I bet you're sad now that you won't be seeing Stephen for a while :p
MountainGirl
04-07-2008, 18:32
Aww Jane, what a lovely husband you have :goodvibes: and a beautiful birth story. :yelclap:
I bet you're sad now that you won't be seeing Stephen for a while :p
I am sad:( and the post birth emotional rollercoaster doesnt help either,... silly isn't it.:o
Sammilee
04-07-2008, 18:50
What a beautiful birth story. Thank you so much for sharing. And your lil' man is gorgeous (guessing he's the one featuring in your avatar... hehe!). Welcome to the world :babydust2: Rafferty :babydust2: (cool name btw).
MountainGirl
04-07-2008, 18:53
I did! :o
Beautiful birth story, welcome to the world little man!!! :baby: :goodvibes:
I know! I cry thinking about it too!!! It also makes my milk letdown:laughing:
Sammilee
04-07-2008, 18:54
When's your follow up appointment? Just hand Rafferty over and snappy snappy! :D
Jane, I had a friend who did that at her follow up so I could see her obbie!
Don't many people take pics of their obs with the bubs? Geesh, I'm all embarrassed now 'coz we did :o, I wanted one for DS's book (and my ob didn't seem fazed at all when we asked him for a pic with DS). And of course DH was snappy happy during the birth so we have some wonderful pics of my ob with a 'serious' looking face (and you just 'know' what he's looking at... hehe!!! :laughing: :D :o).
MountainGirl
04-07-2008, 18:56
Don't many people take pics of their obs with the bubs? Geesh, I'm all embarrassed now 'coz we did :o, I wanted one for DS's book (and my ob didn't seem fazed at all when we asked him for a pic with DS). And of course DH was snappy happy during the birth so we have some wonderful pics of my ob with a 'serious' looking face (and you just 'know' what he's looking at... hehe!!! :laughing: :D :o).
Ha! Not me,.. I am keeping the divine Stephen for myself:p,..... Just have to talk DH into having another baby so I can spend some more time with him:D
Sammilee
04-07-2008, 21:27
Ha! Not me,.. I am keeping the divine Stephen for myself:p,..... Just have to talk DH into having another baby so I can spend some more time with him:D
I don't know the story behind this, but geez, you now have me curious so I wanna see a pic of the infamous Stephen too!!! :laughing: :laughing: :D :D
*All chant*...
We want Stephen, we want Stephen, we want Stephen :smiliedance::smiliedance::smiliedance: We want Stephen!
Gosh, how embarassing would it be if Stephen ever read the posts in Bubhub, lol! He'd be flattered I'm sure :yes:
Perhaps I'll send him an email and request a picture ... :D
MountainGirl
05-07-2008, 01:56
Gawd,.. I am off to change his name in all my posts!:o
Love this birth story and hope to have one just like it! Also lovely names all round.
congratulations!!!! what a wonderful birth story!
Congratulations on the birth of your new son!!
Welcome to the world Rafferty!!
I got a tear in my eye hearing how your Dh welcomed your kids into the world!!
Enjoy your new little man!
ohhhhh gorgeous story! welcome again to Rafferty
Awesome work SJR, you've done so well :)
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