On thursday morning (08.05.08) i woke up sometime around 4am, and felt something go 'click'?! I then had 5 contractions roughly 10-15min apart, poked Paul awake at 5am & we gradually got out of bed to get the pool ready and I packed the last few things for Alexis...
I rang janine (who was going to look after alexis) & woke her up but didn't actually get hold of her, and after that the contractions were 4-5min start to start, and I didn't get round to ringing back! Meanwhile Paul was filling the pool in our lounge, but we ran out of hot water when it was only maybe 20-30cm deep, so Paul started putting pots on the stove, then managed to ring Janine back around 6.30-7am, and he ran Alexis round for the day, while i hopped in the pool...
Even though it was so shallow the pool still felt very nice & at that point i could still breathe & forcibly relax through the contractions.. When Paul got back just after 7 we timed them at 4min apart/1min duration, so Paul rang my midwife who had breakfast & got herself ready, and we were to ring her back in 30min with a progress report..
Well 30min later the contractions were 2.5min apart/1.5min long, so she decided to rush around asap! (traveling from the far side of our mini-city, in peak traffic, heading central city bound.. doh! ) She arrived at 9am, along with her student midwife, and they started unpacking, I was still in the pool (which was considerably fuller by now, thanks to many saucepan trips!) just kneeling & leaning on the side, while Paul rubbed my lower back through the contractions...
At 9.20 I finally had a show, followed by a spectacular pop as my waters broke! The next contraction I felt like pushing & my midwife said that if thats what felt right, then to trust myself & go for it! And after just 7 minutes of pushing Eli was out! It was 9.29am :-D
The little rotter took a breath while he was still underwater, so my midwife scooped him out, he spat up the water & let out a massive cry! After a couple of minutes we hopped out of the pool so we could get him wrapped up a bit, Eli had a little feed, then the midwives checked him out & got him dressed.
He weighed 7lb/3.18kg, head circumference of 34cm, length 50cm, apgars of 9 & 10, and was beautifully healthy & pink, with no bumps or marks and not even a slight cone head! ;-)
I spent the next few hours feeling very faint due to my very low blood pressure, but Eli was happy, healthy and content, and i really couldn't have asked for a better birth! :-D
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