Well baby Catrin Beth arrived at 1.26am this morning! weighing 6lb 8.5oz.
After a short labour including a second stage of 16 minutes!!! lol literally 3 pushes and she was in my arms.
Called MW at 10pm after my tightenings stepped up an hour before then shifted to 2 mins apart within a 20 min period. lol
Dh was fantastic for support / massage etc. And we both felt it was a calm and natural birth.
Hypno birthing definately helped keep my head in the right place.
She is a tiny bit blotchy from the quick birth but doing well - sleeping soundly at the moment.
Gas and air only (for 2nd stage only), home birth, with only a graze!
Both my girls are smitten (as dh and I are of course) and were able to be there as soon as Catrin was born (I was literally still stood with her in my arms cord attached to me etc. Allowed cord to stop pulsing before eldest and DH cut it. 3rd stage was 1 hour as tried to let it happen naturally but had injection in the end in case it went on too long and led to my being transferred in.
MW's were fantastic!
Catrin has Breast fed after skin to skin, but is sleepy now so have struggled to get her to feed when latched on.. fingers x'd she wakes better later - MW is coming so will sort things out then.
