We made it!!
Well here I am on the otherside of child birth, and all can say is "Thank goodness that is over and I never have to do it again." I am definitely not one of those mother earth types that thinks birthing is a beautiful thing. I can think of tonnes of adjectives to describe giving birth but beautiful would definitely NOT be one!
I did have a water birth which was a good option. I was whaling around in the bath secretly cursing and blaming all this pain on Eve. If she had not eaten that apple I would be having none of this knife stabbing pain. "its all her fault!!!" I think Dean was thinking he was pretty lucky to be escaping any abuse and was happy to load it all up on poor old Eve!
The whole ordeal I will call it went for 8 hours from the first contraction to the birth.Unfortunalty we are a bit ripped off in this area because they actually only count " labour" from when it is " established" Which effectively is when the contractions are on top of each other and you just want to die! Which for me, would count as 4 hours. I mean to say.. its' not like the first 4 hours weren't bad enough. I spent them bent over in the shower wanting to vomit the pain was so bad.. but OH NO we don';t count that!!!, That's not what you'd call exactly fun is it? So that;s why I think it must have been a man who made up these rules because if it was a Man GIVING birth they would be counted from the onset to get the full impact. I mean come ON look at how they behave when they have touch of a cold, you would think they were on their death bed.Or when they catch a fish.. we get EVERY minute detail about how BIG it was SO imagine them in child birth, they would DEFINITELY be documenting labour from the first contraction! Now don't get me wrong I love men and I definitively am not a feminist but I do have to think that they made up these " it doesn't count unless its established labour' rules. But if they were made up by woman ... we are not very kind to ourselves are we?!
I mean crikey if the birth alone is not bad enough then we have to have after pains! What is all that about! It's not like we are going to forget in a hurry the trauma we've just been through. But I guess just incase we do manage to block it from our memory we are forced, through the after pains to remember it for a week or more afterwards. Did Eve eat the apple AND the core or something!
SO I gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl which was a shock in itself because I would have put a BET on down at the TAB on it being a boy as it was EXACTLY the same pregnancy as with Mattie and so different to the other 2 girls. Anyway good thing I am a procrastinator and never made that bet, because I would have lost all my money! She was the size of a good boy. at 9lb5 56 cm and born at 1239 to be exact on the 11.10.11. Fully stoked on that easy to remember date! Thankyou GOD! Her name is Molly Anaiah.
SO Alice wanted to know if I was having another baby because I still had my big tummy! Hmm well thanks alot Alice. That unfortunately is another RIP off about having a baby. ONE would expect to be able to walk out of hospital in a pair of non preggy jeans? Right? well some can, but for most of us... but NO NO NO Not a chance.. infact those preggy clothes will be the only things that will fit for about the next 2, ok, lets be real here we'll make that 5 years, while I get round to doing something about getting rid of that spare tyre the baby has gifted me! Well as it turns out Alice the 4 yr old wasn't the only one who was confused. On my first public outting, there were quite a few who commented on the fact that I" STILL hadn't had that baby"!! Does wonders for one's self image!
Anyway she is proving to be a good baby which is good as we are 13 days in to it. I don't know where the time has gone!
Alice suggested that I would have to cut off my boobies and give them to someone else to put on so they can feed the baby while I am.... I'm not sure what she thought I would be doing, but it obviously wasn't shopping of a new size 10 wardrobe that's for sure!!
Deano scored it. He got he call up to go away the day she was born. SO I got home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon (after 2 nights in) and by Friday 5.30 the next morning, he was GONE for a month! So he is thinking he is pretty lucky to have scored himself a months worth of full nights sleep. Feels like he has been gone for EVER but is only been a week! GROAN!
Oh well atleast we won the Rugby world cup! That would have been almost worse than child birth if we had lost that AGAIN!
Glad to be on the otherside of the baby and the world cup. BIG sighs of relief on both counts. All is looking pretty good from here on in!
Lots of love from Lanzie land x
I did have a water birth which was a good option. I was whaling around in the bath secretly cursing and blaming all this pain on Eve. If she had not eaten that apple I would be having none of this knife stabbing pain. "its all her fault!!!" I think Dean was thinking he was pretty lucky to be escaping any abuse and was happy to load it all up on poor old Eve!
The whole ordeal I will call it went for 8 hours from the first contraction to the birth.Unfortunalty we are a bit ripped off in this area because they actually only count " labour" from when it is " established" Which effectively is when the contractions are on top of each other and you just want to die! Which for me, would count as 4 hours. I mean to say.. its' not like the first 4 hours weren't bad enough. I spent them bent over in the shower wanting to vomit the pain was so bad.. but OH NO we don';t count that!!!, That's not what you'd call exactly fun is it? So that;s why I think it must have been a man who made up these rules because if it was a Man GIVING birth they would be counted from the onset to get the full impact. I mean come ON look at how they behave when they have touch of a cold, you would think they were on their death bed.Or when they catch a fish.. we get EVERY minute detail about how BIG it was SO imagine them in child birth, they would DEFINITELY be documenting labour from the first contraction! Now don't get me wrong I love men and I definitively am not a feminist but I do have to think that they made up these " it doesn't count unless its established labour' rules. But if they were made up by woman ... we are not very kind to ourselves are we?!
I mean crikey if the birth alone is not bad enough then we have to have after pains! What is all that about! It's not like we are going to forget in a hurry the trauma we've just been through. But I guess just incase we do manage to block it from our memory we are forced, through the after pains to remember it for a week or more afterwards. Did Eve eat the apple AND the core or something!
SO I gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl which was a shock in itself because I would have put a BET on down at the TAB on it being a boy as it was EXACTLY the same pregnancy as with Mattie and so different to the other 2 girls. Anyway good thing I am a procrastinator and never made that bet, because I would have lost all my money! She was the size of a good boy. at 9lb5 56 cm and born at 1239 to be exact on the 11.10.11. Fully stoked on that easy to remember date! Thankyou GOD! Her name is Molly Anaiah.
SO Alice wanted to know if I was having another baby because I still had my big tummy! Hmm well thanks alot Alice. That unfortunately is another RIP off about having a baby. ONE would expect to be able to walk out of hospital in a pair of non preggy jeans? Right? well some can, but for most of us... but NO NO NO Not a chance.. infact those preggy clothes will be the only things that will fit for about the next 2, ok, lets be real here we'll make that 5 years, while I get round to doing something about getting rid of that spare tyre the baby has gifted me! Well as it turns out Alice the 4 yr old wasn't the only one who was confused. On my first public outting, there were quite a few who commented on the fact that I" STILL hadn't had that baby"!! Does wonders for one's self image!
Anyway she is proving to be a good baby which is good as we are 13 days in to it. I don't know where the time has gone!
Alice suggested that I would have to cut off my boobies and give them to someone else to put on so they can feed the baby while I am.... I'm not sure what she thought I would be doing, but it obviously wasn't shopping of a new size 10 wardrobe that's for sure!!
Deano scored it. He got he call up to go away the day she was born. SO I got home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon (after 2 nights in) and by Friday 5.30 the next morning, he was GONE for a month! So he is thinking he is pretty lucky to have scored himself a months worth of full nights sleep. Feels like he has been gone for EVER but is only been a week! GROAN!
Oh well atleast we won the Rugby world cup! That would have been almost worse than child birth if we had lost that AGAIN!
Glad to be on the otherside of the baby and the world cup. BIG sighs of relief on both counts. All is looking pretty good from here on in!
Lots of love from Lanzie land x
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