Diary of Pregnancy #7 – Birth Announcement Part 1

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Ok – I know there are many questions in your minds about this birth. But I really don’t have the time to write it all out now. This baby is a non-stop nurser!

So I’ll just just give you the short & quick answers for now, ok? I’ll write it all out in time to come.

The stats :

• Date of birth : Thursday 12th March 2009
• Weight at birth : 4.3kg (our biggest baby!)
• Head circumference : 36cm (again, the biggest!)
• Length of labour : 20hours from start to end (longest labour ever!)
• The birth happened as planned.
• Dh caught the baby and cleaned up the mess.
• It was very, very messy!
• The children did not see the birth. They were only allowed in after she was out.

Labour started at 6pm, 11th March. Lost mucous plug at 10:25am. Waterbag broke at 1:50pm.

I felt every moment of the birth. From the moment the head crowned – the forehead, the eyes, the nose, the lips. To her head turning in me, to her shoulders pushing out, to the rest of the body sliding out of me. And then the placenta sliding out.

Although she came out facing the right way, I highly suspect she was a posterior baby because I had extreme aching in my lower back that I never had with the other 6 labours. And the ache only went away after I felt her move just before the water broke.

And so, she is finally here, 6 days after her EDD. The biggest baby in the family and I have been warned that big babies nursed all the time. And I have found that this has been true so far!

O Lord have mercy on us! 🙂

Thanks so much for praying with us. I really needed your prayers. I promise to write more later.

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