sublime_ivy
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Hi all
So I had the baby on the 6th May at 12.33. I went into labour at about 12.30 Tuesday am. I had just come back from a long day in Hexham where we had attended Tom's (OH) grandma's funeral, I'd also had a midwife appointment (for a second stretch and sweep) had eaten a curry and did lots of walking. I started getting strong contractions straight away but tried to sleep without much luck so at about 1.30am we called a taxi to take us all the way back to Hexham again, where I was due to have Dexter in a midwife led unit. Tom didn't tell the taxi service about the labour until the taxi had arrived much to his shock (he'd only been on the job for a couple of months) but he took us anyway.
The trip to the hospital is about 20 miles, Tom told the taxi to drive slowly but he bombed down the dual carriageway at about 80 miles an hour. A deer ran out in front of the car as we neared Hexham and we narrowly avoided it, I of course screamed and there was a bit of panic but what a cool story for the future.
We eventually got to to the hospital and after about 10 hours Dexter was born. Just before he was born meconium (baby poo) was evident when my waters broke so they were going to arrange that I be transferred back to Newcastle (where they have doctors in them maternity unit) for safety reasons as this can be dangerous but Dexter decided that he was going to be born whether we liked it or not and he arrived about 10 mins later weighing 8Ibs 7 (3.8 kilos). The midwife said she was lucky to catch him
All three of us are doing very well and the labour was pretty much textbook, gas and air is amazing by the way.
Chantal, Tom and Dexter xx
https://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/100artworks/Telandbaby.jpg
https://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/100artworks/Dexter2.jpg
So I had the baby on the 6th May at 12.33. I went into labour at about 12.30 Tuesday am. I had just come back from a long day in Hexham where we had attended Tom's (OH) grandma's funeral, I'd also had a midwife appointment (for a second stretch and sweep) had eaten a curry and did lots of walking. I started getting strong contractions straight away but tried to sleep without much luck so at about 1.30am we called a taxi to take us all the way back to Hexham again, where I was due to have Dexter in a midwife led unit. Tom didn't tell the taxi service about the labour until the taxi had arrived much to his shock (he'd only been on the job for a couple of months) but he took us anyway.
The trip to the hospital is about 20 miles, Tom told the taxi to drive slowly but he bombed down the dual carriageway at about 80 miles an hour. A deer ran out in front of the car as we neared Hexham and we narrowly avoided it, I of course screamed and there was a bit of panic but what a cool story for the future.
We eventually got to to the hospital and after about 10 hours Dexter was born. Just before he was born meconium (baby poo) was evident when my waters broke so they were going to arrange that I be transferred back to Newcastle (where they have doctors in them maternity unit) for safety reasons as this can be dangerous but Dexter decided that he was going to be born whether we liked it or not and he arrived about 10 mins later weighing 8Ibs 7 (3.8 kilos). The midwife said she was lucky to catch him
All three of us are doing very well and the labour was pretty much textbook, gas and air is amazing by the way.
Chantal, Tom and Dexter xx
https://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/100artworks/Telandbaby.jpg
https://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/100artworks/Dexter2.jpg
