Wow! I can't believe I am actually writing a birth story! The last 9 months were the slowest yet fastest days of my life. It's quite a long (yet positive) story so I apologize in advance. You might want to grab a cuppa and make yourself comfy as this could take a while. 
Pregnancy
I got my very first BFP on 10 April 2012. I was 11 DPO/3 weeks 6 days. We had been trying for about 8 months. It was one of the happiest yet scariest moments of my life. My EDD was 20 December 2012.
https://i.imgur.com/eSYsy.jpg
3 weeks 6 days
https://i.imgur.com/g9NkE.jpg
I had my first scan in June. I was 12 weeks 1 day when I went for the scan, but peanut measured four days ahead (12+5) so my EDD moved forward to 16 December 2012.
It was amazing to see my baby kick and move and wave on the screen for the first time
*pic removed*
I suffered severe morning sickness ALL the way through my pregnancy so I unfortunately wished a lot of the time away, but now I have my little man I would do it all again in a heart beat without a second thought
We decided from day 1 that we weren't finding out the sex. It was the best decision to make. The surprise was amazing and I made sure it was my partner who told me the sex! It was a beautiful moment.
I had my 20 week scan at the end July. (I think lol it's a bit of a blur) my little peanut was bouncing around and everything was perfect
*pic removed*
Unfortunately my partner missed both ultrasound due to working out of town!!
so at 33 weeks I booked an ultrasound and made sure he'd make it as he was so upset he missed out. It was incredible to see how much our baby had grown.
https://i.imgur.com/uwZ12.jpg
My last bump pic was taken at 38+2 weeks (as little one decided to surprise and come early!!) I miss my bump so much
https://i.imgur.com/p7MsY.jpg
So that's a quick story of my pregnancy. Now for the birth story:
Monday 3 December - 38 weeks 1 day
I thought I had my first UTI. I don't think I've ever had one but the symptoms I had matched a UTI. I was also on the toilet every 5 minutes feeling like I need to pee to only have a trickle come out. Now I Look back it was probably bubs dropping. Today I am so desperate to get baby out I remember thinking I don't care if my mum is meant to be arriving next week she can catch a plane if anything happens. I also knew from this day she could leave work a week early and it will still be paid time off for her. I felt ready to pop but I was in total denial and had convinced myself I'd go over due my whole pregnancy. We DTD at night. It didn't seem to do much at first but about an hour later I started to get a lower back ache. I thought I must of hurt my back when we awkwardly DTD
Tuesday 4 December - 38 weeks 2 days
I wake up and still have a back ache. I convinced myself I'd just hurt it last night. I had been struggling to poo (
) for a few days but this morning I managed to go and it was quite soft. (sorry tmi) This could be considered a 'clear-out' but I didn't think anything of it at the time, just happy I had some relief. Around lunch time I went to visit my MIL and mentioned my back ache. She didn't think much of it either so I dismissed it as nothing once again. We went to woolies (supermarket) together and I went off to get some nuts from the fruit and veg section and as I was walking along I had a pain in my tummy then felt a small gush. My heart started pounding and I was thinking holy fuck this can't be it. Not in woolies. I go thru the checkout and wait until we get to the car before I tell MIL what had happened. I said I think it could be watery discharge though. I then had another tiny gush standing at the car. We Went back to my MiL and upon further inspection it looked like watery dishcharge. Damn!!! I later leave MIL feeling pretty gutted even though I saw how much I shit myself at the thought of this is it.
About 8.30pm on Tuesday 4 December I am texting my friend who happens to mention she feels like she is about to get her period (lol) and I text her back and say funnily enough I feel like that too but it's just wishful thinking haha.
5 minutes later I go to the toilet and wipe to find streaks of blood!!! OMG I yell out to Matt (my partner) to say come here I have blood. My heart is now racing so fast and I text my mum, MIL and best friend to say I have blood. Within 2 seconds my phone is beeping and ringing and we are all on google looking for answers. We think this is the start but we aren't sure because of the mixed responses on the Internet. We all decide to sleep on it. But there was no way I was sleeping just yet. I then jump in the shower so I can shave my lady garden
I can't believe that even crossed my mind
Mum called me 2 hours later to see if I had had any contractions. At that stage I hadn't. I then had one whilst on the phone to her. From that first contraction I was slumped over my kitchen beach moaning in agony. My poor mum (who is still 16 hours drive away) nearly died when she heard me and I was trying my hardest to be subtle. There was no build up, the pains were intense with all the pain in my back from the first one. She told me to let her know around 5am whether she should book herself a flight for tomorrow (Dec 5) as we were still convinced it could be false labour.
Contractions were around 20-30 minutes apart at first so I went to try and sleep. I tossed and turned and went to pee and had a contaction on the way. I then realized that it was only 10 minutes ago I had had one. I download a contraction timer app and start timing them.
https://i.imgur.com/2qRKJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VWMbH.jpg
Wednesday 5 December - 38 weeks 3 days
I tried my hardest to sleep through each one and at around 2am I gave up timing them and just tried to sleep. That wasn't happening. I could not believe the intensity of the pain in my back. The pain in my front was like period pain very manageable but I was moaning with each contraction and tensing up struggling to let myself breathe through them. I decided to fight it out til sunrise and then we would head to MiL who is 15 minutes closer to the hospital.
I let matt sleep all night except when I had the occasional extremely painful contraction I'd wake him up saying help and moaning lol.
4.30am comes and the sky starts changing colour. I've had no sleep and decide to wake matt and ask him to call MiL to see what she thinks. I knew by now that this was it. The denial was gone haha.
Because Matt had been asleep all night he hadn't really seen me in too much pain and when he called MIL he said Haylee thinks she's having contractions and I heard MIL say it could be false labour and then I start crying. Matt gets off phone and comforts me. I tell him im having a shower and we are going. Period. I want to get in the bath. (we don't have a bath) He was really good and got everything ready whilst I was in the shower. I spent an hour in there and then finally got out in between pain.
As I was getting dressed I had a contraction. 5 minutes later I sit in the car and have a contraction. And in the 15 minute drive to MIL I have 3 contractions and then another as I'm getting out of the car at MIL. To my surprise my FIL and two of his workers are out the front of MIL about to leave for work and see me having the contraction. It was a bit awkward lol Matt works with them so I know them all pretty well so they were really excited and I was just trying to act like I wasn't in pain lol it was very quite obvious I wad in a lot of pain
It was then I realized my contractions are 4-5 minutes apart. We get MIL up and as soon as she saw me she said yep girl you're definitely in labour!! I call my mum and start crying. I had 2 contractions in 7 minutes whilst on the phone and poor mum was crying from hearing me in so much pain and she's still 16 hours away. She hadn't heard from me all night so was shocked to hear me like it. Matt and MiL are saying hang up cos poor mum was upset lol. Mum told me I think it's time to go to the hospital. I didn't even want the bath matt had ran for me that I had been waiting for all night. I didnt even think it was time to go to hospital until mum mentioned it. But once she did I thought yeah it probably is time to go as its a 20 minute drive.
Mum booked her flight and left for Brisbane. The poor thing must of been a mess after hearing me
I called the hospital and said I think I am in labour and said the contractions were 2-5 minutes apart lasting 60-90 seconds then I had a contraction whilst on the phone and she said I can come in now for pain relief or if I'm coping I can stay at home a little longer. I said I'll be there in 20 haha
The car trip was painful but I was starting to get my breathing sorted and knew pain relief was not far away. We got stuck behind a truck doing 70 in 100 zone and I was surprised how calm I kept. I thought I'd be screaming out the window in that situation haha.
We got to the hospital around 6.30am I think and we walked up to the entrance to find it 'closed' as it wasn't opening hours. I sit on a bench that was therw and start having another contraction. I had been so good so far but I yell well where the fuck am I meant to go then??? The contraction is at it's peak and i starting crying and just saying help lol. Matt used this phone to let them know to let us in and when the midwife walked out I was just saying help in a sooky voice. They had to quickly make the bed in my room so they sat me on a chair in the maternity ward and because I was so tired I was really emotional and just had tears rolling down my face apologizing for my behaviour and whimpering the word help throughout a contraction.
The midwives were amazing from the minute I walked/crawled in there. They were so supportive and telling me I am doing so well and to stop apologizing lol she helped me with my breathing and really comforted me. I got into my room and even though I was in so much pain I was so impressed with the room I kept saying this is lovely lol. It had a toilet and shower and a sink and bench like kitchen thing and an iPod dock and all of the lovely positive affimations about birth and being a strong woman. And dragonflies all over the walls.
It took about 1/2 an hour before anyone came in and set up the gas and air. G&A is amazing to help with breathing through contractions. It wasn't being out of it that helped with the G&A, I think It was the breathing properly through contractions what helped the most. I was examined at 7am ish and delighted to hear I had made it to a stretchy 4. Yippee I had managed to get to 4 without pain relief. I think I was also fully effaced. About an hour later that was it I was done dealing with the pain and I was so tired all I wanted was the epidural. Matt called the midwife in and she did offer morphine first to which I said no, I've heard of it doing nothing and the woman still goes on to get the epi. I don't want to mess around or baby to be too drugged up bring on the epi.
2 minutes later in walks a man to do the epi! Talk about quick service I was pretty out of it on the gas when he did the epi but all I remember is the local anesthetic needle hurt 10 times more than the epi. The epi was good. I could still feel my legs and mild contractions in my front but all the back labour was gone so I was a very happy camper! The midwives said it is one of the best epi's they have seen administrated. 
I was checked at 11am and had progressed more but forget what I was. The Midwife broke my water for me and I felt the baby drop into my pelvis rather than a pop. Even the midwife said he just dropped! I had to wait until 1pm to be examined again so I ended up falling asleep for a while since the pain was now a walk in the park hehe. It was still there but I slept.
I was checked at 1pm to hear I am fully dilated but baby needs to move further down the birth canal before I start pushing.
I was out of it on the G&A over the day and said some pretty funny things lol all funny and harmless tho! One I remember clearly is I told matt to drink my catheter bag. WTF haha it was so funny. Matt and MIL said I was like a comedian I was so out of it. I spoke to mum at one as she was getting on the plane to tell her I am fully dilated and pushing in an hour! She'll be up in the air! I was out of it and told her I'll keep baby in there til she arrives lol. Yeah right. Mum was happy to hear I was having a grand old time haha.
2pm comes and all of a sudden we are starting to push. Shit!!! All of a sudden it was happening. They took away the G&A to straighten me up a bit haha (I was really out there lol) and we pushed for half an hour (felt like 5mins) I didn't have the pushing urge so they turned off the epi which took about 10 minutes to wear off and I still didn't get the urge to push but then had a contraction and it was probably the one rude thing I said all day (besides when we first arrived lol) and I said turn the fucking epidural back on hahahahaha. Then I started saying I can't do this and the midwife was so good and coached me through. Baby was a little stuck so she went and got a lady doctor to examine me. All day I had been saying baby HAS to be back to back with all the back labour im feeling and the midwives are saying no no he's not. Well doctor comes in and yep he is back to back. She sticks her whole hand up my hoo ha and turns little man. Wow what a weird feeling. We try another push but no luck so the doctor grabs the ventouse (sp?) and places it on little mans head.
I get told I have 3 chances to push him out or it's a C-section. No bloody way am I having a ceaser. I pushed like I've never pushed before and the doctor was pulling so hard that my bum was lifting off the table. I remember her saying I'm going to have to cut you to get him out and I was like whatever let's do this!! I remember she did 2 snips. Matt said the one time he looked was then and it wasn't very nice. Poor man. My legs were in stirrups. A very vulnerable position.
After 3 big pushes/pulls my yellow bump turned BLUE and Riley Matthew Webber was born at 2.55pm on 5 December 2012. 11 days early weighing 6 pound 11 ounces and 47cm long. I had to be stitched but didn't feel a thing. I was so happy when matt told me it was a boy. We were both crying and matt kept saying you did so well baby he is here! It was beautiful. Matts face is priceless when cutting his cord. We have the whole thing on video and even tho u see a few unflattering angles of me I still love it and glad we have it.
Mum arrived at 4pm which worked in well because all the mess was cleaned up and I really don't think she would have coped seeing me in pain.
I was discharged 6 hours after I had him (I requested early discharge) and wad home by 10pm that night.
All in all i had an extremely positive birth.
Riley with my mum at 1 hour old
https://i.imgur.com/3pyd4.jpg
Riley yesterday at 17 days old
https://i.imgur.com/dATPh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fbCtJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VO9pC.jpg
Sorry for the long post and picture overload! I hope you enjoyed
Xxx
Pregnancy
I got my very first BFP on 10 April 2012. I was 11 DPO/3 weeks 6 days. We had been trying for about 8 months. It was one of the happiest yet scariest moments of my life. My EDD was 20 December 2012.
https://i.imgur.com/eSYsy.jpg
3 weeks 6 days
https://i.imgur.com/g9NkE.jpg
I had my first scan in June. I was 12 weeks 1 day when I went for the scan, but peanut measured four days ahead (12+5) so my EDD moved forward to 16 December 2012.
It was amazing to see my baby kick and move and wave on the screen for the first time
*pic removed*
I suffered severe morning sickness ALL the way through my pregnancy so I unfortunately wished a lot of the time away, but now I have my little man I would do it all again in a heart beat without a second thought
We decided from day 1 that we weren't finding out the sex. It was the best decision to make. The surprise was amazing and I made sure it was my partner who told me the sex! It was a beautiful moment.
I had my 20 week scan at the end July. (I think lol it's a bit of a blur) my little peanut was bouncing around and everything was perfect
*pic removed*
Unfortunately my partner missed both ultrasound due to working out of town!!
so at 33 weeks I booked an ultrasound and made sure he'd make it as he was so upset he missed out. It was incredible to see how much our baby had grown. https://i.imgur.com/uwZ12.jpg
My last bump pic was taken at 38+2 weeks (as little one decided to surprise and come early!!) I miss my bump so much
https://i.imgur.com/p7MsY.jpg
So that's a quick story of my pregnancy. Now for the birth story:
Monday 3 December - 38 weeks 1 day
I thought I had my first UTI. I don't think I've ever had one but the symptoms I had matched a UTI. I was also on the toilet every 5 minutes feeling like I need to pee to only have a trickle come out. Now I Look back it was probably bubs dropping. Today I am so desperate to get baby out I remember thinking I don't care if my mum is meant to be arriving next week she can catch a plane if anything happens. I also knew from this day she could leave work a week early and it will still be paid time off for her. I felt ready to pop but I was in total denial and had convinced myself I'd go over due my whole pregnancy. We DTD at night. It didn't seem to do much at first but about an hour later I started to get a lower back ache. I thought I must of hurt my back when we awkwardly DTD
Tuesday 4 December - 38 weeks 2 days
I wake up and still have a back ache. I convinced myself I'd just hurt it last night. I had been struggling to poo (
) for a few days but this morning I managed to go and it was quite soft. (sorry tmi) This could be considered a 'clear-out' but I didn't think anything of it at the time, just happy I had some relief. Around lunch time I went to visit my MIL and mentioned my back ache. She didn't think much of it either so I dismissed it as nothing once again. We went to woolies (supermarket) together and I went off to get some nuts from the fruit and veg section and as I was walking along I had a pain in my tummy then felt a small gush. My heart started pounding and I was thinking holy fuck this can't be it. Not in woolies. I go thru the checkout and wait until we get to the car before I tell MIL what had happened. I said I think it could be watery discharge though. I then had another tiny gush standing at the car. We Went back to my MiL and upon further inspection it looked like watery dishcharge. Damn!!! I later leave MIL feeling pretty gutted even though I saw how much I shit myself at the thought of this is it. About 8.30pm on Tuesday 4 December I am texting my friend who happens to mention she feels like she is about to get her period (lol) and I text her back and say funnily enough I feel like that too but it's just wishful thinking haha.
5 minutes later I go to the toilet and wipe to find streaks of blood!!! OMG I yell out to Matt (my partner) to say come here I have blood. My heart is now racing so fast and I text my mum, MIL and best friend to say I have blood. Within 2 seconds my phone is beeping and ringing and we are all on google looking for answers. We think this is the start but we aren't sure because of the mixed responses on the Internet. We all decide to sleep on it. But there was no way I was sleeping just yet. I then jump in the shower so I can shave my lady garden
I can't believe that even crossed my mind Mum called me 2 hours later to see if I had had any contractions. At that stage I hadn't. I then had one whilst on the phone to her. From that first contraction I was slumped over my kitchen beach moaning in agony. My poor mum (who is still 16 hours drive away) nearly died when she heard me and I was trying my hardest to be subtle. There was no build up, the pains were intense with all the pain in my back from the first one. She told me to let her know around 5am whether she should book herself a flight for tomorrow (Dec 5) as we were still convinced it could be false labour.
Contractions were around 20-30 minutes apart at first so I went to try and sleep. I tossed and turned and went to pee and had a contaction on the way. I then realized that it was only 10 minutes ago I had had one. I download a contraction timer app and start timing them.
https://i.imgur.com/2qRKJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VWMbH.jpg
Wednesday 5 December - 38 weeks 3 days
I tried my hardest to sleep through each one and at around 2am I gave up timing them and just tried to sleep. That wasn't happening. I could not believe the intensity of the pain in my back. The pain in my front was like period pain very manageable but I was moaning with each contraction and tensing up struggling to let myself breathe through them. I decided to fight it out til sunrise and then we would head to MiL who is 15 minutes closer to the hospital.
I let matt sleep all night except when I had the occasional extremely painful contraction I'd wake him up saying help and moaning lol.
4.30am comes and the sky starts changing colour. I've had no sleep and decide to wake matt and ask him to call MiL to see what she thinks. I knew by now that this was it. The denial was gone haha.
Because Matt had been asleep all night he hadn't really seen me in too much pain and when he called MIL he said Haylee thinks she's having contractions and I heard MIL say it could be false labour and then I start crying. Matt gets off phone and comforts me. I tell him im having a shower and we are going. Period. I want to get in the bath.
(we don't have a bath) He was really good and got everything ready whilst I was in the shower. I spent an hour in there and then finally got out in between pain. As I was getting dressed I had a contraction. 5 minutes later I sit in the car and have a contraction. And in the 15 minute drive to MIL I have 3 contractions and then another as I'm getting out of the car at MIL. To my surprise my FIL and two of his workers are out the front of MIL about to leave for work and see me having the contraction. It was a bit awkward lol Matt works with them so I know them all pretty well so they were really excited and I was just trying to act like I wasn't in pain lol it was very quite obvious I wad in a lot of pain
It was then I realized my contractions are 4-5 minutes apart. We get MIL up and as soon as she saw me she said yep girl you're definitely in labour!! I call my mum and start crying. I had 2 contractions in 7 minutes whilst on the phone and poor mum was crying from hearing me in so much pain and she's still 16 hours away. She hadn't heard from me all night so was shocked to hear me like it. Matt and MiL are saying hang up cos poor mum was upset lol. Mum told me I think it's time to go to the hospital. I didn't even want the bath matt had ran for me that I had been waiting for all night. I didnt even think it was time to go to hospital until mum mentioned it. But once she did I thought yeah it probably is time to go as its a 20 minute drive.
Mum booked her flight and left for Brisbane. The poor thing must of been a mess after hearing me
I called the hospital and said I think I am in labour and said the contractions were 2-5 minutes apart lasting 60-90 seconds then I had a contraction whilst on the phone and she said I can come in now for pain relief or if I'm coping I can stay at home a little longer. I said I'll be there in 20 haha
The car trip was painful but I was starting to get my breathing sorted and knew pain relief was not far away. We got stuck behind a truck doing 70 in 100 zone and I was surprised how calm I kept. I thought I'd be screaming out the window in that situation haha.
We got to the hospital around 6.30am I think and we walked up to the entrance to find it 'closed' as it wasn't opening hours. I sit on a bench that was therw and start having another contraction. I had been so good so far but I yell well where the fuck am I meant to go then???
The contraction is at it's peak and i starting crying and just saying help lol. Matt used this phone to let them know to let us in and when the midwife walked out I was just saying help in a sooky voice. They had to quickly make the bed in my room so they sat me on a chair in the maternity ward and because I was so tired I was really emotional and just had tears rolling down my face apologizing for my behaviour and whimpering the word help throughout a contraction. The midwives were amazing from the minute I walked/crawled in there. They were so supportive and telling me I am doing so well and to stop apologizing lol she helped me with my breathing and really comforted me. I got into my room and even though I was in so much pain I was so impressed with the room I kept saying this is lovely lol. It had a toilet and shower and a sink and bench like kitchen thing and an iPod dock and all of the lovely positive affimations about birth and being a strong woman. And dragonflies all over the walls.
It took about 1/2 an hour before anyone came in and set up the gas and air. G&A is amazing to help with breathing through contractions. It wasn't being out of it that helped with the G&A, I think It was the breathing properly through contractions what helped the most. I was examined at 7am ish and delighted to hear I had made it to a stretchy 4. Yippee I had managed to get to 4 without pain relief. I think I was also fully effaced. About an hour later that was it I was done dealing with the pain and I was so tired all I wanted was the epidural. Matt called the midwife in and she did offer morphine first to which I said no, I've heard of it doing nothing and the woman still goes on to get the epi. I don't want to mess around or baby to be too drugged up bring on the epi.
2 minutes later in walks a man to do the epi! Talk about quick service
I was pretty out of it on the gas when he did the epi but all I remember is the local anesthetic needle hurt 10 times more than the epi. The epi was good. I could still feel my legs and mild contractions in my front but all the back labour was gone so I was a very happy camper! The midwives said it is one of the best epi's they have seen administrated. I was checked at 11am and had progressed more but forget what I was. The Midwife broke my water for me and I felt the baby drop into my pelvis rather than a pop. Even the midwife said he just dropped! I had to wait until 1pm to be examined again so I ended up falling asleep for a while since the pain was now a walk in the park hehe. It was still there but I slept.
I was checked at 1pm to hear I am fully dilated but baby needs to move further down the birth canal before I start pushing.
I was out of it on the G&A over the day and said some pretty funny things lol all funny and harmless tho! One I remember clearly is I told matt to drink my catheter bag. WTF haha it was so funny. Matt and MIL said I was like a comedian I was so out of it. I spoke to mum at one as she was getting on the plane to tell her I am fully dilated and pushing in an hour! She'll be up in the air! I was out of it and told her I'll keep baby in there til she arrives lol. Yeah right. Mum was happy to hear I was having a grand old time haha.
2pm comes and all of a sudden we are starting to push. Shit!!! All of a sudden it was happening. They took away the G&A to straighten me up a bit haha (I was really out there lol) and we pushed for half an hour (felt like 5mins) I didn't have the pushing urge so they turned off the epi which took about 10 minutes to wear off and I still didn't get the urge to push but then had a contraction and it was probably the one rude thing I said all day (besides when we first arrived lol) and I said turn the fucking epidural back on hahahahaha. Then I started saying I can't do this and the midwife was so good and coached me through. Baby was a little stuck so she went and got a lady doctor to examine me. All day I had been saying baby HAS to be back to back with all the back labour im feeling and the midwives are saying no no he's not. Well doctor comes in and yep he is back to back. She sticks her whole hand up my hoo ha and turns little man. Wow what a weird feeling. We try another push but no luck so the doctor grabs the ventouse (sp?) and places it on little mans head.
I get told I have 3 chances to push him out or it's a C-section. No bloody way am I having a ceaser. I pushed like I've never pushed before and the doctor was pulling so hard that my bum was lifting off the table. I remember her saying I'm going to have to cut you to get him out and I was like whatever let's do this!! I remember she did 2 snips. Matt said the one time he looked was then and it wasn't very nice. Poor man. My legs were in stirrups. A very vulnerable position.
After 3 big pushes/pulls my yellow bump turned BLUE and Riley Matthew Webber was born at 2.55pm on 5 December 2012. 11 days early weighing 6 pound 11 ounces and 47cm long. I had to be stitched but didn't feel a thing. I was so happy when matt told me it was a boy. We were both crying and matt kept saying you did so well baby he is here! It was beautiful. Matts face is priceless when cutting his cord. We have the whole thing on video and even tho u see a few unflattering angles of me I still love it and glad we have it.
Mum arrived at 4pm which worked in well because all the mess was cleaned up and I really don't think she would have coped seeing me in pain.
I was discharged 6 hours after I had him (I requested early discharge) and wad home by 10pm that night.
All in all i had an extremely positive birth.
Riley with my mum at 1 hour old
https://i.imgur.com/3pyd4.jpg
Riley yesterday at 17 days old
https://i.imgur.com/dATPh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fbCtJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VO9pC.jpg
Sorry for the long post and picture overload! I hope you enjoyed
Xxx
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Nurofen got me through xx
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