Saphira's Birth Story...Part 1...

Im going to try to write (at least Part 1) of my birth story now, as Im really tired, and Saphira is asleep, and the stupid internet stopped working a few minutes ago and wiped all of the birth story that I had already written *Grrrr*...

 

Sunday night, 28 April, we went to bed around 10:30pm. I had some minor pains but nothing major, so I went off to sleep after not very long.

I woke up at 2:15am to stronger pains, and then spent the next hour or so trying to time them. They were sparodic and came between 5-8 minutes apart.

At 3:30am I woke Husband, and he phoned the hospital. The cranky midwife (Clair) was on, and told me to take a shower and go back to bed for a few hours...clearly she was at the end of her shift and didnt want another baby that morning! :) I had a shower and Husband went back to bed. Almost immediately upon stepping into the shower, the contractions got stronger, and by the time I was *trying* to get my 9-month-pregnant body dressed they were MUCH closer together.

Husband called the hospital again at around 4:20am and told cranky midwife that we were coming in. He then called my Mum and told her we were leaving, as she was having Pepper. It still took us 40 minutes or so to leave the house (luckily our bags were already packed and in the car!) and then we drove down to Mum & Dad's house. We unloaded Pepper, her bed, her toys, some food etc...and when we *finally* left there at around 5:30am, I remember saying to Husband that I thought we'd left it too long...and that I was NOT having my baby in the car!!!

As we were driving past Cooroy (a small town halfway between our house and the hospital) I had FIVE contractions in a row, with NO GAP!! *ouch!* ...and I thought the pain had been bad BEFORE!!

...ok, she just started crying, so Part 2 will be tomorrow...if I have time...and have had enough sleep...