Sunday, March 16, 2008

I haz new baby!

Well, the day finally arrived and last Tuesday the 11th March, I gave birth to a gorgeous healthy 8lb 12.5oz baby girl!
We had a relatively fuss free birth. Being an elective ceasarean, I knew the date Smirnoff would arrive, and as we were first on the schedule, we knew roughly what time she would arrive too! The worst part of a c section (in my opinion and I have had 3 now) is the epidural! That needle would make a big boofy grown man cry! It's about a foot long and has to go into a tiny tiny space in your spine. If you move whilst they are doing it, and they fuck up, you could wind up paralysed. Just what you want to know. I always end up a blibbering mess. It is truly the most scary and harrowing moment(s) I have ever experienced.
The first epidural I had was scary, but I was doing ok, until my anaesthetist (who kept telling jokes making me laugh, then saying, remember to hold still, ok) said 'oh shit'. Oh shit what?? Turns out he stabbed his own finger, which resulted in extra blood tests (to confirm my purity *chuckle*). Great start. The second involved a different anaesthetist who insisted on being rough (funnily enough he was a very funny man just not real gentle) and pushed that big fucking needle so hard into my spine I thought I had been horse kicked. My most recent doctor was extraordinary. He told me that he might have some trouble getting the epidural into my spine as I have a really small epidural site. I took many deep breaths, tears streaming down my face. I was petrified. Absolutely petrified. Hubby held my hand ... I bawled. Then my new hero touched my shoulder, walked around to stand in front of me and said 'it's all over. It's in. It was easy.' I had not felt a thing. He was a true god. From there the rest of the birth was easy. I lay there whilst they opened me up and brought my beautiful baby girl out into the world!
My biggest baby yet (almost a pound bigger than Babygirl) with a fine covering of dark hair!! I mention this as the first two are fair (as are hubby and I) so the eyebrow was raised at the dark locks until looking at her face and the obvious undeniable likeness to her brother and sister! Just one of many funny moments that have occurred during the births of my 3 kids. Also would like to point out that one of the midwives got an obvious thing for hubby early on and kept saying what a catch I had as he looked so good in his scrubs!! Kudos hubby for looking the part!!
So, now I sit here having only just now found the time to actually write something, happy and content at having had my last baby. My family is complete.

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