To My Darling Little Princess Madison Ahurangi Born August 1st 2008
Just like your brother your due date has been and gone, so you are officially late young lady, that unfortunately you get from me as your daddy is always on time. Thanks to mummys snoring your daddy is sleeping on the couch so he can get some sleep and go to work in the morning, at about 4.30 I woke up with some cramp like pains and wondered if they would turn into contractions, I laid there for an hour listening to the rain waiting to see what would happen. They were only 30secs long at the most and about 10mins apart, so I thought they may be a false alarm, but at 5.30 right after one stopped I felt a funny pop in my tummy, sure enough I got out of bed to find it was my waters breaking.
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Daddys alarm was due to go off at 6.00am so I got a towel etc and laid down in bed, however he didn’t hear me call out to him as he passed the door on the way to the shower, so dum dee doo we waited until he was out then told him he wasn’t allowed to go to work today and best he go ring Nan and tell her not to go either, however it was abit late and she had just left, but Papa jumped in the ute and chased after her and she turned around.
At about 7am nothing much had changed so I hopped online to tell my friends what was happening, the contractions were irregular between 30-45secs long and happening about every 5-6mins, and actually felt like they were slowing down, so a long way to go yet, so I decided to go get comfy in bed and rest, i told daddy he best ring our MW between 8.30 and 9.00 as it was her clinic day and she would possibly need to find cover for her appointments, so the sooner we let her know then she could organize her day.
I think Nan arrived about 8.45 and came in and said hello and Jordy woke up and came and gave us good morning cuddles in bed before taking off down the hallway. I spoke to our MW at 9.00 on the phone and we chatted, I had 2 contractions while on the phone and she timed them, 1 was 45 sec and the other about 35 and there was a 4 min gap between them, so it could be awhile until they became regular and 60-90 secs long with a 3min gap, I told her I’d call her back when we got to that stage or whenever they got unbearable.
Daddy was nice he got me a hot wheat bag for my lower back and came and sat with me in bed reading his book timing the odd contraction, I was starting to get nervous as things didn’t feel like they were progressing much, the contractions were getting a little stronger but were easy enough to breath through, so I just kept my eyes closed and focused on riding the contraction and pushing it out through my cervix and into my toes, I asked Daddy to heat me up another wheat bag and while he was waiting he updated some of my friends at 10.30, he told them “Viv is in bed going steady. 4 minutes between contractions. Groans got a bit more entertaining at 10am but she's doing fine”
Finally around 10.30 the contractions started to feel stronger and also a bit more regular and closer together, I now felt like I was in real labour. I was having about 3 contractions in 10 minutes now and my lower back was starting to hurt. I couldn’t get the wheat bag in behind me so got Daddy to help me up so I could go to the loo and come back and get comfy with it, I also asked daddy if he could start filling up the pool so I could use that for pain relief for when the contractions started getting stronger and closer together, time was about 10.50 when I changed my mind and called out to him again to ask him to call MW to tell her she could come as well, before he got onto filling the pool.
I sat down on the loo and had a contraction, it was rather uncomfortable so I tried to sit up straight so I could lean forward on my knees but I wasn’t able to as it hurt and I had another contraction come, so I stayed were I was leaning back a little, Nan and Jordy just got back from a walk and Jordy was a good boy and gave me the mail just before another contraction, Nan then went and put him down for his nap. With the next contraction, they were about a minute apart now, I felt the need to push and thought perhaps I should as it may be #2’s and best I get that business out of the way now rather than later, but just as it peaked I felt that familiar burning sensation and thought hmmm, another contraction hit about 30secs later and the same burning sensation was there and I could feel you had descended.
I yelled out to Nan to come and asked her to check if that was your head I could feel pressing down, after rolling her eyes at me, she confirmed what I thought was happening, all of a sudden you wanted to make your grand entrance, daddy was on the phone to the MW asap to tell them you were crowning it was 11am, I had another contraction and felt you moving down again, so I had to stand up and brace myself against the walls, next contraction hit fast and Nan was telling me not to push to just pant, I was panting as much as I could but there was no stopping you, I felt your head pop out and knew I would be holding you soon, Nan was there to catch you, she was so scared she was going to drop you, daddy grabbed some towels to wrap you in and keep you warm and then I got to hold you while they realized what had just happened and panic set in, Nan told daddy to call an ambulance and daddy was to busy telling me we had a little girl and asking if we needed a peg and some scissors, you were born at 11.04 am you were about 3mins old when the backup MW arrived followed by our MW and the student MW a few mins later. The hose got attached but not a drip of water passed through it.
We both passed our check ups, your apgars were 10’s, you were 3580grams or 7lb9oz, head circumference of 33.5cm and length of 52cms and I had no tears or grazes.
It feels like time has frozen and the world around us is a blur, I have already sat for hours gazing at you and thinking you are so beautiful and amazing, I love you to pieces my princess and look forward to everyday watching you grow into the beautiful person I know you will become.
Loving you more everyday,
Mummy
At about 7am nothing much had changed so I hopped online to tell my friends what was happening, the contractions were irregular between 30-45secs long and happening about every 5-6mins, and actually felt like they were slowing down, so a long way to go yet, so I decided to go get comfy in bed and rest, i told daddy he best ring our MW between 8.30 and 9.00 as it was her clinic day and she would possibly need to find cover for her appointments, so the sooner we let her know then she could organize her day.
I think Nan arrived about 8.45 and came in and said hello and Jordy woke up and came and gave us good morning cuddles in bed before taking off down the hallway. I spoke to our MW at 9.00 on the phone and we chatted, I had 2 contractions while on the phone and she timed them, 1 was 45 sec and the other about 35 and there was a 4 min gap between them, so it could be awhile until they became regular and 60-90 secs long with a 3min gap, I told her I’d call her back when we got to that stage or whenever they got unbearable.
Daddy was nice he got me a hot wheat bag for my lower back and came and sat with me in bed reading his book timing the odd contraction, I was starting to get nervous as things didn’t feel like they were progressing much, the contractions were getting a little stronger but were easy enough to breath through, so I just kept my eyes closed and focused on riding the contraction and pushing it out through my cervix and into my toes, I asked Daddy to heat me up another wheat bag and while he was waiting he updated some of my friends at 10.30, he told them “Viv is in bed going steady. 4 minutes between contractions. Groans got a bit more entertaining at 10am but she's doing fine”
Finally around 10.30 the contractions started to feel stronger and also a bit more regular and closer together, I now felt like I was in real labour. I was having about 3 contractions in 10 minutes now and my lower back was starting to hurt. I couldn’t get the wheat bag in behind me so got Daddy to help me up so I could go to the loo and come back and get comfy with it, I also asked daddy if he could start filling up the pool so I could use that for pain relief for when the contractions started getting stronger and closer together, time was about 10.50 when I changed my mind and called out to him again to ask him to call MW to tell her she could come as well, before he got onto filling the pool.
I sat down on the loo and had a contraction, it was rather uncomfortable so I tried to sit up straight so I could lean forward on my knees but I wasn’t able to as it hurt and I had another contraction come, so I stayed were I was leaning back a little, Nan and Jordy just got back from a walk and Jordy was a good boy and gave me the mail just before another contraction, Nan then went and put him down for his nap. With the next contraction, they were about a minute apart now, I felt the need to push and thought perhaps I should as it may be #2’s and best I get that business out of the way now rather than later, but just as it peaked I felt that familiar burning sensation and thought hmmm, another contraction hit about 30secs later and the same burning sensation was there and I could feel you had descended.
I yelled out to Nan to come and asked her to check if that was your head I could feel pressing down, after rolling her eyes at me, she confirmed what I thought was happening, all of a sudden you wanted to make your grand entrance, daddy was on the phone to the MW asap to tell them you were crowning it was 11am, I had another contraction and felt you moving down again, so I had to stand up and brace myself against the walls, next contraction hit fast and Nan was telling me not to push to just pant, I was panting as much as I could but there was no stopping you, I felt your head pop out and knew I would be holding you soon, Nan was there to catch you, she was so scared she was going to drop you, daddy grabbed some towels to wrap you in and keep you warm and then I got to hold you while they realized what had just happened and panic set in, Nan told daddy to call an ambulance and daddy was to busy telling me we had a little girl and asking if we needed a peg and some scissors, you were born at 11.04 am you were about 3mins old when the backup MW arrived followed by our MW and the student MW a few mins later. The hose got attached but not a drip of water passed through it.
We both passed our check ups, your apgars were 10’s, you were 3580grams or 7lb9oz, head circumference of 33.5cm and length of 52cms and I had no tears or grazes.
It feels like time has frozen and the world around us is a blur, I have already sat for hours gazing at you and thinking you are so beautiful and amazing, I love you to pieces my princess and look forward to everyday watching you grow into the beautiful person I know you will become.
Loving you more everyday,
Mummy