Our little one arrived this morning! 
Finally, 11 days after EDD! I wonder if I was the last September mama!?
I will post a better birth story soon, but here is the gist of it:
I woke up at 2:55 am, in transition. I knew this since my cervix had been almost 7cm without even going into labour, and when I woke up my contractions were 2 minutes apart and sooooo intense. I had the typical: "I can't do this, something is wrong, help me, I'm dying" kind of attitude!
We waited one hour to call the midwife, so at about 4 we called. She arrived about 15 minutes later, and I was feeling super tremendous pressure. I was fully dilated and we just needed to wait for the second midwife to arrive. When she arrived at 4:30, I pushed and babe was born into the water 7 minutes later. So labour was about an hour and 45 minutes.
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Everything went wonderfully, except that as she was born the cord tore because it was pretty short. Babe lost a bit of blood, but we immediately clamped her cord and she was fine. She took a while to pink up completely but otherwise everything was perfect! She is soooo beautiful! She was 9lbs 4oz and 21 inches long, big sister Ayla woke up just after she was born and loved on her all day.
I am still really blissed out and the tiredness and shock of it all hasn't hit me yet! I feel like a million bucks except for that my bum hurts a bit, almost like it's bruised. We'll see how I feel tomorrow!
Thanks for letting me share! Will post a pic tomorrow.
Finally, 11 days after EDD! I wonder if I was the last September mama!?I will post a better birth story soon, but here is the gist of it:
I woke up at 2:55 am, in transition. I knew this since my cervix had been almost 7cm without even going into labour, and when I woke up my contractions were 2 minutes apart and sooooo intense. I had the typical: "I can't do this, something is wrong, help me, I'm dying" kind of attitude!
We waited one hour to call the midwife, so at about 4 we called. She arrived about 15 minutes later, and I was feeling super tremendous pressure. I was fully dilated and we just needed to wait for the second midwife to arrive. When she arrived at 4:30, I pushed and babe was born into the water 7 minutes later. So labour was about an hour and 45 minutes.
:Everything went wonderfully, except that as she was born the cord tore because it was pretty short. Babe lost a bit of blood, but we immediately clamped her cord and she was fine. She took a while to pink up completely but otherwise everything was perfect! She is soooo beautiful! She was 9lbs 4oz and 21 inches long, big sister Ayla woke up just after she was born and loved on her all day.
I am still really blissed out and the tiredness and shock of it all hasn't hit me yet! I feel like a million bucks except for that my bum hurts a bit, almost like it's bruised. We'll see how I feel tomorrow!
Thanks for letting me share! Will post a pic tomorrow.
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YEY! Congratulations mama! 
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