Here at last!

At 3am on 8th December i went into labour 16 days early.


Lucky how things work out, Emily just happened to be at Nan's for the night as it was Daddys day off and we planned a nice lie in and a xmas shopping trip, however that was rudely interupted hehe. After labouring at home till 11am we organised for my sister Michelle to come and take over looking after Emily who at this point was still oblivious to what was going on next door and me Daddy and Nan snook off to the hospital, it must have been just before 1pm when we arrived and i was only 2cm dilated but was kept on a heart monitor as the babys heart rate kept dipping dramatically with each contraction.

At around 2pm i was moved up to the delivery suite as they had decided i was in labour (i didnt need them to tell me that!) I was hooked up to the monitor again and had to lay on my left hand side which made the contractions worse as i couldnt move around during them to ease the pain. I was in agony with ever pain so when i was offered pain releif i took it this time.

All the medical team was still talking about c-sections and wouldnt let me have anything to drink so when my mum put a wet babygrow on my forehead to cool me down i grabbed the opportunity to suck as much water out as i could, all i could taste was wash powder but it was heaven!

About 3:30pm i told the midwives i could feel the baby pushing down and felt like i needed to push, they finally gave me some gas & air at this point and called for a doctor to come and examine me, i was 5cm dilated but now getting the urge to push and with the next few pains pushed and my waters went.

All of a sudden loads of people came rushing in, there was a lady on my left asking if i had ever had a blood transfusion, someone on my right yanked my right arm in the air and rammed a canular in the back of my hand while another nurse informed everyone in the room "there is some bleeding down here doctor!"

They was preping everything to rush me to theatre!
I screamed that it was really hurting and i needed to push, they told me to breath through it as they didnt the baby to too far down in the birth canal as they wanted to take me to theatre, however on my next contraction the doctor decided to see what happened and told me i could push which i did with all my might and out flew Hannah, a beautifull tiny 4lb 9oz baby girl, perfectly healthy and in good voice and very hungry!

Leg Pains

Poor Emily!!
I must have totalled about 3.5hours of broken sleep if that last night, my poor little princess was screaming in pain saying her legs hurt so i gave her some calpol and sat for hours rubbing her calf muscles while she was snoozing and sobbing at the same time. According to the internet its very common for kids of this age to get growing pains! She has been crawling about all day refusing to put any weight on them so iv let her rest them but managed to trick her into standing up properly by letting her do the washing up for me at the big kitchen sink and she is finally walk/limping again.

Hope this phase doesnt go on too long im so tired!

Surestart Centre

Well thanks to Nanna we have found a lovely little playgroup on a wednesday that Emily is now attending. She has only been once but loved it, iv never seen her so animated, as the group runs 1-3pm i cant make it for the first half at the moment so Nanna is taking Emily for the first half and im going as soon as i finish work at 2 but im only at work for another 2 weeks so when the group re-starts up after christmas i will be able to go along for the full session.

The children have full access to painting, water-play, roleplay area and toy kitchen, a train set, stickle bricks and plastic animals. Emily couldt wait to show me everything she had been playing with when i arrived. Then the organisers tidied up and it was snack time where the children had bread sticks chopped fruit and a yoghurt each. After snack time is song time on the carpet as a closing for the day.

Emily makes me so proud, she has such a lovely singing voice and was joining in at the top of her voice without being shy at all.

Im really pleased about the group because its a good starting base for her before i enrole her in proper nursery and gives me a chance to observe her with other children and teach her how to deal with arkward situations before i have to leave her at pre-school.

They say TV rots the mind ...

In the car on the way back from the shops Nanna was singing "wiggly woo"
Emily: "Wiggly is a worm"
Me: "Thats right darling"
Emily: "Worms make compost.."
*I looked a mum and smiled in amazement*
Emily: "Its stinky"
Me: "What kind of things can you put in the compost Em's?"
Emily: "Fruit and Berries.."
Me: "very good!, Hey can we put potato peelings in the compost?"
Emily: "Yes mummy"
Me: "How about a plastic bottle?"
Emily: "No way!"
Me: "so where can we put it?"
Emily: "In the recycling!"
She never fails to amaze me, shes so smart!

Nom Nom!

Im so pleased with Emilys best eating day ever! Shes had Cerial, Toast and peanut butter, Pizza, 1.5 Fish shapes with sweetcorn and peas, a few chips and half a packet of choclate buttons! She probably wont eat till Friday now!

Walk in the park

Me, Emily and Nanna went for a walk in the park to feed the ducks and collect leaves yesterday.
She was off in front telling us which way was best to go being the leader as per usual.
Nanna stopped to pick a butercup to go in the collection and Emily said "Oh come on Nanna you silly old woman"
I was horrified and nearly lost my jaw on the floor but then i realised that Nanna often tells Emily "im just an old woman you know"
Hahahaha
Luckily Nanna knows Emilys nature and just laughed

Kick or Pain?

A few days ago Emily was doing the usual, "hmm im going to play with this " *drop* "no i might play with this" *drop* "oh how about this" *drop*
I explained to her that now mummy's belly is getting bigger its difficult for me to bend over and she was going to have to start picking things up and putting them where they live.
Emily- "sigh oh mum your a kick in the backside.."
Me- " Sorry darling what did you say"
Emily- looking slightly worried that she may be in trouble "your a kick in the backside?.."
It was very hard not to laugh, im sure she has heard me call the dogs a pain in the backside on numerous occations lol