Wow, first of all CONGRATS on your impending new arrival and to all the other mums who are expecting
...second of all congrats on even considering a HB cos it really is the most wonderful experience ever
Having gone through 2 emergency c-sections I just knew in my heart that I did not want to go back to hospital if I could help it. I'd made up my mind that my next baby would be a VBA2C AND an HB as well...I basically told hubby and my girls plus my parents that I would plan a HB. They were all quite dismissive and never imagined that I'd really go through with it..lol..but I had a birth team (my mum, my sister, my 2 SILs and my best friend) as well as hubby, our girls (15 and 9) and our MW (the best ever!)...Hubby knew how determined I was when he had to load up the birthpool (loaned to us for free from the MW) into the car and then set it up at home..lol..I went 10 days overdue, lost my plug at 5.30pm Xmas eve last year...then bubs was born at 4:54am Xmas morning. The best Xmas ever
...no pain relief and I actually put this down to having a supportive birth team, mw and atmosphere...I was at home where I felt most comfortable, no stress, no bright lights, no noise....my girls both fell asleep until about 20 mins before their baby brother was born..as it turned out I stood up in the pool to stretch my legs which were starting to cramp up and then ended up squishing bubs out!!...Hubby was so proud (he was in the pool with me) to catch his son with one hand and hold me up with the other, then we had skin to skin contact waiting for bubs cord to stop pulsating before Hubby cut the cord- his first time. It was truly awesome so now that we are due on Boxing day (
) I'm so excited to do it all over again lol...but this time I won't forget the bubbly
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