'When I was told that my due date was the first of January, I crossed my fingers for a New Year baby!'
a New Year baby.
Later, at 7pm, when we were sitting down to our meal, strong pressure gripped my bump and I had to close my eyes and breathe. ‘Phil, maybe you shouldn’t have a drink, just in case,’ I said. He was going to have one that evening, and I was aware that he may have to drive me to hospital. He agreed straight away, but joined his mum and dad in reassuring me that it was just practice contractions.
Suddenly, a bang sounded, Phil opened the curtains, and our bedroom was filled with coloured light. As I joined Phil at the window, I realised it was midnight. Fireworks exploded as we stood in the darkness. ‘Happy New Year!’ I said, as the pressure began to grow again in my bump. Looking out of the window, I knew this was a special moment – the last ever New Year as just the two of us.
A midwife examined me. ‘Wow, you’re 5cm dilated and in established labour,’ she said. She was surprised I was so calm! And I was pleased to have got so far without needing pain relief. I carried on deep breathing through each contraction. By 2pm, the midwife thought we needed speeding along, so I lay back on the bed as she pierced the amniotic sac. Feeling the ‘pop’, then the warm liquid escape, was strange, but not painful. I was 8cm dilated, and nearing the end of labour. Sitting on the bed, I rocked and breathed through the contractions, which by now were coming thick and fast. Half an hour later, the midwife said I was ready to push.
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