{"id":182,"date":"2008-04-30T22:51:58","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T22:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notnick.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2008-05-01T05:46:26","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T05:46:26","slug":"joe-arrives-in-words-and-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notnick.com\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"Joe arrives, in words and pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

5am-ish: Deird woke me to tell me her waters had broken, contractions were happening\u00a0and that we should go to hospital.\u00a0It might have been earlier, but I spept through the early drama. We bundled Poppy into the car, along with some hastily packed bags and headed\u00a0for the\u00a0Royal Infirmary.<\/p>\n

Once at hospital Julie\u00a0met up with us, and looked after Poppy\u00a0for the day, whilst\u00a0Deird went quickly into Triage then the Labour ward. \u00a0\u00a0(Thanks Julie- you’re a star! )<\/p>\n

Early on, it was painful for Deird, so quite quickly they put in an epidural, and made the whole thing much less traumatic.<\/p>\n

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Above- Christine (our super\u00a0midwife) and Deird chat, after the epidural has gone in. (it was getting towards lunch-time, and I think they talked about\u00a0how\u00a0good a\u00a0Greg’s sausage roll and sandwich for lunch would be.)<\/p>\n

At 6pm-ish after a full days labouring, the doctors finally confirmed that jnr wasn’t going to be born natuarally, and that it was operation time. So off to theatre we went. Me in a set of badly fitting scrubs, Deird on a trolley. At 7:30pm-ish Joe (our current working title) was born. He weighed in at 8lbs 3oz, and 57cm long- Heavier and longer than his big sister. (I had to look it up on the blog- Poppy was 7lbs 10oz and 51cm)<\/p>\n

Joe was born with a head full of red\/sandy hair-\\he’s either going to be very blond, or very ginger- we don’t know yet!<\/p>\n

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Not long after the birth- Joe & Deird back in the recovery ward.<\/p>\n

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Proud mum-<\/p>\n

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And Joe. soooo tiny. I forgot how wee they are when new-born.<\/p>\n

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Let’s not forget Poppy- She was with Neil, Julie, Finn & Jared having\u00a0a great time whilst all of the hospital drama\u00a0was carrying on.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There’s more to the story that this of course, but it’s late, and I need sleep.\u00a0 A proper update later. I’ve not mentioned our manic drive across Edinburgh, Poppy being sick in the car, or the words cervix, dialation,\u00a0medication\u00a0and dehydration- all of which I’ll fill in later. Goodnight. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

5am-ish: Deird woke me to tell me her waters had broken, contractions were happening\u00a0and that we should go to hospital.\u00a0It might have been earlier, but I spept through the early drama. We bundled Poppy into the car, along with some hastily packed bags and headed\u00a0for the\u00a0Royal Infirmary. Once at hospital Julie\u00a0met up with us, and … <\/p>\n

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