Baby love

Home and happy!

Toby Alexander - 8lbs 4 - born on Monday 8th January at 10.18am

I did it - managed to get out of hospital in record time - we were discharged yesterday at 5.30pm. I'm being lazy so will do a proper birth story and chat and more pics and everything soon I promise. I just can't tear myself away from Toby at the moment -he's adorable. Just wanted to let all know that we're well, happy to be home, healing nicely (just had a lovely hot bath) and totally blissed out.

Thanks for all the messages, emails and best wishes - felt very loved. Am sore but healing well and have boobs like Dolly Parton.

Hoorah for babymooning. Big love to everyone and will catch up properly soon.

PLEASE

If you are pregnant...don't watch this episode of ER - it's on Channel 4 on Monday. Don't. It's not conducive to sanity.

WHY OH WHY

whenever I am pregnant that somone on ER loses or has immense trauma having a baby. It's the ad break and Abby has just started bleeding and is going into premature labour with abruption. With Oscar Carter lost his baby......ARGH!

I love this show. But it does my head in...why can't anyone have a baby. Just HAVE a baby. Nicely. And be happy? Instead of making my paranoia kick in and spoiling my enjoyment....

Insomnia

I've been awake since 4am this morning when Oz woke up with a nightmare.....just can't get back to sleep. It's now 6.20 am so there's not much point. Combination of indigestion, wiggly baby, whizzy head and snoring husband. I got up - came downstairs and had a drink and read my book. Went back to bed. Got up again. Went back to bed again. Then I gave up. I got dressed and here I am.

Got a headache now too. I'll take Oscar to nursery this morning then come back and try and sleep again.

So....realised I hadn't updated as to the baby arrival situation. It's not this Friday. I'm going in on Sunday night and will be sectioned (lol) on Monday morning. I've got a midwife appointment this afternoon where she's going to go through what will happen etc. I've definitely told her to skip the induction bit - not even go there. So I'll post later if I'm still conscious......and let you know more.

Rob has an email notification list I made with everyone I could think of on it, but I'm sure through various blogs etc. you'll find out how it went. All going well, Baby Boy will be here in the morning and Rob will email that evening. I'm hoping to be out of hospital as soon as possible. I'm thinking Thursday at the latest (unless there are any complications).

I'm scared. I admit it. The most important thing for me is that I get my baby straight away. I gave birth to Oz at 2am on a Tuesday morning but didn't get to hold him until lunchtime on the Friday as he had a pneumothorax and ended up in SCBU. So any scenario where they don't take my baby off me will be a success and that's what I'm hoping for.

My brain feels so fuzzy. Wish I could have got back to sleep......