Smiles!

We got our first "proper" smiles today! This morning, I peeked into her basket when she woke up and said "Good Morning" and was replied to with a HUGE gummy smile!!!! She did it about 4 or 5 times as I spoke to her, then hubby got some later in the day and again we got another one when she woke up a little while ago.

Awwww my lil girl smiles!!!

Kirsty's first weigh in

Yesterday Kirsty was weighed for the first time since her birth weigh in. At birth she was 7lb 4oz, she was 13 days old yesterday and weighed in at 8lb 4 and half oz!!

Mummy's milk rocks!!! 

She started smiling in her sleep a few days ago, it's so so sweet 

Baby Kirsty is here!!!

• Baby Kirsty Jayne arrived on February 4th @ 7:27pm.


• Weight: 7lb 4oz


• Length: 52cm


• Head Circumference: 35cm

Birth story:

As you know I wonke up at 3:15am Tues night/Wed morning, with what I thought was a contraction. I lay in bed and waited for an hour to ensure I was correct, they were coming every 10 minutes, like period pain with a braxton. I contracted every 10 minutes on my birthing ball for 4 hours then woke DH. By around 9am thy were around 4 mins apart, but kept fluctuating off and on from 2-12 minutes.

At around 11am, they were about 5-7mins. We put the TENS machine on about 12:30 ish, I've absolutely no idea if it helped me or not, but even if it didn't it was a good distraction pressing the button at the beginning & end of each contraction. By 2pm the contractions were getting intense and closer together so I phoned the midwife, she said they were very busy, it was my first baby & to try and wait it out more at home  We gave it another half hour and DH was panicking as the contrax were 2-5 mins apart. So off we went to hospital.

We arrived about 2:30 I think, I got checked internally around 3ish and was a "good 4 cm" and my waters were bulging, so off down to a delivery room. By the time I got to the room about 30 mins after being checked, I'd had a show and the contrax were bad. I was given diamorphine & gas and air.

My waters went about 4:30 and I got checked and was 10cm!!!! Talk about shocked!!! We waited til around 5 before I started pushing. The urge is unbelievable, I have never felt anything like that urge to push. By 7:15pm my contrax had slowed a little, I still wasn't managing to push her out so we got an episiotomy and had ventouse - one contraction & push later and she was born @ 7:27pm.

Our world is complete!!!

Links to photos:

Immediately after her birth: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/weesnowbaby/kirsty/kirsty1.jpg

1 day old: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/weesnowbaby/kirsty/kirsty2.jpg

Is it time?

I've been contracting since 3:15am this morning. They started at 10 minutes apart for 3 hours. Then got a bit irregular They are approx 3-12 minutes apart for now.
Come on bubba!!