BIRTH STORY

(Here is Riley being weighed only minutes old.)

On Sunday 4th May Mummy started having contractions every 10 mins they went on all night and mummy had no sleep, then on Bank Holiday Monday the contractions just stopped for a few hours so Mummy and Daddy thought it must just be a false alarm.

That afternoon the contractions started again but were every 4-5 mins we rang the labour ward and they advised to stay at home a little longer.

At 18:00 the pains were a lot stronger so mummy and daddy went to the hospital where Mummy was assessed and we found that she was 4 cm dilated.

After lots of contractions and getting very high on entonox Mummy was re-assessed at 23:00 but had not made much progress as she was only 5-6cm dilated, the midwife decided to brake the waters to encourage baby out a bit quicker...which worked because 2 hours and 20 mins later our Baby Boy was born.

Mummy was so glad all the pain was gone and Daddy said he didnt like the birth as he felt so helpless seeing Mummy in pain and not able to do anything to help.

BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT IN THE END WHEN WE GOT TO HOLD OUR LITTLE MAN!