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My nephew was born this morning - a bit premature and tiny but safe. My sister had a really difficult pregnancy near the end - she had pre-eclampsia, and her blood pressure was way way too high (then her loser boyfriend lost his job two weeks ago which made it even higher!) it was just a nightmare. So even though he wasnt meant to be here until April 10, on Wednesday they told her they would take her in for a C-Section (cos he was breach) on Friday, but then on Thursday he decided to turn round the right way.
So they gave her drugs to start her labour off about 7.30pm Friday but absolutely nothing happened at all over the weekend. Then at 10.30am Monday they broke her waters, and about 9pm she had an epidural (after swearing throughout her pregnancy she'd do it without so much as gas and air because "women have been having babies without drugs for hundreds of thousands of years!" lol)
Anyway the baby wasnt liking the drugs that induced labor much and his heartrate kept dropping and they said he was in distress so were preparing for an emergency C-Section but he came out on his own about 00:30am today. (personally I think he was holding out til St Patricks Day was over cos my sister said if he was born then they should call him Patrick, and her idiot boyfriend said no because they have a dog called Paddy so he said if the baby was born on St Patricks Day they would call him Saint!!
No wonder the little guy wouldnt budge lol)
Anyway thats the story for now lol. Gonna see him this afternoon so i'll post pictures later if you want but I dunno how cute he'll be yet cos he's a month early, jaundice and only weighed 4lbs 6oz lol i'm sure he'll get cuter as he gets fatter though!
Great having a boy in the family though. My parents had 3 girls, and my older sister has 2 girls so my dad (who grew up with 3 sisters) is pretty pleased to have a boy around for a change
So they gave her drugs to start her labour off about 7.30pm Friday but absolutely nothing happened at all over the weekend. Then at 10.30am Monday they broke her waters, and about 9pm she had an epidural (after swearing throughout her pregnancy she'd do it without so much as gas and air because "women have been having babies without drugs for hundreds of thousands of years!" lol)
Anyway the baby wasnt liking the drugs that induced labor much and his heartrate kept dropping and they said he was in distress so were preparing for an emergency C-Section but he came out on his own about 00:30am today. (personally I think he was holding out til St Patricks Day was over cos my sister said if he was born then they should call him Patrick, and her idiot boyfriend said no because they have a dog called Paddy so he said if the baby was born on St Patricks Day they would call him Saint!!
Anyway thats the story for now lol. Gonna see him this afternoon so i'll post pictures later if you want but I dunno how cute he'll be yet cos he's a month early, jaundice and only weighed 4lbs 6oz lol i'm sure he'll get cuter as he gets fatter though!
Great having a boy in the family though. My parents had 3 girls, and my older sister has 2 girls so my dad (who grew up with 3 sisters) is pretty pleased to have a boy around for a change