Thursday, July 24, 2008

Our new lil girl bub Alyssa





Born on monday 14th july (1 day early) at 4.23pm. 6hrs 40-something mins labour.. no drugs (until after the placenta delivered naturally), no stitches, delayed cord clamping, 2nd bub born on the floor (lol) bean bag this time.. interesting..
8lb 2.5oz, 35cm head circ. 50cm length (not tall apparently, lol) 7.5oz or 225g lighter and 2.5cm shorter than tia.

got 2 hospital via taxi.. arrived at hosp & got asked lots of questions while in labour, was examined 2 find i was 8cms dilated!!!!

bub poo-d n wee-d when she came out (and screamed) we then got a private room (lucky lucky) which was right near the nurse/midwife desk & the front doors (boo hiss!!! way 2 noisy) stayed 24hrs in hospital went home 2 a quiet house & my comfy bed and slept!!!!!!!!!!

typed 1 handed, hope every1 is well.

4 comments:

Gail said...

Congratulations! Hope you are both settling in well to your new routine.
Love Gail

maria said...

Love it, love it!! The photo's, the story and to know how well it all went.. that's fabulous, I'm so happy for you and pleased for you as a family. Big hug. Your girls are beautiful. xox

Anonymous said...

oooh congrats...baby's name...?

Unknown said...

Wow Tiff! Congratulations! I haven't visited your blog in such a long time *blush*.

Best wishes for you and your family :)