Soon after Bayleigh's birth, we decided to have another baby.I fell pregnant and suffered terribly with sickness for quite a few months, this second baby was due on March 17th 2002. From when I started feeling the baby move around inside my tummy, I knew that it was an active baby and that it wasnt going to wait until March, and would probably arrive in February, I was convinced I was carrying a boy this time as everything was so so different, the way I carried, the way I felt etc. At 36 weeks I booked my elective section due to the problems I had with my first labour, but at 37 weeks, I woke feeling not quite right, no pain, just something I couldnt put my finger on. The day progressed, I even did my shopping in Tesco, pains were getting worse and by the time my husband got home at 6pm, the pains were bringing tears to my eyes. We went to the hospital where I was put onto a moniter, midwife said I could go home in an hour, little did she know !!! At about 7.30pm my waters broke, and those all too familiar pains started. They knew I had a section booked so prepared the theatre. I was wheeled down at around 8.30pm, it took them some while to get the room ready and to contact an anaesthsetist, the epidural was difficult again, took about half an hour to get that in place, it was such a lovely and relaxed atmosphere, much more so than the first time!!!! The radio was on, everyone was talking to me, and my husband was watching the whole thing, at 8.45pm, our second beautiful daughter was born, weighing in at 4lb 15ozs, a little fighter, needed no help and was breastfeeding within an hour of being born.
Birth stories written by Lorraine.