Mum vs Baby

Goodbye Dignity Dignity - oh how I miss you! Midwives clear the room up after I destroyed it in my animal like transformation that labor caused! Wow I did not expect to be that bad! The screaming.... oh the screaming! Although through the whole labor I did not swear at all. I did how ever scream, shout, beg and possibly even growl! After my first cuddles with my new, very tiny baby more fun came.  Delivering the placenta. What? It doesn't come out with the baby? I've got to push again, which I'm sure wasn't part of the deal! Luckily it was easy and painless. "Would you like to see what your baby lived in?" Sure! I imagine a nice little bubble that gave peace and comfort to my then unborn baby, but no it was disgusting, something you imagine an alien crawling out of!  "Oh..... lovely..." Now comes the checking my bits and bobs, which turn out to need stitches. Legs up in the stirrups, after that birth I was no longer embar...

And We're Off I had decided all along that I needed my mum to be at the birth as well as Jamie, the reason for this, other than she is amazing support and my best friend - someone had to look after Jamie while I went through labor! No, I am not a single mum with a child named Jamie, he is my fiance, my very annoying fiance! We arrive and are introduced to a lovely student midwife. There is a bed with what I can only describe as a puppy pad on it, also in the room was a gym ball, a fridge, a dog bowl, coffee, tea, water etc and a radio. Party time! Unfortunately the fridge was empty and not containing any party essentials!  Student midwife returns to time my contractions. Me - "I think I am having one" SM- "You think?" Me - "Mmm....yeah it is one..........It's gone now" SM - "You dealt with that well, you must have a high pain threshold." Great I thought, this shouldn't be too bad then. The next thing I can h...