Rainbow Skye

Rainbow Skye  (formerly known as Shark) finally decided to put in an appearance at 8:23am after a fairly short and uneventful drug free (although not entonox free!) labour! She weighs in at 8lb 3oz or 3.64kg and so far things have been good.....although my suspicions about her being a night-owl have been confirmed! We came home at just after 1pm yesterday and things are well at the moment! She looks even more like her dad than Sunshine did/does!

Whilst I said the labour was uneventful...I did need to be rescued from the hospital corridor when Peter dropped me off...I was further along than I thought..one of the perils of arriving at the hospital so early!!

Peter as been a star and his arm may recover by the end of the week although he did ask if he could go get a plaster cast!!

Sunshine has been fab and is excited about being a big sister although she is a little confused and thinks Rainbow is her brother!!

Bump Comparison

Ok so I'm a couple of days later than I intended with this post but at this stage I don't think any major size change is going to happen!

Sunshine Bump EDD -18 Days

Shark Bump EDD -14 Days

♪♪Breech baby, breech baby....♪

My first day off work was eventful...I had an appointment at the hospital so I could be referred to an anaesthetist just in case I had a burning desire or need for some serious pain killing during labour and to avoid panic at the last minute when it turned out that I may not be able to have an epidural because of my back surgery. Okay, so far so good...until the consultant had a look at my bump and couldn't locate the baby's heartbeat and says 'hmm...think the baby is breech. I'll just do a scan to find where the heart is.' And yes, Shark has obviously been sitting up and reading my emails with me...!

So two more appointments for me...one with an anaesthetist next week (and it really should have been done earlier during he pregnancy as the normal clinics are only held once a month!) and then another in the Labour ward when an obstetrician who will try and turn the baby using ECV...Oh joy...Still, there is still time for Shark to turn before the due date otherwise it could be a C-section...