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DIY Childbirth @ Home

  • 30-05-2005 08:42PM
    #1
    causal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭


    Well, we had our second child last Monday, a baby girl weighing 7lb13oz :)

    We were calmly preparing to go to hospital when events overtook us :eek:
    So, I had the honour of delivering her myself :)
    From first contraction to delivery was just under 30 minutes!!

    Funniest part was when I placed the newborn on my wifes tummy and our 3 year old saw her and shouted "BABY!!"

    causal


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  • #2
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    oh wow spontaneous birth.

    Congratuations, on your new babe and well done the pair of ye :)


  • #3
    Dingatron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭Dingatron


    Congrats on the new arrival. Not sure how I would have dealed with that so well done!


  • #4
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    causal wrote:
    Funniest part was when I placed the newborn on my wifes tummy and our 3 year old saw her and shouted "BABY!!"
    Sweet!

    Funnily enough the midwife that delivered our second in a (planned) home-birth told us that her very first delivery had been an unexpected emergency before she was a midwife :eek:

    She was already a trainee then though.


  • #5
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Congrats! That's excellent. Fair play to ya.

    Had you seen the birth of your previous child?


  • #6
    causal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭causal


    Yes, our first was born in early 2002.
    I was in the delivery room and they let me cut the umbilical cord which was cool. Kind of symbolic too.

    In 2001 we attended the ante-natal course (6 one hour classes) before his birth - they were great classes - very informative. They covered ante-natal, delivery, and post-natal topics.

    A couple of other nice things about our daughters birth:
    - when the ambulance guys arrived they let me cut the umbilical cord too (they said "since you've already done everything else")
    - they also left me the scissors which is a nice keep-sake for her.
    - we didn't know whether we were having a boy or girl, so it was nice to find out for ourselves :)

    causal


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  • #7
    Rozabeez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,878 ✭✭✭Rozabeez


    Congratulations! That's really great :D


  • #8
    astec123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭astec123


    Congratulations, and best of luck for the future. I suppose you wont be as busy posting here now! Other things on your mind. Good luck and enjoy those sleepless nights!


  • #9
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    That's the ULTIMATE :D

    Congratulations again. I'd LOVE to deliver my own child.


  • #10
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Congrats. I was at the birth of my twins and it was (at the same time) the most wonderful and scariest thing ever. I can't even imagine trying to deliver a baby myself.


  • #11
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭niallb


    Nice one Causal,
    hope things are going well.
    Came across this post as a link while looking up a VOIP question.

    I've also got twin girls and an older boy, and their births will always
    be among the clearest and dearest memories of my life.

    NiallB


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