My Gorgeous baby girl

Well we had her....Elise Anaya came on the 5th June 2007 and weighed 8lb 5oz... she was 4 days early...

These are a couple of photos...the man holding Elise is my fantastic Pops who is a wonderful man and we all love him to bits..... he's a natural with his great grandaughter

What a nightmare though, contractions started on the Friday morning but were very irregular, starting at 20 mins apart and then being between 5 and 10 mins apart by Friday night...Come Saturday night I was in agony...but they were still irregular... went into hospital but my cervix hadnt opened so I was sent away and told for pain relief to have paracetomol....HA!!!

I was being told to go back by Monday by my family as I was in so much pain with every contraction - dont get me wrong, these werent braxton hicks they were the real thing and REALLY hurt...I didnt want to make fuss as they were still ranging from 5 - 10 mins and not regular....plus Id not had my waters broken or anything...

Tuesday Morning at about 2am I told Paul I could take it no longer.... we timed the contractions on the way and they were every 5 mins and lasting for 2 mins a go...OWWWEEEE....

When we got to Burton Hospital I was 5cm dilated so was kept in.... Opted for gas and air but it made me feel sick so had epidural...Hey Id been in pain since Friday...4 days of bad contractions...It meant I finally grabbed 2 hours sleep (had not slept properly since the Friday)

Then at 11am I had to start the pushing...... nearly 4 hours later I was STILL pushing....contractions were becoming irregular again, Elise had got quite far down but problem was she was posterior (face up) and they dont help themselves then.... I was exhausted...she was not in distress but they decided I needed help...so in theatre I had the ventouse (suction out) and in 3 contractions she was out.....

Placenta then wouldnt come so they ripped that out (was reminisent of a crime scene according to Paul - placenta exploded!!! all over the aneasatist (cannot spell that!!) ha ha ha serves HIM right!!) so I lost a lot of blood.... I was ok but had to stay in for 2 days...

Elise was fine though, had a bit of a cone head but not for long...

We like the name Elise and chose it years ago!! Anaya means God answered in Hebrew...Im sure you'll all agree he did answer our prayers for her health...

It was a sad day too as my grandma passed away....bit strange that it all happened the same day but that seems to be a common thing..spooky.... she was such a beautiful lady and Im so gutted she didnt meet Elise...I know she was watching down but Id only spoken to her on the phone the night before, and she was so looking forward to meeting her great grandaughter....at least she saw her (we had the 4d scan) and it was a great likeness...So Elise went to her first funeral at just a week old and she was as good as gold...Still is....only gets up once in night for feed and hardly cries (only for a reason)...shes so placid and perfect and we love her to bits...

Its taken ages to get this on as I forgot my log in details for here - DOH!!