I woke up at about 6:30pm and just lay there enjoying the after snooze feeling. About 10 minutes later I felt like I had wet myself a little bit. Went to the loo and all was fine. Got off the loo and bent over and a bigger gush...... Spoke to dh, who called the Labour Ward immediately. They said that I must take it easy, have supper, shower etc and then come in. AND, I will not be discharged without a baby!!!!!!!! Suprisingly enough, I stayed calm. Dh and I had supper, I showered, got my stuff together and off we went. At 12:30, my water broke.

At 4:30 I had my first contraction. It was interesting. Felt like I had a bought of diarrohea or a bad period pain. And then they came very infrequently. dh arrived and was a star - rubbing my back etc. At 5am, my contractions were strong 7 in 10 minutes. That was hell! I wanted to climb the walls. It killed me and I have a high pain threshold.

I asked for the epidural. Which felt like it took ages for the anethatist but thankfully he arrived quite soon. And that was also painful. I think its because I had been in pain for so long that it felt so sore. I even screamed when he put the needle in. But the relief was instantaneous!!!!! It was awesome. My baby girl was delivered and placed on my arms as Craig and I had tears of joy, as we have not seen anything so beautiful. Kimberly is in good hand and I am ready to rest from a long day...