My 1st Child Birth Story

 I was 19 when I fell pregnant with Leo. Very young yes, I do sometimes wish Id waited until I had a good stable job and my own home but I wouldnt change him or my life for anything.
 My pregnancy went by fine, no issues or complications. I put on around 2.5st with him so an average amount.  I lived with my in laws at that time in a double bedroom crammed with 2 peoples things, soon to be 3! So it was stressful at times, not having my own home.
 Anyway, 25th of april at 9pm Gary went downstairs to take a phone call. At around 9:15pm I was sat in bed and felt a pop. Yes felt the pop of my waters. I sat further forwards and it gussed out, It was like a river, I couldnt believe how much water I had!
 So, I got up and grabbed some towels and made a make shift nappy until Gary got back. I sorted myself out and headed to the midwife centre. In hindsight I didnt need to go in, but being a young first time mum I did anyway. I was checked and yep it was my waters. So I was sent off home to wait for contractions to start. Around 11-12pm they kicked in. I was so uncomfortable that I kept phoning my midwife and at 1am I begged to come in. I got there at 3cm dilated and was admitted for some gas and air. Things were steady and kept going until around 3-4am when the labour really kicked in.I had a "land birth" so on the bed and was on my knees facing the headboard from then on. I remember looking at the clock around 3-4am then when I looked back up it was 6am and I needed to push. The gas and air makes me very woozy and drunk like!
 At 6:30am Leo was born. 7lbs 11oz of yellow chunk. He was a little jaundiced at first but after a few days he was a normal pink baby. He failed at breastfeeding as he wouldnt latch and rejected the breast so onto Cow and Gate it was. He was a good baby, was a little colicky but not as bad as some babies. He slept well and was a great first baby. I was 20 years old when he was born and it was lovely to have this little person to care for and be a mummy to. When he was 4 weeks old we moved into our own house. A housing association home which at this moment me and three kids have outgrown its 2 bedrooms and small open plan downstairs,
 He is now soon to turn 6 years old and I cant believe he used to be a tiny baby. I still see him as my first baby boy and I do have a soft spot for him because of it. I dont favour any of my children but the first is always special!

Pregnancy and birth story for my 3rd child 13th June 2016

I found out I was pregnant with my third child and fifth pregnancy in October 2015, just after my mums funeral. Bittersweet but much wanted!
  I brought myself a doppler which was an amazing help before my first scan at 12 weeks. I found the baby's heartbeat at around 9 weeks and I felt so relieved! To hear the healthy thump of a heartbeat after suffering two miscarriages was amazing.
 I had sickness as usual and tiredness like never before. I felt so drained and only gained 18lbs with my pregnancy which I lost the week I gave birth. The first scan came and I had to go alone as my older boys were sick so I waited, terrified incase there was an issue. There thankfully was no problems with baby and I went home with some lovely scan pictures.
 I paid for a private 17 weeks scan to find out baby's gender and I was shocked to find out she was a girl. I never expected a girl after 2 boys so I was in tears! Off I went to buy lots of pink and girly things!
 20 weeks scan all was fine, a very healthy baby girl (still a girl!) and at 28 weeks I had a gestational diabetes check which was horrible. I had to fast for 24 hours then drink some thick oily liquid and go back for repeat bloods 2 hours later. Once it was done I ate some lunch and was sick for the rest of the day. Not a nice experience but my bmi was 33 so high and needing a GD test during pregnancy.
 Results all clear and pregnancy continued nicely.
 I got to the 39 week mark (longest pregnancy so far, 1st was 38wks 3days and 2nd was 38wks 6days) I felt like my vagina was about to fall out on the school run (nice!) and had to be driven home. Fell asleep from 9:30-12:30 and felt funny. I was watching Loose Women on ITV and felt twinges every 10 mins. Just mild period pain aches and back/hip ache. Waddled round Lidl and then picked kids up from school and nursery, Kids dad took them to his parents just in case anything happened later on so I relaxed and ate crisps on the sofa watching The Chase. Pains were still there every 10mins so off I went for a bath around 5:30pm. That made things worse! Pain got more intense but still in hips and back every 10mins.
 Phoned midwife around 7pm and she said to come in, so off I went and got there about 9pm. Midwife was amazing and had my mums name (Diane)
She examined me and said I was 2-3cm and she didnt think I was contracting "properly" as it wasnt felt in my bump, just my back and hips. She said we could go home around 9:30pm but we stayed as things ramped up quickly. I needed gas and air around 10pm and we thought the birthing pool would be needed soon. While waiting for the pool to fill up, I got more intense contraction with only 3-5mins between them and gas and air wasnt really cutting it now. Midwife still not sure I was going to have a baby that night but I got into the pool just before 11pm.
 She left the room for a while which to me felt like an hour! We called her back in around 11:15pm and she realised I needed her to stay! While having painful contraction, she wanted me to face her and prop myself so she could see if baby was close or if my waters were bulging (they hadnt broken yet) and trying to balance so she cold see with her mirror while in the middle of a contraction was hell for me!
 11:58pm Gemma was born in her water sac (which midwife broke and pulled away from her face as she came out)  She was 7lb 15oz and my biggest baby. She looked so tiny and new and I couldnt believe it was over! I had to stay til I could give a urine sample (which took til 3am!) then we got home at 5am and had around 2 hours broken sleep. I woke up with a massive jump and shock thinking "wheres the baby!?) when she was in her cot fast asleep at one point during that little sleep.
 I couldnt believe she was finally here and I still look at her now and cant believe she is MY little girl x

tough 2015 - amazing 2016

Hello long time no speak! Im going to try to update here more often now. Well where to start.....
I have a beautiful little rainbow baby name Gemma Rose. She was born June 13th 2016 and after 2 miscarriages, she is my miracle. I had a tough 2015. I had a surgery to remove an 8cm ovarian cyst in July 2015 then in September 2015 my mum passed away. She was 51yrs old and had a fall after suffering an epileptic seizure and I was left to organize her cremation alone. Thankfully, the kids dad was here to help me out in that time. I found out I was pregnant in October so just after mum's funeral, and it felt like a gift from her.
       I will post a pregnancy/birth story later on so look out for that!
Im still in my social rent home which is rapidly getting crowded! 3 children in an open plan 2 bed terrace is a tight fit at times but I make it work. I will probably have to move away from my town to find a bigger home to exchange with, however I feel torn with the children. I dont want to move their school but if it means we have a bigger family home than thats what I will have to do. I would rather win the lottery and have a Zoella style blog/youtube career but I doubt that will happen lol! In that vein I also thinking of filming some youtube videos and being more prominent on social media and see where it goes. To make an income from blogging/vlogging would be amazing but I know thats very very hard to achieve. My blog and youtube will feature reviews on products, tv, film, shopping hauls and my views on different subjects. I need to get a little camera tripod for my phone (I cant pay out for any fancy camera's at the moment so my trusty mobile will have to do!)
      My oldest who is 5 and a half now is in Yr 1 at school, my second is 4 and in nursery and starting school in september and baby is trying to crawl at 5 months old! She is also a champ eater and formula drinker! (8oz every 3 hours - 6 times a day plus 2 solid meals!)
      Well thats about it for an update of my year, not alot happened but I will be back!