Amelie's first week part 1

Sorry this has taken a few days. Amelie and I just came home yesterday but all is well so here is the update of what happened this week.

Sunday night we went into hospital to be induced. Daniel was able to head home and leave me there to sleep. In the morning there was not much action so at 10 they said I could go for a walk up to O Connell street if I wanted (the cafe drag in North Adelaide) so long as I was back in 4 hours. Little did they know Amelie was going to be born before that dead line. Pain started about 10:30, luckily I had told Dan I thought the walk was a bad idea...would have lead to a little labour with my latte!
Anyway pain and more pain later our little girl Amelie Kate was born, 3.69Kgs and 51cm at 1:57pm.

Ok there are just no words adequate to describe the experience, but yes there was yelling, with my german doctor telling me the german word for labour literally means pain (by which she meant suck it up you've got no choice now!) and a number or midwives saying 'just breath through it'....ok right that obviously wasn't working too well but they tell you you're doing well anyway. I did ask for an epidural but by the time they got the drip in my hand and rolled me on my back to put in the aneasthetic it was time to push...so no epi for me! The gas made me woozy and gave me something to bite on but I'm not sure it really helped with the pain. Anyway certainly the hardest most amazing experience of my life!!
All thanks to the wonderful midwives and staff and Women and children's Hospital...really first class care the whole time we were there. Great views and great food as well. My favourite bit was the male lactation consultant (he was really helpful but it is funny with this guy saying 'just let me get my breast to demonstrate') I desperately wanted to ask exactly how one becomes a lactation consultant!! Oh and Amelie got to meet Mem Fox and be part of this media thingo on reading to babies resulting in a very brief glimpse of her on channel 9 news and a photo in the paper with a few other new borns.

Anway we brought her home yesterday, and it's all been very exciting, scary, thrilling, tiring....