Milo on his bottle
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It seems like ages ago that Milo entered our lives, but it is only a month. Here are a few photos from the first month.
So Wim’s started back at work today and is easing us all into the new routine by working one day and taking the next off. So far so good as the little man is asleep and I’ve managed to get all today’s chores done already but I expect that’s probably a one off and chaos will ensue soon enough.
And chaos is how the first few weeks have been. Talk about fish out of water but we’ve weathered the storm and things seem to have settled down into some kind of routine already. Milo has been out shopping, been to the pub for lunch, visited and been visited by lots of friends & relatives and starred in his first photo shoot! Such a busy little man.
Today we’re off to visit Grandad Jeff and Maddison, well, just as soon as one of us wakes up!
He’s only a few hours old, but thanks to Uncle Chris he already has a radio jingle!
How showbiz!
Let me start with an apology as this is a rather one sided post as it doesn’t represent Wim’s views on the labour but it’s probably better you ask him about it over a pint one day rather than have it written down in black in white!
So. That’s the easy bit done, a mere 72 hours in Stage 1 labour (getting ready to have him) and only 14 hours for Stages 2 & 3 (actually having him). A walk in the park. Easy Peasy. Not quite, but neither was it anything like the nightmares I’d had for days beforehand (think Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
Surprisingly, it turned out to be perfectly bearable (in hindsight) and at times, hilarious. Mostly for Wim and Mum who were there with me every step of the way, from the daily frog marching around the block to kick start the process, through two false starts, the wheelchair dash from car to delivery suite and on to coping with my paranoid Meptid hallucinations, my “tingly nose & deep voice” thanks to the gas and air combo and my slight panic when the epidural stopped working and the anaesthetist decided to opt for the locked cupboard solution Fentanyl – 100 times more potent than morphine.
I couldn’t and wouldn’t have wanted to go through labour without either of them around and I can never thank them enough, or the entire maternity team at Hinchingbrooke Hospital who were great and hugely professional when things turned tricky for Milo. The poor chap had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck so every push I gave was hindering rather than helping him. But due to the alertness and professionalism of our midwife Rosa, we had within a matter of minutes, a full Paediatrics team in the room, a safe forceps delivery and no lasting damage.
So sadly we say farewell to Bruce the Bump but welcomed home yesterday Milo Nicholas Roose who weighed in at 7lbs 8oz at 19:31 on 13/12/11. Time to celebrate. I’m in love all over again.
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- The East Anglian Division of the Roose family
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- Proud Grandma cut the cord
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- Milo a few minutes old
Hello all. And welcome to the long and winding road of labour. The first contractions happened at 4am on Saturday 10th December… They have been coming every 15 mins or there abouts, but 60 hours later, we’re no further forward. Only lacking sleep and motivation!
Andrea has been doing really well and we have already had 2 trips to the hospital. The second trip provided us with a TENS machine, that I can highly recommend as it has made the contractions standable. Andrea can actually get a bit of sleep between them.
We met with the midwife this afternoon and things still seem to be going normally. Apparently the longer this “early labour” the quicker he will drop out. Hopefully there is not much longer to go!
A tired Wim and Andrea
PS – 4 down, 4 to go in the NCT girls group.
So as Wim mentioned previously we’ve just finished our NCT antenatal classes and my, what an eye opener! Luckily for me my brother’s been a bit of a breeder over the years so being Aunty to 3 I had some idea of what’s to come, whereas Wim on the otherhand (I think it’s fair to say) was clueless!
The course was well run and covered the theory on pretty much every conceivable thing we’ll need to know to get us through the first few months, from the practical view of dressing to feeding to the emotional side and how to remain civil to each other after yet ANOTHER sleepless night. The course was arranged through www.nct.org.uk and at a bit under £200 isn’t a cheap option but we both consider it money well spent, not least for the surprising but pleasing outcome of meeting like minded individuals in the same boat as you. There were 8 couples in the group – two of which at the time of going to press already have their babies home safe & sound (congratulations Kelly & Caroline) – this is us (without the men) at the last session.
In order of due date (from right) Caroline, Me, Laura, Natasha, Maria & Alice (both Kelly & Helen were MIA that night)
So given that Caroline’s already had Jacob then I guess it should be my turn next but Bruce seems to be quite comfy where he is and if his time keeping is anything like Wim’s we’ll be lucky to see him before Christmas!
Not long to go now until Bruce makes his entrance. We’ve finished our NCT classes (might add a post on this) and learnt an awful lot about babies. I’m not sure if it has scared us too much, but it’s too late now.
Brucie is no longer breech so we’re just waiting for the natural start… The due date is 5th December, but hopefully he might decide to come any day now.