A sister for Frogmella

Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

The medium story: I went into labour spontaneously - progress over last
time - at 5am Sunday morning, after a night where I got no sleep (too
damn uncomfortable). No mucking around, straight into minute-long
contractions three minutes apart. The first twelve hours of labour were
quite manageable. I coped by walking round the block with my tens
machine on, hanging off lamp-posts & belly-dancing every time a
contraction hit, and not giving a damn how stupid I looked, and half
expecting neighbours to chase me off with broomsticks. All was going
swimmingly, the baby was perfectly anterior and I was up to 9cm, and the
midwives persuaded me to get into the birthing pool which meant taking
the tens machine off (big mistake) because they thought I was so close,
then it all went completely pear-shaped. Contractions became
unbelievably agonising and after another five hours of this I had gone
back to 5cm. Buggers. Midwives decided it was time to transfer to
hospital which was fine by me as by this time I was screaming for
another caesarean. Hospital took quite a few hours to give me said
caesarean. My gut feeling for some hours had been that it wasn't going
to work, I wasn't going to be able to get this baby out via the usual
route. I was right, too, because when they opened me up it was found
that the baby had turned & was completely posterior. Looks like at some
point the head had gone back up, so the cervix had undilated, and she
had turned round. Her size was a shock. Nobody had expected her to be
so effing enormous. We had all been expecting her to be 8lbs or so. But
10lbs and posterior - couldn't be done.

So after all that, it was still major surgery, but that's ok, because it
was necessary. My recovery has been much better this time.

Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.
--
Mogget

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:09:28 +0000, Mogget wrote:

Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

The medium story: I went into labour spontaneously - progress over last
time - at 5am Sunday morning, after a night where I got no sleep (too
damn uncomfortable). No mucking around, straight into minute-long
contractions three minutes apart. The first twelve hours of labour were
quite manageable. I coped by walking round the block with my tens
machine on, hanging off lamp-posts & belly-dancing every time a
contraction hit, and not giving a damn how stupid I looked, and half
expecting neighbours to chase me off with broomsticks. All was going
swimmingly, the baby was perfectly anterior and I was up to 9cm, and the
midwives persuaded me to get into the birthing pool which meant taking
the tens machine off (big mistake) because they thought I was so close,
then it all went completely pear-shaped. Contractions became
unbelievably agonising and after another five hours of this I had gone
back to 5cm. Buggers. Midwives decided it was time to transfer to
hospital which was fine by me as by this time I was screaming for
another caesarean. Hospital took quite a few hours to give me said
caesarean. My gut feeling for some hours had been that it wasn't going
to work, I wasn't going to be able to get this baby out via the usual
route. I was right, too, because when they opened me up it was found
that the baby had turned & was completely posterior. Looks like at some
point the head had gone back up, so the cervix had undilated, and she
had turned round. Her size was a shock. Nobody had expected her to be
so effing enormous. We had all been expecting her to be 8lbs or so. But
10lbs and posterior - couldn't be done.

So after all that, it was still major surgery, but that's ok, because it
was necessary. My recovery has been much better this time.

Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.


Congratulations on the new arrival. She will look much better after a few
weeks. MLB

Congratulations to all! I'm sorry you had to go through so much pain before
they decided on the C-section. Yes, she is BIG! Mine were both under 7
lbs.

Joy

"Mogget" wrote in message
...
Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

The medium story: I went into labour spontaneously - progress over last
time - at 5am Sunday morning, after a night where I got no sleep (too
damn uncomfortable). No mucking around, straight into minute-long
contractions three minutes apart. The first twelve hours of labour were
quite manageable. I coped by walking round the block with my tens
machine on, hanging off lamp-posts & belly-dancing every time a
contraction hit, and not giving a damn how stupid I looked, and half
expecting neighbours to chase me off with broomsticks. All was going
swimmingly, the baby was perfectly anterior and I was up to 9cm, and the
midwives persuaded me to get into the birthing pool which meant taking
the tens machine off (big mistake) because they thought I was so close,
then it all went completely pear-shaped. Contractions became
unbelievably agonising and after another five hours of this I had gone
back to 5cm. Buggers. Midwives decided it was time to transfer to
hospital which was fine by me as by this time I was screaming for
another caesarean. Hospital took quite a few hours to give me said
caesarean. My gut feeling for some hours had been that it wasn't going
to work, I wasn't going to be able to get this baby out via the usual
route. I was right, too, because when they opened me up it was found
that the baby had turned & was completely posterior. Looks like at some
point the head had gone back up, so the cervix had undilated, and she
had turned round. Her size was a shock. Nobody had expected her to be
so effing enormous. We had all been expecting her to be 8lbs or so. But
10lbs and posterior - couldn't be done.

So after all that, it was still major surgery, but that's ok, because it
was necessary. My recovery has been much better this time.

Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.
--
Mogget

Mogget wrote:
Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.


snip new baby
Congratulations! Glad to hear you are well again after an eventful
birth. I've got 11 weeks to go but I'm ready now.

Caroline S.

Mogget wrote:
Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

Congratulations, and welcome to the world, KIT!

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Mogget wrote:
Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

The medium story: I went into labour spontaneously - progress over
last time - at 5am Sunday morning, after a night where I got no sleep
(too damn uncomfortable). No mucking around, straight into
minute-long contractions three minutes apart. The first twelve hours
of labour were quite manageable. I coped by walking round the block
with my tens machine on, hanging off lamp-posts & belly-dancing every
time a contraction hit, and not giving a damn how stupid I looked,
and half expecting neighbours to chase me off with broomsticks. All
was going swimmingly, the baby was perfectly anterior and I was up to
9cm, and the midwives persuaded me to get into the birthing pool
which meant taking the tens machine off (big mistake) because they
thought I was so close, then it all went completely pear-shaped.
Contractions became unbelievably agonising and after another five
hours of this I had gone back to 5cm. Buggers. Midwives decided it
was time to transfer to hospital which was fine by me as by this time
I was screaming for another caesarean. Hospital took quite a few
hours to give me said caesarean. My gut feeling for some hours had
been that it wasn't going to work, I wasn't going to be able to get
this baby out via the usual route. I was right, too, because when
they opened me up it was found that the baby had turned & was
completely posterior. Looks like at some point the head had gone
back up, so the cervix had undilated, and she had turned round. Her
size was a shock. Nobody had expected her to be so effing enormous.
We had all been expecting her to be 8lbs or so. But 10lbs and
posterior - couldn't be done.

So after all that, it was still major surgery, but that's ok, because
it was necessary. My recovery has been much better this time.

Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.

Congratulations on Katie's birth! It's a pity she didn't arrive by the usual
route, but the important thing, obviously, is she arrived healthy. 10 lb
2oz, that is one big baby, you've already given her a great start in life.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Congratulations Mogget.

Anyone who goes on to have another one *on purpose* has my greatest
admiration! heck, anyone who manages to stay sane (hahahaha) with even one
kid get smy admiration!

I hope you enjoy it as much as any person can possibly can, and she sleeps
through at an early age!

Kisses to both of bare kittens,

Yowie

"Mogget" wrote in message
...
Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

The medium story: I went into labour spontaneously - progress over last
time - at 5am Sunday morning, after a night where I got no sleep (too damn
uncomfortable). No mucking around, straight into minute-long contractions
three minutes apart. The first twelve hours of labour were quite
manageable. I coped by walking round the block with my tens machine on,
hanging off lamp-posts & belly-dancing every time a contraction hit, and
not giving a damn how stupid I looked, and half expecting neighbours to
chase me off with broomsticks. All was going swimmingly, the baby was
perfectly anterior and I was up to 9cm, and the midwives persuaded me to
get into the birthing pool which meant taking the tens machine off (big
mistake) because they thought I was so close, then it all went completely
pear-shaped. Contractions became unbelievably agonising and after another
five hours of this I had gone back to 5cm. Buggers. Midwives decided it
was time to transfer to hospital which was fine by me as by this time I
was screaming for another caesarean. Hospital took quite a few hours to
give me said caesarean. My gut feeling for some hours had been that it
wasn't going to work, I wasn't going to be able to get this baby out via
the usual route. I was right, too, because when they opened me up it was
found that the baby had turned & was completely posterior. Looks like at
some point the head had gone back up, so the cervix had undilated, and she
had turned round. Her size was a shock. Nobody had expected her to be so
effing enormous. We had all been expecting her to be 8lbs or so. But
10lbs and posterior - couldn't be done.

So after all that, it was still major surgery, but that's ok, because it
was necessary. My recovery has been much better this time.

Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.
--
Mogget

CGTS! I bet she turns into a beauty fit to be Miss America Take care of
her and yourself.
Lily & her mama

--

Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time
"mlbriggs" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:09:28 +0000, Mogget wrote:

Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.

The medium story: I went into labour spontaneously - progress over last
time - at 5am Sunday morning, after a night where I got no sleep (too
damn uncomfortable). No mucking around, straight into minute-long
contractions three minutes apart. The first twelve hours of labour were
quite manageable. I coped by walking round the block with my tens
machine on, hanging off lamp-posts & belly-dancing every time a
contraction hit, and not giving a damn how stupid I looked, and half
expecting neighbours to chase me off with broomsticks. All was going
swimmingly, the baby was perfectly anterior and I was up to 9cm, and the
midwives persuaded me to get into the birthing pool which meant taking
the tens machine off (big mistake) because they thought I was so close,
then it all went completely pear-shaped. Contractions became
unbelievably agonising and after another five hours of this I had gone
back to 5cm. Buggers. Midwives decided it was time to transfer to
hospital which was fine by me as by this time I was screaming for
another caesarean. Hospital took quite a few hours to give me said
caesarean. My gut feeling for some hours had been that it wasn't going
to work, I wasn't going to be able to get this baby out via the usual
route. I was right, too, because when they opened me up it was found
that the baby had turned & was completely posterior. Looks like at some
point the head had gone back up, so the cervix had undilated, and she
had turned round. Her size was a shock. Nobody had expected her to be
so effing enormous. We had all been expecting her to be 8lbs or so. But
10lbs and posterior - couldn't be done.

So after all that, it was still major surgery, but that's ok, because it
was necessary. My recovery has been much better this time.

Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.


Congratulations on the new arrival. She will look much better after a few
weeks. MLB

Mogget wrote:

Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

The short story: Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd
January, 10 lb 2oz, by C-section, after 19 hours of labour. Named
Katherine (Katie). Middle name tbc, probably Isabel, to give initials
KIT, to compare with her sister CAT.
snip
Will try to get a pic, but she's not the photogenic angel that Froggie
was. Is.


Congrats! I'm so glad to hear you are both well; you must have been
exhausted by such long labour and the C-section.
Lots and lots of best wishes, purrs and gentle hugs,
Polonca and Soncek

Mogget wrote:

Spudulika is here.

Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.

Congratulations! Glad that you are feeling better and are back on the board.
Take it easy as you go and keep in touch.
Charleen
Mr. Pumpkin
Aggie Marble
Victor Velcro