Savanna's Birth Story WITH PICTURES NOW!

Me in early labour



Me a few hours later, I still supposedly had 8hrs to go but delivered an hour later!


We had just been handed our daughter...I was in instant Mommy mode...



This is Savanna when she was 6hours old



One week old Sav having her first tub-bath... usually baths with her Mum. She loved it, gurgling and being all coy ...



This is Sav in Papparazzi mode... "no, no, get my good side..."



Sav at 2 months... cuuute!



16/Jan/2008
My waters broke at 11:15 during the day, while I was on Gmail Chat. I had just told my friend Kim Swan that I was READY when…yup. The baby heard me!

I happened to have a gynae appointment at 12:15, my husband raced home on his motorbike and we left for the hospital, where it was decided that I was in labour and that my waters HAD broken!

My Husband and I went back home, packed our bags, went to the shops and bought some snacks.

We got to my room at about 1.45 by 2.00pm in the afternoon I had my first contraction, they weren't sore and I chatted and sent phone messages. My Doula, Annie Skea stayed with me a while and then popped home to change. I sat around and even had a snooze while waiting for the contractions to get stronger. They started getting strong and painful by about 6pm and I SMS’d Annie who came back to the Hospital. By 8pm we moved down to the Active birthing Unit where I danced and sang until I was 5 cm dilated, by then I was getting a bit sore (I had to bend down over the side of the Jacuzzi when I had a contraction) when the contractions got very strong I sat down on a exercise ball and rested my head on the side of the bed. They checked to see if I was 5cm yet and found that I was 6cm! I got into the Jacuzzi then and stayed there from 10pm till about 1:00am when I decided that I needed to push!

17/Jan/2008
An hour later my daughter Savanna Rae was born, she would have been out quicker but She couldn’t get past the opening (her head was too big and mommy was not stretchy enough!) she came out with her eyes open and talking! (well, gurgling and looking around)

I had no pain relief, and it was an amazing experience!! I felt the presence of God the entire time, my Doula told me that in the height of contractions when I should have been screaming and swearing, I was calmly praying and saying "Thank you Jesus, Thank you for my baby" pretty cool!! I would do it again. The only complaint is these blinking episiotomy stitches!!















Thank you LORD for an awesome birth, and for being so near to me throughout.