Well what can I say the day you came into the world was a day of mixed emotions for many reasons? You were so needed. And we were so blessed that you came to us. Your original due date was going to be Christmas day; (well you think I could have timed that better) but things happened and as it turned out it wasn’t then, and I give thanks every year.
You see, at the time I was pregnant with you my life was a mess. Daddy didn’t drive; Grandy had had surgery not long before hand, and Grandpa Bear was going to be going into hospital the very next day for his surgery. We had timed this around you, and the way things were going not so good, we didn’t take into consideration a change in the plan.
But as I was not having a good time with this pregnancy the doctors thought it would be better for both of us for you to be brought on earlier. However not all plans go the way they are meant too. So one night I am sitting at home and I couldn’t get comfortable and the next thing I know my water breaks. I ring the hospital and told them what had happened and they say wait an hour ring back and see how I am.
So I madly run around for an hour packing a bag for you and I, (I hadn’t got around to that yet), we still had time so I thought. I ring the hospital back they look at my file and tell me it would be better if I came in. Now this is a problem because if I drive how is daddy going to get home. So I ring Grandy. It took awhile for her answer as she was in bed already so I had to let it ring out a few times before they finally answered.
“Hi mum it is me, I have to go into hospital my waters have broken and the hospital said to come in”
“Ohhh Bugger bugger s_ _ _t”
“Why what is wrong”
“I have been drinking and you father has had a sleeping tablet, never mind I will wake him”
Now I can hear you all saying ring a taxi. Well I would have if only I lived closer into town You see where we lived taxis were as rare as hens teeth, and seeing how it was already 12.00 am The likelihood of one coming out was not going to happen.
Anyway I finish getting ready and start to hug the porcelain bowl, ohhh boy what a night I was going to have. Finally I hear mum and dads car come up the drive. I waddle out to the car, daddy behind me with the bag and bucket. I look in and I see dad just looking straight a head and I am thinking is he awake and mum has her own bucket and is singing. Yes you read that right. Singing! You see when my mum got drunk she had a drunk song, “Happy days are here again”. However when mum was drunk we only heard a few lines as that is all she could remember.
And all I can do is laugh. What a bunch we make. Dad driving goodness knows how, mum singing “Happy days are here again. The skies above are clear again. So let's sing a song of cheer again. Happy days are here again” over and over, I have my head in the bucket half throwing up and half laugh and your daddy is holding on for grim life wondering are we going to get there in one piece.
We finally get to the hospital and we get admitted and up to the birth rooms we go. Doctors come and go push and probe (I won’t go into all the gory details). And then you decide to have a rest and not make you grand entrance. So I send Grandy and Grandpa Bear home, I send your daddy to Auntie M’s house as it is only around the corner and tell him to be here first thing in the morning (well actually in 6 hours) because it was decided that was when they would bring you on if you didn’t make your own way.
I am told to rest, but that was a bit hard I couldn’t get comfortable. I make the best of what I can. Then morning finally rolls around and all the doctors come in, to start encouraging you to come in to the big wide world. I panic and say no wait till your daddy gets here. I ring Auntie M’s house and ask her to get him here now. Once your daddy arrives we start. Grandy and Grandpa Bear come back, and my Auntie A comes too. They start the IV and off we go. We laugh we tell jokes; the mid wife’s come and check us now and then. We are laughing more and telling more jokes the atmosphere was relaxing. I haven’t taken anything, no pain killers I can cope. We are laughing so loud telling jokes and stories that the mid-wife’s come in thinking something is wrong. Nope nothing is wrong. Grandpa Bears’ hospital is ringing checking on the progress, because he needs to go in to get ready for his surgery. Finally he has to go. They can wait no longer. Auntie A drives him to the hospital, and comes back.
Now when you are in labour and about to give birth something in your brain happens. You see there was a change of shift in between all this and I was assigned a new mid-wife, however when she came into the room in a not so pleasant manner I told her to “F”rig off because she was not delivering my baby she was too ugly” yes I know not so nice of mummy. Ohhh and if you are that mid-wife and you remember this I am sorry for that.
Grandy and Auntie ‘A’ are stunned and daddy is trying to get me to calm down. But now I have had enough I don’t want to play any more. It is too late for hard medications so gas is all I could have, well that helped a bit. Finally you make you grand entrance to the world. 11 days early compared to original due date, 4 days early from new arranged due date. You wanted to come now. You were this little bundle of pink white and blue. Yes were a little pink, you were a little blue on your feet, they were so cold, you still have troubles with cold feet now, and white because you hadn’t had your first bath yet. They gave me to you we all laughed and cried. Grandy ran around taking all the photos she could. Finally everyone left except for your daddy and me. Grandy went and had the photos developed so that she could take them into the hospital were Grandpa Bear was, and to where your daddies grandma was also. Everyone was so excited. Daddy and I got to cuddle you for a long time you slept and so did I. We were moved to another room and looked after.
By the third day you had to go and have some UV treatment as you had jaundice. So there you were this tiny little 3kg baby (6lb 6oz) naked, with these little eye glasses on protecting your eyes, sleeping with your bum up in the air under a UV light. Finally I was well enough to go home, but you weren’t allowed too. The hospital tried to let me stay a little longer. I didn’t want to leave with out you. It was the hardest thing coming home with out you. But I had too; there was nothing I could do. So in the mornings I would come back to the hospital and give you a morning feed. I would then express some for you. I would then go back home and get Grandy and take her to be with Grandpa Bear at his hospital. Then come back to you and give you another feed spend some times with you. Then go and get Grandy and come back and give you another feed and express more milk for you during the night. Then go home again with out you. This went on for 5 days. It was harder and harder each day. Finally on the 6 day you were allowed to come home. I was alone as daddy was so tired I let him sleep in. I fed you and got you dressed and then we went home. I surprised your daddy.
We had to go and pick up Grandy so we went a little earlier and so that we could take to where Grandpa Bear was. He wasn’t doing to good and we hoped this would give him a little life to push a little harder. It worked. I gentle lifted you up to be close to him, he couldn’t touch you with his hands but he kissed your forehead and cheeks, he smelt you and cried. A couple of days after that he was out of ICU and on to a ward. Improving every day.
Finally he was allowed home. So we all came home together. All five of us, Grandy, Grandpa Bear, Daddy, me and our tiny little girl.
So, To My Darling girl.
I wish you a wonderful 10th Birthday.
And thank you for being our little girl.
Your father and I look forward to watching you grow up and becoming a beautiful woman.
Love mummy.
PS Just stay my baby girl for as long as you can, don’t grow up to soon.
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