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Baby Grace

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xxlou_lxx

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Grace made her arrival on tuesday night at 8 40 pm weighing 5lb8oz!!😱
(tiny like me)
As I told you all I went in on the monday after tea time to start to get induced, well after 3 failed attemps (taking over 24 hours no sleep and an aquired swagger of john wayne) I eventually had to have a c section 🙄 I would of just had that in the first place if they had asked!!!!
Once they finally managed to numb me for the op, and I stopped accusing them of trying to kill me, we had our daughter.... and she came into this world screaming her head off!! I was so relieved and she looked so pink and healthy!
She got taken away to be weighed etc and was back beside me for the duration of me getting put back together, I didnt expect all of that and was afraid of them taking her for lots of checks due to the diabetes, but she was wheeled to the ward when I was so I was really pleased!
Unfortunately later on in the night I was worried about her little yelps she was making which turned out to be low blood sugar so when the baby doc came she was whisked away to the special care nursery and remained there until yesterday afternoon... we eventually got home today though with a clean bill of health... well she has, im another story, I feel rough still and have completely lost the desire to eat so not the best... prob due to the iron pills theyve put me on 3 times a day!

But all else aside, she was well worth the last 8 and a bit months and the 24 hours of hell in the labour ward hehe 😉

Oh goin to attempt a photo upload in the gallery
 
Awwwww Im sooooo pleased for you Lou and Grace is a gorgeous name! I hope you feel better soon xx
 
congrations 🙂
 
Aww congratulations hun xxx


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well done lou and welcome little Grace xxx
 
CONGRATULATIONS! Grace is a lovely name - my gran was called Grace.:DBev xxx
 
Congrats!!! 😛
 
Awww a baby girl, how lovely, I love the name Grace, it is serene and calm.

Well done, and I hope you feel more together soon. Emergency c sections can take it out of you.
 
Congratulations- very pleased for you all🙂 xxx
 
Congrats and welcome to Grace xxx
 
Congratulations on the safe arrival of Grace!! I hope you start to feel better soon xx
 
Congrats lou, how's it feel to be a mummy? sounds so similar to my birth with jessica although they took her away straight away- quite surprised they didn't do that with your grace. By the way that is such a beautiful name. It takes quite a while to feel normal again after a c section It's been 6 weeks for me now and I'm still recovering so just try and take it easy. Much easier said than done I know but from experience if you over do it you feel it and regret it later!! Anyway hope things are well and let us know how your getting on when you get time xx
 
Congratulations - love the name x
 
This is great news! Very happy for you and manay congratulations- I look forward to seeing pictures! 🙂

Louisa
 
Congratulations Lou! Im so happy all went well! Im sure you will be feeling better soon! x
 
Thanks guys :D

Yeah they took her away after colin got to hold her emma, I got a hold for a minute but was so numb I was scared of dropping her... she was back in her crib thing beside me within 5 mins.

Can I just ask tho while im here when ur insulin needs sort themselves out?

I had her 9 days ago and all im taking everyday is 20u of lantus and no humalog and still having massive hypos!! Its doing my nut in!! lol Id feel weird taking no Insulin but 20u is 16 less than pre pregnancy as it is!!🙄
 
Are you breastfeeding then? because I found I needed hardly anything whilst I was bf at the start and like you kept having lots of hypo's. I'd definately talk to your dsn try and work out ratio's with them cause I know how hard it is to figure out after choping and changing them so much in pregnancy xx
 
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