Amber‘s delivery story

I was reading my post about Ashton‘s deliveries stories and realise i should probably blog about Amber‘s delivery story too so that i can read it again in the future.

We thought Ashton‘s delivery was fast, Amber‘s was even faster.
We had an unplanned home birth with no assistance, it was a 30 minutes labour. My water broke at 4.15am while i was in bed,i had a sharp painful contraction when that happened (signalling the start of labour). The contraction was so intense and developed so fast that i couldn't even clean myself up properly with water being broken. Next thing i know there was a lot of pressure, something very similiar to what i experienced with Ashton so i know things were happening fast. I had 4 hours with Ashton so you would think i had atleast 1 hour this time,or atleast time to get to the hospital since we only live 5 minutes away, but no, Amber was born at 4.49am. Luckily we stayed put and luckily the delivery was straight forward because Frank had to be the midwife and catch the baby as she literally slipped out of me. The midwife arrived 10 minutes after we delivered her ourselves. It was quite a morning for all of us.
Ashton slept through everything and he even slept in and woke at 8am the next morning to a brand new sister next door with mummy in mummy and daddy's room.
We thought Ashton‘s labour and delivery story was impressive, Amber‘s definitely topped that!

She was born 20 days before due date, definitely a lovely surprise for all of us that morning!

Our beautiful Amber

Its a quiet night, hubby has gone out fishing with the boys, as i sit here on the couch cuddling her, i can feel her breathing against my chest, there is just so much love for her. We named her Amber so that she is a gem, like her mother.

I feel so so terribly lucky to have 2 beautiful healthy children, both alive and well, healthy and strong, close to me.
I can't help but think of those people i know who experienced infertility, who experienced loss by miscarriage and loss of their child by death. It is something i do not wish upon anyone, and something i never ever want to go through myself, i cannot imagine the pain they go through as parents.
We have 2 beautiful children, planned and very successful pregnancy, with smooth deliveries. I am terribly thankful for that. I wish my children will continue to grow healthily and our family will always be united and be together.

Things you do when you are sleep deprived but still love your 4 week old honey bun so much and let her snuggle on your chest while you sit alone and cherish every single moment you have with her because they sure don't stay baby for very long.
Second time round, i know now all this sleep deprivation is temporary and so so worth it.

Home alone

This is the first time in a long time that I do not have my boy with me AND I am not working. Usually when I am not working I am staying home with my son.

It has been more than a year since I updated this blog.
I guess from now on the posts will be even rarer since we will be having baby number 2 in a few months time.

I was reading the last few posts I did when Ashton was a newborn.. it brings back so many memories. I wish I could continue to blog about these moments, but I am afraid I am way too busy being a mum and getting the house and family in order.

Maybe the next time I have a rare opportunity like this again where I am home alone with no kids or husband, I shall blog again.

Actually, I have a whole list of things to do.. including my professional developement. So I better go.

All I want to say is, I am so glad I have a beautiful little family, and a growing baby in my belly. I know we are lucky that our family planning is going to plan.. We just want another healthy baby and continue to grow as a family.

Oh I miss my boy.
Better cherish the few more hours I have on my own and get some things done.