A bloody big scare...

[riffer]

Got to work this morning at 7.45.

Gini rings me at 8.45 - "Help, I tried to lift that wood you left in the back of the car and something went rip and it doesn't feel good and I can't feel the baby... you have to come home NOW and take me to the hospital!"

Aaaargh!

Straight into the bike gear and off down the motorway cursing the fact that my 80 demerits mean I have to ride at the speed limit.

Pick up Tim from kindy, and off to the hospital as quick as a scared pregnant woman in pain will let me drive (which isn't very fast)

We got to the hospital and after 3 hours, including an internal exam "But Dad, I want to watch! Why do I have to sit here with you..." the doctor announces she thinks Gini has pulled a muscle down below.

We wait alf an hour for the midwife to come and check everything is okay. It takes her a good ten minutes until she finds baby's heartbeat, while Gini and I are getting VERY concerned...

So, I'm back at work now, Gini's at home (hopefully relaxing) and I've achieved NOTHING workwise today.

*sigh*

This kids not even born yet and already its stressing me out... :mellow:

[scumdog]

Glad to hear things turned out not as bad as they sounded C6, :niceone:

A couple of points: (1) Next time get ambo there because (2) they won't have to worry about the demerits and will have all the right gear already with them. - which brings me to point (2a) - don't go getting so many demerits, you never know when you might need them up your sleeve!! :msn-wink:

[jrandom]

Ooooch. We had a similar episode while Jacob was still Inside. It's a big worry. :sweatdrop

Glad nothing major appears to be going wrong. What the hell was Gini doing lifting a load out of the back of the car, anyway? I bet you've told her not to do that stuff in the past. You obviously need to beat her more, she's not paying attention...

[jrandom]

Next time get ambo there

As a 'medical' callout, that would set you back $70, unless you're a member of the St John Society (which I highly recommend).

[vifferman]

As a 'medical' callout, that would set you back $70, unless you're a member of the St John Society (which I highly recommend).Yeah - good, innit? We joined up years ago, and fortunately have required it only twice. But even if it did cost $70, it's probably cheaper than traffic tickets and demerits.

Glad to hear everything's OK, celtic. Hope you have no more scares like that.

[wari]

PHew ... that was close ...:sweatdrop:

BYtheway ... do you know what caused the preg-nanncy ? :spudwhat:

[Motoracer]

BYtheway ... do you know what caused the preg-nanncy ? :spudwhat:Hava lOOk in de Discovery ChanneL.

P.S. Glad to hear that it was nothing C#6.

[jrandom]

Hava lOOk in de Discovery ChanneL.

:whistle: You and me, baby... :whistle:

[Blakamin]

Holy Sh*t.... next time call the ambo b4 you leave work! :angry2:

hope alls well.


and I was just thinking.... you spend nearly as much time here during works hours as i do... how much would you of achieved anyway??? :innocent:

[jrandom]

and I was just thinking.... you spend nearly as much time here during works hours as i do... how much would you of achieved anyway??? :innocent:

Personally, I like to think that my time on KB inspires me to new, er, heights of professional genius. And stuff.

[Blakamin]

Personally, I like to think that my time on KB inspires me to new, er, heights of professional genius. And stuff.
thanks.... thats what i'll tell the boss :killingme

[riffer]

you spend nearly as much time here during works hours as i do... how much would you of achieved anyway??? :innocent:
Yeah fair call. Its because I have a huge scanning camera that takes 15 minutes a scan so there's nothing to do but sit and wait.

However, its all going to change. I finish up here on Thursday.

Going to work at Learning Media as a production/print coordinator so will be VERY busy. Might have to do KB in the evenings. That'll be a hassle.

I leave work at 16:00 usually and get on KB at 19:30-20:00, and theres usually about 150 posts to catch up on. I'd hate to think what there is in a whole day.

[Blakamin]

I leave work at 16:00 usually and get on KB at 19:30-20:00, and theres usually about 150 posts to catch up on. I'd hate to think what there is in a whole day.
My average should be dropping so there'll be less from now on :eek:

[James Deuce]

Glad to hear the emergency has diminished somewhat, and everyone is OK.

[Ms Piggy]

Phew!!! When I saw the thread title I immediately thought - OMG either Simon has had a bin or something has happened to Gini. Glad you are all ok. :hug:

[Ghost Lemur]

As a 'medical' callout, that would set you back $70, unless you're a member of the St John Society (which I highly recommend).

Not unless they've changed the rules in Wellington since the last time I had one.

Wellington still has the Free Ambo service.

[Motu]

It's hard to stop these pregnant girls from doing big things - my wife was always involved in some major revamp just before she dropped them,painting rooms,washing curtains,digging a garden.She was sensible when she got her 1951 T100 stuck in a ditch on a gravel road,she knew pregnant girls shouldn't pick up 400lb bikes and drag them out of a ditch,so she called for help.Why can't they just be lazy like us guys?

[FROSTY]

Fark I feel for ya bro. Really scarey shit when its ya kid and missus
Actually dude Ill second scumdog on the ambo thing--a shit load better deal. Call ambo -have the experts deal with it for her.
That way you aint putting the childs father at risk of an accident cos he ain't focussed on his riding. :ride:
Pass my regards to Gina for me-I'm really glad its (more or less) all ok. :love2: :hug:

[750Y]

glad it's all good Celtic6.

[jazbug5]

Thank God it ended up well;

Now sit down and have some brandy...
I agree with the others about not risking yourself; but I'm sure it wasn't too easy to do anything other than race over there- instinct.
My sister had her third kid last November (OMG, he's nearly a year old.. when did that happen?) Three days before having him, she was hauling around bags of sand and concrete to help her builder hubby.
Silly moo.
As for exerting themselves in late pregnancy, a lot of women seem to do that too; combination of 'nesting' and trying to speed things up, maybe?

[Paul in NZ]

Glad it's all OK mate... It's a stress fulled time....

Please remind your good lady that the ambo people are call #1. We live in Wellington, it's free. You are call #2.

Vicki was always doing dumb stuff when she was preggers. Mainly getting stuck up things like a pear tree (#1) and a man hole (#2 and 3).

Sigh! She was so crook with the twins she could not get into too much trouble though!!

Cheers

[jrandom]

Vicki was always doing dumb stuff when she was preggers. Mainly getting stuck up things like... a man hole...

Well! I've heard of some inventive ways of 'getting around the bump', but this takes the cake...

[Ghost Lemur]

Glad to hear everythings ok CelticNo6. :)

And people wonder why we go gray?

OT: Seeing there's a group of fathers gathered around I'd like to ask a question.

During the "birth/s" were you or were you not incredibly, unbelievably bored silly?

Don't get me wrong the last 10-15minutes when it was all on was exciting and interesting and somewhat disturbing each time (for different reasons). But the one thing I wasn't prepared for, the one thing that no one mentioned was the incredible boredom of the 22-24 hours at the hospital leading up to the exciting bit. Even my ex's auntie who was there for the eldest's birth (and had had a couple of kids herself) was somewhat amazed at how boring the whole build up to the main even is.
With the second one I learnt and took some magazines and books etc. But still the trapsing the hall to go out for a cigarette became old had by the end.
The fact is it doesn't matter how new-age nice-a-guy you are, each and every amazing contraction you don't feel a thing and in gerenal NOTHING HAPPENS FOR HOURS.

As I said, this is in no way lessens the beauty of the actual birth. More an unexpected observation. I've mentioned this to some friends who have had kids, only to be given sullen looks by the women and understanding glances from the guys.

*hides in jr's bunker just in case*

[toads]

yeah I did some really dumb stuff whilst pregnant with all of my kids, when pregnant with the triplets I couldn't fit behind the wheel of our landrover, ( a series 2a) which didn't have any kind of seat adjustment, and I decided to move some cows and drove sitting sideways with the door open, whilst rolling through the paddock gate I hit a bump and the door swung into my very large belly, I totally panicked as all the babies stopped moving, I went in for a scan and they were fine, we've been very fortunate really, I totally sympathise with you both, makes you realise how precious and precarious life is eh!

[toads]

Glad to hear everythings ok CelticNo6. :)

And people wonder why we go gray?

OT: Seeing there's a group of fathers gathered around I'd like to ask a question.

During the "birth/s" were you or were you not incredibly, unbelievably bored silly?

Don't get me wrong the last 10-15minutes when it was all on was exciting and interesting and somewhat disturbing each time (for different reasons). But the one thing I wasn't prepared for, the one thing that no one mentioned was the incredible boredom of the 22-24 hours at the hospital leading up to the exciting bit. Even my ex's auntie who was there for the eldest's birth (and had had a couple of kids herself) was somewhat amazed at how boring the whole build up to the main even is.
With the second one I learnt and took some magazines and books etc. But still the trapsing the hall to go out for a cigarette became old had by the end.
The fact is it doesn't matter how new-age nice-a-guy you are, each and every amazing contraction you don't feel a thing and in gerenal NOTHING HAPPENS FOR HOURS.

As I said, this is in no way lessens the beauty of the actual birth. More an unexpected observation. I've mentioned this to some friends who have had kids, only to be given sullen looks by the women and understanding glances from the guys.

*hides in jr's bunker just in case*

Pete didn't want to be around for any of the kids births, but I made him!!, He was bored shitless with all of them and complained about having to be there, but I think he was genuinely freaked out when each of them were born, it certainly wasn't something he enjoyed. some guys can't handle seeing their partners in pain and not be able to do anything, he felt powerless and uncomfortable.

[riffer]

Hmmm. I've just run this thread past Gini and she has replied:

"You get two minutes of pleasure and I get nine months of misery. The least you do is hang around for 24 hours at the end."

Anyway, Tim took 6 hours from arrival at hospital to delivery (forceps) and for four of those he was stuck.

With my first child (with my ex), it was an induction. I was ready and took a chillybin full of deli food, french bread, nice cheeses, and stacks of coffee and a plunger. As I was working heaps, 24 hours away from work was no worry at all. I also got to borrow my bosses portable DVD player so I took a few DVD's to watch. So I had a great time. My ex didn't have such a good time - forceps delivery w/episotomy and PPH, and finding out she was allergy to opiates in the epidural made it an experience I guess she'd rather forget. Still, she had another one with me (ceasar that time, yes, PPH again - lots of blood).

This is the only big worry of this pregnancy so we'll be taking it easy now and hoping for a nice quick painless easy delivery.

I think I'll have a nice scotch now... :calm:

[Skyryder]

As with the others glad all is ok with everyone. Today you had a fright earlier than most. Kids can scare the crap out of you at times but they make up for it with a whole lot of fun. Once again glad all is well with the world.

Skyryder

[Two Smoker]

Glad to hear you, tim, Gini and the soon to be born are all good :niceone: mate you must have been shitting yourself :crazy:

[wari]

I HEarebye declare that I inall manner of speaking shall in fact never have a baby ...

THats legal talke ... thinkin' of becommin' a lawyerr ... so I'm practicin' on my "friends" ... :spudwave:

[Hitcher]

Vicki was always doing dumb stuff when she was preggers. Mainly getting stuck up things like a pear tree (#1) and a man hole (#2 and 3).
I presume by the latter you mean a personnel access hatch...

[Ghost Lemur]

Hmmm. I've just run this thread past Gini and she has replied:

"You get two minutes of pleasure and I get nine months of misery. The least you do is hang around for 24 hours at the end."



I hope Gini didn't misunderstand me. I wasn't saying I wished I could have come just for the last five minues or so. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. It was just something that in the whole leadup no one had mentioned to me. There was no wisper in the ear "make sure you got some reading material coz you could be there a while". So it was a bit of a surprise. The whole tv thing of they race into the hospital and 5 minutes and maybe one ad break later they have this clean 3 month old.

As for the end part boy do I have a pair of horror stories.
With Danté, after 24 hours of being there waiting for him to come they decided he wasn't going to and so used the vontuse(sp?). For those of you who don't know what this is think, vacum hose attached to wall with a plumbers plunger on the end. Anyway avoiding gory bits, out came my first born looking like he had a lead in the Coneheads. :killingme
I kid you not, it was almost as high as his head itself (slight exaggeration). Of course worried first time father looks at midwife, who must have noticed petrified look of terror on my face and looks down at Danté and says "don't worry it'll go down in a couple of days". Of course it did and I could see the funny side later.

With Sebastian it was the same long wait. This time I was prepared. But not prepared for the actual arrival. Again it was difficult this time this specialist doctor was there. No need for vontuse this time (saving another conehead). Specialist was worried about vital signs and asked midwife to check for a cord around his neck. She checked the back of his neck and found nothing so kept on keeping on. Finally he arrives out first thing I noticed was this bright (almost unnatural) orange hair - Danté btw is Blonde (see photo in nc_30's "Hey" thread), so it was slightly unexpected - and then out came his head and it was blue/purple. Some more of him came out and it became apparent the cord had been strangling him but not by the usual wraparound method, but rather straight across the neck. So the specialist is working fantically to get him breathing, etc. My mum, was taking a gazzillion photos incase he didn't make it. And I'm having to tell my ex everything fine, when I'm about to completely freak out.

Being a person to always look on the funny side, I did notice during those ancxious few minutes that his skin colour seriously clashed with his hair. He gave me another scare a few month later, when it became apparent he was deaf. But that's a whole nother story, again though with a happy ending. Needless to say his hearing is now fine.

[LB]

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Glad all's turned out well Celtic. Tell Gini to take care, put her feet up, and let you do all the running around!
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[riffer]

Thanks for the nice thoughts everybody.

Gini's feeling better today, although sore having pulled her pelvic floor muscles.

We went and had a scan today.

Everythings looking good and my son is growing fabulously... everythings on track to the day :)

[Blakamin]

Thanks for the nice thoughts everybody.

Gini's feeling better today, although sore having pulled her pelvic floor muscles.

We went and had a scan today.

Everythings looking good and my son is growing fabulously... everythings on track to the day :)
:niceone: :niceone:
Make sure she doesn't do anything else like that... or I'll bring around a bucket for you to buy....

(that'll stop her :msn-wink: )

[Posh Tourer :P]

:whistle: You and me, baby... :whistle:

I really do hope it wasnt you and MR that caused Gini's preg-nanncy

[jrandom]

I really do hope it wasnt you and MR that caused Gini's preg-nanncy

cann iT hapPINat lOooong rangE? :moon:

[Motoracer]

I really do hope it wasnt you and MR that caused Gini's preg-nanncySushhhh!! :shutup:

[Motu]

During the "birth/s" were you or were you not incredibly, unbelievably bored silly?

*

All my 4 kids have been born at home...you don't expect us to stoop to convention do you? I knew it might take a while and be a bit boring before our first one was born - so I had the gearbox for my R60/5 in the lounge,that way I could work on it during the boring bits...but I didn't get to work on the gearbox,it was quite full on and I was busy boiling hot water all day.In the end I had a perfect little girl to hold while my wife cleaned up - a profound change happened to the grubby little biker,he hasn't been quite the same since.

Daughter number 2 in the same house,same midwife,but no doctor (wife's orders) we had to turn the baby and she came out with her fist by her ear - I cut the cord on this one.My first son was born on Waiheke,this one a water birth,he floated around with a smile on his face before he decided to confront the world.Boy number 2 back in Auckland,with the midwife from our first 2 births and the midwife of the waterbirth...it's quite a bond we had with these women who brought our children into the world,they are special people.

Fathers,and other siblings being at the birth is important,this is a magic happening - but it doesn't come poof out of thin air,being involved in your childrens birth sets the scene for being involved in the rest of their lives - you owe it to them,they are part of you,they are here because of you - be there for them....please.

[Posh Tourer :P]

cann iT hapPINat lOooong rangE? :moon:

I'm not gonna answer that one...