I first became a mother on the 23rd of October 2009, to a Beautiful baby girl named Kiara. Labour went pretty well I think, ha. it was an emergency c-section. 9hours, I wasn't dilating and I had pre-eclampsia, a week over due she was. at first I was going through it fine, then I felt like I wanted to push and it definatly wasn't time to. so Sam, my Fiancee, asked the midwives about getting me some pain relief. 'Gas&Air' oh my it's a life saver, even if I was taking it when the contractions had finished. any way lets skip all the labour talk. When the took her out all I heard was her Cry, and that was it I knew my baby girl was here and alive, and I cried as soon as I heard her cry. It was definitely the happier time of my life. I had Sam by my side the whole time (minus when he got some thing to eat).
She was born at 11.11pm. 6 long days I was in the hospital, up and down from the labour suite and ward.  If my blood pressure went to high I'd be in the labour suite so that I had some one monitoring me all the time. then when it went back down to a suitable number I'd be back on the ward, where I hated it. If you wasn't of ethnic oriagin they didn't want to know that much. I found it quite annoying, but I must say Looking after Kiara in the hospital seemed quiet easy, I had the nack of things, watching everyone out the hospital window made me realise how busy life is out there, everyone rushing to appointments or to collect the child. I was enjoying the slow life inside hospital, because it was just me and Kiara I had to focus on, then Sam, family & friends who came in. I didn't have to cook or clean, just relax, well I say relax try to.
Once I came home the whole place felt alien, not like home it took me a few days to start settling in. thats when everything seemed to get harder at home, I was ringing family to double check things that I new the answer to, but just to make sure, that little bit of reasurance helped.