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Giving birth can be exciting and scary all at the same time. My partner fell pregnant in September 2018. We immediately began to plan for our future with a baby in the family. I even wrote my unborn child a letter so I could capture my feelings and my baby can read this when they are older.

Not only do mothers have to plan loads, but fathers also do too. I jotted down my experiences and created a dads survival guide to help myself and hopefully others too. I mean I have done this all before with my first child but its a good refresher.

I have written about our experience of my partner giving birth below. I hope you enjoy reading about our experience.

On the 5th June 2019 after what seemed like an age of waiting baby squish was born.

Baby squish was due on the 29th of May, so we were eager for the baby to arrive by this point as you can imagine.

Giving Birth, Our Baby Story

My partner was in pain all day with infrequent contractions.

Bless her she did so well keeping things together.

Her contractions became closer, albeit, there were only around 5 an hour.

Just before midnight, we contacted the hospital and asked if we should attend.

They told us no and that we should wait until she was having contractions 2 to 3 minutes apart and lasting for 1 minute.

I Went To Bed

My partner told me to go to bed, so I did.

Whilst I slept like a log.

My partner stayed up and continued to count her contractions.

At 02.00 hours my partner woke me up.

I dived out of bed like a bleary-eyed beast ready for action.

My partner said quite calmly “WE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL NOW”.

We grabbed the pre-packed hospital bags and left.

The roads were clear. Thank god.

We got there in like 10 minutes. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Made It To Hospital Thank God

In the back of my mind, I had been worrying about the birth.

Just the thought of not getting to the hospital and having to deliver our child myself filled me with dread.

I just wanted the best care for both my partner and my child.

Once inside the birthing centre at Barnsley hospital, we were sent to the assessment room.

My partner was checked and was only 2cm dilated. At this point, her contractions were still quite strong.

The wonderful midwives calmed my partner.

They said to her that her body needed to catch up with the contractions.

At this point, it was near 3.30 am.

And The Clock Kept Ticking

We patiently waited.

My partner’s pain became worse.

A lovely cleaner entered the assessment ward. There was no one but us three at this point.

Personally, I thought at this point the baby won’t be born till midday the next day.

At around 4.20 am my partner all of a sudden shouted “MY WATERS HAVE BROKEN”

I felt like I went drip white at this point.

There was no midwife in the room. The friendly cleaner was there.

We shouted for help.

The midwives came running thank god.

My partner literally shrieked “I NEED TO GET THIS BABY OUT”.

Personally, I felt like I had frozen at this stage. Everything became a bit of a blur.

We rushed her on a wheelchair to the delivery room.

Within 4 or 5 string contractions the baby was born at 4.35 am.

I heard the cry. I felt like I started to breathe again.

Getting The Sex of Our Child right

My partner asked me to tell her the sex of our child.

I looked twice. Why on earth I did that but I did.

I didn’t want to say the wrong sex.

“IT’S A GIRL” thank god I got that right ha!

The whole experience brought a tear in my eye. I was so happy, my partner was too.

At this point, I was handed my baby girl obviously once I had cut the umbilical cord.

I held her.

She immediately POOPED on me something I will always treasure. Mrs Hinch, we managed to get the stain out so don’t worry.

I smiled and held her tight.

This little girl is going to wrap me around her little finger.

Once the birth was over, my partner just lay with Squish on her chest for skin to skin contact for nearly an hour.

This is a very important part of the bonding process for both mums and dads.

Squish weighed in at 9lb, so she is quite a big baby.

Thank You To The Birthing Team

I am sorry that I didn’t get any of the midwives or the cleaners name.

All I can say is.

“Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for bringing my baby Squish into the world”.

If you have to go to the Barnsley Birthing Centre you are in amazing hands with the staff there.

They truly went above and beyond.

And to my amazing partner thank you for giving me a baby girl.

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