The 'Can - Do' Gift Box
I started to feel contractions at about 2am on Wednesday 3rd October
- not intense ones, just like niggles, like period pains in my back. So
I kind of suspected 'something' was happening. I spent the next couple
of hours trying to time my contractions, to see if I could see a
pattern emerge.
They were getting more
painful, so I phoned the maternity ward at my hospital, to see what
they suggested. They said if I was getting pain every 3-5 minutes and
wasn't sure then to come in for a checkup.
By
the time we were in the car, the pain was getting really bad around my
back - I had the urge to grip on tight to something, to wade through
the pain, so the Little Sprowtz Concentration balls got a work out!
When
I got to the hospital I had the complete once over and told I was only
3cm dilated so it was going to be quite a way off yet.
Pete
and I went for a walk around the car park and hospital grounds - slow
going, but a good distraction. The next few hours were spent pouring
through my LS gift box looking for ideas. The LS massage ball was my
saviour, with Pete rolling it over the small of my back with the
-Mother's Massage Oil for about 2 hours. The pain was really
intensifying, and I started to get really cranky. I thrust my pain
management card at Pete and he was brilliant. He just took charge and
half carried me into the shower and put the hot water on my back,
exactly what I wanted to do but couldn't speak.
After 6 hours baby Alyssa came into the world!
I cannot describe the overwhelming sense of love that I felt for her as soon as I held her.
I
also couldn't believe how proud I was of what I had achieved. Thank you
Little Sprowtz for creating your 'Can - Do' Gift Box. It definitely was
the most memorable baby shower gift I received.
Deanna - Pymble NSW
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