As I write this our 5th grandchild is making its way into the world. Marc took Lisa in to the Central Delivery Suite at 09:30 this morning to be induced. However, this is childbirth Covid style…
As soon as they arrived on the induction ward, our son was pushed back out of the door and just had time to drop Lisa’s bag off. Apparently the nurses couldn’t get rid of him quickly enough. Poor Lisa, having had 2 previous natural births, was nervous as she didn’t know what was going to happen and would have preferred Marc to be around.
Marc phones me every so often from the hospital, but I didn’t really like to tell him I’d had an induced birth and how much more unpleasant it is to a natural birth, and so I’ve kept tactfully quiet. Apparently he’s only allowed to go back into the Delivery Suite when Lisa is in active labour.
So at the moment he’s sitting in the car outside in the car park instead of inside supporting his anxious wife. He doesn’t want to wander around the corridors in his mask, in case Cyrus the Virus is about. All the cafes there are take-away only, and all the tables and chairs have been removed. I have mentioned to him that he can drive to our house for lunch, but it’s 25 minutes away from the hospital and he has no idea when he’ll be called back in.
Lisa has sent a video on WhatsApp of the baby’s heartbeat on a monitor. Poor old Lisa. What a shame that Covid arrived at the same time as her pregnancy.
Stevie Turner 
It feels so wrong that he cannot be there. I hope all went well!
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He couldn’t be in the induction room, but was allowed in the actual labour room. Poor Lisa had a terrible time – a 31 hour labour followed by an emergency caesarean. They’re at home recovering now with their two boys and latest addition – a baby boy, Luca.
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Poor Lisa! Thank goodness all is well.
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Yes, she’s doing well. Thanks.
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Wonderful!
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Congratulations Stevie. I see you have become Grandmother again. I hope everything went well. I am so happy that the hospital is taking such major precautions. Tell me if it was a boy or a girl. Take care and be safe Stevie. 💖✌😊
Sorry I haven’t been commenting much. I am going through a major nervous breakdown and will be back soon. ✌
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Boy. Luca was born on Thursday weighing 9lb and 4oz. His poor mother suffered somewhat, but is back home now and recovering. Sorry to hear you are not well. Hope you feel better soon.
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Scary times. Congrats to you almost. 🙂 I’m fighting technical wars on 3 computers, and this one isn’t any better, sorry it won’t let me ‘like’ or share 😦 xx
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Mum and Luca are doing very well today. Hope you get your computers mended! x
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Congratsssssssssssssssss!!!! ❤
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Lol. Thanks Debby. He’s a little beauty.
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share pics 🙂 x
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My daughter-in-law doesn’t want photos shared on social media at the moment. However, this may change soon. x
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I get it ❤
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Good luck to mom and dad. (not to mention grandma)
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Thanks Pete. Lisa is still in labour after nearly 24 hours. Poor girl.
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Oh gosh! Something we guys can’t appreciate.
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Still going, poor thing. It’s been nearly 30 hours but I think the baby is nearly here now.
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Lucky you having five grandchildren – I’ve only got two! Hope all is well with mother and baby. My husband used to leave me at the door of the hospital and make for the nearest pub. The bad old days!
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My husband was present at both births and was very helpful apart from eating all my snacks when I was asleep! Grandchildren are nature’s reward for being parents.
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Back in the day (says the old geezer) fathers were not allowed near the delivery room. I remember being sent out to wait in the corridor. I went for a walk into the town centre (less than 10 minutes away) to get some cigarettes. When I returned mother-in-law was there but she wasn’t alowed in either. We both stood there smoking until we were told the baby had been born.
Hope all goes well for Marc and Lisa – and you. It must be a nervous time for you, too!
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Thanks Frank. Yes, we’re all waiting on tenterhooks here…
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I have been thinking of women giving birth at this time. Just one more thing to worry about, as if there isn´t enough when having a baby. I do hope all goes well. I´m sure you will let us know. Sending hugs. xo
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They haven’t even started her on a drip yet, as she’s 4cm dilated anyway, and they think labour will progress on its own.
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Best wishes, I hope everything goes well
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Thanks!
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Wishing them all well
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Thanks Beth.
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Hope all goes well for them 😊
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Thanks Clive. Doesn’t seem right that Marc has to sit in the car park!
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No it doesn’t but, as you said in the post, that’s our current reality!
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Hope things go well for them all
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Thanks Jim. Hopefully the birth will be quick, as it’s her third.
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But given it’s the first under a new system probably every bit as daunting as the others
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Still like trying to push a watermelon through a garden hose…
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In farming I’ve heard it described (with cattle) as like trying to push a jellybaby through the hole in a polo mint without damaging the mint or the jellybaby 🙂
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Lol. I watched ‘Our Yorkshire Farm’ last night on Channel 5. There the farmer was, pulling a calf’s legs out of the birth canal with ropes. That poor cow!
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Did they have a calving aid? (A long bar and a ratchet)
We have one and basically the idea is that as the mother pushes, you pull on the ropes and stop the calf dropping back. It’s only in an emergency when you seriously pull. If the calf is coming backwards, once you get it so far, the cord breaks and you’ll see the tail twitching desperately, It’s a sign the calf is no longer getting air. So at that point you do pull. But because the calf is coming backwards, it comes out far more easily, you’ve got the big bit out already with the hips.
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Oh, I didn’t investigate too much as it looked rather grim. I had to go out and make a cup of tea…
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When lady wife had our daughter I was present at the birth. Half way through the Mid wife looked at me and said, “You’re a farmer aren’t you?”
I said, “Yes, but how can you tell?”
She said, “Other husbands sit gobsmacked at the miracle of birth, or rush out to be ill. Farmers just swap tips and offer to get their calving ropes out of the land rover.”
😉
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Lol! Lol! You’re hilarious, Jim.
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😉
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