Michelle's Journey

Eleventh of March 2006 1:10am…. Tiny had been moving alot, I heaved my pod over and sighed as I slipped a feather pillow between my knees. There was a loud crack with his kick… ‘ oh God he has just broken his neck!’… but the ’swoosh’ of water signalled something different. It was the moment that I knew that the birth of my son was imminent. 

 

 

 This is Sage Alan Crawford- Stewart

Age: 1 Hour

Weight: 4Kg 

Length: 52cm

My ‘Birth Plan’ was to go all natural, and head for a birthing pool, but to my dismay some other lady was using the one at the poole Maternity Unit. Within 40 Minutes I had had an epidural, and was flat on my back smiling as i watched the machine indicate that  was having a contraction! WHAT A RELIEF! I have never experienced such incredible pain and discomfort in my life, and wasn’t about to matyre myself!

Sage was eventually born via an Emergency C-Section. Unfortunately he was lying at an angle, with his ear blocking the birth canal so he couldn’t be born naturally. They even tried forceps (which bruised his forehead, and hurt his eye), but to no avail. 

14:18pm….. His tiny screams made me shake with emotion. James by his side as they ventilated him. We had done it!

Monday 13th March 2006 – The hospital was very busy. Little Sage wasn’t  too bothered by the noise, but I didn’ take to kindly to flashlights in the night, and burning injections ( No to mention all the crying babies!) I was supposed to transfer to Bournemouth, but on the way home I called a re-routed home….. 14:45pm – Sage was ours to keep.