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1st October! Its today

The Big Day So its the 1st October, to day is the day. I have been so looking forward to meeting my special boy, and nervous at the same time. Its a nice day, we where on our way to town to get things for hospital, i was told I'd be expected to go in by 3pm, so done the school run, gave my girls a big kiss and hoping to pick them up at 2pm before i go, was looking forward to a goodbye and big cuddles. That's not how it went unfortunately, i got the phone call at 9.30am to be in hospital by 11am. I felt like i was in a box with it getting smaller and smaller. It was all happening to fast. Got there by 11am and they started the inducing progress. I wasn't dilated enough so they gave me a pessary to get me going, my contractions where coming fast, and they where very sore. It felt so unnatural, i should be at home eating curry and pineapples not doing it like this. Another family came in, their little baby has the same heart defect as our boy so i was stopped and had to wai