Hey everyone, I've been lurking but am finally out and about I live in New Zealand and have a 14 week old baby girl. Parenting has been amazing so far, LO has been a very cruisy and easygoing baby (so far!) and I'm loving being able to watch her grow and learn each day.

LO was born September 20 after being induced at 38 weeks 5 days because her growth had heavily slowed down and her movements were getting slower too. I was in labor for almost 12 hours, which for about 11.5 of those was spent getting from 2-5cms. I wasn't allowed an epidural due to having a bleeding disorder so it was too high risk, and I went from 5-10cm in about 10 minutes. LO was born in 2 pushes, I got a small labial graze and she was born 6pounds 9 ounces.

I'm glad to finally be apart of this wonderful community