Matthew Atakan was born
ilke woke me up about 4am saying she felt her first contraction. The were not very regular, so we monitored.
Later that morning, the contractions were more regular and she phoned the central delivery suite for advice. They asked her to come in for a check up.
At 13.30 we arrived at Frimley park hospital. We went in to room "I" in the suite and the midwife analysed her. The contractions started to become more regular.
At 16.00 ilke started the Entonox gas and air. At 17.25 she gave birth to Matthew weighing in at 6lb 15oz (William was 7lb 7oz).
He has lots of fair hair and his head circumference was 35cm, one less than what William’s head was at birth.
ilke’s labour was only 1 hour 20 minutes long and stage two was 5 minutes and 5 minutes in stage three. There were two midwifes, Ali and Sue. Sue was in her final year as a student Midwife and this was her 33rd delivery.
23-04-2008 – Matthew at Hospital from Paul Norris on Vimeo.
Matthew and ilke were discharged at 21.30, only 8 hours after arriving the hospital.
We arrived home to ilke’s parents who were eagerly waiting.
