Tullula

OUR BABY

Frieday the 15th of January 2H30am I get woken up by some contactions...Nothing abnormal, as I as getting them for a while now...I do my nightly routine, loo, a glass of milk and back to bed...Not for long as at 3H30 another strong one, I go back to the loo and there it is the "show"...
I wake Stephen up; "darling wake up, something is happening"!!!!
We start timing the contractions, yes they are every 5 or so minuets apart!!!
Ok, lets get dressed, where is the Hospital bag?
Shall we call the Midwife?
We decied to wait 7am, thats when they come into work!
I try to rest, we have breakfast...

At the Hospital, they monitor baby and the contractions for more than an hour...All is fine, but I have not dilated, so I am sent back home...Its not for now!
So they say, but the contractions dont stop, sometimes they are 12min apart, but they are getting stronger, more powerfull, breathtaking!
I try to relax, go for a swim...And go lay down...

As I layed there, trying to sleep a bit I felt something strange happening inside me, and had the reaction to quicky get off the bed, well I did well, as I slipped off the bed a gush of water came down...
There it was, baby on its way, I had lost the waters!!!

So off we were to the Hopital once more, it was about 14hrs!

Still I was hardly dilated, so I was monitored and let to walk around the buildings.
Going back in to be monitored every hour...Of course as time passed I started to dilate and the contractions got stronger and stronger...Breathing and rocking througt them was getting harder...I wished for it all to come to an end...Painfull!

By 19hrs I was dilated at the required 10cm for birth...
Now time to start pushing!!!

OUR LITTLE GIRL, was born at 20H55...

A good weight of 3.6kg
47.50 cm long
and a good set of lungs!

TULLULA MIA MOANA O'SHANNESSY

Moana is her Marquisien name,it means "OCEAN"...

Has changed our lifes, our very own bundle of joy!
She has all sorts of funny faces, she loves be cuddled, and asks for a feed every 2 to 3hrs..
I am breastfeeding and so far all is going well!
Stephen has taken the role as my very own diaper service!

We are now back living on "Kerzo"...
Julie is with us, enjoying every moment of the begining of our little girl's life!

Hakatea Bay

A week in Hakatea Bay.
We have sailed around Ua Pou and "Margot" is getting ready to go to the Mini Festival of Marquisein Arts held in Fatu Hiva this year!
The big festival is every 4 years, and in beetween they have a mini festival to keep the party and arts alive!
I can not go, fatu Hiva is the furthest south Island and has no Hospital or air port, plus the anchorage there can be rough as well as the sailing back...Im too close to my due date,its wiser to stay and relax!
Yet, I got dad to tow "Kerzo" to the bay of Hakatea...just west of Taiohae (the marquisien Capital)...On the Island of Nuku Hiva!
A very very pretty bay, that even has a sort of white sand beach...A rare thing for the Marquises!
With no one, nothing, just a calm bay, the beach and nice breeze!
The valley just next has a village, where 20 poeple live in peace...No shops,no roads, no facitities apart from a phone booth where Stephen got to call his parents from...
"Margot" and its crew set sail, and we stay for a week of rest and peace.
I really needed it.
We lived at a peacefull pace, making coconut milk, jewerlly, swimming and many naps!
Then "Margot" came back so we could spend Christmass together...And take "kerzo" back to Taiohae...
Thats it for me.
NO More moving around...Only 3 weeks to go and baby will be here!
So Taiohae will be our home till then, on "Kerzo" as we were not able to find a house to rent, at a resonable price that is!
But Im confortable with my ever growing belly and life on the boat, so thats ok! At least this way I can still go for my daily swim!
And the waiting period starts!

BOY OR GIRL?

Here is a face scan of our up and coming bundle of joy!
Can you see it?
So, is it a boy or is it a girl!
Time's running out, so place your bets Fast!