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This page is devoted to the life of 'Jr'. So far up this the point of writing this it is week 14. All has gone well for me, I've redone the bathroom and I have to create a nursery next. Pray for me, I'll need it. Victoria has had a bad time with morning sickness, and recently she has been getting both migraines and morning sickness again. Any ideas how to help her? Please email me.
So this section is about us. Not not the family Robinson, but the family Holtom. I'll not go in to genealogy but who and what we are. I, the webmaster, am Richard Holtom the father and Victoria is my lovely wife and mother. Victoria works for a hairdressing wholesaler in Earby as a jack of all trades, master of all too. Richard, me, tries to make it as an illustrator, come web designer, come stationery designer etc. Just put designer or art into it and I'll give it a crack. Well that's about it. now this is what we look like below. I'll let you guess who is who.
Well we have been to the midwife last Wednesday and she says it's all okay, so far. We even heard Jr's little heart *grins*. Apparently Jr's now 15cm's long and has a heart beat around 160 per minute. As of the May 16, 2005; Vic has now started to feel bubbling down there. Everyone says this is common so why have I not heard of it *shrugs*.
As of 29/04/2005 we have three scans done at Burnely General Hospital. I have tried to keep them as clear as possible. Since any bright light or scanning would turn the photos black. I have also marked out each section on a second picture showing you what is what, as they can be confusing to look at. The scans have been placed in order they have been taken.
Well now we have hit the halfway mark we can show you the all NEW Junior scans. We must thank the scanner type person at Burnely General for the nice things and also being a good friend, Christine, Thanks lass. Also we had a great time watching Jr. kick Vic's bladder many times too. At one point Jr. even looked at us and we could see the WHOLE skull and if we got a photo of that I may have had something to use to make up a face... Shame. As you may see on the third one the head is drawn with Jr's mouth open, this is due to the fact we saw Jr. drinking the fluid that surround the baby. You can even see the black lump in the head area that is the back of the mouth in which the liquid is held. The funniest bit was we had to wait till Jr's bladder was full before we were allowed to leave, and it took ages, also the bladder once full was SO small. No bigger than the lower bright spot on scan one at the elbow. Ahh, another thing we got to watch Jr's heart from the top down. We so the four chambers and no hole in it, praise the Lord. Oh yes we did not ask for the gender of Jr. either. Enjoy, we did! I have also marked out each section on a second picture showing you what is what, as they can be confusing to look at. The scans have been placed in order they have been taken.
Well time has stood its time, the poets are composing ballads for this new life, or should I say I pray they are! As of this day both Victoria and I are parents. Ahh, umm, well please excuse the typing I am holding Beth now. Well okay not now she needs mothers milk. So where was I? Yes the important things have you ever noticed with being a parent you start at the end and work backwards with information. So here it goes. Name - Elizabeth Rose Holtom (Elizabeth as we like it and
it's my sisters middle name. Rose as its Vic's mothers middle
name, well one of the two she has...) Right that's the end of it now lets go back in time for the other stuff. Victoria started with some contractions on Friday morning around 5am, she woke me up and told me to go to work. I did hoping for THAT call to come, it didn't. So off I went home and at 11pm I was just going to sleep when she came in saying, "lets go!", so we did. We rushed off to hospital only to be told, you are one centimetre dilalated and to go home... after 7 hours! Any way the contractions got stronger and stronger, if anyone knows the machine they hook you up too can not go above 127 units when registering a contaction; Victoria ALAYS hit it, even on friday morning she hit it 50% of the time. Any way after that we went back to hospital on Sunday Morning only to be sent home again! Nothing better or bigger. Yet we got told to come back if you want for anything. Comes to light that this midwife came to hospital her self three times before true labour came on, and she was a midwife then. So lets just say if she can go three times we must be allowed 12 times at least before we feel stupid. Anyway, as time goes by Monday morning comes, and its 6am, and Vic says she can not get comfortable at all, her contractions are REALLY painful but still not regular. So off to hospital we go again. Now at 7:30am the midwife states, in her Australian accent and quite calmly too, that Vic is in labour AT last! After 15 minutes it hits home and I get a dead calm. Strange as I thought I'd be trying to do their job for them and running around like a headless chicken. I wasn't and didn't. Anyway we had two midwifes, one was a student on her four year. They were great! Much credit to them. They said they have never seen anyone so calm before in between contractions, and Vic was, and she is always. She never even called be a sod in labour or even anything worse. Nice of her that! So at about 1pm Vic's waters are broken by the midwife and by 2:30pm Vic's on the table ready to push. Now this is the GREAT bit, she never used ANY painkiller till then and only gas and air, if I could ever get it back off here that was! So after a few position changes and a half drunk wife sucking on a tube like it was water the head began to crown, looking much like an old hairy potato. Soon the head got bigger and bigger. I saw an wee ear and that was it I loved this thing from then! It's strange to think that the head is the hardest part to get out, but once the head is out the whole body comes out in a split second. My thought was "Hold up why is the head the hardest part when the shoulders are larger?" No answer and I think I never will. Time to file that with "Where do flies go in winter?" Anyway. My daughter was born put upon mother Skin 2 skin as they say and i rushed off to phone people. I usually am like that more efficent yet some people call me impulsive, me never! So I got back to cut the cord my self and play with the metallic cobolt blue veiny placenta as well. Yes yuck, but it was interesting. Then it was my turn for skin 2 skin. Fella's if you get a chance DO IT! You will never regret it. So after 9 1/2 hours Elizabeth came into our lives I now at 10:22pm, 9/11/2005 I feel like a pro at nappy changing reading her stories. Now to the photos enjoy!
Now here are some tips I've picked up in the last few days. Mainly for the men to do really. Contractions and Labour
After the birth
General Hints
There I think that's enough. These hints worked well for me, they may not work for you. Thank you for your time and this site will keep on going for along as I can. As my little princess is growing up and I want to show her off! Last hint be proud to be a father!
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