Gypsys Rose,birth and update(finally)

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   Ok I have a few minutes before I have to feed Gypsy so this will have to be quick.

On sunday(23rd) at about 10am I noticed a some white stuff when I went to toilet but it was a bit more watery than usaul so told hubby that maybe we should head into town. We sort of figured, we'd have quite a while so Hubby, Shaun and Daughter had showers and we left about midday. We hadnt even got off our driveway(its about 1km long) before I got my first pain. I still wasnt sure if it was a contraction or not. However within(not even) half an hour I knew for sure I was having contractions. We dropped off the kids at my sisters place and headed to hospital. We hadnt gone far but already, my contractions were 3 minutes apart, and we were still, a good 20 minutes from the hospital. I was saying to hubby "this cant be right, theyre only 3 min apart, then saying oh, theyre 2 minutes apart". He was freaking right out. So we get to the hospital at 12.45pm and hubby askes if I want a wheel chair,but there was no way was I getting pushed in there. I felt more than capable to walk. The midwife arrived 10min's later and I had gypsy at 1.45pm, without any pain relief, because not only was it too late anyway but I really didnt feel I needed it. I honestly think it was the easyest birth, a woman could have. I cant beleive my luck. The midwife couldnt beleive that I walked in there when my contractions were so close together. 

Gypsy is now 3 weeks old and is over 5kg.  To start off with she wasnt sleeping and was up for nearly 16 hours a day. We were both very tired and frustrated trying to figure out what was wrong. Last thursday we finally figured out gypsy has reflux and a bit of colic. She is on a special formula for reflux(and me) and also having gripe water for the wind. She is sort of in a routine now which is why I'm finally able to update you girls. 