On labour ward. This is stressful!

Congratulations from me too.

Congratulations to all the family, welcome to the world little man.

I was with you in spirit this morning

Many congratulations. Glad it all went well after an anxious time.

Congratulations and to DJ too

More congrats - for dj this time.

Congratulations to flaxseed and DJ

Thanks. I've just woken up having fallen asleep this afternoon.
You will catch up too, tomorrow, flaxseed, I hope.
Grandson found his lungs today, and opened his eyes - just to glare at people and then went back to sleep again. We don't know what colour his eyes are yet.

Congratulations durhamjen and family xxx Well, what a busy time!!!

Thanks DJ! I really do need to sleep. I'm on a night shift tomorrow night!

DD just text to say BP has gone up again.
I really hoped the delivery of GS would stop this!

But the kind posts on here have confirmed that's not always the case

Many congratulations Flaxseed. So glad your grandson arrived safely. Wishing your DD a speedy recovery, how good that you were with her.

Congratulations Durham and flax, lovely lovely xx

Congratulations Flaxseed and Durhamjen wonderful news and I am sure both mummies will feel better soon!

Congratulations too for you dj and your family. Hope you feel more rested tomorrow.

Also hope you can sleep flaxseed, a night shift is no small thing. Please try not to worry, easier said than done I know. Hoping your daughter is her usual self tomorrow.

Wonderful happy news and congratulations to Flaxseed, Durhamjen, and all recent new grandparents. So glad everything went well.

Congratulations Flaxseed and durhamjen. It seems a very long time since we had a collective baby to welcome on GN.

I was following the earlier part of this post yesterday. Congratulations to your family and happy wishes for the new baby.

Poor DD is still poorly.
Her blood pressure is still fluctuating, she's exhausted and sore.
She needs more blood tests today and medication.
It's breaks my heart that this special time is marred by all of this.
She was upset in the night as she couldn't reach him as she was so sore. The midwives were run off their feet with mum's who were delivering, so couldn't help much. (She's still on labour ward due to needing intervention)
They did eventually take him for a couple of hours so that she could sleep.
On a positive note, little man is breastfeeding nicely

Hopefully my shift tonight won't be too busy so I can have a cuddle whilst she sleeps

Watching your own child suffering has to be one of the worst aspect of parenting doesn't it?!

And now she's been told her placenta had started to fail.

Thank goodness she went up when she did!
I'm not sure what the outcome would have been otherwise but I don't think it would have been good.

Sorry I sound all gloomy!
I'm feeling really upset about it all today!

I think you have to be positive ,what if's wont help her or you.You're new wee person is here and doing well and your daughter is being looked after.Sounds harsh I know but as someone whose baby was whisked off to SCBU and stayed there for almost three months you've had a great result.Be grateful and smile when you see her,if she thinks you're worried it wont help her BP and she'll think you're hiding things which you clearly have no need to do.Breathe slowly and think positive thoughts

Just to reassure you Flaxseed that pre- eclampsia only happens with the first baby . It can only happen with a second if you have a different father. It seems to have some immunological basis. Hypertension in pregnancy can happen again but not the swelling and risk of fits that happens in pre eclampsia.
Hope DD is much better soon. Congratulations from me too.

Flaxseed, my daughter in law and grandson are going home today. He was born a day before your grandson.
My daughter in law had to have another operation yesterday morning, to make sure she was okay, as they could not sew her up properly after he was born, because of the complicated caesarian.
I hope this reassures you. Yesterday morning they were saying they would be kept in until next week. Now they think they can go home today. Things change quickly.

The emotion is understandable flaxseed, it's all been very tense. Chin up, your daughter is having good care and your little grandson is feeding well. You will be close by tonight and tomorrow things may look so much better.

Lurking on this thread, but had to pop up and say how lovely to hear DJ's happy outcome and hope her DIL will soon be able to move in comfort ?
Flaxseed it is awful to see your child suffer, hope you are soon able to celebrate a homecoming too to you both.

*mumof madboys" that not correct,my first and third pregnancies were plagued with pre eclampsia,one baby died and one lived ,baby in the middle I had no problem apart from the vile all day sickness.I was married to the same man during all my pregnancies...still am .but pre eclampsia can appear in any pregnancy.Always best to know and be on the lookout for early symptoms .Otherwise you could overlook them or dismiss it as being unimportant with bad results

Congratulations Flaxseed and Durhamjen on the birth of your new grandchildren. My DD2 had pre-eclampsia with her first baby 9 years ago and is now pregnant with her second and the hospital are keeping a very close eye on her. It can happen again and we are keeping our fingers crossed. I know how worrying it can be for everyone.