Joshua Arrives

Joshua Thomas Mahoney arrived with a rush at 2:17 am Wednesday 30 November 2005.

What a wonderful experience but wow!!!

Joshua's vital stats are:
Born 30 November 2005 at 2:17am
Weight 9lbs 4 ozs or 4.215 kgs
Length 51cms
Head 36.3 cm
Born at home 107 Flora Drive, Beecher







To set the record straight

Catherine woke up at 1:00am with her first contraction.

At 1:30am Catherine woke me up and said she was going to have a shower to assist with pain management.

At 1:40am I called Di for her to come and baby sit the kids.

At 1:45am I called the hospital to advise we would be in shortly.

At 1:50am I call Carolyn for her to come and baby sit the kids as it was obvious that Di would not make it.

At 2:02am Rod arrived in place of Carolyn

Catherine and I started to make our way to the car stright away.

We took a minute or two to get to the car, and when we got there Catherine tried to get into the car but couldn't

I called 000 and asked for the ambulance at 2:08am (from phone records).

The operator/controller from Rockhampton was excellent. She told me what to do and I did it.

After a couple of pushes all of a sudden a head was looking at me. His cord was around his neck so I lifted it over his head and then with one more push Joshua was born at 2:17am.

Then I can remember clearing his month and nose of the yuk and rubbing his back to get him to breath. Finally after what seemed a long time but it was only 20 seconds he let out his first squark.

The next 10 minutes are a bit of a blur. It started to rain so Rod helped me move Catherine from the carpark back to the front of the house. Then the boys came to the front door, first Noah then Lachlan and Daniel. I told them that Mummy had just had a baby and to come and have a look.

Daniel passed a comment "wow why all the blood?" and "geez he's messy".

Rod went to the front gate to flag the ambulance down.

Finally the ambulance arrived at 2:28am after the longest and most amazing 20 minutes of our lives.

The ambulance took Catherine & Joshua to the Mater, got all checked out and cleaned up. They came home on Saturday afternoon, after receiving lots of flowers, presents, visitors and media attention. Thank you all so much!!! Very glad to be home and he is a wonderful, contented baby.