******Reposted in its entirety from my original blog****** Just to let you all know that I gave birth at home in water to a beautiful baby BOY weighing 7lbs 6oz this morning at 4.00am. My waters broke quite spectacularly after I felt him literally punch his way out at 1.00am (I'd just gone to bed after a night out), contractions started 5 minutes later and grew in intensity very quickly. The midwife (a lovely woman who was my antenatal teacher for Elliot's pregnancy) arrived very quickly and my best friend Jo wasn't far behind. She did a quick internal to check position ...