I thought I’d put forward my side before we move on from tales of Evan’s arrival.
Last Friday was a strange day emotionally. I wasn’t particularly nervous when we got to the hospital but I knew there were a lot of things to happen before we knew the baby would be on his [...] Read more »
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Tales from the maternity ward, part 1
The delivery suite has pretty tight security. Every time you want to come in or go out you have to be buzzed through by a midwife. This is to prevent anyone just wandering in and helping themselves to a baby or two.
I had to leave the ward now and again to get something [...] Read more »
Introducing Evan Hughes
Kerry was incredible throughout the whole labour. It was a lot more difficult than Amy’s delivery but she was exceptionally brave and got through it magnificently.
And now we have a son.
There is so much to say about the labour and the birth and how overwhelmed and ecstatic we are about [...] Read more »
The night before
I’ve had lots of lots of phone calls and texts over the past 2 days, wishing us luck for tomorrow, which has been really nice. It hasn’t felt real to me yet, more like when you are preparing to go on holiday. You’re so busy finishing off your last minute list of things [...] Read more »
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet
My job can get a little intense at times so I generally need an hour or so once I’ve got home to unwind. Unfortunately, because I do thirteen hour shifts and I finish at around 11pm, it can mean I get to bed pretty late sometimes.
I generally potter around on the computer: surf the net, [...] Read more »
Not long now
Dan and I have been to the hospital clinic this morning to find out what’s happening with the baby. The test results from Tuesday show that I’m not diabetic, which was both good and bad news, especially as she said that meant they wouldn’t induce me.
This is what we’d been expecting but not what [...] Read more »
And now the end is near
At least I hope so. I am 39 weeks tomorrow so however you look at it the baby is going to be here soon. I was feeling quite calm about the impending labour until last Wednesday, when I found out that the baby’s ‘large for dates’.
It’s convenient how they work it [...] Read more »
“If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.”
Nora Ephron
In childhood there are three types of time. There is the regular type – 60 seconds in every minute, 60 minutes in every hour. Then there is the super speedy variety; greatly compressed to around 30 seconds for each minute. This is the sort that you experience on those blissful summer days [...] Read more »
Walk this way, stork this way
Kerry, Amy and I went on the Stork Walk this afternoon. This is basically a guided tour around the maternity unit of the local hospital in order to familiarise yourself with the location and facilities and suchlike. The tour commenced in fine NHS fashion with the midwife opening the doors to the delivery [...] Read more »
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