Well, she's certainly taken us by surprise! We weren't expecting her for at least a couple of weeks yet, but Erin decided to make an early appearance. My waters went at 8 on Monday evening, but nothing else was happening. However things suddenly started happening quickly at about 11pm, and by midnight my yells woke Peter (I was in the shower). He timed my contractions and got 3 in 5 minutes... oops, well and truly time to get moving. Got out of the shower, and made it to the car, but was already ready to push. Made the trip to the birth centre in record time, and made it in the door, but that was it. So much for my planned water birth: Erin was delivered in the reception area of the birth centre - good thing it was the middle of the night!Unfortunately I lost a fair bit of blood after the birth, so I had to be transferred to hospital. Luckily it had stabilised by the time we got there, so I got away with just monitoring for a few hours, then they let me transfer back to the birth centre (on the proviso I take massive iron supplements for the next few weeks). I've spent a few days there (which was lovely, although I did miss Peter and Angus), and came home yesterday evening. Suffering terribly from sleep deprivation already, but things are pretty good.
Who do you think she resembles? I think she looks like her paternal grandmother.
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