Chloe Flora Yates finally made her appearance ten days late but 3 days before the induction date - hurray! I was really pleased that her arrival was not quite the horror show I'd been led to expect...not something I'd necessarily choose to do for fun on a Saturday night but strangely it feels like an amazingly happy memory.
We had an amazing midwife called Gemma who we feel so grateful for. Next week Chloe and I are going to visit the hospital to take Gemma a present to say thank you so much for helping us through Chloe's arrival. It was Gemma who suggested we get in the pool instead of going straight for the drugs which at the time was my preferred option! Once I was in the pool things happened pretty fast and Chloe was born in the water at 3.05am. We were all so struck by her arrival that it was a minute or so before we thought to check whether she was a girl or a boy! We both had been convinced that we would have a boy so it was a lovely surprise to meet our little girl!
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