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Erin seems to be doing really well; when she was weighed last Tuesday she was 8lb 9.5oz so she’d put on 8.5oz in just over a week. The health visitor has been out to see her Today and she’s pleased with her progress.
Erin is feeding well, but for some reason seems to find it difficult [...]

We took Erin back to hospital Today so that that the paediatrician could give her the once over and make sure that the faint heart murmur that they heard yesterday was nothing to worry about. She was checked over by two doctors; the junior doctor said she thought she could maybe hear something very feint, [...]

Well we made it home. At about half three this afternoon the latest addition to the family arrived in the house.
Laura & Erin Very nearly had to stay an extra night in hospital, because Erin has a faint heart murmur. Fortunately we where able to talk the doctor into letting us go home, we’ve [...]

After a long hard slog Erin Mae Ford finally put in an appearance at 02.22 today. Weighing 8lb 1.
I meant to post lots of pictures, but I’ve bought the wrong lead for the camera with me. Here’s two I took with the phone. I’ll post more when I get home.

So, this morning was Laura’s 41 week check with the midwife.
She’s now booked in to be induced on Monday.  We’re still hoping baby will make an appearance before then.