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Time has just flown by over the past few weeks; Erin is now over a month old and is doing really well. Generally she is only up for one feed during the night, however that can take anything up to two hours which has taken some getting used too. She still seems to be putting… Read note →

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… Read note →

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,… Read note →

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… Read note →

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. Read note →

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. Read note →

Just back from the midwife’s, everything continues to be fine. So it’s just a waiting game still. Laura’s cooked Chilli for dinner, I think the plan is to have a curry Tommorow (that’ll be the third in a week); she’s also got the reflexology appointment booked. So here’s hoping something happens soon. Read note →

Today is D-day, the baby is now officially “due” to arrive. Given the false starts we’ve had over the last couple of weeks (Laura’s had a few bouts of contractions lasting a few hours and then just stopping) neither Laura or I expected to still be waiting today. Still here we are. Laura has a… Read note →

Today’s Midwife appointment was pretty uneventful. The results from Laura’s Glucose & Iron tests where fine; baby’s heart rate is fine. It’s lying in the correct position, so that’s fine too :o) Laura is extremely uncomfortable and pretty fed up now and I can’t say I blame her. We are both just looking forward to… Read note →

We’ve been for the 36 week check today. The midwife seems happy with everything so that’s all good; Laura has got to go for a blood sugar level test next week as the dipstick showed slightly raised levels of glucose. We’re not overly concerned about that though because she had the same thing with Isla.… Read note →