He was born at 11.54pm on Wednesday 26th December, after an exciting drive through a torrential rainstorm. My waters broke at 10pm and we left the house around 10.30, having called friends who were taking in Ben for us. We started the 50 minute drive to the hospital, during which our windscreen wipers stopped working on a rather busy road. We crawled to the family who were taking Ben for the night, and Ellen bundled Ben off to bed while Bob drove us on to the hospital. Happily for us there were no further delays, as we arrived around 11.30pm and Alex was born at 11.54pm!
I'd had off-and-on contractions for all of December, and so had wondered about a relatively swift labour, but from my waters breaking at 10pm to a baby in my arms in under 2 hours was beyond all imagining.
As well as the predicted kidney reflux, which is being treated with a low- dose prophylactic anti- abiotic, Alex has a little touch of jaundice, which we are keeping an eye on. He's alert, relatively placid, and feeding well, and Ben seems to be coping well with the changes. More photos to follow!
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