Have I got news for you!
Bet you thought I had disappeared off the face of the planet! But in actual fact I have just been too occupied with the last months of pregnancy and the arrival of my baby son, Matthew.
I finished work on November 15 and my baby was due on December 5. As we all know, babies haven’t read the instruction manual and rarely come out when expected and this one was no different.
Sunday December 5 came and went. And Sunday December 12.
At 3am on Thursday December 16, my waters broke. But nothing else happened. I was asked to come into hospital for monitoring, but all was well and I was sent home. Ditto Friday December 17.
On Saturday December 18 I made my way in through the snow to be induced, having had no natural contractions that I could really feel. Baby had obviously decided he had far too nice a hotel room and he wasn’t coming out…so began a rather long and painful labour, where I pushed and pushed, but still couldn’t get him out, so we had to resort to an emergency c-section.
Baby Matthew was born at 7.41am on Sunday, December 19, weighing 8lbs 14ozs. We both had to stay in hospital for a few days, but we were released on Christmas Eve, so we were home in time for Christmas – just!
He is quite a well behaved baby and I am getting some sleep. Everyone loves him, including the fundraising staff at the hospice, where I went today to do the official presentation – we have raised an amazing £5,548.62, so thank you everyone for your efforts.
There will still be some money trickling in this year because I do still have some talks planned and the books are still available for sale, but the bulk of the money raised by this incredible project has now been presented to this very worthy charity.
