The Pregnancy and Arrival of Olivia Jean

Err...well, so much for blogging. We haven't posted anything for the last 12 months! To be honest, a lot's gone on and I never seemed to get around to working out how to do this.

Pregnancy was hardly a blast... 10 weeks of morning sickness followed by lots of stress getting my PhD thesis in. Could have been a lot worse I suppose. Still, I'm glad I charted my growth as you can see below:

3 days (estimated!) - Ok I obviously didn't know or I wouldn't have been drinking...















18 weeks and 2 days..

















25 weeks
















31 weeks
















37 weeks... and getting more fed-up!


















41 weeks and 2 days... now overdue and REALLY fed-up!















The water retention was not fun as you can see from my puffy feet!
















Olivia arrived exactly 2 weeks late after 36 hours of labour, a failed ventouse, then forceps and a 3rd degree tear on Friday 16th March 2007 weighing in at 4.06 Kg (8lb 15oz). Pregnant ladies and folk of a squeamish disposition should not click here. Still, it was all worth it in the end!



14 weeks











And 20 weeks + 3 days













Happy Birthday Olivia Jean!!!











We had quite a few visitors in hospital and then saw more people after we came home. Just wish we'd taken more photos!