Well it has been a bit of a busy few days. My gorgeous sister in law Lelly went into labour on Sunday night and spent a long time having on and off contractions. Arthur and Elliott and I did our best to keep her and Uncle Lala company on Monday whilst they waited for something to happen. I was very lucky to be able to be a birth helper when Lelly went into labour so I was more involved, I suppose, than I ordinarily would have been.

Anyway by 3am on Wednesday 16th it was decided to get Lelly to hospital to see what was going on. That is where we stayed until Arthur and Elliott’s gorgeous cousin Isaac was born by C-Section weighing in at a whopping 10lbs! Lelly was absolutely amazing. She kept positive and managed to do really well through what can only be described as the labour from hell. Baby Isaac was facing the wrong way round so her contraction pains were absolutely awful. Rob and I took it in shifts to hand out gas and air and general encouragement. She was a trooper and coped amazingly. I felt as Rob’s sister I could keep him positive too as I know from Jon just how hard it is to see the love of your life in excruciating pain.

I have new respect for all birth partners as it is a very difficult job (not as bad as labour by any stretch but very tough none the less). Rob was fantastic and got to see his son being born. Whilst I waited in recovery and took lots of random photos of the door and clock and floor because I was nervous. At 10.46 I heard the best screaming ever coming out of theatres as little Isaac was born. Half an hour later I got to
meet him and he is lovely. I am a very proud Aunty and I am also incredibly proud of Rob and Lesley.

I have had a tough time for the last week which I won’t go into but having something like this to focus on has been an amazing tonic. I am so privileged to have been able to help two of my dearest friends through a grueling few days and feel very special to have been allowed to share the experience with them.

I would like to thank Jon for being amazing and doing my and his job for a couple of days whilst I helped out. Arthur and Elliott seem none the wiser to my absence other than the occasional ‘mumma?’ yesterday. though they were very pleased to see me this morning.

So here he is, the star of the show and the cause of all the bother! He has cheeks like a lttle round peach and loads of black hair.