Thanks, everyone! Far too many @s for me to mention. It means a lot.
She’s our second child and the last 48 hours could hardly be more different to our first. After an awful, scary experience with #1, we opted for a home birth - despite a few raised eyebrows. When contractions kicked off yesterday, #1 was at nursery and we spent a leisurely day in the garden with some lovely cooked meals. #1 was home and in bed for the night before the business end approached and we called for the midwives. She was born at 10.04pm and her middle name, Iris, is for our first flower of that name of the year to open up yesterday - and for its ‘rainbow’ meaning which seems to suit the last year-and-a-bit!