Well time has just flown hasn’t it. Freyja is already 7 weeks and 4 days old, and she’s still as gorgeous as ever! She’s so amazing and I’m such a proud dad. She’s doing really well sleep-wise, and we consider ourselves very lucky. We manage to get her to sleep around 8pm of an evening, and normally she’s sleeping through til about 6am! Over the last couple of days she’s been waking up a couple of hours earlier, we guess because she’s so hot with all the warm weather, but we really can’t complain!
Last weekend we spent outdoors with her at a couple of picnics (one of which was my nephew Finley’s birthday!) which was really nice and so she got to see some friends and family. We’re keeping in touch with my parents in France via webcam which is great, and she gave them a smile the other morning which was really nice to see. If you’ve been following my tweets, you’ll know that she’s already smiling and laughing. At the moment most laughs turn into hiccups, but there is the odd time (normally when I’m at work, damnit!) that she does a proper laugh. I managed to catch her doing it this morning which was so awesome to see.
It’s a busy and hectic life at the moment, and I rarely get a chance to do anything for myself, but she is totally worth it.
This is our newborn daughter Freyja Éowyn, who at the time of writing is nearing just 10 hours old. She weighed in at 8lbs 8oz, and is just adorable. Hannah laboured for a little over 13 hours, and did exceptionally well. We have both been awake for approximately 36 hours now, and are both exhausted.
Unfortunately due to a large amount of blood loss (from Hannah, not the baby!), Hannah and Freyja have been kept in overnight, which means I am home alone tonight with my thoughts and experiences on this truly lifechanging thing.
I will certainly never forget the first time I saw Freyja’s hair appearing, or when the head was born, or the cutting of the umbilical cord. I’m not exactly squeemish so I got stuck right in with everything I could, but of course mainly supporting Hannah the best I could.
I also would like to send a rather large hat tip to our absolutely fantastic midwife, and the rest of the staff in the labour suite. She did an astounding job at calming Hannah, keeping myself and Hannah up to date with the happenings, and surprisingly – for an NHS hospital – attentiveness was excellent, and for most of the time we felt like we had her [the midwife] to ourselves! Unfortunately we didn’t get the planned water birth at Blakes in Gosport, but all that matters is that both Hannah and our gorgeous daughter are OK, and for that I am truly thankful.
Well, I have sheets to change so I must get on – I am so tired and can hardly function, and I have to be up early tomorrow to visit Hannah at the hospital. So, until next time…
Many people across the world have made this pledge:
I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same.
Here is mine, and although I didn’t have to think very hard about who to post about, I still admire her more than anyone in the world.
Hannah is 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant today, and she’s still working hard at Netbasic. She’s not exactly a pro programmer, but she’s learning so quickly. From knowing nothing at all about HTML or CSS or Photoshop, she’s come forwards in leaps and bounds with the help of everyone here. It’s certainly not easy for her, she gets aches and pains all day, Braxton Hicks contractions, extremely painful kicks, and all sorts. She’s under the weather, tired and very drained, yet somehow she is carrying on, she’s still working hard and creating pages that are helping keep the company going!
I suppose this is just my way of saying how proud I am of her, and how awesome she is.
It’s been just 10 days since I last posted about the pregnancy, and we’re both already getting increasingly impatient I think. Every pained expression I see on Hannah’s face makes me think “is that a real contraction?” until she assures me it’s not. We’re still over 2 weeks before the estimated due date and we’re starting to get impatient!
Pregnancy would be so much easier if we knew exactly when baby was coming… we still wait!
Well time has just flown hasn’t it. Freyja is already 7 weeks and 4 days old, and she’s still as gorgeous as ever! She’s so amazing and I’m such a proud dad. She’s doing really well sleep-wise, and we consider ourselves very lucky. We manage to get her to sleep around 8pm of an evening, and normally she’s sleeping through til about 6am! Over the last couple of days she’s been waking up a couple of hours earlier, we guess because she’s so hot with all the warm weather, but we really can’t complain!
This is our newborn daughter Freyja Éowyn, who at the time of writing is nearing just 10 hours old. She weighed in at 8lbs 8oz, and is just adorable. Hannah laboured for a little over 13 hours, and did exceptionally well. We have both been awake for approximately 36 hours now, and are both exhausted.
