Bayleaf's beautiful, long awaited baby...has arrived - and is small (5lbs 10) but gorgeous, labour ( after induction 10 days early as she had a 2 vessel umbilical cord and wasn't fattening during the last weeks)was short and straight forward - but a nightmare emotionally as I was completely on my own for 95% of it. A classic over-stretched midwives scenario - just nobody available - constantly telling me they'd assess me soon, ( when I hobbled into the coridor to acost someone...) giving the impression that I was only in the early stages right till the end - so I felt I must be coping very badly with the pain but of course I wasn't it was just a lots closer to the end than I believed, not phoning dh till the last minute so he missed the birth entirely - I could go on!
But none of it really matters now as after 8 lots of ivf/icsi she is here and well and I have nothing important that I have ever wanted missing from my life.
Thanks to everyone who supported me here along the way....