Lauren Rose was born at 10pm on Wednesday 24 January at hospital. She was 6lb and 11oz with very dark hair and looks exactly like DS1 when he was born.
I had to be induced because my waters started leaking on Tuesday morning and boy did it hurt. I begged for an epidural for hours because contractions were coming strongly and painfully every 2 minutes but although my stomach felt like it was going to burst, I wasn't dilating.
I thought I was set for a CS because of failure to progress, but I suddenly went from 3 cm to 10cm in about 15 minutes and and when they finally relented at 9.30pm to give me the epidural, I wanted to push.
My labour was 3 hours and the final stage was 5 minutes.
That's the science bit - the other bit is that I am stunned to have made a baby girl after having two sons and it has taken some time to sink in, and to find a name when, going on past history, I was expecting a boy.