hello - i should have posted this ages ago but the baby isn't much of a sleeper so I hardly ever get to the computer!
he arrived on Friday 27th August, emerging very reluctantly with the help of a ventouse after a long, long, labour. He weighed 9lb. His name is Rollo.
Thank you to all the mumsnetters who kept me going through the first night of early labour!
It will be a long while before I'm ready to brave childbirth again though - it was pretty horrendous!