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A tiny Tinker is here at last

60 replies

Tinker · 23/05/2005 14:20

After a sweep on Friday and angsting on here about being induced tonight, little Eliza arrived pretty much by herself on Saturday morning at 10.08 after a short and ouchy labour of 2.5 hours.

She's a dainty 6lb 13 oz but she felt a lot bigger at the time! Speed of exit meant I had to have some stitches and there was a bit of drama when the placenta didn't come out with the cord. But the thoughts - infection, operation, gangrene, etc - meant I managed to push it out by myself a little later.

Home by 18.00 that night in time for champagne (well, fizzy wine) and the Eurovision Song Contest. What a perfect day

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JoolsToo · 23/05/2005 17:04

congratulations all!

you made sound so very matter of fact 'spose you'll be out in the paddy fields tomorrow

Hello Eliza!

northstar · 23/05/2005 17:49

CONGRATS! talk to you on maybabies if we ever get time to log on again x

batey · 23/05/2005 17:52

Congratulations to you all.

Yorkiegirl · 23/05/2005 17:53

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fashill · 23/05/2005 17:54

Congratulations Tinker, hope I'm next

Welcome Eliza!!!

Cam · 23/05/2005 17:57

Tinker Well done and many congratulations on the safe arrival of little Eliza! You sound wonderfully chirpy - you clever girl, you!

My dd2 was 6lb 13oz as well

WideWebWitch · 23/05/2005 18:22

Tinker, many, many congratulations and lots of love to you, dp and your dd. I love the name Eliza, it's great.

Twink · 23/05/2005 18:34

Fabulous news, hardly ever get here these days but checked over the weekend and noticed you'd suddenly gone quiet !

Congrats & welcome Eliza

Kxx

SoupDragon · 23/05/2005 18:36

Congratulations!!

PuffTheMagicDragon · 23/05/2005 18:36

congratulations

moondog · 23/05/2005 18:44

Mice and speedy Tinker!
Welcome to baby Eliza (and who won Eurovision btw??!)

myermay · 23/05/2005 19:51

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aloha · 23/05/2005 19:58

Congratulations! How lovely. And speedy!
Eliza is indeed a very pretty name.

whymummy · 23/05/2005 20:02

congratulations tinker

ScummyMummy · 23/05/2005 20:07

Fantastic and amazing and splendid and wonderful news. Millions of congratulations to you and the man and the fab big girl on the new member of the family. Eliza is a great name.

(Though a part of me will forever think of her as Stute! How is her new big sister finding the transition from having a bump sister to having a real baby sister?)

Miaou · 23/05/2005 20:09

Congrats Tinker, love the name too. My dd1 was 6lb13 - a nice size, I think!

tamum · 23/05/2005 20:09

Oh, many congratulations Tinker, and welcome little Eliza

coppertop · 23/05/2005 20:32

Congratulations!

Maddison · 23/05/2005 20:51

Congratulations Tinker and family, welcome to little Eliza

18mumtobe · 24/05/2005 15:16

congratulation tinker, and welcome to little Eliza

Merlot · 24/05/2005 15:17

Well done and Congrats

bundle · 24/05/2005 15:18

oh what lovely news, well done!

marthamoo · 24/05/2005 19:27

Oh Tinker, I missed this!

CONGRATULATIONS! - so happy for you, and just a teensy weensy bit envious as Eliza was what ds2 would have been called had he been a girl: lovely name (I'll never get to use it now though )

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bunny2 · 24/05/2005 19:33

lovely news Tinker. Well done and congratulations!