She finally arrived....

The day has finally come and gone. Sarah gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday (18th Dec 2005) at 11:48 am called Sienna Guise. She weighed in at a robust 3.47 kg (7 lb 10 oz for you oldies).

It was a marathon session to say the least. Sarah started serious contractions on Saturday morning. We went to the hospital once they had reached 3 in ten minutes at 3pm. After 21 hour in the hospital Sarah was still only 5cm dilated. She'd suffered a lot of pain and was absolutely exhausted, at that point we all decided enough was enough and the doctors suggested a c section.

We went to theatre awake (as Sarah had had an epidural) and the opp began, Sarah quickly realised she could feel the knife and shouted stop. The epidural hadn't completely blocked the pain, so she had to have a general. This meant that I had to leave theatre and wait outside. It was very emotional to say the least, I had to wait a good hour and a half to see Sarah again, but baby Sienna made an appearance after 20 mins, screaming her head off. She was so hungry that I had to let her suckle my finger for an hour to keep her calm until Mum arrived. Sarah was still out from the anesthetic, but I held Sienna to the breast and she started feeding before Sarah had really come round. Since then both Mum and baby have been on top form. They will be coming home tomorrow all being well.

Here are a few pictures taken during the day. None of them do Sienna justice, she's just gorgeous (but then I'm a bit bias :-) )