Georgina gave birth to Ben at 12:41 this afternoon. He weighed in at 7lbs 5.5oz and is wonderful!

The whole induction thing took ages. First of all there were no beds and so whilst we got to the hospital at 9:15ish Monday morning, Georgina’s induction didn’t start until gone 5pm. The induction phase then took all night until about 8:30am this morning when she was dilated enough to go to the delivery room. Things progressed much faster then with the aid of a wonderful anesthetist who’s epidural worked “just right”. Then Ben was born! To round off a great delivery, we were allowed to leave with Ben the same day!

The midwifes and staff at Worcester Royal were wonderful and made the whole experience remarkably stress-free. I cannot say how great it was to have such wonderful people compared to Jon’s birth. In particular, Nicky, the midwife who was present during the labour and birth gave us 100% of her time and reassurance.

Georgina and I have’t slept since 5:30ish Monday morning (expect for a 1hour cat nap!) and we are absolutely knackered.