DragonsWeyr

If you follow me on twitter then you would of seen that last weekend has been quite hectic!

Indeed, not 24 hours after posting New Additions on this site, daughter 1 goes into labour. So after getting only 2 hours sleep that night and going into work on the day shift I get a call at 12:00 GMT to come home and make like a chauffeur.

30 minutes after leaving work in a bit of a state (I try to leave with work van keys in my pocket and my own car keys still in my locker door) I get to Daughter 1′s flat. My arrival was greeted with some relief from all those there, well daughter 1′s boyfriend and her 2 other kids, my wife and her had decided to walk across to the shops to get some food for lunch, apparently it helps with labour!

Eventualy they turn up with bread and fillings and daughter 1 looking quite incomfortable. When I say quite, I mean a lot. Her contractions were coming along every 5 minutes and lasting between 30 to 60 seconds.

We phone the hospital and they say for us to come in when the contractions are lasting for a minute, but I swear to God they dont take into account travelling time, house to hospital is a good 30 minute drive. We finish lunch and move daughter 1 to the car and head off to the maternity unit.

Now enough cannot be said for the midwives at the Wexham Park hospital maternty unit. Siobahn, Zoe, and Sarah where absolutely magnificent, they were the very epitome of professionalism.  They managed to cope with 2 quite fretful Grandads, my daughter and her boyfriend.

To cut a long story short daughter 1 gave birth to a very healthy 7lb 13oz baby girl who everyone is incredibly proud of.

From one very happy and proud grandad

Ali