Right, so my daughter is 3 weeks + 4 days old and I can’t believe how fast it has gone. Even now it doesn’t seem real she’s here. She was born on the 2nd of May, weighing 7 lbs. and was 50 cm long, 3cm above average.

I had a bad 8-hour labour from being in slow labour for a week. I started with just breathing through my contractions until I decided to have G+A which wasn’t working so I ended up asking for an epidural, which surprisingly didn’t work either because even with that, I was using G+A. However, the doctors and midwives didn’t know whether my heart rate or her heart rate was lowering on every contraction so they attached something to her head, which was getting her pulse, and they said it was her heart rate that was lowering. If they weren’t happy half an hour later, they would have to put me in for a c-section. Half an hour went by and still no change, so they decided to get me ready for a c-section. Instead of numbing me from the neck down, they put me under general anesthetic and was put to sleep. Next thing I knew, I woke up and my mum and dad who were my birth partners (due to the baby’s dad not being able to make it in time) were holding her while I came around. Now for all new to-be-moms, having a baby isn’t easy. Nobody really thinks about what goes on in labour and you can’t ask anybody what it’s like because everyone’s labour is different. She’s nearly a month old and she’s changed so much, doesn’t cry much, but is very demanding when it comes to her dummy and bottle. It’s gone incredibly fast, but I just can’t get over everything I’ve gone through and she was there in the end. She is my world and I’d give up anything to see her happy. I love her so much.