Christopher Luke Ellis born

Our darling new baby Christopher Luke Ellis was born at 3:46m on Wednesday 28th Jan. He weighed 7lbs 8oz. His apgar scores were 9 and 10.

He was 1 week overdue and so we got labour started at the hospital with an induction. Once the contractions finally got started it was a 3 and a half hour labour, just 16 minutes of the 2nd stage pushing. It sure hurt, but I was too distracted to consider pain-relief and so did the whole thing with none (unless you count a heated wheat pack on my tummy?)

The recovery from the labour and birthing has been so much easier than for Bevans birth, which was by caesarian section after a long painful posterior labour. I'm up and about and doing stuff and able to be with Michael, Bevan and Christopher. We came home from the hospital the same evening - Bevan was fascinated meeting his new baby brother.

Christopher is eating and sleeping well. He seems very settled and placid. He has the same face as Bevan, but he seems to have darker hair, more like his Daddy's.