miss kendall

our baby is here!!!!!

miss madeline beth kendall arrived on monday 11.07.2011 (a nice mix of daddy and mummy's favourite numbers) at 1041am at osborne park hospital assisted by the most wonderful midwife in the world... kirsten

i was induced sunday night - due to a condition called cholestasis in pregnancy that the drs had been umming and ahhing over for weeks - basically means that my liver wasn't functioning properly - and wasn't causing any problems to me or her but research has shown that the closer you get to your due date the more chance you have of the baby not being born alive - hence the being induced.

i had mini niggling contractions all night that got worse near morning (no sleep for me and not a great deal for doug...) but at 8am my waters broke unassisted and it was on ... and at 1041 after being rushed into the birth suite with just minutes to spare (os park had 10 babies born in 10 hours!!) she arrived...

miss madeline beth kendall 11.07.2011 2945g (6lb5oz)

thank goodness she wasn't bigger... but she is beautiful and i am so grateful that she's mine - doug was amazing and as much as it hurt he was there for me every second of the way saying all the right things and helping me make it through.

my world just got a little bit bigger, and the tiniest thing in it - has the other thing that means the most to me - wrapped right around that teeny tiny finger of hers. he's going to be the best dad there ever was!

just minutes old... having her first hold with daddy...