It's a... BABY!

Auntie Sarah came to our home very early (6am!) Mummy, Daddy and I got to the hospital at 7.20am.

Here is a picture of Mummy trying out the bed in the waiting-to-have-a-baby ward.



And here's Daddy too:


Mummy had been told that she was going to be the last caesarean of the day. But she was first! At 9.15am, she went into theatre. There was a bit of a delay while a scrub nurse was found. Then there was a bit of difficulty in doing Mummy's spinal anaesthetic. Things eventually got started at about 9.45am.

At 9.58am, I was born. Hello world! How do you do? My name is Jasper. My birth weight was 7lbs 7oz. This is equivalent to 3.36kg at sea level. My head was measured at 34.5cm (just over 13½"). And here I am...


I am proud to tell you that I am much more NOISY than my big brother Dirk was when he was born.


And here is Mummy giving me a cuddle. The consultant was still elbow deep at this point.



After a bit of fuss (she lost so much blood that she needed 3 litres of fluid to make it up), Mummy was all stitched up. At 11.18, we all went to a nice quiet room where we could have a proper cuddle.





Here I am having a peep at the world. What's that you say? Well, let's just say the jury's out!





A while later, we were taken up to the proper ward.




Peace at last!



Mummy and Daddy would like to thank all the staff involved in bringing me into the world. The anaesthetist and midwife in particular were outstanding professionals and a credit to the hospital.



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Scorpio's horoscope for 2 November 2007: Your day is a bigger challenge than you may be used to, but of course you can rise up and meet it with relative ease. Try not to get too cocky about it, but make sure that the right people know you're still in the game.