Me it seems, for the 3rd time. Yes on January 5th 2009 my wife gave birth to our 3rd child, a girl this time who we have named "Teyla Rayne". She popped out even faster than our 2 boys, both of whom only took around 2 hours, but Teyla couldn't even wait for me to get to the hospital, just as I arrived I heard a big grunt from my wife and it was over. She was 4 weeks early and was a tiny thing only weighing 5lbs.

Now you are probably wondering why I wasn't with her at the hospital in the first place, well aside from the fact I have 2 small boys that would have made it rather impossible to be there for the birth anyway, as sods law would have it we were actually down in Somerset at my sisters wedding at the time and the baby was not actually due for another 4 weeks anyway. Thankfully it was the day after the wedding, so we didn't ruin it, but we were however in the middle of no-where, 200 miles from home, no birthing bag and no more clothes as we were only supposed to be there for 2 days. The hospital she was taken to "Musgrove Park Hospital" in Taunton was an absolute nightmare, they didn't give my wife anything to eat or drink until she begged, didn't give her a change of clothes or anything to wash with after the birth or bother to tell her there was a bathroom she could have used, so all in all a bit of a farse and not a pleasant experience for her, especially considering we were planning to have another home birth.

Anyway baby is doing well and growing rapidly, her brothers seem to like her and haven't tried to torture her or feed her sweets and crisps yet, so it's going well :-) Of course the already limited amount of sleep we get with a 2 and 4 year old who wont go to bed and yet still get up at 6am has now been decreased further, but all in all she is actually a very quiet baby.

I have also finally had to accept that working from home is just not going to work any more, it had become hard enough with 2 kids, but with 3 no chance, so I have got myself a proper office and will finally be getting some peace and quiet during the day, yippee.

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