A pocket of my life

On the 16th of April at 00:21 I gave birth to my second baby girl using just gas and air in a birthing pool, she was weighing 7lb 12oz and is absolutely beautiful. Me and my family would like to introduce Olivia to you all. She is the spit of Lilly at this age which is so surreal.  It has not been an easy adjustment from a family of three to four but we are working together and being as open as possible to make things work. Our days so far have been full of dirty nappies, baby cuddles and a huge lot of washing (which Liam mainly does). I think in a way we are lucky to be in lockdown but only for the fact that we get this time to adjust and learn how to work with each other. The sad thing about this situation is that none of her family have met her yet apart from on facetime which makes this such an odd and sad time for us all but I know that very soon we will (hopefully) be out of this and we will all be able to celebrate her, even if it is a few weeks later than normal...

To Our Baby Girl,   As your due date grows closer, I am in awe of what my body has done for a second time, it has grown a little human from scratch but I can't help wonder when you will make an appearance. It is such a different feeling this time, and we all getting a little bit impatient now.  This whole pregnancy has been quite a simple one until the last few weeks where the world has been thrown into turmoil and my birth plan has had a huge change. It does mean that we can take the newborn days a little bit slower than we did with Lilly but it is also a scary time for big changes right now. I am trying to take in every moment of the end of this pregnancy with you, the movements and wriggles, the achy back, the growing bump and even the heartburn as I am not sure whether you will be our last baby and I want to remember every moment of it.  You are such a little fighter, you love the evenings, always kicking and pushing about in there. you get hick-u...