Andrew was with me during my whole labour & he was great. He quickly realised that talking to me through labour was a no-no.......whilst I love his chit chat normally, it really drove me mad during labour.

I spent a lot of time in the shower and he had his swimmers on ready to join me, but I declined his offer .....I just wanted to be in there by myself concentrating on breathing through the pain.

As we went into the delivery suite he was great: he made himself really useful to my OB and the midwife and got music organised and stuff. It was lovely knowing he was just there doing all the right things.

During the actual birth his words of love and encouragement were fantastic & I swear I must have nearly crushed his hand, but he bore it well.

Afterwards he could not stop cuddling me and Olivia and telling us how pround he was and how much he loved us both.......this was fantastic and just what I needed.