Oh yeh, I forgot to mention the birth. It was a 14 hour labour, and a natural birth. I had the full lot of pain killers as I just thought to myself, why go through pain if I don't have to! Claire was born with the cord around her neck (definitely not an issue though) and a hand stuck up around her neck, which caused me to tear a little bit. I really can't complain though, as I only pushed for about half an hour.

She was born in a public hospital called Kaleeya, in Perth. I just had midwives in attendance, apart from when the doctor had to come in and break my waters (my hind waters broke themselves but the fore(??) waters needed to be broken. Oh and the anesthetist gave me the epidural. I am so so so glad I got an epidural