Our littleĀ Peanut has now arrived into the world and we have been blessed with a baby boy. Baby Thomas was born at home late last night, weighing in at 5lb 13oz. He was determined to make an unusual entrance into the world as stayed very firmly breech in spite of all our attempts at moxibustion and a rather brutal (and unsuccessful) ECV at the start of the week.
I’ll share more about Thomas’s birth story later on but as you can imagine we are thrilled that our little bundle of joy has now arrived. Jessica really wanted her new sibling to be a brother and I am sure she will be looking down on him. Sophie woke up to meet her baby brother and has had her first cuddle with him too.
Things that have made me smile this week
- Watching Sophie and her friends having group hugs with each other at Sophieās preschool leaving party.
- Being sent some yummy cake pops by some friends who just wanted to let us know they are still thinking of us.
- Spending the day with my friend Katy and seeing how much Sophie enjoyed spending time with her godmummy.
- Spotting cinnabar moth caterpillars in the garden.
- Exploring the gardens at Iver Environment Centre with Sophie.
- Watching the butterflies from our butterfly kit after they emerged from their chrysalides and then saying goodbye when we released them in the garden a couple of days later.
- Making blackberry chocolate brownies with the blackberries that Sophie picked from Grandmaās garden.
Just wonderful to ‘meet’ Thomas here! Congratulations and fabulous that you had the support and expertise to stay at home. I hope you can be kind to yourselves in these first days and weeks, no one expects anything of you right now…feel what you feel Louise. The melting pot of emotions with a newborn are hard enough at the best of times. Sending lots of love xxxx
Thank you Lucy. Itās been an emotional rollercoaster but so lovely to have Thomas here x
Oh Louise he is beautiful, congratulations darling and how great that you were able to have him at home. Well done my love. I echo Lucyās sentiments entirely, be kind to yourselves and take it a moment at a time. Lots of love xxxx
Thank you Ellen, thatās just what weāve been doing this week. Itās been very mixed emotionally but lovely to enjoy the newborn bubble too x
Oh isn’t he just gorgeous, congratulations all of you and welcome baby Peanut. Thomas is a lovely name xx take care and accept all help offered. Xxx
Thank you Anne, have been making the most of having hubby around to help x
Congratulations to you all, he is beautiful and what a lovely name x
Thank you x
Congratulations to you all Louise, what a beautiful little man. I’m so happy that you got to have the birth you wanted at home. It sounds like you had a lovely week in the run up to Thomas’s arrival too. x
Thank you Angela, was so pleased I still got my home birth x
Congratulations! Welcome to the world, Thomas! x
Thank you Sarah x
He really is a beautiful little boy, he came with his sister looking over him as my great niece came with her auntie Sarah looking over her. Itās a great day to be born as itās my mums birthday too so rest, celebrate with tea and cake and bond as a little unit xxxxx
Thanks Pippa. Congratulations to you on the arrival of your great niece xx
Louise,
Thomas is a beautiful baby, and I’m sure I can see a family resemblance already!
He seems eager to take in everything about his new environment.
Thank you, he is a little sweetheart š
Cngratulations, Louise and Michael. What a look of contentment on his little face- you need to let him know it’s not always this hot in July. Welcome to the world, baby Thomas…. And well done Sophie, giving your little brother a welcome cuddle. Have a lovely first weekend together. Bless you all.
Thank you Elizabeth. Was lovely to see you earlier this week, so glad you were able to pop in and meet Thomas x
Congratulations to you all, He is beautiful x
Thank you Sara x
Welcome to the world, Thomas! As I first switched on my phone today and popped over to Instagram, beautiful Thomas was the very first pic in my feed – such a wonderful way to start my day! Huge congratulations to you, he is utterly gorgeous and I’m glad he arrived safely despite the complications x Thanks for sharing with #WotW
Thank you Jocelyn x
Oh congratulations! He’s beautiful š And well done on posting so soon after his arrival, you must be exhausted! #WotW
Thank you Emma – I had most of the post and a pink and blue version of my word doodle written up beforehand (was a good distraction in early labour) so just had to write the beginning of the post!
Aww! Massive congratulations to you all. He is just gorgeous! Welcome to the world, Thomas! x
Thank you Kim x
He is so darling! The smell of a new baby is a balm for so much. I hope he brings you tremendous joy!
Thank you Debi. He has brought us so much joy even though it is very much mixed with sadness too that Jessica never got to meet him x
He is lovely, congratulations to you and your family X #wotw
Thank you x
Massive congratulations to you all! His biggest sister will be looking down on you all and so proud she got her brother #wotw
Thank you x
Huge congratulations to you all Thomas is just beautiful so glad he is here safely your midwifes sound as though they were amazing support x
Thank you Sarah. The midwives were amazing x