It's been a while ;)

Well it's been a while since I updated this but there has been a good reason... we have been completely besotted with our new arrival. On June 16th 2011 our beautiful little princess, Millicent Lindsay ♥ entered the world



The end on my pregnancy was a real struggle and we had been keeping a secret that was hard not to let out.
Since April we had known the date our daughter would be born. After a lot of thinking and talking early on in the pregnancy I agreed to have an elective c-section.

I had always wanted to have a VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Caesarean. This was something I knew I was going to have to fight for but I was sure I would be able to do it.
However after lots of thinking and tears I can to the realisation that for me, my baby and to help increase my chances of successfully breastfeeding it was best to go for the elective c-section.
To say I was heartbroken was an understatement. To know that I would never feel a contraction, feel my waters break, feel that urge to push....well lets just say that there were a lot of tears for all these things I would be missing out on but I worked though it and focused on having a positive birthing experience.

It was hard keeping it a secret but we didn't want the pressure of people wanting to be kept up to date on what was happening or people telling me in the lead up to the date 'oh you only have xxx days to go' because I knew that even though I knew when she was going to born, it wasn't going to make those last weeks or days of being heavily pregnant any easier.

However as the date got closer and the excitement grew it was hard to keep it to ourselves and we decided to share it with our close family and friends and this only added to our excitement :)