A child is born

Something unrelated to implants but I really had to mention this. On the 10th September, at 1:38am, Sarah Louise was born. Instantly, I fell in love yet again - I loved her the minute her head popped out and said hi to the world. The amazement I felt seeing my second daughter come out is with me still.

The first birth - Maria, was very tough. Mandy suffered quite a great deal, she couldn't have an epidural anaesthetic as the anaesthesist found it hard to find the 'sweet zone', so to speak. It was a difficult, painful birth for Mandy and it was awful for me just to look at her and try to act calm when in fact I was feeling so helpless about what was going on. So it was with not just a little trepidation that we approached Sarah's birth.

As it is, we needn't have worried. The minute the contractions started getting rough, we were taken into the delivery room and Mandy was given the epidural (worked this time!) She was very calm - then, before we knew it, our little mite was in our hands.

So far, she's been very peaceful. Maria adores her little sister, really taking care of her, stroking her, brushing her hair, singing to her - a proper little mummy. Talking about implants, at least some things have changed now! Firstly, I used to find the process of burping the baby quite stressful with Maria. Since I couldn't actually hear her burp, I had to rely on the sensation of the burp and the smell on her breath (!). Suffice to say burping babies wasn't my greatest skill. Now, at least I can actually hear the burp. I can also marvel at the sounds that babies make - snuffling, mewling, cooing sounds that only babies do. I never realised what these sounds were before, as I don't recall the babies we had in our family prior to my hearing loss. So far, it's been wonderful. I love being a dad of two princesses :)