Florencia
Azucena Rayner Rojas arrived at just after 8am this morning, weighing in at
2.8kg, which is a bit over 6lbs in old money.
This hasn’t
been an easy pregnancy for Lucy. I was surprised how large she was when I got
to Ecuador at the beginning of August and there were some scares along the way –
one scan suggested the placenta may have detached, then there were some bad
days travelling around Ecuador (to Santo Domingo and to the coast and back).
We were so
worried that we upgraded Lucy to first class on the flight from Mexico City
back to London so she could have a bed and lie down.
That was
just six weeks ago, so I think we were right to be worried. I didn’t want my
granddaughter to be born in Mexico, or on a flight over the north Atlantic.
Florencia
was born in Peterborough Maternity Hospital and we knew it was happening around
6pm last night when Lucy’s waters broke. Contractions were not very strong and
the advice from the hospital was to stay at home until contractions were coming
every three minutes.
We all went
to bed. Around 4am, things seemed to be happening, so Tom and Lucy drove to the
hospital only to be sent home again. At 6am, they went back and things happened
fairly quickly from there.
Margaret
and I were looking after Julia and Aureliano and they were very good. We watched
tractor videos first thing, went to Sainsbury’s and then on to Van Hage to buy presents
for the baby. While we were there, Tom messaged to say they were leaving
hospital and so they were home just after us at about 2pm.
Julia and
Aureliano have been calling the baby Treeapple and that looks as if it will be
her name for the immediate future. I held her briefly this afternoon. She is
tiny and has a lot of dark hair. Things seem to be fine, she’s feeding and
pooing and I guess we’ll be hearing a lot from her in the coming months.
Tomorrow, I’m
going to try to buy a new car – a seven seater – to accommodate the growing
family.
You can see a video of Julia and Aureliano meeting their sister here.
