Cara

To Cara Grace Oh Cara, how amazing your first year has been! You were born at home in a complete hurry, protesting very loudly. Your birth was one of the best moments of my life. We wished for a girl and I’d convinced myself you were a boy. I checked twice when I held you in my arms for the first time! You’re confident, gregarious, sweet, loving, and smart. Your first year has flown by and I can’t believe we’re saying goodbye to your babyhood. And you’ll be our last baby too, which makes it all the more poignant. Your little life is so precious. I love that you share songs and games with us. You always look to mummy and daddy for a game of peekaboo or clap hands. You can be quite studious, and you like to examine new things in great detail. Your favourite game at the…

I’m so excited to finally have time to share Cara’s birth story here on my blog. Her birth was a truly amazing experience, I still can’t quite believe it. I’m so proud of her, myself, and my husband for staying calm. It was a normal Wednesday and although I’d previously guessed Cara would arrive on the 14th, I woke up feeling like my baby was staying put for a while longer yet. Jonah and I went to his usual gymnastics class, had lunch, and spent the afternoon indoors playing with his wooden railway and watching TV. Around 4pm, I felt cramping that was more intense than Braxton Hicks. I was surprised at the intensity of the contractions so soon, but I remembered one of my favourite hypnobirthing affirmations. Each surge of my body brings my baby closer to me. Husband called, I lit my hypnobirthing candle and kept breathing through cooking Jonah’s…