A Christmas delivery

Angharad phoned at about twenty to seven this morning to tell us that she’d gone into labour. Her waters had broken and her contractions were coming regularly and this had been going on for a couple of hours by the time she phoned.

The hospital weren’t all that keen for her to go in at that point. They told Hari that her labour could go on for 12 hours. Erica told Hari to tell the hospital that she came from a line of women who birthed quickly - Erica gave birth to Hari herself in a couple of hours. However, the doctor told her that there was no reason why, genetically speaking, Hari should give birth quickly just because her mother did.

Hari called us a bit later from the taxi taking her to hospital. Erica left at 7.30am for the hospital.

Later on, Erica called me to say that Hari’s contractions had slowed down, so it may be the afternoon or evening before she gives birth.

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