I had a natural birth and, to be honest, it was all over with quite quickly. I would say the whole thing took about three hours.

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up for it with death. Unlike women, men menstruate by shedding other people's blood.

I think we were both nervous at first,

She sleeps a lot of the time but we can't wait to get her back home and spend time getting to know her. Isn't she just lovely?

It's all a bit strange. But good.

But they've just taken that out now so we're hoping it won't be too long before we can take her home,