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Rose Annabel L ally Daughter of Daniel an d Maria Lally Born on the 16th of May 2013 At the Royal Surrey Co unty Hospital, Guildfor d Weighing 8lb 2oz , Sis ter to Sophia, 3½
Proud parents share their birth experiences with us and Baby Surrey welcomes three new arrivals into the world.
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ur first daughter, Sophia, was born in June 2010, and we were absolutely thrilled. It was exhausting at first, but we soon got the hang of it, and on her second birthday we decided to try for another baby. I fell pregnant soon after, and we were even more excited the second time around because we knew what lay in store. We were also happy that Sophia would soon have a sibling. We decided to find out the sex of the baby because we were moving house during the pregnancy and we wanted to be organised – for example, the day we moved we wanted to know whether to put all of Sophia’s old clothes up into the loft (if it was a boy) or in the new nursery (if it was another girl). Sophia kept saying, “I really want a baby
sister Mummy, not a brother!” The pressure was on! At the 20 week scan, however, the sonographer couldn’t tell me the sex because Rosie wasn’t in the right position. So a week later I paid for a private gender scan, which revealed that we were indeed having another little girl.
“At the 20 week scan, however, the sonographer couldn’t tell me the sex because Rosie wasn’t in the right position.” My pregnancy was very straightforward. The biggest worry was the house move – it was very stressful because we were in a complicated chain that kept threatening to collapse. We were living in a flat in London, and I was desperate to move before the baby
arrived because the flat could only be accessed via a long flight of stairs, which would have been tough with a baby and a toddler. Plus, the new house had a garden and the baby was due at the beginning of the summer. We ended up moving when I was seven months pregnant, so, instead of taking it easy in the last few months, I was lifting heavy boxes and trying to get the house organised. I had given birth to Sophia one week early, and exactly one week before Rosie’s due date my waters broke. I was reading Sophia a bedtime story when I felt them go. I carried on putting her to bed, then called the hospital. I had a shower and washed my hair and waited for Dan to come home. By the time he arrived I was having frequent contractions, so we asked my motherin-law to come over and we set off. Things were much quicker than they had been during my first labour.
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