Once up on the ward we all had a good family sleep. Steve in his reclining chair and Ruby in her glass cot. We were the first in the ward but were joined by a family who had a Caesarian opposite. Their little boy was called Jasper.
In the morning I managed to have a shower and felt much better. The lovely ladies on the ward helped us with the breastfeeding. Ruby was very sleepy and quite difficult to latch on so Gill did some hand expression and we managed to give Ruby 0.4mls of colostrum in the afternoon.
Mum and Dad (Granny and Grandpa!) came to visit at 2pm for an hour and were absolutely smitten. Then it was time for feeding again. We transferred to Paulton in the evening but I didn't want to stay on my own so Steve picked us up and we went home :-)
That night Ruby was really hungry and refused to be put down so Steve and I had to take it in turns holding her and changing her. We managed to get some sleep with her lying across our chests.
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