Day 1 in the Baby Sister Household.

We had a bit of a scare on Tuesday evening when the doctor appeared at our door at 7pm, saying she came back to check Emily as her heart rate was low. This obviously scared us a lot, and the Doctor indicated that she was still concerned from her previous check that afternoon. The Doctor called the paediatrician and had a chat, whilst we were realing from shock not knowing what to do or say. Finally the doctor came off the phone and said the paediatrician was happy with Emily's heart rate and didn't think it was anything to be concerned about. The Doctor then went onto admit that she normally doesn't do these visits and it wasn't her "area" - we weren't feeling very confident with her. She then told us another doctor would come to visit Emily the next morning - in the meantime we were left to ponder what was going on, was there something wrong - needless to say I didn't sleep much that night as I constantly watched Emily to make sure she was breathing and that her fingers and toes were pink. I cried - I was scared.

The next day Dr Baxter arrived and checked Emily's heart rate - it was about 130 which was normal. He confirmed that heart rates ranged from 100-190 at this early stage and it wasn't anything to worry about. We were so relieved, and also relieved to hear from Lucy our midwife that Dr Baxter was very knowledgeable.

Glad to say we both slept more soundly last night - even though it was interrupted with lots of feeds and changing dirty nappies. But we were happy to see Emily feeding better and looking more awake than on her first day.