I’m a dad!
Early yesterday morning my wife Shelley gave birth to our lovely baby daughter Beatrix Rose at the Princess Anne hospital in Southampton. 
After a real panic when her heart rate dropped significantly at the hospital she was deliver by cesarean section at 4.18am. For those of you who like to know these things she weighed 7lbs 6 (well the first time they weighed her she was 6lbs 5 but after a midwife said she looked bigger she was weighed again and the original scales were found to be faulty!). Both mother and baby (and dad 
) are doing well.
Check out some more photos in my Flickr set.
Tags: Life
February 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Nice one
congratulations to you both (and to her I suppose!)
February 5th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Congratulations to the three of you!!
February 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Chris and Shelley
Congratulations to you both!
What a lovely and beautiful girl she is!
Enjoy being a dad!
February 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Congratulations to the three of you. Make the most of your sleep whilst they’re still in hospital!!
February 5th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Well Done Chris. Best wishes to all!
February 5th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Congratulations to all of you - Beatrix Rose looks lovely - and very awake!
February 5th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Congratulations to the whole Tomkins Family.
February 5th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Well done!! Enjoy every minute, hour, day, and years to come : )
February 5th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Many congratulations. She looks seriously cute
best wishes to all.
February 5th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Congratulations!
Well done in getting through pregnancy and good luck getting her back from hospital.
Now you’ve forfilled your biological destiny you can get on with having some fun.
Take Care, Ben
February 5th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Woo! Congrats!
February 5th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Thanks all. Definitely going to be catching up on the sleep this week while they are in hospital (good tip Dave!).
February 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Many Congratulations and Best Wishes on the news of your Beautiful Baby Girl. God Bless. Margaet and Family. Poole. Dorset
February 6th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Hey, congratulations! Best of luck to you all for the weeks (well, months - well, years!) to come…
February 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Also let me add my congratulations to all three of your. Enjoy yourself (if you can!) and be proud of a beautifial daughter.
Any hint/tips you may care to blog about will be appreciated for when we do the same in April