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I've just got back from the Hospital, where tonight (October 30) Eve has given birth to a little baby boy 7 pounds 11, born at 20:40. The lad is as yet unnamed, as Eve is far too tired and is hopefully now at last getting some sleep. When he's been given a bath in the morning she'll take a look and name the little guy.

In the now traditional Capper fashion, the birth was *awful* and I will be having nightmares about it for some time. Suffice to say the lad was eventually born in the theatre via forceps at Hinchinbrook hospital at Huntingdon (The Rosie at Cambridge being full when we called). Even though it was a forceps birth, the boy seems to be in excellent health and is awake, alert, breathing deeply and evenly (unlike Tim!), and isn't in the least bit fussed. He has some bruises but they'll vanish in a couple of days I'm told.

Eve took a beating though and will be sore for quite a while :-(. She did very well and I'm proud of her. Poor thing.

Full marks to the staff at Hinhingbrook who were really very good indeed (in my opinion! We'll see what Eve thinks tomorrow). Especially to the gallant and steady-handed Anaesthetist who managed to get an epidural in in difficult circumstances.

A couple of fairly low quality pictures attached. We'll get some better pics after he has been cleaned up in the morning.

Off to bed now.

Thanks too to Nonna for looking after Timothy while all of this was going on.