Zoe

Zoe was stillborn at 5.15pm on Sat 24th March, after 5 hours of easy labour (certainly far easier than with Nellie!). She weighed 2.78kg (6lb 2oz) and was 52cm long. She looks just like her big sister did, except bigger (given that she was 0.59kg heavier and a whole 4 weeks older when she was born), and she was covered in thick vernix (which Nellie wasn't when she was born). She has blue eyes, curly ginger-blond hair and is perfect in every way.

We did take photos, but I'm not sure whether it would be too macabre to post them.

The autopsy will be on Thursday or Friday, but the final report will take about 6 weeks to complete, so we won't know more till then. At the moment it looks like there may have been at least 2 things that may have contributed to her death, but we won't say more until the report confirms or denies anything.

We don't want the funeral to coincide with Easter, nor do we want to wait till after Easter, so it will probably be as soon after Friday as we can arrange it, at our church, followed by a cremation. We want to scatter her ashes back in SA so that part of her will always be with us.

Thank you to everyone who has emailed, texted, or sent cards, or commented on the blog. While we may not respond in person, your love and support, and your prayers, mean the world to us.