Accidental Parent 3

So darling its we 3,dad was really cool and together and he said honestly it was great with him and am i really sure.I can tell you this as you are here.I did panic up to now never had to make a decision of any consequence ,life had been very sweet and blissfully naive.There was not for a nano second of doubt about dad,i knew he,d be brilliant,there was however the problem of telling my dad.It was the hardest thing i ever did and being gutless i did it through a 3rd party,my sister Nici.,next was Grandma.Fortunately they were living in Saudi at the time,so i knew she wasn,t able to drop every thing and fly back.So the jungle drums reverberated around the globe,next was Nan and G,dad.fortunately they were like their son and simply brilliant.You were on your way.

We were living in Hammersmith West London at the time and i was able to simply grow and get on with it.We had a little flat and when i wasnt fretting about my dad was genuinely quite happy.No dodgy tastes although did like a small Guinness.You were due end of December,so we spent Christmas Day and the next 2 days at Nan and G,dads .Oddly on the morning of 27th i had overwhelming craving for Gin and Tonic with lemon which i ate.I,d abstained booze since summer and everyone found it very amusing,i, couldn,t face Christmas dinner ,you,d developed a neat trick of sticking your feet under my ribs every meal time so always bloated and what with somersaulting on my bladder,constantly needed to pee, thanks.Any way it was time to go home and i couldn,t way to go.Living in central London we didn,t have a car and it was to be direct home on Piccadilly line.All was dandy till i literally took my seat on the tube.Something really peculiar occured a most strange sensation,never experienced it before,didnt need to to know that i had gone into labour.

Oh My God,i cant remember the rest of journey ,but we made it home,called the hospital ,who said to make our own way in ,no hurry 1st births take forever....yeah right.you arrived at 1.58am.we said hello.i went to sleep and dad stayed allnight till they kicked him out to get some sleep, day1.

Accidental Parent 2

So at that point it was just you and and I who knew of your existance,next we had to tell Dad. Typical he was working at Grandads and wasn,t due home for another 48 hrs. For a while I resolved to wait till he got back,I mean its not something you blurt out over the phone.Setting fire to the kitchen is one thing but to announce imminent fatherhood is quite another,besides i wanted to make sure he came back !.

Oh My God, the parents,i had to tell my mum and dad,you,ve met them so you can imagine the sheer dread of the bomb that was about to detonate over their heads.That thought made my resolve crumble, I needed dad ,so I phoned him. I was going to be calm and merely state the facts and give him the time alone to absorb the news.The time from the discovery and then making the call was about 6 minutes.Poor dad,he was able to understand the gist of what i was saying before i collapsed in an hysterical mess.He was home within 2hrs and the moment he walked in the door ,everything was going to be ok.

Accidental Parent 1

Conversations i never had ,but will tell you one day. 1.

Did i ever tell you about the day i first met you,probably not as it was quite a shock..As you know at 20 i wasn,t a street savy girl.I grew up in the country and my only passion were my horses and later my motorbike.It was 18 i suddenly got an interest in dating and partying and i embraced both with a vengeance.At the time, Dad and I were just having fun,we,d just moved up to London and we had the world at our feet.Looking back ,the mistakes were classic.I had i thought a typical horse riders bum,i did lots of fad diets,even hospitalising myself when acid from too many pineapples ate my stomach lining and got quinsy,s and had to have my tonsils out.Any way it had obviously affected my cycle and one thing or another and i was pregnant.How i knew was actually catching my reflection and a noticable swelling ,then I replayed all the missed clues.It wasn,t hangover from the night before or the joint ,it was morning sickness that had caused the recent retching.I even remember thinking "How ever did this happen ", I was so stupid .

So darling you were on your way,...did i tell you i loved you ?