Hours later we were in the garden

GEORGINA HORTON, 38, is a marketing executive, and lives in Oxfordshire with her partner, Paul Dunne, 47, a business manager, and Holly, nine, and Erin, seven. She says: Erin was born in just 28 minutes in June 2010 and i was discharged an hour later.

She weighed 11lb 5oz and my bump had been enormous, but within moments my tummy vanished and i’d barely gained weight elsewhere. To go home, i wore a size 12, non-maternity black dress from M&S bought for the occasion. Psychologically, i didn’t want to go back to my pregnancy clothes.

We sat in the sun in the garden that afternoon, which is when this was taken. i recall wanting to look and feel my best, not just for my self- esteem but in anticipation of the visitors we’d have. To me, it would signal to them that i was coping well.

and like all new mums i had the lovely afterglow that’s impossible to replicate.