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 A picture of our baby daughter at 20 minutes old.We made it to Australia on the 21st April 2007 after leaving the UK behind along with my servers, our belongings and our friends on the 19th April 2007.The reason for this hasty move 1/2 way around the world… The expected birth of our daughter and our need to be close to my partners family… Its a long way to go for a baby sitter, but we felt that the move would give our daughter a better standard of life down under.Here follows an extract of the email I sent to friends and family:

Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 02:06:06 +1000
From: Deadpan110
To: Undisclosed Recipients
Subject: Birth of Callia Anne

Friday 25th May, Renee had a routine appointment to test things were well, it was found her blood pressure was high and protein was found in her urine… an early sign of pre-eclampsia…

It was decided that inducing labor was safest for mother n baby!

Renee was internally examined at 8pm on Sat 26th May QLD/AUS time (11am Sat 26th May UK BST)… after an insert and then creams over the previous 2 days, she was told she was 2cm dilated and would have her waters broke in the morning.

Due to a sudden influx of babies, we were delayed a lil and altho Renee’s waters kinda leaked during the night, they were finally broke around 10am (1am UK BST).

After about 7 hours on the special labor inducing drip and very brave n what built up to be very fast n long lasting contractions, Renee was examined again… still 2cm’s …she even got to the point of wanting out and going home… aparently a known sign of getting close in labor…

After kinda hiding this fact from her and not getting answers about an epidural, we then realised why… doctors had been discussing their plan…

It appeared that Callia Anne had always been a lil awkward in her position… a fact we had been told in the UK and OZ… we were advised a cesarean was the best way to continue…

Callia was born at Caboolture Hospital, Queensland, Australia on the 27th of May, 2007.
She weighed in at 3.250 Kg (7.1 lbs) and was a length of 50 cm

Whats in a name?

We chose Callia’s name while back in the UK as it was a name Renee and myself liked.

The girl’s name Callia \c(al)-lia\ is a variant of Calliope.

The girl’s name Calliope \c(a)-llio-pe\ is pronounced ka-LYE-ah-pee. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is “beautiful voice”. Mythology: the muse of epic poetry. See Clio. Also the name of a musical instrument typically seen at circuses and carnivals.

Calliope has 3 variant forms: Callia, Callyope and Kalliope.

Taken from http://www.thinkbabynames.com

To us, it means just ‘beautiful‘ - and to us, she most definitely is!