This is a photo of your Mummy and her Daddy, not long after she was born in the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital in Barnet.
Tam came two days earlier than expected. The date she was due was the same date that her Daddy, Michael, and I were to move house. But we hoped that – like many first babies – she would be late so we could settle into our new home before she arrived.
Things began in the middle of the night. Michael was at work on the Times newspaper and had to drive back (very fast) to take me to the hospital. And about three hours later Tam was born.
We stayed in hospital for a week, as this was the custom in those days. Michael had to arrange all the rest of the packing and moving and unpacking by himself. I was very happy about this – and extremely happy about our baby.
Tam had quite a lot of dark hair when she was born, as you can see in the photographs (although not so much as her Daddy). This soon fell out and was replaced by blonde fuzz.
Can you see the little red marks on her face? Trust your Mummy to decide she would come into the world face up, rather than the conventional way, face down.
