'I thought it was such a cool name,' she says. When it first came out in 2004, she loved the character Bree Van de Kamp, played by Marcia Cross.

When it comes to their chosen name, Ellen says it was inspired by US TV series Desperate Housewives. 'Now Finn especially is quite obsessed, so we have to be vigilant when he's around her.'

'They were old enough to know what was happening with the pregnancy and so had been excited for months,' says Matt. They travelled home with their new arrival two days later, much to the delight of Bree's big brothers. You hear a lot of people say they've had a terrible labour and then they have a dream baby, and that's definitely the case for us.' You can't drive and can't pick things up. You have a baby who needs attention, it's difficult to get up but you have to. Natural is harder when going through the birth, but for a C-section, the recovery is far harder. I was disappointed that I didn't have a natural labour and birth because recovery is faster, but it was completely outside of my control. 'But I've kind of forgotten about it now. So all along she was saying it would all be fine, but I'm more a worst-case scenario person, so it was a bit rough.' Tells Matt, 'Ellen is a positive thinker. He got to touch her before I did, which was very special.' She was perfectly healthy and he was admiring her so much. 'I kept telling Matt to go to the hotel, but he wouldn't,' Ellen adds. 'But it's important you know about it before labour so midwives and doctors can decide the right course of action.'įollowing the scan, the couple decided they would be induced on Thursday night, with Ellen travelling to Dunedin on the Tuesday in case she went into labour naturally – a high possibility as she was already overdue.Ī couple of hours later, they were moved from the birthing suite to the ward. 'I was pretty nervous about that until I found out that it happens to about a third of all babies,' tells Ellen. Living in the idyllic town means that the nearest hospital is Alexandra, some 30km away, but the birthing facility there is unable to give Ellen an epidural and if anything went wrong, she'd be transferred to Dunedin Hospital.Įllen had a scan on Monday, September 27, which revealed her unborn baby had the umbilical cord wrapped twice around her neck. It is a dream come true for the couple, with their daughter joining her brothers Bede, 5, and Finn, 3, to complete their family.īut the birth was not such a dream. Matt is in awe of Ellen, who says it was a 'terrible birth'.

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