Doctor Green comes in at 6a.m, and takes Angelo away down to the nursery. I panic, not wanting him out of my sight, but she assures me he's perfectly safe there.

Xavier helps me up off the bed, and I go take a much needed bath. I spend an hour in there just getting clean, and trying to relax a little.

Xavier knocks, startling me out of my daze, and I look up to see him bring me some clothes, and some towels in for me.

"Thanks." I say smiling tiredly at him.

He shuts the door behind him, and comes to sit beside me on the toilet lid.

I rinse myself off and grab the towel, I wince in pain when I stand, and Xavier comes to help me.

The stitches I received after Angelo's birth didn't hurt when she first did them, but now they throbbed painfully every time I moved my legs.

Xavier helps me out of the bath, and grabbing another towel, he wraps one around my hair, and gently drys me with the other.

Once I'm dried, he helps me step into some knickers and a sports bra. Passing me some black leggings and a tank top, I pull them on, and sit carefully on the toilet lid, just like Xavier had, feeling completely exhausted.

I hadn't slept at all after Angelo's birth, and the fatigue was quickly setting in.

"Come on mio amore, you need to sleep. I'll take care of our bambino while you rest, he's perfectly fine with me. Now come on." He says softly, and leads me back to my bed.

The sheets have been changed, and the bed is laid flat all ready for me.

Xavier sits me down, and grabs the towel off my head. Taking my hair dryer from my bag, he plugs it in and attempts to dry my hair for me. I leave him to it -too tired to really care if my hair is wet or not- all I wanted to do was crash onto the bed and stay there for a day or so.

Sadly I couldn't do that, i had Angelo to feed and look after, so just a few hours would be fine.

Once he'd finished, he handed me a hair tie, and I pull it up into a messy pony tail, sloppily.

Laying down and getting under the covers, Xavier pecks me on the lips, and leaves me to sleep.

Waking up its still quiet, and I wonder how long I've been asleep. Sitting up groggily, I frown confused when I feel something attached to me. Looking down, I see a breast pump attached to me, and figure that's how they'd solved the feeding Angelo problem.

Looking around I spot Angelo's cot next to the bed, with him sleeping peacefully in it. Xavier isn't in the room, but I see Mel curled up asleep in the chair in the corner.

Getting up quietly, I make my way to the toilet to take care of business. Once I'm done in the bathroom, I climb back onto the bed, and grab my phone to text Xavier to find out where he is.

He replies instantly, telling me he's on his way back to the hospital after dropping Carlos home. I ask him to stop at a Macdonalds for me and give him my order, he just sends me a winky face in reply?

I lean over Angelo's cot, and just stare at him. I'm so in love with this little boy so much already it scares me. He's my whole world now.

I hear a knock, and look up as Doctor Green comes in smiling.

"Afternoon Arianna, how are you feeling?" She asks quietly.

"Sore, extremely sore. How long will I bleed for?" I ask uncomfortable.

"Around two, to three weeks. It will settle down eventually. Your stitches are disolvable, and will come out in around 9 days. I've done all the check ups on Angelo while you slept, all the results came back good, so there's nothing to worry about with his health at all," she tells me happily. "You though, might have to stay a little longer than originally  planned, because your blood pressure hasn't leveled out normally yet, so I need to keep an eye on you. Let me know if you start feeling dizzy, or have black spots in your vision, okay?" She asks firmly.

"I'll make sure of it Doctor." Xavier replies for me, as he comes in behind Doctor Green, carrying the food I'd asked for.

She raises an eyebrow at the food, but shakes her head, and smirks at me.

"Good. Enjoy your food,  Arianna." She says before leaving.

Xavier takes some food from the bag, and places it beside Mel who's stirring. Passing me the rest, I eagerly dig in, moaning at how good it tastes.

While I'd been pregnant with Angelo, I couldn't eat Macdonalds without getting nauseous. Now I needed to make up for lost time.

Mel gets up and digs into her food too, Xavier goes over and picks Angelo up when he starts fussing, and once I've finished eating, I hold my hands out eagerly for him.

He's been changed into a sky blue baby grow, and white mittens, and he looks adorable.

His eyes are open again, and he seems to be looking around; even though I've read in baby books that baby's can't focus just yet, it was still damn cute to watch.

He starts fussing more, and I lift my shirt and sports bra up, latching him on quickly.

Once I've fed and winded him, he goes back to sleep, and I hold him close, not wanting to put him down just yet.

Mel takes loads of photos for us to save, and I motion Xavier closer, wanting one of all three of us together.

Once I'm happy that Mel has gotten enough, I put Angelo back into the crib, and he settles immediately, without fussing.

Mel spends the rest of the day at the hospital with us, but leaves at 6p.m, as visiting hours are now over. Xavier gets to stay until 9p.m because he's my partner, but even he has to go home eventually.

Once they've gone, I get Angelo settled, and lay down to get some sleep too, still exhausted.

Watching Angelo breathe, as I fall to sleep is the best thing ever.

☺  Thank you for the votes, I hope your enjoying the book? Becki xx