It has been six hours since my amazing wife gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl in the world. She is perfect, 19inches long and 7lbs 7ounces. I'm currently holding my daughter – it's going to take a while for that to sink in – as Bridget takes a well-deserved rest. The baby is making a few little noises as I stare into her eyes, they are bluish/green in colour, her little nose is like a button and she has dirty blonde hair, I know all of these features and colourings will probably change, but right now she definitely has a mix of both of us in her. I phoned Bridget's parents to inform them they now have a granddaughter, they are absolutely over the moon and can't wait to see Bridget and the baby, but they are respecting our wishes and giving us at least a day as a little family, just the three of us. All of our friends got a text with a photo of our daughter, they are delighted for us and also can't wait to meet her.

"Franky, come sit on the bed with me, I want to cuddle with both my girls." I smile proudly at Bridget as I very carefully stand up and walk over to the bed, we manage to manoeuvre the baby into Bridget's awaiting arms, then I slide into the bed and join them.

"How are you feeling, beautiful?"

"I feel fantastic; I mean yes I am sore but don't care because we have a little girl Franky! And I couldn't be happier." I give Bridget's forehead a kiss, as I watch her try to get the now fussy baby to latch on to her breast for a feed.

"I know Gidge, I've never been more ecstatic than I am right now, oh I phoned and text everyone – they're all delighted. If we're still in here tomorrow your parents said they'd drop by for a visit, if not they will come visit at home like everyone else. I asked them not to come tonight, I just thought it should be just the three of us."

"Thank you darling, I agree, I'm far too tired for visitors anyway. It sounds so strange when you say 'the three of us' now." I smile and nod at my wife.

"Is she feeding okay? The nurse said it could take a while."

"She seems to actually be doing okay, but we will definitely need to bottle this milk as well, there's no way I could do this every three hours, especially during the night. It's a weird sensation."

"Just as well I don't expect you to do it on your own then, I want to be as hands on with her as possible. Oh look, she's starting to fall asleep." I watch as her little mouth slowly loses its grip on Bridget's nipple.

"If only it was guaranteed to always be this easy!" Bridget chuckles.

"I know, but maybe we'll be lucky and have a good baby! Someone out there needs to get one, might be us!"

"What are the chances we have that kind of luck, huh?" I make a face at Bridget and then remember something else.

"We need to think about her name Gidge, we can't call her Peanut or baby girl forever."

"I know, but we do have time before we need to sign the birth certificate, it's a big decision. Are any of the names we came up with still ones you think would suit her now that she's here?" I have to cast my mind back a few months and think about the names we both suggested.

"Well, I still like Olivia and Eva, but also Jessica, god even Sasha would suit her! I really don't know babe, what about you?"

"Yes, well I like all of them as well, why don't we think for a few days, get to know her a bit better, we might even think of a new name entirely!"

"Okay, that sounds like a plan then, let's just try not to think of too many ideas, picking out of the few we already have is hard enough!"

We sit in a comfortable silence, just watching our daughter sleep in Bridget's arms, I never thought I would feel even close to the amount of love I have for my wife – but what I'm feeling right now is on a totally different scale, this is unconditional love – I know by looking down at my daughter I will love her no matter what for the rest of my life, she has totally captured my heart and opened up a whole new part of it I didn't even know existed.