‘Our Little Family Is Now Complete!'

Candice and David Warner welcome their much-longed-for third baby

When Isla Rose Warner finally arrived, the tears of relief came fast for everyone in the birthing suite of the Lindo Wing at London’s St Mary’s Hospital. No one expected, least of all brave mum Candice, that her beloved baby daughter’s precious life would hang in the balance.

“Everything was going to clockwork – until I knew something was very wrong. She didn’t like the drugs they needed to give me to bring on the contractions – it was terrifying,” Candice, 34, tells Woman’s Day from her and cricketer husband David’s rental property in central London.

SHE’S A FIGHTER

“Each time I was contracting, her heart rate would drop dramatically. Dave did not leave my side. For the final eight hours of a 12-hour long labour, the drip was on its absolute lowest level of the hormones. She just kept fighting – she’s definitely got the Warner gritty determination!”