Feb. 17th, 21st/44
My dear Aunt,
I received your letter of the 16th, am much obliged for you kind enquiries, and happy to say I have had as good a time as usual, and with the exception of colds my Baby and I are doing as well as possible, I continued perfectly well until the 16th, was awoke from a sound sleep by the water breaking about six in the morning, and before nine my Baby was born, I was only in bed and the Doctor in the room, half an hour.
I suffer a good deal with after-pains, he is a large child, but promises to be a strong, healthy little fellow, he has never worn Caps, and his hair is growing quite thick, so that he does not look so ugly as you would suppose, he was taken for a walk on the sixth day, and has been out whenever the weather permitted since, Little Freddy and Augusta are much pleased with the Baby-boy, they have never had either Measles or Hooping-Cough, in fact, except for slight colds, they enjoy excellent health.
I was very sorry to hear you were so unwell, but trust your indisposition proceeded from cold only, and that you are now quite recovered. The weather has been excessively changeable, there is a great deal of illness about.
I was much shocked to hear about poor Mrs Watson, is her Father alive? I remember he was married the day after her, I have no doubt her sister Betsy sees no hardship now in a single life.
Fred and I often wonder that we hear of no other weddings among our old acquaintances. What family has Mrs Hogg? Tell Mrs Henderson that Mr (Bergh) and I desire to be kindly remembered to her, he scarcely remembers her, though I think he has seen her, she must be very infirm now, and I suppose seldom comes to Shields.
Fred, like us all, has had a very bad cold, but is a little better, he joins me in love to all,
Your affectionate Niece,
Jane Bergh.
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