Harry Meade 2009

Harry Meade and his wife Rosie are celebrating the birth of their second child — who arrived so quickly, he had to be delivered by his dad. Charlie was born 22 January weighing 8lb 6oz at the Meades’ house in West Littleton, Wilts.Harry tweeted: “Called 999 this AM, the words ‘you’re going to have to deliver the baby yourself’ wasn’t [the] expected response!“Delighted mum and babe are fine.” Rosie and Charlie made a brief visit to hospital for a check-up and are now back home again.Fellow event riders were quick to offer their congratulations.“Well done daddy!” tweeted Gemma Tattersall, while Sam Griffiths asked “What can’t you do?!”Francis Whittington said: “Top man… congratulations to you both”. “Thank God your elbows were working,” he added — a reference to the terrible injuries Harry suffered in a rotational fall last summer. Harry broke and dislocated both elbows falling in an advanced section at Wellington Horse Trials on 26 August. He underwent extensive reconstructive surgery and for a time was considering having his shattered right elbow replaced with a prosthetic joint.But following consultations with surgeons in London, Harry decided that the operation should be a “last resort” — and he would investigate other options.

He joked at the time: “Not surprisingly, Rosie is relieved that she won’t have to drive herself to hospital!” Doctors gave him the all-clear to start riding again earlier this month and he reported that “the arms were feeling really good”.The Meades, who married in October 2010 also have a two-year-old daughter, Lily.Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/eventer-harry-meade-delivers-second-baby-home/#OWVT4B1JU95jM87M.99