“Have a happy baby”

Approximately 4 years ago, our penultimate fertility doctor said this to us post myomectomy and today we are sat on the postnatal ward after E has given birth to our new baby girl. 😍 Since our first doctor-led antenatal clinics, we have known E would be having a planned (elective) Caesarean delivery and she has …

An avoidable situation

32+5 weeks. Things are progressing well. We had an O&G doctor antenatal clinic today. The antenatal clinic waiting room is an interesting cross section of society. An extremely young looking registrar spoke with us today. I honestly thought he was a medical student. He was very knowledgable and had a good 'bedside manner' meaning he …

Somersaults and bladder kicking

It's been a busy old few weeks. E gradually felt more and more baby movements and started experiencing the oft talked about 'bladder kicks' as the baby increases in size. We didn't expect to get this far and because we were unsure (but hopeful) we booked in builders to do up our bathroom. In hindsight …

Viability and still going well

25+3 weeks. Amazing. E sailed through the next big milestone: 24 weeks - our little one is viable, but if born now would be classed as very premature. Pregnancy is about milestones, especially if you've had years of failed fertility treatments. 25+3 weeks. E is 2/3 through. Wow! I am both excited and anxious. I …

Baby stuff

E is 22 weeks tomorrow. Amazing! She says has been feeling more and more baby movements but not regular enough to say it's a kick. Though her anterior placenta is reducing E's ability to feel kicks. Our little one is making themself known to the World!- well mostly E. 😁 I write themself here. And …