20w 5d

All is looking good!


Everything was checked, from top to toe. We saw 10 fingers and 10 toes, all the requisite bones etc. Heart all good, stomach and bladder good. All good!

(They even checked the 'nether-regions', but we looked away and the DVD recording was paused. All good there too).

Hello!

A milestone

Well, tomorrow we have the 12 week scan. This is the big one to check that the little-un is all OK. It also seems to be the official-unofficial time where, if you get the thumbs-up that all IS OK, you go public with your news. We're both going to be there (me via CargoBike, and Nai via train/tram) so that's a good thing - I've hated having to miss things, and it's only been by good fortune that I've been at some of the other appointments.

There's some people who know about BB2, there's some who have guessed, but most people we have yet to tell.

I've actually found it quite hard this time keeping my mouth shut. Or... alternatively, when we've been around people who DO know, I've had to do the double-think before I speak. I mean, if we do let someone know, I don't want it to be through a 'slip'. So, at times, it's been quite taxing (I did have a hideous virus for three weeks, sapping what little brain I have).

So... I'm looking forward to hearing good news, and I'm looking forward to being able to tell people and relax a little.

I'm thinking this blog is gonna get a lot more hits very soon.

Meeting Nicola

Today was my first appointment with our new OB, Nicola Bryan-Yuen. I hadn't met her before but we had been recommended by a doula who was worked with her before. We were certainly not disappointed. She has a wonderful philosophy and manner and is completely supportive of us and our birth plan.

She took my history and then we went in for a scan. I was pretty worried given the bleeding that I had earlier but as soon as she put the ultrasound on my belly we saw our little blob with a good heartbeat. It was wriggling and swimming around so everything looks great. It was measuring 9weeks 2 days which is spot on for the dates that we predicted.

So all in all it was a very good morning. We celebrated with some fresh icecream from one of those gourmet places, before I headed in to work (and Cory, back to the doctor's again, with this persistent virus he's had).

"I have a blob with a heartbeat"

Cory came with me again for this ultrasound (he was to be delivering a training session, but the two he had were no-shows) as I was very anxious about whether we would see anything or not. The ultrasound lady was much more thorough and was able to see that the cervix was long and closed and that there was a tiny little blob measuring 0.69cm with a little fluttering heartbeat. When I held my breath we were able to hear the heartbeat and it was recorded as being 114 bpm which is great given that they like it to be over 100 bpm at this age. We were right on the money with due dates as the scan showed 23rd Feb +/- 5 days and we think 22nd Feb.

"I'm bleeding"

Yesterday I went to the GP and got my referral for my OB and was all excited. Then this morning I woke up and I was spotting. I was devastated and not feeling very hopeful at all.

I rang the GP and got an emergency appointment. The GP did an internal and said that the cervix was closed which was good and then ordered a blood test and ultrasound. Then I was ordered home for bedrest.

The blood test came back at 25,000 which is good for 5-6 weeks. Cory came with me for the ultrasound and while not showing much except a sac, it ruled out an ectopic pregnancy bleed. I have to repeat these tests in a week for a comparison, however there was nothing abnormal in these ones.