So there I was lying awake for a few minutes at around 4:00 a.m. this morning when I felt two tingly pokes in succession in my womb. Up until now there have been frequent daily swishy, wavy sensations, but this was distinctly different. We’re heading into the ‘quickening’ phase of development when wavy feelings and even pokes can be felt as the Little One makes random contact with the uterus lining, but typically this really begins to be felt around 22 weeks. Keep you posted on any further ‘movements!’

After the stress of the last few days, since our first and disappointing midwife appointment, we got into the system the right way today.  After a couple of failed attempts to interact with the system directly, we got the number of the community midwife team.  This turned out to be in the shape of a lovely woman called Dianne who made our world a much happier and more relaxed place.Continue reading→