Today we met with Dr. Rane to discuss the results of our 16-week blood test and the fetal anomaly scan we had a week ago. Should mention that the scan came up normal, showing no signs of any congenital defects and on track development…you go Little One!!!Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Winter again
It was winter again last night. I looked out some time mid-evening and it was snowing 
quite persistently, but such small flakes that it wasn’t making any real inroads into covering the place. But, you know how it is when you’re a kid, if it’s snowing you’ve just gotta keep checking in case the mother load has fallen and you’ve missed it.
I kept a lid on it for quite a while, but gave in Continue reading
Winter in Tyler’s Acre
A good fall of snow for the capital. The best that I can remember since moving here, in fact.
Blood preliminaries
The first bit of good news is that at her last midwife visit, Debs was told that she will be getting further additional monitoring because of her greatly advanced years. As well as the 12 week dating scan and the 18 week anomaly scan she will receive further growth monitoring ultrasound scans at 28 and 34 weeks. This is brilliant, especially with all our relatives in the prison colonies! We’ll be able to give everyone regular picture updates of Junior all the way through – so, keep your eyes peeled.
The second bit is that we were really surprised to get the initial blood results back on the 4th, Continue reading
Winter at last
After waiting since I was seven years old, when the snow was up to my neck and we had to run home lest we be burried in the blizzard, we’ve finally had a proper winter day again, yay! Britain has been buckling under the strain of up to 150mm (6″ in old money) of snow falling in less than a day. I know, I know, it’s not a lot by many standards,Continue reading
Drama Queen
So, it turns out Doglet’s not on the verge of death, not at the moment anyway. Having had us both convinced that she had done something serious to Continue reading
The Little One’s 16-Week Check Up
Saw Rita, the midwife, this morning and I really like her. She seems to really know her stuff and is very forthright and honest. Baby heartbeat is at around 148 beats per minute and very regular (she said, hmmm, a boy?). You could hear it moving around too. Baby has moved up out of my pelvis and is sitting high and well. Placenta is at top of womb too…which it can move around a bit, but it’s good and needs to be at the top towards the last few weeks so the bottom of the uterus can prepare for delivery.Continue reading