Frankenbaby

Debbie and I fell into a discussion about what Flump may inherit from our genetic code. This conversation started because of the sonographer’s comment: “Oh, what lovely long fingers” during our recent BabyBond scan. I felt that Flump may have inherited that from me and thus sparked a discussion about what we’d like to offer [...]

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BabyBond Scan

Today we attended our BabyBond ultrasound and it was the best twenty minutes of my life.
We had our NHS 12 week scan but as we had a previous dating scan they told us they weren’t going to spend very long. And they meant it. I think we saw Flump for about two minutes and most [...]

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All the right letters

We got the result of Debbie’s blood screening via the post today.
We’re officially a low risk for Down’s and Spina Bifida.
We were told last Thursday that we’d get a phone call if we were a high risk and a letter within the week if we were low risk. Each time the phone rang we’ve both [...]

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Our beating heart

Something amazing happened in an otherwise ordinary day.
We heard our baby’s heartbeat for the first time.
Debbie’s fears had been stalking her for some time. She was worried that maybe, just maybe there was no heartbeat. It seems like such a long time since the dark days of the first trimester that I was slightly taken [...]

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Lucky for some

This week marks the beginning of week 13.
More importantly, it marks the beginning the second trimester.
We’ve made it to the first landmark of pregnancy and I couldn’t be happier. There were a few moments where I doubted we’d get this far. Medically, we’ve gone from zygote to blastocyst to embryo to fetus. Emotionally, we’ve gone [...]

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