Maybe Baby: Viability Scan

J & G & Magic Bean @ 7 Weeks

A beating heart.
Just one beating heart.
And that's all we wanted.
So, there's now a growing baby, inside my belly, with a beating heart.
This growing baby, with a beating heart, is due on 13 March 2014.
At which point, we will be a family of four.

I had to endure another internal ultrasound today to see this teeny weeny tiny beating heart, but it was well worth it.

We are still not out of the woods yet. Anything can happen between now and the end of the first trimester.

But for the time being, we are pregnant.
Definitely pregnant.
Because there is a teeny weeny tiny beating heart inside my belly.

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Dear Magic Bean,

You now have a heart, and it's beating very fast. But that's a good thing, because you are suppose to have a fast beating heart.

We have been so worried about seeing you today. We are just so glad to see your teeny weeny tiny beating heart.

We need you to keep growing bigger and stronger. We really want to meet you in March next year.

We have an appointment to see our darling obstetrician in a few weeks. We want him to meet you too, so, our darling Magic Bean, stay well.

Hugs and kisses,
Daddy and Momma

Maybe Baby: Two Lines!!!

Two lines. That was all we wanted to see. Two lines.

I'd peed on 4 sticks to date, and they all showed 2 lines. The second line was always faint, but it was always there.

I went in to The BabyLab for my blood test this morning. And waited anxiously all morning for news.

Nervously gnawing at my fingernails.

Sweating bullets for the results.

Driving my colleagues mad with my pacing.

Driving myself mad with all the questioning and self-doubting.

Surely, 4 home pregnancy tests can't be wrong, can they???

And then, the phone call came.

"Congratulations, Gloria, you're officially 4 weeks pregnant."

Yay!

Oh wait, are we ready for this???

See, I AM going mad. Of course we are ready for this! We'd waited so long and worked so hard towards this result. Of bloody course we're ready!!!

So, here we are, 11 months after we started our journey into the unknown, we are finally pregnant. Of course, it is still early days, so we can't afford to be too excited just yet. We have a scan scheduled for 25 July - the "viability scan" - to see if Magic Bean is still there. And so, for the time being, we wait. And wait. And wait some more.

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Dear Magic Bean,

Daddy and Momma have such high hopes for you, so please please please keep growing bigger and stronger. You have a loving set of parents who already adore you, and you have an awesome big brother who will teach you how to be brave and strong. Please be a fighter, just like your big brother, so that we may meet you in March next year.

We love you so much. Stay well.

Hugs and kisses,
Daddy and Momma