Maybe Baby: Definitely Baby!

Magic Bean @ 10 Weeks 4 Days

Our precious Magic Bean.
Can you see him?
There he is!
And he even looks like a bean!

We had our first appointment with Dr Rod Baber today for Magic Bean. We haven't seen Dr Baber since mid-February 2011, about 6 weeks after Sean was born. We loved Dr Baber when we saw him through our pregnancy with Sean, and we had been hoping to see him again before today. But alas.

Never mind. We saw him today, and everyone was pleased to see each other again.

Through the mess that was 2012, Dr Baber was someone we forgot to inform about Sean's SCID. He was a bit bemused that he was left out of the loop, especially since he has dealings with Dr John Arnold, our original paediatrician who we no longer use after his failure to diagnose anything properly, and Dr Hugh Allen, our gorgeous paediatrician who was instrumental in getting Sean into Sydney Children's Hospital which led to the SCID diagnosis. We felt a little bit guilty too for leaving him out of the loop, but sadly, we had other things to worry about last year.

In any case, Dr Baber was well across everything now, as we gave him the full rundown of what happened in 2012. He seemed a bit sad that he wasn't able to help us when we needed the help, but we assured him that we had plenty of good people around us. We gave him the full rundown with the IVF and genetic screening too, and a copy of the full results from The BabyLab. Dr Baber was grateful for the information.

Up to today, I had been worrying that Magic Bean was no longer exuding his magical powers, and I was just getting fatter and fatter around my middle for no reason. Everyone assured me they all had a good feeling about Magic Bean, including Jonathan, but I was still worried and anxious about today's ultrasound to see if Magic Bean had gotten bigger. I'd even cried this morning, as Jonathan and I were laying in bed, wondering about what we would see on the screen.

Dr Baber put us out of our misery when he showed us a teeny weeny tiny beating heart. Magic Bean has a good strong fast heartbeat, and after taking numerous measurements, Dr Baber declared Magic Bean healthy and doing great!

While Dr Baber was doing the ultrasound, we were treated to Magic Bean's acrobatics. He must have turned over 3 times in all different directions while we watched him on the screen. Such a wriggly little thing - just like his older brother!

We are now starting to get a bit more excited about this new life. I think we can say there is definitely a baby. We are now booked in to have this baby by elective Caesarean, and just need book a hospital room, if the stupid website will let me!

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Dear Magic Bean,

We saw you today, for the first time in 3 weeks. And you're still inside Momma's belly, which is a good thing, and a good place to be.

We saw you wave your arm at us, like you were saying hello. At least, that's what Daddy and Momma are telling ourselves.

We saw you roll and flip and tumble turn like a wriggly, wriggly thing today. We were so pleased to see you so active, just like your big brother. Your rolling and flipping and tumble turning is just like your big brother when he's trying to go to sleep - he rolls and flips and tumble turns before he settles down, like he's trying to get into a comfortable position. Oh, you two are so alike! We can't wait for you to meet your big brother.

Speaking of meeting, we are looking very much forward to meeting you in March next year. We're all set to go, with Dr Baber quite keen to meet you too. You are already leaving your mark on so many people - you have a line of aunties and uncles waiting very impatiently to meet you, to hold you, and to give you kisses!

We won't see you again for another 4 weeks, when we next visit Dr Baber's rooms again. Until then, keep growing and stay strong. Momma's belly is getting bigger and rounder, so you will have plenty of room to move around!

We love you so much, little one. Stay well.

Hugs and kisses,
Daddy and Momma