Hospital today

Sue is taking Emily off to the hospital this arvo for her hip scan.

They'll test whether she needs a cast to correct any clicky-hip issues.

My cousin had this, but it was caught a tad too late and they had to have her in a cast longer and much later in life than is the norm. One of the babies in Sue's post-natal NCT class has been afflicted with this malady already.

Here's hoping all is well.

Worries. Part One

I guess I'm sounding like every other parent to be, but I can't help thinking the elation we felt over a kick ass 20 week scan doesn't mean we're out of the woods yet. They've given us decent odds on the baby not having Down's Syndrome and other ailments, but I'm now worried about the things you can't tell yet - mainly deafness or blindness. And given that we didn't even have the foresight to worry about certain things, I'm NOW worried there's ailments I HAVEN'T even considered yet.

Of course, the big one that's got to me is SIDS - where the baby just stops breathing in bed.

I don't really know how parents to be do it? I'm gonna be a stressed out worried wreck by the time March rolls round.

Potential Loss

So Sue's in a bit of a tizz as she thinks she's lost the photos from the baby scan. She took them to work and may have recycled them by accident. I'd like to believe that's not true and am trying to convince her of this, but I think she sees it as part of something bigger - i.e. if she can't care for the photos, what will happen to the baby when it arrives?

Time will tell where the photos are, but I have every faith that she will be just a great mum, despite her current protestations that she isn't.

20 week scan

Just got back from the 20 week scan at the hospital.

All is well and the baby's doing fine. So fine, it doesn't have things we didn't even think about. So worried about Down's Syndrome, we didn't even think about things like hairlip or Spina Bifida!

Seeing the baby more developed than 8 weeks ago is making it all the more real. I had a pang of impending fatherhood sitting there watching the midwife slide the ultrasound wand over Sue's goobered belly.

We tried to video the whole thing, but the midwife said they usually frown on that. I managed to sneak in a few seconds of video. To make up for it, she gave us pretty much a whole roll of baby photos!

It's coming up now! I'm actually beginning to get excited.

Baby Scan

Well, it's official. There's actually something there!

Just got back from the hospital and Sue's 12 week scan.

We have head, feet, hands, etc. and the possibility of Down's Syndrome is about 1 in 1400 which we are told is quite good. We will know more at the 20 week scan in... 8 weeks times.

It was all quite emotional, seeing this moving creature inside Sue's belly.

Sue called her mum on the bus ride home, and we got a "photo" of baby we can send to people.

Our baby is going to be born at St. Helier Hospital, the same place John Major entered the world... thank goodness it's not Gordon Brown's birthplace, we'd be moving!