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Friday, January 27, 2012

This is my 2,500th blog post!


And this is my second baby...

That's my baby!
Although it looks more like a weather front sweeping in from the Atlantic. Frankly I've seen clearer photos of the Loch Ness Monster, so you'll have to take my word for it.

But photographic evidence notwithstanding, the good news is that eight months after spending £500 on a DuoFertility gadget, we're definitely not getting our money back. As of today, Lisa is 13 weeks and 5 days pregnant. Which is a shock, as we thought she was only 12 weeks gone. That'll teach me to trust her with a calendar.

We've known about Lisa's status as a mother-to-be for the past eight weeks, but after two miscarriages and a lot of dashed hopes, we've been too nervous to tell anyone. On top of that, Amelie's dead set against the idea of a sibling, so we're avoiding baby talk for fear of a tantrum. The way she's coming across at the moment, she'll be there at the birth, trying to shove it back in.

It's less than a year since a top consultant looked at our test results, made a face, and advised us to spend four thousand pounds on IVF, and there have been times since when I've wondered if we were right not to. Although checking my bank statements usually convinces me that we were. As it transpires, £500 on DuoFertility was a much better investment. Especially as I got the money off my parents.

When she was pregnant with Amelie, Lisa had to go all the way to London for a nuchal scan, but fortunately they now do them about two hundred yards from our flat. So we popped in yesterday afternoon, fully braced for the worst. As it turned out, the only bad news was the quality of the photos. Amelie's nuchal scan looked like this, which compares quite favourably to the new baby's portrait...


That one's less Leonardo da Vinci, and more Pablo Picasso. It's also upside down, because the baby insisted on lounging around on its front like a beached penguin.

The important thing though, is that everything else appears normal. Not only is the baby older than everyone thought (much like its mother), but it has two arms, two legs, and a brain the size of a planet. Albeit a very small planet. We don't yet have the results of the accompanying blood test, but it appears there's no reason to worry.

On the downside, the baby's due on July 29th, which just happens to be my birthday. So I'm concerned that Lisa won't be able to get out to buy me a present. I've told her to order something online, and if necessary, I'll stay in to receive it while she pops down to the labour ward.

I'd also like to apologise to those people who have invited us to summer parties in late July or early August, and received cagey answers over the past few weeks, with no explanantion as to why we can't make it. I hope our reluctance makes a bit more sense now. Well, Lisa's reluctance. Personally I'm just not very sociable.

So that's the good news. Unfortunately the scanning of our second child wasn't the only thing going on around here yesterday. The rest of the saga will have to wait until tomorrow...

11 comments:

Dave East said...

Hurrah!!!

Congratulations on your 2,500th blog-post.

Phil's Mum said...

I shall have a grandmotherly chat to your daughter, when I next see her, on the benefits of having a sibling - starting with somebody to blame when you've done something wrong.

Poirot said...

Opening ceremony of 2012 games is July 27th so am hoping any domain names featuring Olympics, Olympia, Olympus have gone and baby Pablo will therefore have to have a lovely name like his/her big Sis... this is going to be confusing!

Poirot said...

Oh and CONGRATULATIONS!

Steph said...

So happy for you both

Kristy said...

Congratulations! July 29 is my birthday too--we should all start a club of some sort--I'll bring the cake.

Phil said...

Thanks all! Although to be fair, I can only take about 80% of the credit. Lisa had a hand in it too.

Peter Chapman said...

You're going to need another iPad!

'old' friend said...

Congratulations! I'm absolutely thrilled for you!

Zed said...

Darlings, that's wonderful news.  I'm so happy for you.  

Week 13 Pregnancy said...

So glad things are going well for you & the little guy! You look great! Congratulations!