The 12 week scan!!

Well today was a very exciting day - we had the 12 week scan!!

We got to see Chickling's arms, legs, head etc and even got the hear the heartbeat. The sonographer said it was steady and strong which was good :o)

It was so exciting to be able to see more details of Chickling and to know that according to the length measurements (bubs is 56mm long) the due date is one 1 day off what we had calculated.

On Wednesday we have another appointment with Meera to go over the results and if everything is all okay then we will annouce our good news to the half of the world we haven't told yet!

Chickling's first photo is below!!

Okay, now it's real

We had our first appointment with the specialist today. She's very nice, and we both felt really comfortable around her.

The highlight of the visit was the ultrasound scan, where Dr Sood gave us our first view of our chickling -- we even got to see the heartbeat! Dr Sood said it was very strong, and everything looked good.

And yes, there appears to be only one chickling.

Next scan is set for 29 May, which is where they do the test for Downs' syndrome. Then we have another appointment with Dr Sood on 3 June. Hopefully, everything will continue to be good, and we'll then start letting everyone know. :-)

More blood tests

Well I have been feeling VERY tired so I went to see the doctor on Tuesday to get my vitamin levels checked. The doctor thinks it was just normal pregnancy tiredness and me having a cold and as the blood test results are all good - including the very high Hcg level (responsible for the morning sickness!) - I am not too concerned. Just over a week until we see the specialist and I am currently 9 weeks pregnant (approximately).