Window To The Womb

So, today we get to see our little one for the first time. We decided to have an 8 week scan, just to make sure everything is okay and to see how many we’re having as our risk of multiple births is quite high to due my wife’s age.

I’m really excited to see our little one, but it’s mixed with some apprehension - this is technically called a ‘Viability Scan’ which is part of what we want to see - we need to be sure that our little one is okay. We’ve known we’ve been pregnant for pretty much the whole 8 weeks as Eleanor had symptoms from almost ‘Day 1’ and Eleanor is still experiencing symptoms but we just want to check - we’ve had one friend who recently had a miscarrage and another with a ‘missed’ miscarrage so we want to be super-sure things are as they should be at this early stage.

I’ve heard at this stage they’ll have a visible (and possibly audible) heartbeat and look like a Jelly Baby, I can’t wait, but the event is very much tinged with the thought that something may not be okay, although there’s no reason to believe there is a problem but we just want to be sure.

We’re telling some close friends today Eleanor has a group of women she meets for praryer and support, and I’ll be meeting a friend for a curry and a catch-up, these will be the first friends here that we’ve told. We have told some other friends and family, but these will be the first friends from our local church to find out. These will be our ‘close support’ network and a major part of our ‘village’

I’ll let you know how it goes and hopefully post a PICTURE.