It was a big day today. Marcail’s first recreational car ride, and it was to go on a shopping expedition. I really hope this is not a long term, major, strategic error! If we get a few years down the line and all she ever seems to do is shop, shop and shop, then maybe […]
We’re starting to get the hang of this job a little bit and it seems a little less daunting than it did yesterday. The midwife came to see us this morning, and we’re not in jail and Marcail isn’t in care so we can’t be doing everything wrong. Although, it turns out we did try
Debs was pretty tired by this morning. I’d been able to get a good 8 hours solid sleep at home; once I was done with all the blog updates, emails, phone calls and Skype… Debs was pretty wiped out though having been able to get very little sleep on the ward, which was actually quite
Today has been simply the best day of our lives. It is with immense happiness that we can say that Deborah has given birth to a healthy and vital baby girl, Marcail Erin Begbie today at St. John’s Hospital, Livingston. She weighed in at 3090g, or 6lbs 10oz in old money.
It’s getting to that stage where Debs is a different shape every time I look at her. This morning she woke up, then a short while later lifted the duvet followed by a shocked exclamation. Turned out to be nothing to worry about, just some stray limb that was attempting to leave her abdomen by
Wednesday was a strange and intense mixture of emotions; a feeling of anti-climax coupled with significant trepidation.
It’s been ages since I’ve written anything and time has flown by. We’re in our twenty eighth week, Debs is getting really pretty big now and
This is waayyy overdue, but it’s been kind of busy around here and I don’t think I’ve really sat at the home computer for a couple of weeks. And it was a couple of weeks ago. Two weeks tomorrow to be exact. The first time I felt junior move. So not only is my wife
Nesting? Not, we’re working on finishing off the last few remaining bits of DIY in the house so we can get it listed. We just finished stripping 50 years of paint from six doors and frames and now they’re getting a nice clean coat of fresh paint. Looking much better and like new. Hope to
Today we met with Dr. Rane to discuss the results of our 16-week blood test and the fetal anomaly scan we had a week ago. Should mention that the scan came up normal, showing no signs of any congenital defects and on track development…you go Little One!!!