So there I was lying awake for a few minutes at around 4:00 a.m. this morning when I felt two tingly pokes in succession in my womb. Up until now there have been frequent daily swishy, wavy sensations, but this was distinctly different. We’re heading into the ‘quickening’ phase of development when wavy feelings and […]
After the stress of the last few days, since our first and disappointing midwife appointment, we got into the system the right way today. After a couple of failed attempts to interact with the system directly, we got the number of the community midwife team. This turned out to be in the shape of a
Energy: Debs is doing great. She’s a lot more energetic now that she’s in the second trimester. The uncharacteristic afternoon naps have passed (mostly ;-)) with generally higher energy levels. The bump is progressing nicely too. It’s really pretty noticeable now, but still quite well hidden under a baggy top. If you’re superstitious about the
Doglet’s not so good at the moment. The first we really noticed was when we had her up to the park on Saturday, She wasn’t really up for running like she usually is and by the time we were on the way home she really didn’t want to walk anymore; so she got a carry.
You could add “The pernicious rise of …” to the start of this title and be somewhere close to how I feel about this stuff. What has prompted this particular rant though happened on Sunday at the local superstore. I was looking for some fruit squash (cordial) to mix with fizzy water; it’s one of
We met our midwife today, well we didn’t actually as she was off, but we did meet her stand in from another practice and a charming trainee. I felt the meeting went very well on the whole. Much of the time was taken up with general chit chat, taking histories, bloods etc. and giving us
Our first midwife appointment tomorrow. The way it works over here, the midwife is the primary care manager for a pregnancy. You see your GP first, who passes all the details to the midwife team. The next step is the scan, followed by your first midwife consultation, and that’s tomorrow. It’s another step forward and
Well, today was the BIG DayTM for the three of us. We hopped the 22, along the West Approach, Princes’ Street and down Leith Walk. Then a short walk to the Leith Community Treatment Centre for the dating ultrasound scan and our first encounter with the youngun. Half an hour later saw the missus and
Since Doglet has graciously permitted use of her name for this esteemed blog it only seems fair to officially introduce her. Mia, aka Doglet, is a 5+ year old female Papillon from Missouri; she now resides in the UK after surviving a plane journey across the Atlantic about 19 months ago to immigrate with her
I guess the title says it all really. As of now, we are approximately 12 weeks pregnant; we won’t know exactly until we get our first (dating) scan which is on the 15th of the month. So that was the motivation for putting up the blog, a place where we can both easily keep all