Jay has made it to 26 weeks! According to the internet research we have been doing, at least 70% of babies born at this gestation survive until term. That has to be good doesn’t it – two thirds make it to go home? I wake up early, get ready and let Dee know that I…
Admission to hospital – Friday 30 March – 26 weeks and 6 days
Today is the ultrasound and clinic appointment. I am praying that it is good news. Jay doesn’t seem worried, although I decide to pack a bag just in case she has to go into hospital. Jay refuses to let me bring it into the car. We enter the ultrasound reception at the hospital. Jay walks…
2 week of maybes and trips to the Pregnancy Assessment Unit – Thursday 29 March – 25 weeks and 4 days
Jay has had a couple of twinges in the last 2 weeks. Last Thursday, we go to the pregnancy assessment unit at the hospital for a check up as Jay is in quite a bit of pain. I panic and bundle her into the car straight away. The pregnancy assessment unit is a fantastic place….
Ultrasound number 5, we get the bad news – Friday 16 March – 24 Weeks
The two and a bit weeks since the last ultrasound seem to go by very slowly. We read all we can about a shortened cervix. Jay has had another visit with Bec at the maternity clinic in the mean time. “It is very very rare for a girl of your age to have a shortened…
Ultrasound number 4, with yet more news – 28 February 2012 – Week 21 plus 3 days
The ultrasound is being conducted at another hospital because it is the only one that can fit in Jay at such short notice. I have totally misjudged the time it will take to get there and we are laughing because I am also lost. “Mum, what are you doing?” “I don’t know, the stupid Sat…
Gogo, and nothing ever stays the same – 25 February 2012 – 21 weeks
My birthday is approaching and we are having people around for a BBQ tomorrow. Goodness, I turn 44 tomorrow. I will be the same age that mom was when I had Jay, but I am not sure I am as ready as mom was. I just don’t feel like a grandmother. A couple of days…
The ultrasound – 17 February 2012 – 20 weeks
The day that we have been waiting for since the beginning has arrived. Today we find out whether Jay and Em are expecting a little boy or girl. They have been discussing names and have chosen Baby C for a boy and Baby M for a girl. Em is convinced it is a boy and…
Another clinic appointment – 3 February 2012 – 18 Weeks
Jay is due for another clinic appointment today. I am starting to feel normal after my surgery and am grateful to feel well enough to go on a shopping trip. It is almost two weeks since I have seen Jay. Not being able to drive has meant that I have been unable to collect her….
And grandma takes a tumble
It is 2am. I wake up with severe heart burn. I get up out of bed and pad through to the kitchen in search of some Gaviscon or Rennies. We have none – damn! I return to bed, gulp some water and lie on my back. The pain is increasing in intensity and I…
The first visit to the obstetrician – 6 January 2012 – 14 weeks
I collect Jay from home and we make our way up to the hospital. Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen each other a fair bit. Dad has returned to the UK. It was good to see him but I am happy to have our lives return to some normality. Well, as normal…