We had our first sneak preview of junior today, though there were some slight disappointment as we didn't really see much. Having gone with Kelly a couple of weeks ago to hers, I expected Milly to be as far along as she was then so the scan to be just as clear. Add to that how large she has already got in such a short space of time, we were thinking she could be much further along than say 5-6 weeks.
Mill started to get really nervous before going but I told her she didn't need to be. We got there on time and went in for the scan about 9:20am. The nurse found the 'sac' quickly and zoomed into it and said that there was a little heartbeat but you couldn't see much else. I couldn't even see the heartbeat. I remember seeing the one at Kelly's scan and it was a clear beating spec but this time I couldn't make anything out. It was quite a disappointment.
She confirmed that we were only 5-6 weeks still and that she was just carrying a lot of water. She had a look around the rest of her stomach and said everything looked good and there was nothing to worry about. We didn't even get a prinout of it, though there was nothing really to see anyway.
Never mind, only another 6 weeks to the next one! We've got our first midwife appointment next Tuesday at 9:30am too. Really looking forward to it.
Monday 10 January 2011
Friday 7 January 2011
6 Weeks? 10 Weeks? Twins???
Just over a week of knowing now and already it seems like it's been a lifetime! That's not a bad thing, it just feels like we've known for much longer. Already Milly and her mum are picking bits and bobs up!
Although we decided not to tell anyone outside of the family before the 12 week scan, I think it's safe to say that all family, most friends and all work colleagues know, but we're still not making it officially 'public' just yet.
Milly's bump has really taken off over the past few days. I wouldn't expect her to have one for many weeks yet but she's developed a massive one in such a short space of time that it leaves us wondering whether she really is only 6 weeks!? We had a midwife appointment booked for 26th January but she's now had this changed to 18th and booked into Bassetlaw for a scan next Monday (10th), I can't wait! AT least this will give us an idea if she is further along, maybe there is more than one in there, or maybe she's just doing a great impression of a camel and holding a lot of water!
I was on top of the world when we first found out but over the last few days haven't been as buzzing as I initially was. Again, not in a bad way, but I couldn't be like Milly will be for the next 8 months or so, constantly on cloud 9 etc but it's more to the fact that I'm really trying hard now to get things ready for it. Financially more than anything. I'm gonna work so hard to pay off all our credits so that we can chill out and spend money on it when it comes, or is near. I don't feel like I can start spending for it yet this early, which is why I'm not fully in the air about it all, but last night we went to Asda and just looking at the childrens clothes in George made me feel funny, like I'm gonna be buying my little girl / boy a cute little outfit soon! I really can't wait and I know I'm incredibly excited about it but just keeping my feet on the ground for now, otherwise it's going to be a long pregnancy!!!
Although we decided not to tell anyone outside of the family before the 12 week scan, I think it's safe to say that all family, most friends and all work colleagues know, but we're still not making it officially 'public' just yet.
Milly's bump has really taken off over the past few days. I wouldn't expect her to have one for many weeks yet but she's developed a massive one in such a short space of time that it leaves us wondering whether she really is only 6 weeks!? We had a midwife appointment booked for 26th January but she's now had this changed to 18th and booked into Bassetlaw for a scan next Monday (10th), I can't wait! AT least this will give us an idea if she is further along, maybe there is more than one in there, or maybe she's just doing a great impression of a camel and holding a lot of water!
I was on top of the world when we first found out but over the last few days haven't been as buzzing as I initially was. Again, not in a bad way, but I couldn't be like Milly will be for the next 8 months or so, constantly on cloud 9 etc but it's more to the fact that I'm really trying hard now to get things ready for it. Financially more than anything. I'm gonna work so hard to pay off all our credits so that we can chill out and spend money on it when it comes, or is near. I don't feel like I can start spending for it yet this early, which is why I'm not fully in the air about it all, but last night we went to Asda and just looking at the childrens clothes in George made me feel funny, like I'm gonna be buying my little girl / boy a cute little outfit soon! I really can't wait and I know I'm incredibly excited about it but just keeping my feet on the ground for now, otherwise it's going to be a long pregnancy!!!
Monday 3 January 2011
Decisions, Decisions
Well, it's been just over a week since we found out about the little one. It's gone so quickly already, I bet the next 8 or 9 months will go just as fast. Milly's already looking for anything and everything that we need and has bought a few bits and bobs, including a Christmas pudding outfit for next Xmas! Milly's mum has also been picking things up for her house and some maternity clothes for Milly.
We've had a couple of trips out to places too including Meadowhall to look for ideas for the nursery etc. We've both decided that we don't want to find out the sex and so everything we're looking at needs to be neutral. I never really liked that idea much as I didn't want to be stuck with just a load of beige clothes etc but a lot of the things that we're looking at such as push chairs, nursery furniture and even clothes, are what we'd probably look at if we knew we were having a boy or girl anyway as it suits both and is nice.
Milly has sorted a midwife but has to wait till 26th January to meet her. She is desperate for a scan just to make sure everything is ok and also to find out how far along she is. We've worked it out that she's about 5 and a half weeks now but it could be a little longer than that really. I think that sounds about right though. It will be good to see how close our baby and my sisters baby are born as she went for a scan last week and was told she was only about 7 weeks when we thought she was much further along. That means there may only be about 2 weeks between them and that gap could be reduced depending on when they are both born. That would be good for them to be very similar ages growing up together - although that is going to be the case now anyway as even if there ends up being 3 or 4 weeks between them being born, that's still very close! It would be weird for them though if they don't end up being in the same school year as each other, which they won't be if Kelly's is born in August and ours September.
We're having to decide what is best for the house situation too. For the past couple of years we have rented our spare room to various people as an extra required income and it has helped us out immensely. These range from old work mates, to my brother and sister, to a few people we have only met when advertising the room. We've never really made the most of the money though, such as putting it towards paying things off but it has made living in general a lot better as we've had money to do more than we had before. We always said that by the time we had children we didn't want to have anyone renting the room though so we could just be our family. I certainly wouldn't want strangers in though and so when my sister got pregnant and needed to find somewhere to live, we thought it would be good for them to come here.
At this point though we didn't know we were pregnant and although i was against it at first, as I wanted to rent both spare rooms for the next year and get extra money in and spend the next year paying everything off, did come around to the idea of having them here. We ended up asking them when we found out we were expecting and the thought of us all being under one roof with both babies was quite fun. However, a lot of people are surprised by it and now trying to convince us it's not really for the best. There's going to be a lot of hormones in the run up to the births and a lot of stressed ladies! There'd be fights for the bathroom when the morning sickness kicks in and plans for the nursery may not be agreed.
We need to talk together and with them to decide what is best for us all.
We've had a couple of trips out to places too including Meadowhall to look for ideas for the nursery etc. We've both decided that we don't want to find out the sex and so everything we're looking at needs to be neutral. I never really liked that idea much as I didn't want to be stuck with just a load of beige clothes etc but a lot of the things that we're looking at such as push chairs, nursery furniture and even clothes, are what we'd probably look at if we knew we were having a boy or girl anyway as it suits both and is nice.
Milly has sorted a midwife but has to wait till 26th January to meet her. She is desperate for a scan just to make sure everything is ok and also to find out how far along she is. We've worked it out that she's about 5 and a half weeks now but it could be a little longer than that really. I think that sounds about right though. It will be good to see how close our baby and my sisters baby are born as she went for a scan last week and was told she was only about 7 weeks when we thought she was much further along. That means there may only be about 2 weeks between them and that gap could be reduced depending on when they are both born. That would be good for them to be very similar ages growing up together - although that is going to be the case now anyway as even if there ends up being 3 or 4 weeks between them being born, that's still very close! It would be weird for them though if they don't end up being in the same school year as each other, which they won't be if Kelly's is born in August and ours September.
We're having to decide what is best for the house situation too. For the past couple of years we have rented our spare room to various people as an extra required income and it has helped us out immensely. These range from old work mates, to my brother and sister, to a few people we have only met when advertising the room. We've never really made the most of the money though, such as putting it towards paying things off but it has made living in general a lot better as we've had money to do more than we had before. We always said that by the time we had children we didn't want to have anyone renting the room though so we could just be our family. I certainly wouldn't want strangers in though and so when my sister got pregnant and needed to find somewhere to live, we thought it would be good for them to come here.
At this point though we didn't know we were pregnant and although i was against it at first, as I wanted to rent both spare rooms for the next year and get extra money in and spend the next year paying everything off, did come around to the idea of having them here. We ended up asking them when we found out we were expecting and the thought of us all being under one roof with both babies was quite fun. However, a lot of people are surprised by it and now trying to convince us it's not really for the best. There's going to be a lot of hormones in the run up to the births and a lot of stressed ladies! There'd be fights for the bathroom when the morning sickness kicks in and plans for the nursery may not be agreed.
We need to talk together and with them to decide what is best for us all.
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