consultant's appointment

well today was the day that we were to meet the consultant to discuss the anti E in my blood. got into school to find that i had not been covered for the lessons that i would miss, so had to sort that out. Then, had the class from hell so by the time i left my blood pressure was through the roof. Got to the hospital for 1pm, antenatal clinic was locked, when they did electronically unlock it they didnt bother to tell all the pregnant ladies waiting outside, so we were all stood there like lemons! when we finally realised we were allowed in i was called to have my blood pressure taken, which surprisingly, was ok. the midwife then explained that the consultant had not arrived yer (1.25) and that he was notorious for being late. we were called into the consultation room at 1.50, to be greated by a doctor (the consultant still had not arrived), who poor thing, had no idea about my case or anything that had happened, so had to explain the whole history to him. He then was unable to tell us anything we didn't know about anti E and had Huw not asked a couple of questions such as contingency plans, would have been out of there in 30 seconds. My blood results weren't back so we couldn't compare titus(?) levels and therefore left feeling that we'd wasted our time. I had not met the consultant, who sauntered in over an hour late just as i was leaving, and therefore have no back up plan and no results on latest blood tests. 
we were told when leaving to book our next blood test date, good job i checked the file as the receptionist had changed the date of my appointment three times and simply rewritten over the original date. Glad i checked as it looked like the 27th to me, it was actually 21st, and i'd have missed it. grrrrrrrr. Think its time for some chocolate!

it's a pink one!!!!

Well the day of the scan was finally upon us. THe hospital was rather empty so there wasn't much hanging around. Mia decided that she didn't want to go to the scan as her cousin was down and she wanted to play, so we took mum as well, as she'd never seen Mia in the scans. The lady who did our scan was lovely, she explained everything she was looking for and pointed out what she'd found, or not in this case!! true to form she wriggled and pushed and shoved whilst having the scan and I ended up having to go for a quick walk and a toilet break in order for the lady to be able to check the bits of her heart (GCSE biol was almost 20 yrs ago!!), every bit of her is fine thankfully and we're now half way there!! We'd told her we were dying to know if it had a winkle or a twinkle and having checked thoroughly (and twice) she was quite convinced that Boo is a she, so we no longer have to call her 'it'!
We were all a little surprised by the pink news as everyone thought we were having a little boy. It took Huw a few hours to get his head around the fact that he would be living in a house full of girls and did question whether she should join a rugby team. This idea was quickly quashed however. So we are now choosing names, we seem to have a favourite but will decide for sure in a few months when she arrives.Now the pink shopping can commence!!

Here's a pic of pinky xx

Broadhaven boozer!!

Huw, Mia & i toddled off to Broadhaven on Sat night to meet up with FIL anfd MIL so that Huw is able to close the caravan up for winter. we had a lovely dinner and opened the box, unfortunately it was the old councillor who opened to box rather than us, so we are no richer! Huw stayed on to have a couple of father - son pints with his dad and i took Mia home. The men came home a little pale faced after what Huw believed was 7 pints. Huw then proceeded to drink a bottle of red wine and throw up!!! Perfect. i had to drive home the next morning as huw was feeling a little 'delicate', had to stop on top of the Rhigos mountain for both Mia and Huw to vomit!! lush!!
My family were arriving in the afternoon and we had arranged to pick them up and go out for lunch, Huw however, could not manage this, so gave me his credit card out of guilt!! i found an expensive high chair in john lewis and text him a pic with the note -'dear daddy, thank you for leaving your credit card with mummy, i've been really spoiled, maybe that will teach you not to follow 7 pints with a bottle of wine, much love, Boo'xx
i didnt actually spend £350 on a highchair as it seemed a rather exensive lesson. infact, Boo ended up with nothing as i saw nothing i liked, and everything was either pink or blue, so thought i would leave it until later in the week when we know if boo has a winkle or a twinkle!! (get the feeling Huw wont be feeling quite so generous this weekend though!!)

Week off!

After the excitement of a few weeks ago we have settled back down to a nicely normal life again. I've returned to work with no problems (apart from a little stress), and have now managed to make it to the end of half term and a well earned rest. Mum and dad are in tenerife so have had to rope in a number of Helpers to pick up/ drop off Mia. But we've managed!! Baby seems to have grown a lot and my belly has the odd day where it looks much bigger, then seems to deflate again, feel a bit like Beyonce!! Baby is now 19 1/2 weeks and 24 cms long, and is a complete fidgeter like it's dad!!!!
We are now counting the days to the next scan on thursday, when we hopefully find out what sex boo is and we can finally stop calling it 'it' and can start the shOpping woop (Huw is not so thrilled about this part)!!! Recently dragged him round MothercAre to a lot of "how much"s and "do we need that?" so may have to go without him and with the MIL instead who will be far more excited about the baby shopping!!
Have had a little early nesting where I've spent hours moving furniture and dusting and polishing skirting boards (I kid you not)!! Have also got back into baking and have made a vanilla and buttercream sponge which will hopefully wing it down west to the IL's tomorrow, if Huw doesn't eat the lot!!! prety sure the nesting was a quick phase as I definitely have the CBA feeling at present!! Never mind, a lovely week off, some time down Broadhaven and family coming down to stay. Mia has cheer camp for a few days so a couple of girlie shopping trips are in order. May find it difficult to resist buying Boo a few little things. I can buy some White can't I??!! :)

More relaxing! Meh

Had a lovely evening last night with Ian and chris. Was allowed as far as the car and back but to be honest, I was in a lot of pain yesterday so don't think I could have managed much more. Had a fabulous Indian, just for you cath - chicken tikka masala, chicken pathia, lamb bhuna (I think), something with spinach and some rice and naans. Was lovely to get out for a few hours but by 9 o'clock I'd flagged and Huw took me home. Secretly, he was desperate to see the boxing so he decided Mia and I looked tired lol.
Feeling much better today, like a new person, pain has gone thank goodness and starting to feel normal again. Still not allowed to do much and Huw is keeping his beady eye on me to make sure I'm relaxing. A friend of mine who is also pregnant has added some photos on fb of her fabulous bump, and it got me thinking that mine is a little pathetic in comparison! I know that i'll be the first to complain in a few months when I'm the size of a house, but it sure taking it's time in growing. Just to illustrate, I have added a photo.

Boo is the right size for it's weeks which is the important thing but pregnant women look fabulous -well, except the ones on Jeremy Kyle with their crop tops and jeans three sizes too small! He/she is rather active today which is good, and seems to dislike anything on my tummy, especially when it was being scanned and trying to push the scanner off my belly with it's hands, very funny.

the runaround

well baby Morgan has definitely given us the runaround this week, but one midwife, two docs and scan later all is well. Am having total bedrest at the moment which has bored me to tears this week, even though i know it's for the best. daytime tv is not the most entertaining, even found myself watching Titanic 2 yesterday, not good!!!! and have also been introduced to the disgracefullness otherwise known as Jeremy Kyle and the skiprats that enlighten itv's screens every morning. Huw loves this programme, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes that watch again!
Waving had a slight bleed and some stomach pains, had dragged myself to the midwife who listened to Boo's heartbeat and said all was fine. Not content with scaring us a little, Boo went onto cause some pains wednesday and through the night so Huw cancelled his patients and took me back to the doctors. One student doctor later and then the new doctor, i was referred to hospital. Saw an SHO who discussed smeartests and having a cervical examination, which struck me as a little odd considering we were told not to engage in any horizontal action!! But she came back having spoken to the registrar and sent me off for a scan.
Boo was fine but kept his/her legs crossed throughout the scan so we are still no closer to finding out where there's a winkle or a twinkle there!

Slept well last night but accidentally rolled on to my stomach (ooops!) which caused me to wake again in pain. Guess its another day of rest and crappy tv. Off to the inlaws later for a takeaway - I've had permission to walk to and from the car! hooray, different walls to these four, can't wait!