After a long and emotional two weeks we are finally at our 8 week scan, I am terrified I feel sure that there’s something wrong, it’s the same lady scanning us. She didn’t wait around, she could see how anxious I was. I felt sick (more than the usual morning sickness) and then there it was, our beautiful baby with the beginnings of little limbs and a strong heartbeat, measuring at 8 weeks and 3 days. I was amazed, this sudden rush of relief. She told us that the baby was growing well and the sac was much more regular and was no longer cause for concern. We didn’t need to come back to this clinic again and I would be seen for my 12 week scan as normal, I was slightly told off as I still hadn’t informed a midwife of my pregnancy, she was concerned about my mental health. I promised I would go straight home and book an appointment, I just couldn’t face it as I was sure we would get bad news today. I finally felt like this baby was going to happen, complete excitement and joy!
We left the hospital that day – cheeks hurting from the grin on our face. We decide we would tell people about our news, first stop, Nathan’s mum. We showed her the scan photo, she was so happy she welled up. It felt so amazing to be able to share our news and our excitement with people.
Next stop, Nathan’s dad. He has Parkinsons and dementia so he’s in a care home, when we got there he had got himself into a bit of a state and was upset. Then we told him our news and he was so happy, he kept thanking us!
On to see my older sister (I had already told my younger sister) we arranged to meet her for lunch and put the scan photo in her menu. She cried when she saw it, another happy relative! This was going well. I couldn’t wait to tell my eldest daughter.
I arranged to go to my dad’s that evening to tell them but first I had to get Londyn (my eldest) from school. She came out looking fed up, I asked her what was wrong and she told me that the other kids weren’t listening properly, I said “well you think that’s bad, we’ve been at the hospital today” she asked why so I told her we needed to see the baby and showed her the scan. She was over the moon, she told me off for keeping it from her and then burst into tears of happiness and repeatedly thanked me for giving her another sibling. We told her she could tell grandma and granddad and set off to see them.
Dad wasn’t home from work yet, Londyn had put the scan picture in her book and was itching to get it out. Eventually he got home and we all sat at the table and Londyn rushed to show them, they were excited. I was by this point pretty knackered, it had been a very long and emotional day – but it was good emotions, excitement, contentment and completely in love with my little growing family!
So we decided as Londyn now knew that we wouldn’t hide it anymore (not that we had much of a choice with the size of my bump) we weren’t going to make it Facebook official until we had a 12 week scan picture but we wouldn’t hide it.
Nayely Adelpha Foundation 