Life, now.

Category: Island Dreaming

  • Small Bump, Big Bump

    Yesterday afternoon we were visiting one of the local Malls and ended up going into two particular shops,  Mamas & Papas and Pottery Barn Kids. In the past visits to this particular shops have always been about finding a present for one of our friends who have just had a baby. This time there was […]

  • Movement

    We’ve just been to the first scan, or at least the first scan I have been too. In real terms this is the third scan. And it was moving – amazing. Little hands and feet, good looking jaw bone. Even ended up with a DVD afterwards of the pictures: (link updated as wasn’t working) Totally […]

  • Dates, Dates and more Dates

    We’ve just had the first Doctor appointment together – and they have given us a document which basically plans out the future. Dates for scans, dates for check-ups, dates for visiting the hospital, dates for everything. Planning them all so I can attend each one is going to be tricky. And what makes things worse […]

  • Pacing up and Down

    Today was strange. Strange good not strange bad. My beautiful wife went for the Nuchal Translucency Screening scan at the hospital back home. The thing that made this not right, or strange, is that I couldn’t be there – I’m 3½ thousand miles away and feel a little disconnected. The Nuchal Fold Testing is able […]

  • IKEA & Baby

    With all that is going on, I decided I’d like something from home. So, off I went to IKEA to have some meat balls. Lets be honest, they are not the same, flavour isn’t quite right – but even so, off I went and low and behold, the chef behind the counter had a very […]

  • First Pictures

    41.6mm long 168 heart beats per minute [Sep 9th, 2010 @ 18:31]

  • Scans and Travel Arrangements

    Unfortunately, a scan needs to be done on Thursday. I really need to go but I have looked at every route for getting there but it can’t be done by 3pm on Thursday! I’m very unhappy, especially as this is probably going to be a long weekend due to the end of Ramadan and I […]

  • Simple Question, No Accurate Answer Part 2

    Update: Dr. Naegele, circa 1850, determined that the average length of human gestation was approximately 266 days from conception. He assumed that the average woman had cycles that lasted 28 days and that she ovulated on Day 14 of her cycle. He used his data to come up with a mathematical calculation for due dates: ((LMP […]

  • Interesting Possibilities

    The first check-up with the Doctor in France happened this morning, and the good news is: Doctor thinks it will be a perfect pregnancy Blood pressure in order Weight is good Blood tests are good The Doctor believes that the baby is in the 9th week of pregnancy. The only thing of concern is one […]

  • Simple Question, No Accurate Answer

    I thought that to find out a due date, the calculation would be quite simple. In the past I have always heard about the 40 weeks of pregnancy and assumed that there was an exact science around this. Obviously, I realise now, this is not the case. The popular method of doing this seems to […]