Updates Upto Now

Hello again!

First of all, let me apologise for being so slack on the Blog writing front! I haven't written one since September. With no internet, it can become a pretty difficult thing to do. Let me try and bring you up to date on what has happened with us so far!

The last time we spoke, I had just had my 12 week scan. Wow, doesn't that seem like forever ago now? 

I had a quick visit to the local hospital as I had some unexplained bleeding. Turns out, it wasn't anything serious and had stopped by the time I got there. Seeing as I wasn't in any pain and baby seemed quite content, I was sent home and have had no problems like that since.

Shortly after, we had our 20 week scan. My husband was unable to be there for our 12 week scan, so he hadn't seen Baby Lithgow since the 8 week ultrasound when it looked like a bean with a FHH of 178bpm. It was an emotional ultrasound for the both of us. We found out the bean was no longer a bean, but actually a mini human and was perfectly healthy. We then found out that the growing person was actually a little boy! 

Everything measured absolutely fine and everything seemed to be in working order! We've been so blessed with this pregnancy, and whenever I feel worried that I haven't felt him moving for a while, he's always there to give me a nice big kick and reassure me that not only is he there, but he's okay!

At my last midwives appointment, she measured my abdomen and said that I was measuring quite small (we're blaming it on the fact that both his mum and dad are small) and she wasn't sure where the placenta was, so we are going for another ultrasound to check his growth and all the other bits, which I'm not too concerned about as he is moving and wriggling around like crazy! 

Recently, hubby and I seem to have agreed on a name which we both like which seems a massive achievement from one of us making a suggestion and the other replying "No! I used to know a ***** and he was horrible/mean/smelly". 

On a final note, I have been thinking a lot about having a home birth with this little guy, just simply because I don't know if we will ever get the chance to have home birth again. We are still undecided but I am leaning towards a home birth, especially since we live 10 minutes away from a hospital if need be. There are 69 days until he is due to make his debut so we have loads of time to weigh up the pro's and con's. 

What do you think about home births?

If you had one, or tried to, how was your experience with a home birth?

I believe with that essay, we are pretty much up to date!