lickle moons 8 week scan ... 6/4/2011

daddy saw you for the first time since you would put back in mummys tummy today (ive already had a coule of sneaky peaks hehe) and it was so so special to see you again. it took a minute to find you because you have tucked yourself right up in the corner. you have changed so much from a little ball of cells on the day we first saw you, into what looks lik a mouse hehe. but i dont think lickle mouse sounds as cute so lickle moon will have to stick.

we could see your heart beating and the shape of your head, distinguished from the shape of your tummy, where your legs and arms are just starting to grow. at last weeks scan you measured 6weeks and 3 days (that was 8 days ago), now you measure 7 weeks and 6 days. so you're growing very well. we are lucky though, becasue if you had measured 8 weeks like you actually are today, then we wouldn't have got to see you again in 4 weeks time.

the nurse at the ivf clinic said that they are very very happy for us and would like us to take you to them when you are here so they can have a cuddle. they have discharged us now so hopefully we wont see them until you are born in november. we have to ring the midwife team tomorrow to request anti-natal care but because you're a special ivf baby we have to be looked after by a consultant, not the midwife. don't really know what that means for us, but hopefully it means they are going to treat you like the very special baby that you are.

so unofficially you are due on the 17th November but we will find out exactly when you are due when we have your next scan - not that that means anything really because daddy has already decided such a special baby decides to have a very special date for his birthday, so he thinks you're coming on th 11th of the 11th of the 11th (11/11/11)

so big cuddles from mummy and daddy and we'll see you again in 4 weeks my darling lickle moon xxxx