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Parenting - Pregnancy
Diary
This page
follows the pregnancy right through from the first scan, until
Nathan was born.
- 11-DEC-1999: Appointment (First Scan)
- 14-JAN-2000: We had a car accident today. Hit a patch
of ice and the car ended up in the ditch. Mother and Baby are
fine. We got another scan immediately just to make sure.
- 24-JAN-2000: Appointment (Scan).
- 28-FEB-2000: Big Scan (20 weeks)!.
We could see the baby more clearly on the scanner. It's hands,
feet, spine, etc. The printouts didn't turn out very well though.
See them
here!.
- 09-MAR-2000: Routine checkup, no scan was done. Baby's
heartbeat was checked. Everything is healthy.
- 13-APR-2000: A check-up at the mid-wife clinic. No scan
done! Baby's heartbeat was checked. All is fine.
- 25-MAY-2000: Baby is now 32 Weeks
old. We had a checkup today. The baby is 5.5 pounds in
weight. This is quite big since we have another 7 or so
weeks to go! Everything is looking good. At this
stage we now have purchased our pram, cot and baby bath!
It's not long away now!
- 10-JUN-2000 - Today is our Wedding Anniversary. We've
been married 3 years now. No complaints yet! The baby is only 5
weeks or so away now. Here is some of the latest scan footage.
It's a direct feed from the scanning machine which I managed to
convert to mpg. It has to be seen to be believed! (If you believe
this you'll believe anything...)
Download Movie File (351k)
- 22-JUN-2000 - Check up at the Mid-Wife clinic
(Liz has appointments at the doctors inbetween mid-wife checkups,
but they are nothing to talk about). The baby is now 7.2
pounds and the head is engaged. The mid-wives advise Liz to
finish work, she was intending to work another week!
- 23-JUN-2000 - Liz took the mid-wife's
advice. It's her last day at work. It's only 2-3 weeks
now until our child is born.
- 30-JUN-2000 - Liz has been off work now for a
whole week. Still no baby...! I know, it's a couple of weeks until
its due... But, it would be nice if it came tomorrow - on my
birthday!
- 5-JUL-2000 --- THE BIG DAY
- 1:45 am Liz's waters break, so we get ready
to go to hospital.
- 2:15 am I email everyone to let them know!
- 3:00 am We leave for the hospital (around
20 minutes away)
- 3:30 am Arrive at hospital, Liz is checked
over and kept in for the night. I'm sent home.
- 4:30 am I arrive home, play my dreamcast
for a couple of hours and watch the Big Breakfast.
- 8:00 am I make my way back to the hospital.
- 8:30 am Liz is only getting small
contractions at this stage. We walk a bit around the
hospital.
- 3:00 pm Contractions are starting to get
quite bad at this stage, and quite regular (4 mins apart).
- 3:20 pm The mid-wives discover she is
actually a lot further on than they thought. We move
into the labour room. Liz can now use Gas & Air to
help ease the contractions.
- 4:00 pm Liz decides to take some drugs
afterall. Fifteen minutes later I experience what Liz
would be like drunk.
- 7:53 pm After much hard work, Nathan is
born, weighing 7lbs and 3ozs.
- 9:00 pm I go home and get some rest.
Liz is moved to the post-natal section.
- 6-JUL-2000 - I go back to work today, while
Liz is in hospital. Visiting hours are only from
3pm-9pm. My colleagues from work send me on a mission at
lunchtime with a digital camera. Click here to see the
photographs.
- 8-JUL-2000 - Liz and Nathan come home.
Right now, (10pm) both of them are sleeping in front of the fire.
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