Today (October 15th) is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. A day to remember those who have lost babies before term, at birth, or in infancy, and the little angels flying high in the sky. Before we started out TTC, if I’m honest, I wasn’t really that aware of those around me who had lost babies, maybe it’s because it’s a taboo subject which people don’t talk about very often. It was only when I started posting in the conception & fertility board of the forum I was a member of at the time, that it made me realise it …
Down’s syndrome screening tests
Just before we went on holiday we received a letter with the results of our Down’s syndrome screening test – 1:15,000 – meaning we don’t need to have any further tests! This is obviously good news for us (not that we wouldn’t love our baby just as much if he/she was born with Down’s…), but for some parents it may not be such good news, or hard to deal with. We actually had to just have a blood test, as at our 12 week scan Baby G wouldn’t stay still and wasn’t in the right position for the sonographer to …
Sickness in pregnancy
There was a comment I came across the other day on that ol’ place called Facebook. There were 2 or 3 people discussing sickness in pregnancy, and I saw something that quite riled me if I’m honest. This comment basically said that pregnancies in which the woman had/has sickness, all was well, and went well, whereas pregnancies where the woman felt/feels fine, things didn’t/don’t go so well in. (Though they did refer to it as an old wives tale, the person in question probably didn’t mean to offend, but I did think it was quite insensitive even saying this, seeing …
18 weeks… and a bump (pic)
Sorry I have neglected you all since last Saturday, was rather busy all weekend as we went on holiday on Monday, and didn’t get back until Friday! So I never posted a 17 week update last Sunday either… I haven’t really that much to report actually, the last couple of weeks have been quite uneventful regarding Baby G! Bump has grown a little but can’t really see that much difference since the last photo, though for a few days it did seem to be noticeably expanding overnight! During our holiday the ‘Funstars’ did a show called ‘Never Forget’, in which …
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
I’m stepping away from the usual today and joining in with Bloggers Unite’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month blogging event. In the UK, around 48,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. It has been estimated that in the US, 230, 480 women will be diagnosed in 2011. But we must remember that although it is more common in women, men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer. This is a cause very close to my heart, as 4/5 years ago my mother-in-law (MIL) was diagnosed with breast cancer. To say it was a huge shock was an understatement. I cannot remember …