Anatomy scan. 18 weeks 3 Days

We had our anatomy scan on Friday 14th March at St Georges Hospital. Mum came along with us as she was actually meant to see our 12 week scan but with all the drama - she missed out. This scan was great to see all the "bits" of the baby in detail but overall wasn't as great as the 12 week scan. In the 12 week one you can see the whole baby on the screen so when it moves its hands and feet etc it's all really visible and easy to work out what bit is what. In the 2o week scan , everything is so much bigger and of course the whole baby doesn't fit on the screen so they view the body bit by bit which makes it harder to work out what you're actually looking at. At one point the tech was saying that's your baby's face and nose and all three of us were turning our heads on the side and couldn't work it out at all....
We got to see amazing detail for example - inside the baby brain, the pelvis, kidneys, spine, 4 chambers of the heart etc. Pretty amazing really. It was really great to hear that pickle was measuring right on target and that everything was normal. We got to see him/her sucking their thumb and little lips moving and the mouth opening and closing. Very cute.... ahhhhhh

Over halfway now !!!

Well I am still here - a bit slack I know - last post in Feb !!....
So there hasn't been a lot to tell in the last few months really - thank goodness. It's all been rather uneventful. The only bleeding was a tiny morning of spotting after having two late nights in a row early March. This enforced in Miles and I that I really can't put my pregnancy under risk by being on my feet too long or being too active. So I took a months annual leave starting Mon 25 Feb and was due back at work on Tue 25 March after Easter. We decided we would assess things closer to the end of March to whether I would go back to work or not. We had our anatomy scan on Fri 14th March - more about that later with pics to follow.... The scan was great - no sign of bleeding but after speaking to my doctor and midwife plus all my family - it was decided that the extra $$$ I would make by working for the next couple of months would not be worth the devastation we would feel if by going back to work this may have in turn have caused the miscarriage of little pickle.
So I'm officially a kept woman !!!
We are still counting down till the official "viable" date of 24 weeks so only 2 weeks to go from today.... We received in the mail the other day a packing list for hospital which made it all seem a little more close although Miles and I were saying - everything feels a little surreal still. Even though my belly is obviously looking pregnant now and we've been planning the nursery etc and I'm busy painting old sets of drawers for the room, it all feels like - well I don't even know how to describe it.......

Belly Shots weeks 15, 17, 19, and 21