Princess Mummy has had her 20 week scan and everything is going great guns. The Nugget has been checked and has 10 fingers, 10 toes, 2 matching arms, 2 matching legs, a beautifully functioning heart, spine etc. Oh, and a Willy!!!
The Nugget is now officially to be known as the Littlest Prince.
So much for this bump "feeling" female! (although I was hoping for a brother for Little Prince.) We have dithered somewhat on names - the first name we chose we weren't completely sold on and, when the radiographer told us we were the seventh person with that baby name that week, we felt that the Littlest Prince couldn't possibly be one of the crowd. So we went to our backup name. Which was also the name of Queen Nanna's dog which passed away 2 years ago. So; back to the drawing board.
The Nugget is now officially to be known as the Littlest Prince.
So much for this bump "feeling" female! (although I was hoping for a brother for Little Prince.) We have dithered somewhat on names - the first name we chose we weren't completely sold on and, when the radiographer told us we were the seventh person with that baby name that week, we felt that the Littlest Prince couldn't possibly be one of the crowd. So we went to our backup name. Which was also the name of Queen Nanna's dog which passed away 2 years ago. So; back to the drawing board.
Out came the Modern Book of Baby Names - offering such gems as Ethelred, Cuthbert, and Mehitabel. But seeing as we do love our Littlest Prince, we went with something more traditional and less likely to get him beaten up in the playground. We asked Little Prince for his choice of names, but rejected Optimus, Ratchet, and Ultra Magnus for the same reason Mehitabel didn't make the cut. Although Prince Daddy maintains that Optimus might well be the coolest kid in the playground.
At risk of speaking too soon, this pregnancy - narcolepsy aside - has gone like a dream. The worst I felt was doing the drugs withdrawal thing which passed (eventually). Since then, I have cruised through - although a lot of credit should go to Prince Daddy who has gone over and above the call of duty in terms of housework/supervision etc whilst Princess Mummy has reclined on the sofa indulging her cravings for salt.
Which makes my non-existent weight gain a bit of a mystery. As I now weigh LESS than I did at the start of the pregnancy, my consultant is insisting extra scans are the way forward. Although it's a little hard to put all my faith in him at the moment.
When my midwife told me she wanted me to see the Medical Conditions Consultant because of the narcolepsy, I was a bit nervous. More nervous when he told me he'd NEVER had a patient with narcolepsy and proceeded to google it in front of me. Tomorrow I'm meeting the head consultant who, I hope, knows a little something about the condition, otherwise I'm taking myself and bump off to Narcolepsy Clinic and having the baby there!!!
At risk of speaking too soon, this pregnancy - narcolepsy aside - has gone like a dream. The worst I felt was doing the drugs withdrawal thing which passed (eventually). Since then, I have cruised through - although a lot of credit should go to Prince Daddy who has gone over and above the call of duty in terms of housework/supervision etc whilst Princess Mummy has reclined on the sofa indulging her cravings for salt.
Which makes my non-existent weight gain a bit of a mystery. As I now weigh LESS than I did at the start of the pregnancy, my consultant is insisting extra scans are the way forward. Although it's a little hard to put all my faith in him at the moment.
When my midwife told me she wanted me to see the Medical Conditions Consultant because of the narcolepsy, I was a bit nervous. More nervous when he told me he'd NEVER had a patient with narcolepsy and proceeded to google it in front of me. Tomorrow I'm meeting the head consultant who, I hope, knows a little something about the condition, otherwise I'm taking myself and bump off to Narcolepsy Clinic and having the baby there!!!
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