the "Pea"

It has been a while since my last post and a lot has happened since..... A whole lot has happened.
And we had to keep it a secret. I'll backdate the following posts as much as I can. Monday the 12th of January was like most Mondays. And when I came home from work I was first welcomed by Sam...our neighbour's cat, who thinks she still lives here. So I sat down in the doorway and stroked her for a bit. Caroline must have finished early and she came from upstairs. "I've got something to show you." I didn't know what to say.... We had been trying so it wasn't a complete surprise but when you do see it spelt out right in front of you ....Pregnant..... it changes everything.

Pregnant!!! =)

On Wednesday Caroline went to her GP and after another wee on a stick, it was confirmed we were pregnant. We were asked whether we wanted to have an early scan made to check if it was looking okay and to give us a preliminary due date......and the answer was Yes!!!

The Pea at 7 weeks and 4 days (11.5mm)

It was a mere 11.5 mm here, but that enabled them to estimate the due date.
Pea should be due on the 10th of September which is MY birthday....of all the days in the year it could have chosen. It is only an estimation but considering my Dad had to share his birthday with mine (four days apart), I can sympathise now. Anyway still early days the due date might still change.

We were excited and very pleased and still are, but now the hard bit came as Caroline was only 7 weeks pregnant we still had another 6-7 weeks before we could announce it to everyone. You'll be surprised how often pregnancy and babies come up in general conversations with colleagues and friends when you can't tell.

Funnily enough Caroline's sister Sue is pregnant as well and almost 2 months ahead of us. So when Caroline called her parents to tell them the good news Caroline said: "You know you wait for ages at a bus stop and all of a sudden 2 come at once, well......."