Today is my last progesterone. This is making me anxious. I do hope that I don’t start bleeding today. Oddly enough, today is 14 years to the day I left Senior School! I bought my first maternity bra – 38E!

Time to let the cat out of the bag! I've just made this blog public for the world to see. Pregnancy tests are showing positive, but we still don't know if it's one or two. There's still a number of hurdles to surpass as the first trimester is pretty risky, so spare a thought and keep your fingers crossed for us !! P.S. In case you haven't picked up from below, we've named the embryos Faith and Hope

Today I spent the day Shopping. Then met Owen for lunch (as he is currently working at a client here in IOM) and we nibbled fruit salad in a rock garden. I showed Owen the 2 bibs I bought for Faith and Hope. One read “Daddy loves me“ and the other read “Mummy loves me“. I thought they were so apt. We do love Faith and Hope with our every fibre. After Lunch I bought a book, “From Conception to Birth“ with loads of pictures and information on the growing embryo. It makes us feel so much closer to Faith and Hope. When Owen finished work, we went for a drive to Port Erin and a nice walk on the Beach. It was magical.

This is my first mother’s day. I still cannot believe it. It is overwhelming. Owen was ever so sweet. On behalf of Faith & Hope, Owen helped them choose some presents. I got a frame with their photo and a poem, a dictionary on baby names and a box of Godiva chocolates. They were all wrapped up in beautiful wrapping purple paper with purple ribbon. They were simply perfect. I even thought they were professionally done. It brought tears to my eyes.

We then went on our first holiday as a family. We drove to Liverpool and then caught the ferry to the Isle of Mann. I must say the 3 of us were very unhappy during the boat ride, and even Owen was just about coping. Horrible seas. Anyway, we made it without actually spilling out anything! We then checked into “The Empress Hotel” in room 309.  Fabulous. Then Owen took us all for a meal at “The Brasserie” which was wonderful. Altogether the best Mother’s Day ever! Not sure how they will top the next one!

Today was my first full day at work. At 4pm I was ready to crash. Owen took over which was great because I was so exhausted. But still, glad to know I can still do it.

I cannot help but walk around on Cloud 5. Today is the first day that I woke up knowing that “Yes, I am really pregnant!”. It is not that I did not feel pregnant but more that I was afraid that my imagination was being over active!

Today was the big day. Our pregnancy test was a definite positive and we had to call the hospital to confirm our HCG levels. It felt like forever till we finally spoke to nurse Jenny. Our HCG levels were 728 on Tuesday the 3^rd. From what we seem to understand, this is nice and high. Excellent for pregnancy.

“* At 18 DPO, the average HCG level is 292 mIU/ml, with a typical range of 70-758 mIU/ml”

So apparently, we stand a good chance of twins! Yippee.

Today we became parents beyond any doubt we may have had. We could start hoping in a full term pregnancy. We are so excited and over joyed. We even went to Mothercare and bought our first baby booties. Naturally, we bought two pairs. One for Faith and one for Hope. They are so cute with a teddy bear design on the little white booties.

Owen had to fly out to the Isle of Man. Its been a long day waiting for him to return and waiting for tomorrow. Thankfully I stopped bleeding today.

We had our hospital appointment to check our HCG levels. We must have waited for around 2 hours, but the real waiting will be till we get our results. While waiting for the blood test we went to see the nurse. Jenny very kindly met with us. I told her that although I was still bleeding, I had done a test and it seemed positive. So she did another test for us. It was also positive. It seemed pretty much like a standard test so I was still not happy enough to believe we can still be really pregnant. I will not be happy till the HCG results are in. I do not think they can lie! Maxine was really pleased for us. Mind you so was Raj, the reception staff and over all everyone! I think Owen is beginning to think that it is possible that we may stand a chance of finally becoming parents!