Today we went for a 4D scan. We seemed to have been warned a million times over that it would not be a pretty sight as it was far too early to have a 4D scan. They said the baby would be too thin and transparent. We were told rumours about being told of possible deformities to get you to keep doing scans. Needless to say, we did begin to have very minor slight doubts about doing the scan this early, but of course we could not resist. The baby’s grandmama came with us too.

Dr Josie Muscat did our scan. He must have spent a good 15 – 20 minutes with us. The machine started on a 2D and he switched it to the 4D. The difference was huge! After all those scares and rumours, we were glad we stuck to our guns and went for the scan. Dr Muscat filmed the Baby and even gave us a photo. The baby is absolutely gorgeous. I think we all had tears in our eyes. The pregnancy never felt more real than at that moment in time.

And YES, we do know what our baby is, and NO we are not telling till the baby is born! So please do not ask as we do not want to offend you but not saying whether our baby is a girl or a boy. But if you were listening, I was right all along!

Yesterday we had our first NHS antenatal scan. And we got a few picture which you can see here. Baby is 100% fine, all limbs and major organs account for, so we're delighted. Here's one of the photos:

Today we heard the baby's heart beat! It was amazing. We have one of these Fetal Dopplers at home; and have been trying to find the heart beat for the last few days. Baby's heart is running at around 166 beats per minute; but that's normal for a fetus

Went for a second scan today and our baby is doing just fine. She/he is currently around 2.5 cm in length and we're being discharged from the fertility clinic to the normal hospital system. It's amazing how technology today has made the first moments of a baby's life so accessible. We were shown the embryonic heart beat and even how the limbs were forming. We were delighted to see the embryo wave at us; it must have known we were watching " src="smilies/happy.gif"> This is what's happening at the moment ...

Today we are 8 weeks pregnant. We are 2/3^rd way through our 1^st Trimester. We cannot believe how time has flown by.

I spent the day in bed today. Besides being absolutely ravenous, it was the best day in a very long time. I really appreciated it. Ah!

I think I may have been suffering mild temperature as I felt so weird, tired, hot and cold. Though over all I cannot complain.

Today we went for our first scan at Homerton. I was very anxious. With reason I can now see. Sadly we only found one of our babies. The good news is that all seems well. We even saw her heart beating. Obviously we don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy… but we decided it was a girl! We have decided sadly that it is Faith that we lost and that Hope is all we have left :-( This has been very hard on us. We want to be happy yet we are sad at the same time. We are happy for having Hope but sad for losing Faith.