Hi everyone, welcome to the Due In July Group everyone who has joined recently and congratulations to you all! I just realised I haven't been on here since my first post back on 18th November so it's time to come back and say hi to you all and see how everyone is doing?
I am now 23 weeks pregnant and very happy to say everything is going really well with this pregnancy.
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Much to our relief, both our 11/13 week and 18/20 week scans were both amazing -- everything is perfect, normal and healthy with our baby!!! We are so happy and relieved!
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We also found out at our 18/20 week scan on Monday 23rd February what we are having (with certainty -- our sonographer never tells anyone unless she is totally sure and she has never been wrong in all her years of experience!) We are keeping it a surprise however until Little Bump arrives in July.
However, I am happy to announce it here on our Forum Group and I'm very happy to tell you.........................................we are having a GIRL!!!!
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I jumped for joy when our sonographer told us then we both started crying! It's amazing, I would have been happy either way, so long as she/he is healthy, but to finally be having the baby girl I've always dreamed of is a long time wish come true.
Especially so after losing our little girl Hope in April last year (as some of you may know, we lost two angel babies before conceiving this baby). So this baby girl is extra special after everything we went through to get here!
My EDD is 16th-19th July and we have the most wonderful Lead Maternity Carer, Fran here in Pukekohe. We've been having visits with her every 4 weeks so far and we always enjoy them. I wonder if anyone else in this Group are also based in Pukekohe/Franklin area? I would love to hear from you if there are!
I hope everyone else's pregnancies are going just as smoothly and you're enjoying this amazing experience. It's really nice to be sharing this experience with some others who are all due at around the same time/month, even though we haven't met each other!
Over halfway there, time seems to be flying by even faster now! I'm SO nervous and scared about the birth!!!
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I wonder if anyone else is feeling much the same?
Good luck to you all and I will try to come back on more regularly to see how you're all doing and keep up to date.
Love & hugs, Shannon