My how you have grown...

We met with friends yesterday and went to a science attraction that had a pregnancy exhibition inside.

You could hold rubber babies to the correct scale based on gestation, and then you could go in a womb simulator (yes you are reading right!) A pink padded dome with a small entrance! It moves to imitate the movement that baby feels and you can hear mum and dad talking on the outside. In 5 minutes you go from pregnancy test to birth!

They also show pictured of the embryos from conception to 5 days. Looking at the picture I cannot believe our little babies came home with mummy as day 3, 8 cell embryos!!

I will leave you with a picture of the rubber baby of 5 months gestation.... We are 21 weeks now, so fit nicely into the 5 month category! 

With love, Me xxx

Another hurdle crossed. ..

We had our 20 week scan yesterday and both babies look fine. All went well. I was so nervous and was expecting something to be wrong.

I have promised family I will now start to enjoy this pregnancy and believe my babies will be coming home. It is still so surreal and I am just protecting myself from getting hurt sub-consiously,  but I owe it to my boys to have faith in them.

I have felt the quiet baby kicking this last 12 hours.  Actually kicking. They are telling get they're mummy to stop worrying I think!

So overall feeling well. Lots of aches and pains in legs hips and back, but all to be expected according to the midwife .

Still not able to eat green vegetables ! Guilty mum moment.  But making sure I stock up on other good foods.

Bump is growing and is heavy and sore now if I am walking a lot. 

I still have to pinch myself sometimes. I phoned the clinic yesterday to update them on the scan. They sounded very happy and I am so grateful to them. Hubby will tell people that they helped to make our miracles. 

IVF was so hard. We put our bodies through so much.  We spend so much money trying to achieve something so natural. We worry, we stress, we cry, we hope.

But it is worth every tear.

Posting on my phone today... so no fancy signature! Have a lovely weekend. 

Love, Me xxx