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Aaron is now one week old, and we don’t know where the time has gone!

The first few days and nights were quite hard as he was always hungry, so we were up until the middle of the night trying to settle him down.   As the days progressed, we have started to get into a better routine where we are all actually getting some sleep at night – even Aaron is sleeping for about 2-3 hours at a time during the night!

We have had several visits from the mid-wife and everything has been OK.  He lost a bit of weight when 3 days old, but this was normal, and it was only a few oz.  The next time he was weighed – a few days later – he had put on nearly all his weight again, so that was great!  The mid-wife also checked him over, and Kelly also, and both were given the all clear.

Aaron was registered at the Plymouth Registry Office on Wednesday 11th May, so we now have his birth certificates.  The same day we also went and got pasties to eat on Dartmoor (obviously Aaron didn’t have pasties!) so it was Aaron’s first little trip out for a picnic in the car.  He seemed to enjoy it as he slept nearly all the time he was in the car, apart for waking up for some food! (he is a guzzler!).

A lot of the family have visited us over the past week, and it was good to see them all.  They all thought Aaron was gorgeous and adorable.

We have received lots of cards and presents from everyone, so thank you to you all!

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The baby is now fully engaged according to the mid-wife, so it can be any time now!

Other than that, Kelly’s blood pressure was fine along with everything else, and the baby’s heartbeat was very strong as it has been all though the pregnancy.

So roll on labour…..!  😉

We went to see the midwife for the baby’s check and all was well.  We had a student midwife who was very nice and took Kelly’s measurements.  We heard the heart beat as well and it seemed a little slower this time, and she said that the baby had ‘engaged’, which was about the same time as Ben.  So all was well! 😉

We saw the midwife at 27 weeks of pregnancy for the usual check up.  She measured the fundal height which was 29cm, so roughly about 2 weeks ahead for my dates, hopefully this doesn’t mean that the baby is going to be huge!  We also listened to the baby’s heart rate which was 146 beats per minute, nice and fast and the midwife then felt for baby’s position which was head down!  Ben was very interested in watching everything that was happening.

I had my bloods taken for the usual checks, and I am now waiting for the results.  I have been told that I could be marginally anaemic and we are waiting to hear if there is anything to worry about.

I managed to get a huge bottle of  Gaviscon on prescription for the awful heartburn that I have been getting so that should save us a few pounds every week.

We will see the midwife again in about 5 weeks time!