Well, this is a very late blog from us, but all will become clear as we have a very good reason....
another exciting week in Beanville this (last) week. (we did actually start writing bits of this blog on a few days last week as we knew we wouild be doing so much, so there is a lot that reds day to day, bear with us, it'll make sense next week, promise!)
on monday mummy had a nice sleepy day and finally her poor feet got to deflate a bit so she has been much more comfortable since then, they still swell up but not as much as they did at the weekend. She just knows now that she has to put her feet up when they get bad, we try to tell her but we can't speak yet.
Flashy cat tried her best to sleep on mummy's lap and she took a photo because it looked so funny..
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| which is bigger? Bump or Flashy Cat? |
Tuesday was a busy day for everyone. mummy's friend Jo came by and they went for a lovely coffee and a catch up. then mummy met daddy at Romsey Hospital to see the consultant. he was happy with all mummy's readings and said that we seemed quite comfortable in our bunk beds position. he also said we don't have a lot of room left in here, like we needed telling! so mummy has to see him again in 2 weeks and we might all have to go for another scan to see if we need to be hatched a bit earlier. it's not good for us or mummy if we get too big in here.
after the consutlant mummy and daddy went to see the pictures from last weeks bump shoot. they picked their 4 favourites and daddy will pick the big print up as soon as its ready.
on Wednesday mummy and daddy went to the hospital in Southampton for our latest scan. mummy didn't see us as she wasn't facing the screen this time, but daddy said he could see us and we look very squished in here but he got to see our feet wiggling about lots. good news is.... we've moved! both of us had quite a busy night and moved round so we're both head down now. we're going to try very hard not to kick mummy's ribs lots, but it might not work out that way. so, in advance.. we're sorry mummy.
mummy said she's glad we moved because it exlpains why she had such a horrible and uncomfortable nights sleep and felt completely rubbish in the morning. so our bump is a bit of a different shape now, mummy has 2 bottoms where Bean 2 used to lie across at the top of the bump. and the bottom of our bump is all pointy (ish) where our heads our.
they didn't get any pictures this time as they don't come out very clear now we're so much bigger, but Bean 1 is down mummy's right hand side and Bean 2 is on the left with feet and legs a bit snuggled over to Bean1's. so unless the consultant sends us for an earlier scan, we have to wait until 6 July for the next one.
the sonographer lady told mummy and daddy that she thinks we'll be 7lb babies when we hatch.. mummy said no thank you!!
On Thursday there was lots of noise! mummy picked up grandma and they drove down to a place called Fareham to meet with Richard and Lin, mummy and Grandma have known them since mummy waas only 9 years old... thats almost forever!
they all drove out together to Port Solent and had a lovely time catching up, eating lunch and drinking coffee.
then Auntie Hayley arrived. mummy went to school with her and hasn't seen her in a few years so it was lots more excited noises, laughing and chatting. they all went for a walk around but there wasn't much to see and mummy had to get home quite quickly as she was seeing another friend, busy busy.
so Thursday evening, mummy's friend Rachael arrived. she is the lady who owns Mollie Fish in the kicthen. mummy and daddy have been looking after her whilst Auntie Rachel and Uncle Steve travelled all around the world for the last 2 years. when they settle here again they will have Mollie Fish back as there won't really be room for all our stuff and a fishy, plus mummy says it takes 'chuffing ages' to clean the fish out.
they all had a nice time chatting and hearing about the travel stories, mummy was feeling quite uncomfortable and very tired so she went to bed a bit early and went straight off to sleep.
and this is where the fun starts...
at 3 am on Friday morning mummy woke up with tummy ache, she thought it was probably the naughty cheese baguette she had a lunch time, silly mummy isn't supposed to eat cheese. after a couple of trips to the bathroom she didn't want to keep daddy awake so went to sit downstairs until she felt better. daddy checked in on her and she said she thought she might be having some practice contractions too which didn't help on top of a poorly tum, so she will stay downstairs and go back to bed when she feels better.
ten minutes later daddy went back down, mummy told him she didn't think it was the baguette or practice contractions so they phoned the midwife. the midwife told them to phone the Princess Anne hospital (the one where they film 'One Born Every Minute'), one phone call later and they were loading up the car with mummy's bag, leaving a note for Auntie Rachael who was still asleep and off they went to the hospital.
mummy said there was a beautiful sunrise that she could see through the trees which made her feel better.
they got to the hospital a little after 5am, thats about our usual waking up time, but we were already well awake by then. they got us all in very quickly as they were a bit worried as mummy was only 33 weeks and there are 2 of us. there weren't any big rooms but we still had a nice room to stay in.
mummy was given a hospital gown to wear, and then another one as the first one didn't do up around mummy's bump!
after the midwife had been to see mummy she said that mummy was already 3cms dilated and that the babies were coming wether she liked it or not!!! mummy had to have a whacking great big shot in the top of her left leg, it was a big steroid injection to help make sure our lungs were strong enough to cope on the outside as we might be coming soon.
after 22 hours in labour, (inlcuding the 2 hours mummy was apparently fidgeting and moaning in her sleep before she woke up) gas and air, some other pain killers but not pethidine, and finally an epidural mummy thought she was on the home straight. The midwife said everything was progressing nicely and we should be delivered normally. then we got naughty!!
mummy had a few big contractions which she could still feel at the start of the epidural, we didn't like that at all, not one little bit, so we dropped our heart rates, lots, every time there was another one.
the doctors, midwives and nurses all started running around and making phone calls and generally making a lot of noise and off we all whisked to theatre. at 8cms they were going to try to get mummy to deliver us, and then they realised that Bean 1 was holding onto the umbilical cord up at the side of its head, so no natural delivery for these Beans.
at 0022 on 11th June 2011 Bean 1, now known as Noah Philip Stephen arrived by emergency cesarean, weighing a dinky 4lb 2oz followd up very quickly at 0024 by Bean 2 who is now known as Florence Jane Ruth weighing an even dinkier 3lb 15.5oz.
SO WE ARE HERE!!!!!!
we have to spend at least the next 3 weeks in hospital as we're so little. we will be in the neonatal unit where the nurses will make sure we get nice and strong. to start with we're going to need a bit of help getting oxygen in, but we can breathe ok, and we'll probably need to have help feeding as we were only just starting to work properly on our sucking reflexes this week.
these are our first outside pictures, it looks a bit scary as we're so little and there are a lot of tubes and wires just making sure we're ok
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| Noah Philip Stephen, 6 hours old |
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| Florence Jane Ruth, 6 hours old. |
so it's very nice to meet you and mummy said when we're home we can talk to you on Skype and say hello, we're looking forward to that.
will write soon and tell you all the amazing things we've done, although you'll have to wait again a bit as mummy says the blogs might not be written on time for a while, but they will still be for a week each time.
lots of love
from
Noah and Florence (we're still the Beans)
xx
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