Hello my dear friends!
Another week passed and we are already in our 17th
week. We’re getting closer to the middle of our pregnancy. With each new week,
I keep reading about how our baby changes and develops, about his new
achievements. The baby is already around 18 cm tall! His movements are more controlled
now. He can touch his face or suck his thumb. He can hear much better now and
can recognize voices. Of course, I wish I could talk to him and tell him how
much I love him and wait for him here, but this is what I’m unable to do.
I call our baby “he” but in reality we still don’t
know if it’s he or she. We received our 16 weeks scan last week, with ultrasound
photos and videos. The baby is growing, surrogate is feeling well. They handled
second genetic scan and the result was good this time as well: low risk for
genetic abnormalities. But as to gender of our baby – no news again. I know 16
week is too early, but we were so impatient to know. All our family is waiting.
We also want Den to know if he is expecting a sister or a brother. As I’ve told
in one of my previous posts, our surrogate thinks it’s a boy.
The next scan and check up is on the 20th
week. Three more weeks to wait. Maybe this time we’ll fly to Kiev to meet our
surrogate and see her growing bump, but only time will show.
As to my other news, Martin got back from his business
trip but we failed to have some good rest this weekend because Den got ill
again and currently I’m taking care of him. It was flu and he is slowly but
steadily recovering. This morning we even went for a walk together. So in general,
I’m a bit tried after this week. Mom’s heart is never at rest when her child is
not feeling well. But we always do our best to help them recover as soon as
possible.
So, I’m closing by now, with thoughts about my two
babies: thee one who is just next to me coughing and with a running nose, and
the second still so small but already so endlessly loved.
Warm hugs
xxx