I started my 17th week this week, and I’ve had two scans so far – the first one was a week before my 12.5 hour aeroplane flight and the second one was a few days after that flight.  Both scans were perfect!

Despite my persistent nagging fear I seem to be holding up okay.  I’ve not purchased anything for the baby that’s not either cheap or reusable for myself if necessary, but it’s been very hard to do so.  Sooner or later we’ll have to go out and get real baby gear, but we’ve decided to either borrow as much as we can, or get some free stuff off Gumtree or something.  Once the baby’s actually born, then I feel it would be reasonable to buy things.  Then again, perhaps I’m just being unnecessarily pessimistic.

Passing women with children and babies has become a good experience and I find myself peering into buggies to see the little face inside.  I also find myself looking at children with much more interest, watching their behaviour and their parents’ behaviour.

We’re looking forward to the 20 week scan and that’ll probably be the next time I post a page on this site.  In the meantime, here’s a pic of my little one from my 13.5 week scan 🙂