Testing Time

We thought it best to actually go and check that our suspicions were true. In any case, we needed to get a referral to the obstetrician that Kell had lined up for us. So it was back to Dr Adrienne.

She was very happy and quite impressed we were back so soon. She wrote a referral, gave us a heap of pamphlets and spoke to us a bit about the various tests and scans I'd be having during the pregnancy.

The first lot of tests were done at the on-site pathology place - with the urine pregnancy test and loads of vials of blood being drawn for a variety of tests. One of these is to be used in conjunction with our 12 weeks scan to test for downs syndrome, amongst other things. The only thing that came back was that I'm not immune to chicken pox, so I need to steer clear of any kiddies with the pox in the first and third trimesters.

You're going to be a grandparent...

When we arrived back at Tullamarine from our trip, Naomi's mother (Marilyn) and step-father (John) picked us up. We were both very tired, but also excited to be back from our trip - and of course, excited about our news.

They drove us home and came in for the requisite cup of tea. While I was up making the cuppa, Naomi said "We have some news... we are having a baby". Marilyn got very excited, exclaiming "I thought you'd never get around to having children!"

The next day, my mother (Thel) came down to see what we got overseas, as well as a few of the photos. My speech also followed the "We have some news..." route. Thel was a little stunned - but could see how happy we were so was happy for us too!