Daddys Blog

….or as the boys are now calling her - The Rubster.

Having had some conflicting information on what is happening (i.e. the Paed surgeon at St Marys wanting her to be born there and the baby unit in the same place saying she can be born at Oldham) we have had 2 scans in 4 days and now know the definitive score.

1. She definitely does not have a diaphragmattic hernia. This is wonderful news as it was potentially very serious (it impedes development of the lungs etc etc) - because this was seen on one scan, the paed surgeon wanted her to be born there. Following a detailed scan at the baby unit at St Marys they have said she 100% sure doesn’t have one.

2. Due to this, Ruby is definitely going to be born at 40 weeks at the Royal Oldham. Ruby is a big baby and so they are going to induce Amanda at 40 weeks (following ANOTHER scan at 39 weeks) - they don’t want a huge baby particularly with the fact in point 3. By the way the boys came along for this scan and were pretty amazed. Sam had the biggest grin I have ever seen - I thought the top of his head would fall off. He saw her heart beating and saw her head chest and legs (its a bit cramped in there).

3. Ruby *may* still have a cord hernia but this isn’t a biggie. When she is born a surgeon will be there to assess whether they can sort the hernia (if its there) at the ROH or whether she needs transferring to St Marys.

That is about it. Sam and Tom are very excited - it is only about 3 weeks to go no matter how you look at it.

…. Just three weeks and I will have a daughter. A daughter I can finally have hold of and make sure she is ok. The worst thing about all of this is the fact that by knowing her sex and giving her a name, she became a real person in my eyes and not just “the baby” - I love her already and am fairly desperate to see her and then look after her.

I swore having another wouldn’t be different but it will. I’m going to spoil her rotten.

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