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Hi all, thanks for the forum. Nice to touch base with people during my first pregnancy. I met my wife a year ago, we've had a whirlwind year, relocating to the West Sussex coast, new jobs and home. Conception happened as was hoped on an Alaskan Cruise, somewhere between Seattle and Vancouver.....she has just finished a very difficult 6 week period of intense nausea and sickness which was emotionally draining to watch, 8 week scan showed a beautiful baby, all is well. We are settling in for Christmas with a move to new rented accommodation needed in the New Year. We only moved here in May, and baby is due next May, so looking forward to getting that out of the way, and settling for a few years. As her bump grows bigger each day, the beauty of the whole thing also grows. I am 43, she is 37, we are in full family mode, hoping for a home birth, and more to follow......if anyone else has had a home birth I'd love to hear about it. Cheers for now. Tim.
Hi Timbo,
Welcome to DAD. Congratulations on your impending arrival - wow what a year you've had 😮
Scott our Friday blogger on the site baby arrived last Friday so I have a feeling that his blog tomorrow may be of interest to you.
You can view his blog updates here
And simon our Wednesday blogger has just announced he is expecting his second child in March - but his early blog updates are all about being an expectant dad the first time around. His blogs can be found here.
Looking forward to chatting with you.
Gooner
Thanks for touching base Gooner, I'll check out the blogs you mentioned ASAP...dinner time now, she must be fed :)))
Hi Timbo and welcome
No home birth here although my second nearly was - he was born in the back of an ambulance on the way to hospital - in fact his birth certificate states place of birth as the A428!!!
Not sure of place of conception - certainly not as exotic as an Alaskan cruise!
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