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 Did you know you can pay for a private scan as early as 6 weeks?

We used the company 'Window to the womb' 

We went to the one in Reading, the area is not all that great but inside is lovely. 

Our scan was booked for 6 weeks, 6 days. 1st April 2022.

Being it is so early, the scan is done internally. The wife once again introducing me as her wife - this is my experience too. We found out the estimated due date - 18th November 2022.


It may seem like a weird blob right now, but, we saw the heart beating, the super fast flashy motion on the screen brought tears to my eyes and the wife actually cried. Those that know her know she's not one for emotions... but you can't beat pregnancy hormones. this was the point we told other family members. 

Since the medication the wife was given was not working, we got sent to Reading again. High ketones. But she was so tired. We brought an overnight bag too, because there was a threat of an over night stay to keep an eye on her. (she ended up staying btw).

It wasn't long after this that we decided to do the whole FB announcing. Let the world know so people would stop asking questions as to why we were off work a lot etc. This was 15th April 2022.




We wanted to get the dogs involved for the announcement, but they were being wiggly so we settled on the last photo. 

Then about 5 days later on 20th April, we were back in hospital. This time the wifes symptoms weren't as bad. But the dr explained her ketones were up. So back to Reading hospital we went. We were aiming not to have an overnight stay this time. But surely 3 hospital visits in like 3 weeks is not ok... why isn't anything been done about this... It got to the point when we were on the verge of being discharged with the same medication that stopped working as soon as she left the hospital then a strong word got them offering a different medication. Ondansetron. Drs don't generally like giving this medication because of the likelihood of children being born with cleft lip. We had warnings but we would take the risk as the wife still has a job to do. The chances are only a little more than when taking nothing at all anyway. And we were a little under 10 weeks by this point so not fare until the end of the first trimester.













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Location: Hermitage, Thatcham RG18, UK

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