In a mere few hours, I will be meeting the little squirming, kicking, hiccuping and already much-adored little girl who has been keeping me company every moment of the day and night these past nine months. It is a strange thing to know that today is the last day I will probably ever experience being pregnant, and it is with some sadness that I say goodbye to this astonishing and miraculous experience, and with great excitement that we drive (yes, literally, that is what we are doing now) to hospital to say hello to this incredible little girl. She has already well and truly beaten the odds, and I find her just the most amazing little being to have stuck it out with me, through the crazy travels we have done (nine different cities in those nine months!), the carrying and lifting demands of a marvellous three-years-older brother, the long nights and early mornings (between bouts of nausea) of working away on this website, not to mention being rushed to hospital thinking it was all over when she was 22 weeks along. Astonishing! And to think that the journey of getting to know this little person is just beginning…
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