The final installment

...for this week at least! We went to see our consultant at Addenbrookes yesterday for our weekly session. Clare's fluid was slightly down on last time and seems to have stabilised in the 30 -35cm region. He didn't take any growth measurements today but has confirmed that, assuming Little Dungey doesn't make an early appearance, Clare will be induced at 38 weeks which will be sometime in the week starting 24th September!

His reasoning for this is that LD will be as developed as he can be by that stage and it would be better to control the environment and circumstances surrounding his delivery.

Our consultant now has two weeks off and this may mean that we don't see him in his official capacity again. This was a slightly sad moment for us because we seem to have developed a good relationship with him and have quite a laugh together. He certainly has given us excellent care and we will definitely take the little one back to see him.

We still have weekly scans scheduled but these will be with a different consultant. Clare has seen him once already and he is very good also, so we are not worried about that.

So that date is (nearly) set. Clare and I are getting very excited at the thought of finally meeting our boy. It's been a long time coming but we can see the end in sight. There's just the small matter of labour to get through now!