Just one more thing!

With all the busyness of the last week, I forgot one more element of our hectic week! Yesterday we had our first National Childbirth Trust antenatal class. These are not free like the NHS classes but we certainly found our first one very informative. This was the first of two sessions and covered all topics related to labour and giving birth. Even though we'd read about a lot of the things they covered, it helped the information to sink in a bit more and gave us the opportunity to ask questions.

In terms of delivery, it seems like our birth will be similar to any other. As Achondroplasia typically means that the baby has a bigger head, often a Cesarean section is required because the pelvis is simply not big enough to get the baby's head through. Little D's head is a fairly normally size at the moment and so hopefully a C-section won't be needed.

Although, we have been told that Clare can have any of the normal pain-relief, we are wary of pethidine at the minute because it can slow the baby's heart and breathing slightly. This is no major issue with normal delivery but because his lungs may be a bit smaller and also the CCAM issue, we may decide it's not worth the risk.

So this week's baby schedule is almost as busy as last weeks! Clare is going to a NCT breast-feeding class on Tuesday. We have another scan in Cambridge on Thursday and our final NCT class on Saturday. I think we're looking forward to his arrival mostly because it will give us a bit of a rest!