My story

Where do I begin? Well I found out I was expecting on 12th November 2008, due to a previous ectopic pregnany it was hard to get excited! I was so nervous and went to spend a week with my mom in Kent! I was due to return home the day before my scheduled early scan! The day came and I was sitting in the waiting area at ward 6x with my mother-in-law! The HCA came out and called my name "Penny Lanning" I was a nervous wreck! I walked into the scan room and laid down, as soon as the sonographer placed the ultrasound on, there it was! A bubble! "The pregnancy's in the right place" were the words I heard from the consultant, I just began to laugh, I couldn't quite believe it! I left the hospital and immediately phoned my husband (who had to work), his voice was so shaky when he answered, I just came out with it and said "It's in the right place!" He was ecstatic! I had to go for a second early scan just to check all was going well an that's when I saw the heartbeat! The consultant then told me that I was able to be treated as a "normal" pregnant lady now! The pregnancy was a bit rocky and then at 31 weeks I went to hospital with suspected premature labour! They did a FFN test that detects labour within 2 weeks, it was positive, so they gave me a steroid shot and the repeated it the next day! Despite the test being positive the 2 weeks came and went! My little girl (I found out at the 20 week scan) was hanging in there! Then at 35 weeks, another scare, I was told that the baby wasn't growing properly, so had grow scans and CTG monitors every 48 hours! At 39 weeks my consultant decided to induce me as I was already slightly dilating! It took 4 days for labour to become strong but only 4 hours of active labour! After a ventouse delivery our little Lucy Estelle Gwen Lanning was born, weighing a very healthy 6lb! She was perfect! I had 4 blood tranfusions after though due to a previous blood condition! Now we are both doing well and it's almost 6 months since little Lucy entered the world!