After two and a half years of trying for a baby, every step of my pregnancy feels like a little miracle. I've never been more thankful. Just ten months ago I was struggling with a deep sadness and fear that children weren't in our future, now, as Christmas approaches I'm into my second trimester and can't believe our life is about to be turned upside down in the best possible way.
Baby Harding will be joining us, ready or not, around the 22nd April. We've started collecting second-hand cots, bouncers, blankets etc. and a little list of names for the newest member of our family.
Yesterday I had my second appointment with our brilliant midwife Jo. As she navigated my tummy with her goo assisted Doppler device, Steve and I got our second and clearest hearing of our little one's heartbeat. It was so fast and strong. A bold declaration of the life growing inside. I cried... of course... What a beautiful sound.
The whole experience is causing me to marvel anew at the power and creativity of God. A lot of prayer went into the arrival of this little one but the more I learn about how it's growing the more I think that every life is an amazing and miraculous gift...