MIRACLE BABY

I AM GOING TO BE AN AUNT for the very FIRST time!!!

And yes, it is worth shouting from the rooftops!!! :o)



My older sister, Annette, is now about 4.5 months pregnant, and we found out just the other day that the baby is normal and healthy in every possible way!!!

Yayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The following song lyrics just about sum up my feelings in regards to the news contained in this entry: :o)

Looks like the light of a new day,
Hit me from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true.

Believe it or not, I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer,
Who could it be?

Believe it or not, it's just me.

Believe It Or Not
Theme from "The Greatest American Hero" TV show c.1981 approx.
Written By: "Mike Post and Stephen Geyer", Performed By: "Joey Scarbury"

AND this music...

The jaunty theme from the McGYVER TV show, c. late 80s approx.

My sister and her husband, Denis, have been trying to have a baby for a couple of years now, which is part of the reason why this is such wonderful news. They couldn't really afford to have a child until relatively recent years, and then when they did decide to go for it, as often happens when a woman takes birth control for years, it took a long while for my sister to actually fall pregnant. So, it's really wonderful news that she has at last and that their dream of having a child together is coming true for them both now.

Because my sister is 41 years old, and this is her first baby, the doctors told her that the chances of her carrying a healthy baby to full term were rather small. I believe they gave her something like a 75% chance that something would go wrong with the baby in the first or second trimester. They checked her out for everything that could possibly go wrong. Scans have been done on her and the baby, incl. all the chromosome counts and the testing for deformities and diseases, etc. Everything they can test for these days, they did test for.

The conclusion:

Everything is FINE!

Nothing at all is wrong with the baby!

The baby is completely normal, very strong, healthy, and fighting to be born, to grow, to live.

Now, we wait, and plan, and hope, and dream of things to be.

Christine... :o)
An Aussie, from the Land, not so far, Down Under... :o)