Fiona McPhillips is a freelance journalist and academic researcher. Having given birth to her son in 2003, she then faced three rounds of Clomid, three IUIs, two IVFs and suffered six miscarriages before giving birth to her daughter in 2008. She went on to have another son in 2009.
Catchup
Ahhhh, peace and quiet at last. So where was I?
Anna is wonderful. Here are the edited highlights of her first five weeks:
Ate and slept for about two weeks. We smugly thought we were in for an easy ride. So were hit quite hard by the fortnight that followed: crying, eating, crying, sleeping, crying, eating, crying, eating etc. After being advised by everyone she came into contact with that she had reflux/colic/wind/tummy pain etc (she didn’t seem to have any of them), I had her checked out. Diagnosis: crying baby.
And then it stopped. Just like that. So now we can enjoy the little smiles, the half laughs, the eye contact and the communicative gurgles. And of course, the peace and quiet.
Claire Gingerpixel took some photos of her recently – I can’t wait to see them, will post one or two when I get them.
Huge congrats to DD on the birth of Hazel Anne – a wonderful end to a very difficult journey.
July 18th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Precious Fiona… so happy things are going well. We had colic with number two and it was a nightmare, so glad she’s not having to deal with that, or that you guys aren’t. She’s just gorgeous. Thanks for the update!
July 18th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Image of her Mammy! glad she calmed down, don’t ye hate when they cry over nothing? My son was the same, we thought it was colic etc. he was just acting up. Ahhhhhhhh but now you can enjoy. She’s lovely.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Oh those big eyes are going to do some serious damage in time to come.
Gorgeous.
July 19th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Fiona, She is only beautiful, its great to know how your doing!
July 21st, 2008 at 6:16 am
Wow, look at those eyes. So big and blue.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Thanks. She has her brother’s big blue eyes.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Congratulations, she is truly gorgeous! Must introduce her to Oscar, born 2 weeks ago (1 month early). Milo is thrilled with him, and so happy to be a ‘big brother’ at last. I am so glad it turned out so well for you after all you went through. All the best, Sophie
July 28th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Great to hear from you Sophie and huge congrats on the birth of Oscar – look forward to meeting him!
July 29th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
She is gorgeous!
July 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Hi Fi, just had a look at your blog. and i cnt belive how gorgeous she is. she is the double of john. you look so peaceful and chilled out on the pics lol i have got 16 weeks left and im so scared yet excited. have you got any tips for me? how is James doing as a big bro? i bet he is loving it. the pic of the 2 of them together is wonderful. i dont check my email so message me back on facebook.
loads of love to you all
kayleigh xx
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