murray, I think I was 7w2d at my first scan. Baby was tiny, but they did a 3D image and you could just see the beginnings of it, this little prawn of a thing. Now it's a thumb sucking bouncing machine that I love sooooo much. But I have to say, and it might not be the same for all, that it actually wasn't all that reassuring. I still had another 5 weeks to get through and I knew the heartbreak would be all the worse to lose someone we'd already "met"

On not getting excited - it's understandable. We've all had our hearts broken once before, and you don't want to risk it again. In the early weeks, I just focused on sending our little prawn lots and lots of love, because even if it were only to be around for a little while, I wanted it to be the most loved creature on this earth for that time. And every time it does something awesome, like waving on the scan, or bouncing across my belly, I feel like it's returning that love, and so the love grows.

I have got the most stunning pregnesia. The Herald Sun quiz has been driving me batty - answers that I KNOW I know are taking aaaaaages to come to me! And don't even start on where I put my keys...