Beatrice's first haircut
Originally uploaded by jonnycorcutt
It's been a while since we posted anything... everything is fine other than us not getting access to our blog here in Syria since Blogger is blocked. However, seems I can post from Flickr, so here we are.
As you can see, Beatrice is growing fast! She's now on to three word sentences (but her favourite expression is "zelf doen" meaning she wants to do everything herself) and is well on her way to being potty trained, pretty much going without nappies during the day now.
But the big news is... Flo's pregnant again! We're now mid term with the due date around 9th September. After years of trying to get pregnant back in Holland, we went for ICSI treatment here in Damascus (we were advised by our GP that they didn't even do ICSI treatment here) and we got lucky first time with only a single egg! So moving to Damascus has been proven very worth while.
We found a specialist here in Damascus who used to be a professor at Nottingham University in the UK. We found out about him through Flo's friendship with a European lady living over here who's married to a Syrian; her daughter had been treated by the specialist and she kindly passed on his details. The hospital is very basic and the bedside manner and general care is poor, but we're prepared to overlook all that given the outcome!
10 comments:
jahhhaaaa ein-de-lijk vertellen jullie het hier! Geweldig nieuws natuurlijk!!
Nogmaals gefeliciteerd!
liefs x
en Beatrice is a cuty! Zou het bijna vergeten te zeggen door je grote nieuws...
Viaviavia bereikte mij al wat nieuws over jullie. Wat heerlijk! Wel wat meer schrijven, want prinses B. en haar ouders worden gemist. Ze is zo'n mooi meisje!
Wat leuk om weer eens wat van jullie te zien en te lezen.
Mooie, kleine B. is al groot zeg! Wat een heerlijk meiske.
Via het vage viaviavia-kanaal had ik ook al zo'n donkerbruin vermoeden dat er babynieuws zat aan te komen.
Wat ontzettend fantastisch!
Ook ik hoop hier weer wat meer te lezen. Aanleiding genoeg dunkt me. :-)
Wat een geweldig nieuws! Van harte!
Ik zag je reactie bij Vita en ik dacht "ook goed nieuws??" Nu lees ik je blog en dat is met recht goed nieuws, wat goed Flo, gefeliciteerd!!!
Wat is Beatrice al een mooi en groot meisje, leuk om weer eens een foto van haar te zien!
Liefs, Miranda
Najaaa...wat een goed nieuws! Een kakelverse baby in de buik van Flo, joehoe! Proficiat!
En Beatrice is écht een mooie grote meid geworden. Beterschap met haar arm (lees net de laatste post)
Super, dikke proficiat met de zwangerschap!!
En wat is Beatrice inderdaad al groot! Helemaal klaar om grote zus te worden:)
Liefs
Elke
Oh my goodness! I check occassionally and haven't seen a post in awhile and suddenly I check again and I've missed 3 months of posting (april and may are so busy at work I don't get much time to poke around the blog world). But I AM SO SO HAPPY for both of you...what incredibly wonderful news! And I am happy to see updates of Beatrice again..she is such a little cutie! I know you don't know me at all but as someone who has infertilty issues, your blog was a nice find and I love reading your stories...glad to see you back blogging and so happy to hear about baby #2 on the way!
Hi dear! Your blog is so inspiring! I really enjoyed reading it! Your story is just breathtaking! I am happy to share my experience. I contacted Ukrainian clinic BioTexCom after having negative experiences from a center in the UK. The UK center was negative because of my age at 46. I decided to look elsewhere. I contacted various IVF clinics throughout Europe. I was apprehensive about the language barrier and the clinic helping to create a wonderful baby. I contacted the coordinator at BioTexCom who was immediately receptive, very professional and answered all my questions and concerns. They were very clear from the beginning about what the treatment would entail including precise costs and timings which were important to us. We opted for a donor whom this clinic carefully matched to me in physical appearance such as height, eye and hair color and interests. The process was very simple and flights were booked easily to Kiev. The housing which was given by BioTexCom was fantastic. The clinic was immaculate and the manager I encountered spoke excellent English and was extremely professional and put us at ease. The treatment was very straightforward. We were kept up to date at every step and there was no anxiety or stress. We are delighted with not one but twin gorgeous babies who fit in perfectly in appearance to our other children. I could not praise this clinic and their staff enough as they were all truly amazing and so understanding and supportive. I’m so grateful to them for helping us create truly wonderful babies and making our family complete!
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