Debbie and I have known since the end of June that we’re pregnant. We wanted to keep it pretty much to ourselves until we had our 12 week scan and told all our family.
We had decided very recently to start a family after years of ‘thinking’ about it. I’ll spare you the graphic detail but we didn’t have to wait too long for a positive pregnancy test.
It’s been a bit of a bumpy road so far which a lot of stress and a lot of worry but we both hope that’s behind us and we can look forward to March when our baby is due.
We’ve both been keeping blogs of the experience so that we have a true record of our adventure. Feel free to read them, although you should note that they are a very personal experience and full of things like feelings and emotion. We’ll continue to update them as we go.
Here’s our 12 week scan picture, showing our little baby ‘Flump’ at 11 weeks and 2 days.
We’re both excited and words cannot describe what it feels like to have created a life.
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August 23, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Tim Dorr
He’s reproduced
Congrats! This baby is going to be lucky to have two parents like you
Oh, and I fully expect that baby to come out of the womb knowing PHP
August 23, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Ian
Congrats Matt and Debbie! I also found out just over a week ago that im going to be a dad and im also ecstatic. Good luck
August 23, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Matt Mecham
Haha, thanks Tim.
Great news Ian! When’s your due date?
August 23, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Ian
We are due around the middle of April. Its time to start saving
August 23, 2007 at 10:07 pm
bramburn
Congrats Matt and Debbie, hope all goes well
August 23, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Hashem E.Zahran
Look who is gonna be a daddy soon, congratulations Matt wish you and Debbie all the best
August 24, 2007 at 12:27 am
Ken Verheecke
Hey Matt… I’ve got you (your blog) on my RRS feeds on my Safari! Anyway… super glad to hear the NEWS!!!
I wish you and Debbie all the best…
Ken
August 24, 2007 at 5:44 pm
James
Many congratulations to both of you.
August 24, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Anonymous
Congratulations to you
Another employee for IPS is coming
August 24, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Mert Yazıcıoğlu
Oopss, I forgot to add “both of” to my message above, and also forgot my name
August 25, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Lucho Herrera
Viagra works!!! Congratulations.
August 26, 2007 at 4:53 am
Anonymous
Telemacus here:
Fantastic news!
Contratulations to both of you!
I hope Matt gives birth to the IPDinamic and IPNexus babies soon too.
August 26, 2007 at 11:45 am
Mark P
Congratulations - Matt and Debbie!
I recently became a dad for the first time at Peterborough MU on August the 12th.
The feelings get even better - you wait for first time you hold your baby!
Good luck.
August 26, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Anonymous
got your eyes
August 28, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Keith (MetalFrog)
Congratulations!!
I’ve yet to experience the joy of creating a child, but I did have a big hand with my little sister. ^_^
Hope everything goes well with the pregnancy and afterwards!
August 29, 2007 at 9:15 am
Danny
Congratulations! I wish you and Debbie all the best.
August 31, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Erwin
Congratulations
I wish you the best for your family 
September 1, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Mark P
Not wishing to tell you what to do but please becareful what car seat/travel system you buy as when we placed our little one in the car seat it basically reduce her airways, this was only picked up as we were in SCBU and they run tests on all the babies in the car seat!
Google brings up some interesting results on this plus there are some on bounty like this: http://my.bounty.com/forums/TreeLeaves.asp?btythdid=961916&btySubid=138
September 3, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Matt Mecham
Thanks guys.
Mark - got any pictures of your daughter? How was your experience of the PMU?
September 3, 2007 at 7:00 pm
MarkP
Can not fault PMU in anyway, they looked after us very well, as for SCBU they do in a excellent job in very difficult circumstances!
Do you want piccies of her in the car seat?
Send me a email to discuss this… as we don’t want any pictures in the public domain.
September 3, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Birger J. Nordølum
Congratulation Debbie and Matt
September 16, 2007 at 11:33 am
Yu Sun
Congratulations to both of you!