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June 19, 2018

20. Novah Cannon Macalligan

June 19, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Our baby has entered the world and our lives and we could not be happier.

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June 06, 2018

19. Lightning rods

June 06, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

We’re down to a handful of sleeps until my scheduled c-section.

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May 23, 2018

18. Turn! Turn! Turn!

May 23, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Junebug is still head-high and breech. But we’re finding some humour in the situation.

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May 15, 2018

17. Wait and see

May 15, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Scans in limbo and a chance to see our little Junebug’s face for the first time.

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May 01, 2018

16. What’s the big deal about ten fingers and toes?

May 01, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

When was the last time you really thought about what it means to be ‘healthy’ and ‘normal’? It’s naff, and I don’t feel the same way about it that I used to.

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April 23, 2018

15. When it rains

April 23, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

A bit of a long post. Life has thrown a few extra punches our way in the last couple of weeks.

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April 06, 2018

14. Ignorance was bliss

April 06, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

No good news.

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March 09, 2018

13. Thinking about being different

March 09, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

We're having a weekend away and Junebug is helping us see the world with new eyes already. 

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March 09, 2018

12. A nudge in the right direction!

March 09, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Junebug did some growing! I never thought that such teeny, tiny, incremental changes could feel so enormous. 

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March 04, 2018

11. I'd like to wake up now, please.

March 04, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Heavy, light, heavy, light, heavy, light. 

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February 25, 2018

10. 2 minutes in 2 hours

February 25, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

A short antenatal check up. 

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February 21, 2018

9. New normals

February 21, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

After a day of feeling calmer than usual, I was thinking about what it is that can keep you finding the positives in an otherwise shitty set of circumstances. 

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February 20, 2018

8. Reading and thinking and thinking and reading

February 20, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Acknowledging bad habits is probably the first step to breaking them. I'm not quite there with my compulsive reading around the subject. 

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February 19, 2018

7. Second guessing the positive signs along the way

February 19, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

I'm a sucker for the phrase, "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is." I'm trying not to be. 

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February 17, 2018

6. The good days

February 17, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

I didn't think I could find things that would make me feel good during all of this. Luckily friends, family and of course, Erin, make that possible. Those are the good days. 

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February 16, 2018

5. Understanding what happens next

February 16, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

Our appointment with the midwife from the counselling team and learning more about our worst fears. 

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February 16, 2018

4. The point of no return

February 16, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

A bit of a dramatic blog title, but it captures the sentiment of our latest ultrasound. I didn’t sleep the night before and we spent the morning trying to keep ourselves busy—music is helpful, so is tidying, puzzles, reading books that aren’t about babies, cooking, making nervous jokes about the situation.

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February 16, 2018

3. Test results

February 16, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

When all tests come back normal, it doesn't feel very normal. 

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February 16, 2018

2. The second scan(s) and amniocentesis

February 16, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

A bit about finding hope and being scared of numbers. 

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February 16, 2018

1. Our 20-week scan(s)

February 16, 2018/ Cruzanne Macalligan

How this rough roller-coaster ride began at our 20-week anomaly scan. 

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Grow Little Bones

Introductions.

The three of us, March 2018

The three of us, March 2018

Hello, my name is Cruz and I am pregnant with my first baby, lovingly addressed as Junebug—who is due June 2018.

I was born and live in Hong Kong. At my 20-week anomaly scan we found out our little Junebug’s long bones (arms and legs) were growing much slower than they should be, and their chest was also measuring small. That was our introduction to the world of skeletal dysplasia. Currently, as I write, we are waiting to find out whether our Junebug’s form of the condition is “compatible with life”.

We aren't losing hope. But talking about what we're going through, definitely helps. 

Feel free to ask us questions in the comments sections.