The midwife came and used some kind of Doppler machine to find the baby’s heartbeat. It seemed to take a long time, but eventually after the point at which I would have given up, she found the baby’s heartbeat and it was beating strong and fine. A while later, the doctor came to see us and was checking that everything was OK.

Some time later, the doctor came back with the midwife to do an examination on Cat to see if they could work out what caused the bleeding. Then the doctor went away again to speak to another doctor to get a second opinion! Eventually they all agreed to give Cat some anti-D and do a blood test and send her home.

At this point it was already quite late (or very early if you prefer) and both of us fell asleep on and off. Cat had a bed but I had a chair that refused to allow me to sit comfortably! To be fair, I think the bed was just as uncomfortable!

We were also kept awake by the noise of several women giving birth in nearby rooms. I couldn’t help but laugh at the noise, but I think poor Cat was given a reminder of what is to come.

Eventually a nurse came to give Cat the anti-D injection into her bottom. I saw the 2 inch needle and had to turn away. Cat’s face showed just how unpleasant it was, and I give her a gold star for bravery!

We were then allowed to leave, and after wrestling with the car park ticket machine, we came home, thoroughly exhausted and drained from the whole experience.

Today I had to get up to go to a meeting at my old work, but when I got back home, I went almost immediately to bed and slept for about 6 hours. Cat was on her own for most of the day, and both of us are still worried and upset, but I think Cat is more so than me. We need things to go OK without incident for a bit, as last night shook us up quite a bit, and you begin to understand how worrying being a parent is going to be.

Hopefully this is the worst thing that happens in the pregnancy and everything goes better from now on. I think all of this is made worse by the fact that it is our first child, and everything is new to us. I’m sure my mum will tell us that the second one is easier