9 weeks and counting...

Bleurgh. Today is one of those days where I was unable to wake up and my head feels like it's fizzing. I'm so lucky to no longer be doing my 9-5 but man, I feel like a useless lump of meat. Housework is a pain and source of major guilt and the cat keeps shitting on the carpet which is offending my nose! So.. I am writing this on a laptop from my bed :)

9 weeks today. Due date still 25th October.
Weight: creeping up to 9 stone, so about 55kg. I reckon I should gain another 14kg throughout this pregnancy, which is a little under 11 stone. I'll be a whale!

Jizz feels funny today. He/she often feels funny: very twingy and I feel I'm going to dislodge something if I bend or move too much.

Low level nausea - no more vomitting. Seriously annoying exhaustion.

I've also started spotting again today - the dark brown mucus kind (nice!) which is why I have allowed myself to WFB (work from bed).

H is convinced it's a boy - he would. I keep changing my mind! I can't wait to find out!!!

OOoooo.

Ms N

A Heartbeat!

Today I cried at a poem about a donkey. It wasn't even an emotional one. And Loose Women. My boobs look amazing and a have a mini bulge. Yup.. deffo pregnant!

A bit of weight off came on Monday morning when an early scan at 8 weeks showed little Jizz progressing normally. ...and with a heartbeat! Apparently, that's a great big milestone, so we're feeling slightly better about everything.

Hamish thinks it's a boy and has come up with a new favourite name: Wolf. WOLF! I mean, really? Really? It's so bonkers, I almost quite like it... almost.

Days since LMP: 48

Weight: 8 and 3/4 stone, creeping up to 9.

Cravings: nothing unusal. Can't get enough croissants though, but that's quite normal for me.

Come on little one, you can do it!

Ms N

A sicky start to the week

Oh joy of joys! Hurrah! Whoop whoop! Guess what? I was sick this morning. MORNING SICKNESS! That must mean things are still on track, right?

Days SLMP: 38 days
Start of week 7 tomorrow - SLMP

So, I'm either 5 or 7 weeks pregnant. Pre mid-wife session on Weds and next scan coming up on Mon 14th March.

Come on, littl'un... Little... Jizz (yes, he won. the name stuck).

We can do this!

Ms N x

Strangely normal

So, after a few days of not being able to keep my eyes open, I feel spritely as anything! I feel fabulous... but that worries me; I can't feel any symptoms at all at the moment... apart from a new found obsession with Radley handbags.

No more bleeding - great. But can it just get reabsorbed at this stage? 'yik'!

AAARGH! AM I going to have this baby or not??!!

Perhaps it's because my parents are inherent pessimists, that they have convinced me to not get excited until at least week 12. They are also medical though...a GP and an ex midwife, no less. Who do I believe? The websites or the medical parents?

Why is it that in films, when people get pregnant, it's always so black and white: you're pregnant and you're going to have a baby? If only it were that simple!

Ms N

Roller Coaster ride..

Ok, so after that first week of celebrating, I started bleeding: not a huge amount, but bright red drops like the start of a period. We were both utterly devastated and to make matters worse, my parents were over so now they know everything!

But.. the bleeding stopped. That was on Sunday morning, 27th Feb. It came back a little in the form of dark mucus blurgh!) yesterday (tues) so I decided to book an appointment at the Early Pregnancy Unit down the road to see if we were all still on track.

My first scan was this morning: 6 weeks and 1 day since last period. The scan showed a good sac and yolk, but no embryo yet. The Dr. was happy and put the pregnancy at 4-5 weeks which sounded a little worrying to me initially, but after a lot of investigation, it appears that this is quite normal: early scans can often put your dates back a week or two. I also probably ovulated 4-5 days later than I had actually thought, looking at my other dates, so that would put me at roughly 4 weeks since conception only.

All good. Next scan on 14th March. H is coming this time.

Fingers crossed and no booze!!

Ms N x

5 weeks exactly...

Symptoms I like about pregnancy so far: 

1) My body hair is disappearing! Awesome.
2) My skin feels really smooth.
3) Here come the boobs!

Symptoms that are not so good:

1) I am already forgetting everything.
Tip: ALWAYS use the calendar on your phone with a reminder beep.
2) Husband keeps calling it 'Jizzy' Absolutely disgusting, but I can't think of anything suitable.
3) My work tasting wines just isn't happening.

Symptoms that are just plain weird:
1) Husband keeps randomly shouting 'YOU"RE UP THE STICK' in the house. Is that even a real expression?

Weight: 54kg. Going down. How?!

Ms N

I was NOT expecting THAT today!

So, there's good news and bad news for me today: the bad news is that I'm not going to be able to drink wine for 9 months plus...

After over a year of trying for a baby, I had just finished a whole load of very painful tests and procedures (laparoscopy, removal of severe endometriosis, fallopian tube testing (HSG)). Now apparently 'fixed', I was told to start a course of Clomid - a drug that's supposed to assist ovulation - on the second day of my next period.

Period day came and I got a spot of blood, then very little until the following night. The next morning, I thought the time had come, so I read the leaflet in the Clomid box (I HAVE NEVER BOTHERED TO DO THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE!) which highly recommended that I take a pregnancy test beforehand, just to be sure. Being paranoid, I did.

Oh my goodness gracious. WTF? It said I was pregnant. Already!! I've only just taken out the stitches!

And so it begins. I'm officially 4 weeks pregnant. This time last month, I was told there was only a 50:50 % chance I could ever conceive naturally. And yes, I drank a fair bit of vino before I found out.

Symptoms so far: very little. A slight feeling of bloatedness and a few period-like cramps. Tiredness levels are up a bit, but other than that not a lot. I'm quite looking forward to weird cravings and bigger boobies though.

Serious things to do: register with doctor (finally). Get appointment with midwife for 2 weeks time. Check! Check!

Weight: 56.6kg
BMI: 18.45

Did I mention that I run wine tasting events? Something's going to have to change...

Ms N.