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05-5-2008 - My second Trimester

My mood while writing this blog: Semi happy

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Second trimester!

Now i have entered the 2nd trimester, I am 15 weeks as i type this now, and i have alot of pressure building up in my belly and laying down on my back is the worst! I feel like i am pushing it out! I cannot sleep on my belly anymore even though i try, but i can feel my uterus and it doesn't feel nice so i attempt to put pillows under my legs to help me. I wake in the middle of the night to urinate. I'm getting used to that now. I also have cravings for cheese and milk. I made a cheese toasted sandwich last night at 2am! Kenneth is going ok too, he's gotten better. He still hasn't come home, but he comes round and touches my belly and asks how it is. We are going away alot together which is good because we get to spend some time alone before bubs is here! I look pregnant now, and i get a little depressed that clothes i used to love to wear no longer fit me, and i am worried because its so hot that i would look funny on the beach! I don't feel as attractive at the moment, but kenneth is making sure he still loves me the way i am which is nice. I had my first doctors and midwife appointment at my hospital, the bloodtests i couldn't believe they took 6 viles from me! I am also getting tested for down syndrome in a few weeks and i have my next ultrasound on christmas eve at 7:30am!! The doctor placed a droppler on my belly and heard the baby's heartbeat! Its still strong and heathy!!

November 23rd 2007 - Well i am 16 weeks now! Yey I feel good, except i have lower pressure in my abdomen and i cannot sleep on my belly anymore !! I'm still in early days!!! 3 weeks to go till i get to see the little angel! I don't know whether i should find out its sex cuz i feel like its a sign (having the ultrasound on Christmas eve) Does it spoil the whole thing? Or is it a good thing to prepare everything?? hmmmm confusing! Kenneth doesn't want to know, but part of me does!!

Man, i'm halfway through 16 weeks, and i have such a horrid stretching sensation in my tummy.. I swear i can feel it move, it feels like my heart is beating really heavilly in the middle of my tummy!! Its actually kicking in that i am definately pregnant! I am worried though because i am so far off my next ultrasound, i want another one! Just because i want to make sure everything is okay.. I haven't had any bleeding or cramps so that must be a good sign.. I'm sleeping heaps too! I end up having 12 hours of sleep.. I hope that's normal!!

November 30th 2007 - OMG. Tomorrow i am 17 weeks, i woke up this morning looking bigger than i was yesterday! LOL i thought it might be my eyes!! I don't know but its weird.. i've been having the weirdest dreams too, i dreamt that i was staying in a hotel with Kenneth and some freaky bearded man came in with knives and wanted to kill us! Next minute i'm sitting on top of a cupboard with a window behind it that has a ladder going down 15 stories and i have to climb down it to get away, the freaky man turned into a fluffy cat and attempted to climb up this cupboard to rip me to shreds!!!! I managed to climb down the ladder and Kenneth was waiting for me down the bottom... Is that whack or not???

December 8 2007 - Today i am offically 18 weeks, how time flys! Not long to go now and i will be able to see the sex of my little one!! Counting down the days till i can "offically" look pregnant, because i am 'in between' where i can still just barely fit into my clothes now, but maternity clothes don't quite look right yet. I've been craving 'iced coffee' like mad! The bottled kind you can buy a supermarket! They are just so nice, and i think its because its more milk than coffee that it doesn't worry me! So yummmmmmmmm!!! My belly looks a little bigger, i think i just cannot see the changes that are happening as much as family and friends can! Bring on 24th december!!!!!

Well i went to meet my midwife for the first time today only to find that i impatiently waited over an hour and a half for my appointment and i never met my actual midwife!!! AHHHH! anyway she let me know that all the blood that i had taken from me is okay and i'm healthy and so is the baby! It took a while to hear its heartbeat as it was trying to get away from the monitor LOL, cheeky little thing, i've learnt a few little things about bub, he/she likes their privacy! Also enjoys going for it's gymnastics at night while i am trying to sleep! Neither does it like loud music! It goes nuts! So from what i have learnt, its going to be a quiet, energetic, and private little thing, who doesn't like coffee or weet-bix.. LOL! I can't wait, 2 weeks till i find out if its a he or she?!!

I found out today!! Not in the best of ways tho! this morning i woke up (about 5 am) and i needed to urinate, i went and got the worst pains in my lower abdomen, it took me a while to go back to sleep and when i woke this morning i had some painful discomfort and a little discharge (watery, thin and unusual) so me thinking i had lost fluid and the baby was unhealthy i went down to the hospital where they did a check and an ultrasound to see what it could be. Anyway during the ultrasound i asked if it was possible to find out the sex, they baby was very very active - did not want to be seen, and it took a while for her to find out what it was, sadly earlier i heard her say 'he' in a sentence, which i knew straight away but its okay.. It was like she took a minute to analyse but she knew LOL! She said it was a boy, a very very healthy and active boy!! How exciting!!!! I cannot wait till little (or maybe big) Tyler or Jaidan comes into the world!! So special!!!

Sunday December 16 2007- I am 19 weeks!! Yey! I can feel him moving around so much! He's soo special to me, i can swear i can feel him outside of my belly when i put my hand on there when he's really booting me! I'm alot more energetic than usual and my tummy is alot more prominent than ususal too! I have people asking me when he's due! he's feet measure one week advanced than his body, he's got big feet! Just a typical trait of his father who has size 17 feet!! The next Ian thorpe (swimmer) or Footballer!! Woo hoo! Kenneth is taking things a little hard lately, he's really not taking this as well as i can right now, i'm trying to talk to him and we're hoping things can get easier, but it hurts a little too. I wish he could feel what i can feel right now, and its a shame, he's missing out on the speical things and thats not his fault!! I wish there was something i could do hey! But i just make sure he can touch my belly and try and feel him, let him know anything he wants to know, and make sure he knows i still love him and that he's as important to me as my baby!

Monday December 24th 2007 - 20 weeks! I had what was supposed to be the 'big' ultrasound, but because i couldn't hold out and wait paitently, i found out the sex a little earlier... But i saw him again and he is beautiful!! He's 100% Boy, and he is 100% healthy so far, so it feels good to now that! My tummy is sooo big - well i think it is anyway... I have ladies coming up to me saying i am 'glowing' and look sooo good.. I don't feel like i look good, i feel like a big blob!!! I've been told over and over 'embrace the bump!' ahaha i wish it was that easy! I feel pretty good, still pretty tired.. Boobs are starting to hurt again, but i think thats okay.. i was told to start getting fitted for a maternity bra?? Too soon?? I'm pretty scared to go buy maternity clothes too, i have a few items, but i need to buy pants now, and alongside a good comfy pair of shoes - i have swelling in the ankles already... Not good..

Monday 31st December 2007 - 21 weeks, wow, time is going really quickly.. I cannot believe that i haven't really got that long to go, it hasn't kicked in yet still that in a matter of months, i will be a mum! New years eve, its 42 degrees - i am sweating sooo much, (gotta love summer and being pregnant) and i had the most agonising pain in my lower abdomen. When i walk it hurts - Kinda like a stretchy feeling.. Its not nice.. If it gets worse and i lose fluid, then i think i will be spending new years in the emergency ward!! LOL ring in 2008 in the emergency wards.. Yey.. I havn't had any cravings yet, only for plain potato chips, and occasionally mc donalds nuggets with mayonnaise.. Hmm .. Water is my friend..

Saturday 5th January 2008 - 22 weeks and into the new year already! I cannot belive how quickly time is going! I had a pretty scary week, i was saying on new years that i didn't want to spend it in the emergency ward, well i got to see fireworks, but i also go to see blood too, and pain.. I probably shouldn't have strained myself as i knew that i was in a little pain, but as the night progressed and i was also getting tired, i knew things weren't right and i drove myself with Kenneth with me, (he was drunk - a guy who never drinks, and the one night he does, the mother of his child ends up in the emergency ward of the hospital) I was taken straight to the maternity/ birthing suite, they did a check to see if i had an open cervix and a few blood tests and then booked me in for a scan on wednesday as tuesday was a public holiday. The doctor didn't seem too worried, but then he told me my placenta could be "abrupted" and that could be bad for baby.. Scary for me.. So i rested new years day and then went for the scan on wednesday.. It was a real relief to see him moving around and his little heart beating, letting me know he was okay and everything was fine. I don't find out the formal results till tuesday, but i want to thank all the ladies on here for their support and concern, this website is a blessing. I think without it i wouldn't be as calm about things as i have been so far!!

Friday January 11th 2008 - Wow, 23 weeks tomorrow, i have had such an interesting week... I went to my doctor to find out the results of my scan and with the amazement of technology, my little man has a little 'kink' in one of his tubes connected to one of his kidneys, its a little scary, i had a little bit of shock, but the doctor reassured me that its a common thing and can fix itself, i couldn't help but think that it was my fault, i just want my little boy to be healthy! As any mother to be does!. The doctor just explained that i have to have a scan at 32 weeks, if there is no change then i give birth when he is due and if it still hasn't fixed itself, then he might have to undergo a little operation to fix it up.. Fingers crossed huh?! I have been getting practise 'braxton hicks' i look so funny sitting there doing the breathing my doctor explained i needed to do when it happened, bubs sits his head nice and low and i tell you what... its good to get him out of there!!! Been pretty tired and lathargic, the hot weather doesn't help.. Keeping prayers up that the next week is good and healthy...

Wednesday 16th January 2008 - AHHHHH!!! I saw bubs moving in my belly!! I was watching telly with Kenneth and he started doing somersaults, when i looked down i saw him kick!!!!!!!!!! ahhh it was the coolest thing!! He stopped for a moment while i was making Kenneth stare at my belly till he moved again, and he did!! LOL i think i freaked him out!! That is the coolest thing in the world, i thought i was wayyyy too early for all that!!!

Wednesday 23rd January 2008 - Wow, 24 weeks, flying by so quickly! I feel like i have just blown out really quick, i've rounded up in my belly!! I can feel him moving around so much more now!! He kicks outside my belly i can see him go!! Its sooo cute! Today we did a big wash for all his clothes (he has alot of them) Given to me by good friends and relatives, saved me alot of money because they are all good clothes that are in really good condition that just need a good wash, so i had 3 loadfuls and hung them out to dry, with the help of mum, its going to be okay!! Its Kenneths birthday today.. so i get to make a nice cake! My doctor explained that because i had an operation in May last year, and i fell pregnant so early afterwards, the internal skin inside my uterus is still tender to the touch and became scar tissue, so i have to be careful with bubs because when he kicks, he's hitting spots that are still tender and sore.. No fair!!

Tuesday 29th January 2008 - 25 weeks, and counting.. I don't think i have been so exhausted! All the tiredness has come back and i feel like a whole nights sleep is not enough! Been getting more and more contractions, braxton hicks, i get it at least twice a day, its so weird, like having someone tie a rope around my chest and pulling it tighter, then it travels down to the abdomen, i feel like i am winded and i can't breathe!! I almost have everything ready for bubs, i think all that is left is a baby bag, nappies and all the neccessities like soap, shampoo and stuff! Bubs is so active at the moment, doesn't help that all i am craving is chocolate and vanilla coke.. omg yummmm! Me and Kenneth have decided on names, changed from the original names we liked, Baileigh Dennis or Brodie Dennis.. Dennis named after my grandfather, he played a big role in my mum's and my life. If we were to have a girl she would have had Kenneths grandmothers name, Evelyn. 2 weeks and i get tested for glucose.. I hope its not too high seeing as cravings for chocolate and caffine aren't good for me!

Saturday February 2nd 2008 - 26 weeks! Wow. The weeks are flying, its annoying because i look forward t the weekeneds, but then i realise i am another week along!! The more i look forward to Saturday, the closer i am getting to giving birth!! AHH the reality that i'm giving birth in 14 weeks, well depending on whether he wants to come out then or not!! He has hearing!! I was playing music in my car, and he reacted by giving me little kicks to let me know it was a little too loud (i like my music loud!!) if i had it a little too loud for him, he kicked me, when i turned it down he stopped! It was funny!! I'm pretty exhausted lately, been getting 12 hours of sleep a day!! Had my first craving, really bad though - Chocolate ripple Biscuts with Whipped Cream!! Ahh i'm going to get as big as a house!!!

Thursday 7th February 2008 - Well On monday midnight, i had a huge arguement with Kenneth, i must have stressed out a bit because i started bleeding. I have been in agony the past 2 days, i chose not to visit a hospital solely because if it is what i think it is, i would rather let nature take its course, and because me and Kenneth fought and broke up, i became alone and single and i wasn't prepared to take myself to the emergency and face news that i would have to deal with alone. I decided to take pain relief and rest. I wasn't having contractions, and the baby was active. I know that bleeding can cause some problems with the baby, but i knew the bleeding could not be prevented. So i put up with it. Today i finally took the courage to talk to a doctor about it, and he did a check to see if i had a infection and a feel around my belly, and came to the conclusion that i have whats called a 'irratable uterus' and could fall into pre-term labour if i keep stressing out and pushing myself. I am on relaxants and i have to rest. i'm trying to be strong but its really hard with all the emotional things going on, this was something i really didn't want to deal with. I am just glad that i took the courage to see a doctor before it could have gotten too late.

Monday 11th Feb 2008 - Wow, so i am 27 weeks.. Its been a rough week, full of ups and downs. I just cannot wait to meet my little guy. He's always there to tell me he's okay, and with the medication i have been put on, i feel as if i'm out of it, something is going to go wrong and i am scared to death i could lose him due to stress. I had to go back into hospital on Saturday night, i had a little bit more bleeding. I'm trying to stay strong, its so hard. I wish i had a smooth pregnancy, i went through 6 years of hell, i would have loved to have 9 months of a wonderful pregnancy. Its been hard and painful and very emotional at the same time.

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