Monday 4 February 2008 - 6 weeks and 5 days

Saturday 9 February 2008 - 7 weeks and 4 days -

Hey, we are 7 wks 4 days today. Been having feelings that I may be carrying more than 1 child! No idea if this is anything more than just a hunch at the moment as there was only 1 sac and heartbeat present at the u/s just over a week ago. Have been feeling very tired like I don `t have any energy to do anything, when I am normally fairly active. I feel SO bloated and already can `t fit in to my jeans, although this is not hard bump at the moment, just water retention I think. I feel very ill most of the time. My test in wk 4 showed a blue line very quickly and very definitely. I am not due for another u/s until wk 12 now, and possibly later than that! I wonder if it could be possible to find out if there is 2 in there sooner than that? Anyone got any suggestions or help, please let me know. Cheers.

Thursday 14 February 2008 - 8 weeks and 1 day pregnant

I have just posted 2 pictures of my pregnant belly. I already feel big but I know that it's not the baby just yet. The all day sickeness has reduced to being just after 3pm until bedtime, which doesn't help with my evening meal decision making! I found that a crisp salad with carrots helps alleviate some of the feeling, but I am still feeling exhausted, so I think this has a large part to play in it. I have a strong liking for toast with slightly salted butter and strawberry jam at the moment! I can never normally remember any of my dreams, but this last week has found me telling Mac of some very strange happenings in my dreams... very vivid and memorable. We made it past 8 weeks and we are so happy! We know that we need to wait for another few weeks before things will be really settled though, but it's killing us to be restrained! I had to start wearing early maternity jeans as my size 8's are SO tight around the belly area now - is this normal??? We have our checking in appointment with the nurse at our surgery next Tuesday for bloods to be taken (lucky me!). Looking forward to it though - never been this far together before - how exciting?!

Tuesday March 3rd 2008 - 10 weeks 6 days

Sunday just gone was Mothering Sunday, which I thought was quite apt for my Midwife to come and visit us at home for the first time! She took all my information / history and advised me that under the circumstances of my past history, I would have to be booked in to the maternity unit with a consultant for the birth - this happens to be the hospital in my next town! It's all ok though as that's where Charley was born and I think I would feel happier there than in a Midwife run unit. I had a call from the Midiwfe unit today - I have been booked in to have an ultrasound this Friday! It was a cancellation and it has been offered to me given my case the booking Midwife told me! I am SO excited. I have been having some shoulder-tip pain today, but I'm certain it's just because I feel all bloated again. My blood pressure was normal on Sunday so I don't think it's anything to worry about since I've not had any abdominal pain. Can't believe we are going to see our little "blip" on ultrasound this week.... YAY!

Wednesday March 12th 2008 - 13 weeks exactly!

We had our 2nd u/s last Friday and saw our little 57mm long squidge on the screen!! Yes... there is only one in there, well only one seen again. Becoming more confident that there is only the one and not more as previously suspected. The Midwife shifted my due date forward by a whole week though, so this is why we are now 13 weeks along rather than 12 (going by LMP). I am eating constantly and although healthy stuff just doesn't cut it I am having to watch what I eat now. I have gained an amazing amount of weight and look massively pregnant now. Pics to follow! It was beautiful to watch him/her wriggle around on the screen for the 10 minutes we were watching. Mac was SO excited bless him - the smile hasn't faded yet! We have our next appointment with a consultant on 14 April, which seems like an eternity away at the moment, but I'm sure it will come around quickly now that we are almost in our 2nd trimester! More updates to follow....

Saturday May 31st 2008 - 24 weeks 3 days

Wow, I've not updated for so long!! Well, we had our detailed scan and everything was great - baby was measuring the right size and all the organs were as you would expect... phew! We also booked our gender scan but the soonest the NHS could squeeze us in for this was 5 July, so we have booked our own private scan for Tuesday 3 June! We will be having a 4d scan afterwards, so will get to see 'squidge' for a whole 20 minutes. We are so excited now. I have been getting kicked so hard recently, mostly in the cervical area, which is slightly worrying. My son tended to do the exact same thing and he was pre-term by a long shot, so fingers crossed we don't have a re-run of his birth! Will post again after Tuesday. Pray that it's a girl for me please! xx

Saturday June 14th 2008 - 26 weeks 3 days

We went for our 4d and gender scan on Tuesday 4th June - We are having a boy! Wooohoooo!! We have decided to call him Alexander William, which I think is really cute. We have been buying sooo much for him and his nursery is almost complete now. He looks perfect on the 4d pictures we have of him but it's easy to think they are real photo's. He looks a lot like his daddy - soooo cute! I am starting to get a tad nervous now that I have reached 26 weeks though. I just pray that we can both make it another few weeks so he has a better chance than being born now. Charley was born at 26 weeks 5 days, but there were signs that things weren't right and this pregnancy seems ok at the moment - I have none of those feelings this time. Things are starting to get a bot uncomfortable now but this is to be expected and I am enjoying it lots. I still have a very sweet tooth and this isn't helping the weight gain an ounce! Ah well... salad dinners through the winter for me ha ha.

Wednesday June 25th 2008 - 28 weeks exactly

Well, I had to have a glucose drink test this morning, which was disgusting I have to say. I have been told that the results will be back tomorrow, so keeping my fingers crossed that all will be ok and GD is not present. Both my Mum and my Gran have diabetes, but they are testing because I am larger than I should be. Will see I guess. Also having an ultrasound every 4 weeks at the moment, which is FAB!