Monaco "What Do You Want From Me" This describes what my ex did to me...... Before I saw sense!!!!!

Hi!!!! My name's Katie, I'm 21, and currently pregnant with my first child - a little girl :). Like a lot of you, I'm doing it without my baby's dad too and to be honest I think it makes it a lot easier doing it on your own!!!!!! My partner left me when I was 12weeks and then again at 16weeks, we have been apart ever since. My family have been brilliant though especially my mum who has been there for me every step of the way and who has become my best friend throughout all of this (I love you mum).

In a few short weeks (I'm 27weeks as I write this) my life is going to change forever. 6months ago I was a very different person who was reckless and just didn't care. Now, I have a purpose in life and I can't wait for my little girl to be here - she has changed me sooooo much for the better already and I love her more than anything or anyone. It's safe to say that she's my saving grace. She's kicking me rather hard as I'm writing this so I think she agrees with me (She maybe small but she's big headded alright!)

Good luck to everyone and congratulations on your pregnancies!!!! And (although I'm not particularly religeous) I just want to say THANKYOU to God for blessing me with my little girl. My house could fall down right now and I'd still be happy purely just because I have her.

Thurs 19th Apr:

I'm 18w 2days today.... only 14days till my big u/s!!!! Am starting to get really impatient now as i'm sooooooooooooooo dying to know what it is. I've thought since 4weeks that it's a boy, and I dream it almost every night!!! Well, as long as it's healthy it doesnt matter what it is. Names i've settled on are Tilly-Mae Faith for a girl (Faith purely beacuse I have suffered many, many, many miscarriages in the past and also a molar pregnancy so I had to have some faith this time!!!) and Mason Luke for a little boy. All I can say is ROLL ON SEPTEMBER!!!!!

Sat 21st Apr:

Not much to report today........ I think that baby is learning to master the mexican wave though..Was kicking away and tumbling all over the place last night which was very nice :). ONLY 12 DAYS till I find out what he/she is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am getting more and more excited by the day!!!!!!! The ex hasnt been in touch since last week either, which is nice really - he walks out on us and hasnt even the decency to call and see if its okay..... Well, 'tis his loss.

Weds 2nd May:

I Find out TOMORROW what my baby is!!!!!!!!! I still cant believe that i've actually managed to wait all this time (I'm probably the most impatient person on the planet)...I'm still liking Mason Luke and Tilly-Mae Faith as names - just shows how boring I am lol. Well, watch this space, as no doubt I'll add a bit tomorrow to keep everyone informed as to what it is and if the pic is good then I will add it.

Fri 4th May:

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay so i'm just the tiniest bit shocked about that but just goes to show i'm never right about anything!!!! My 20week scan was yesterday, and boy was it MINDBLOWING. My mum and I got to see her little ribs, heart, brain, EVERYTHING. I'm glad that I found out the sex aswell though because (and yes, this may sound mad) I feel a lot closer to her now that she's no longer an "it". Anyhow I shall keep everyone posted as and when events unfold... Kate xx

Saturday 5th May:

Thankyou to everyone who has left comments on this page so far - I hope everything goes well for you all. Baby has been REALLY making her presence known today....she spent all night kicking me and all day doing the same!!! Do they EVER sleep???????????? At the moment I'm feeling rather cruel and I'm leaning towards calling her Hope Joanna purely because it'll be good singing that Eddy Grant song to her as revenge for all the nights she has kept me awake kicking me left, right, and centre lol..... If anybody has any suggestions PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feel free to post them below.... Kate xxxxxx

Weds 16th May:

HELLLOOOOOO ladies!! Sorry I haven't been replying to your comments and questions, my silly computer has been on the blink for the last ten days!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Baby is doing rather well @ the moment and I have recently developed quite a sweet tooth and a craving for flake yoghurts and doughnuts lol. She is kicking away quite happily and seems to have a good sense of rhythm (i think that's how you spell it!!) already!!!!!! Only 18weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 19th May:

Been feeling a bit funny last 2 days..... My lower back is feeling seriously heavy and baby is not kicking as much as normal. Has anybody else had this?????????? Am actually a little bit worried so if anyone can give me any advice on this then please please do!! Kate xx

Monday 21st May:

Helloooooooo all!!!!! Firstly a big THANKYOU to everyone who has taken the time to visit my page and also leave messages for me :) - I hope things go well for everybody!!!!! Baby is doing okay, although I had a bit of a scare yesterday when I hadn't felt her move for over 24hours, so it was a trip to the hospital for me!!!! The nurse managed to find her heartbeat okay though and it was 140bpm which she was happy with. Baby seems to have moved round to the back also I think, as my back has been SOOOOOOOOO sore over the last few days and I've been getting little cramping pains in my tum every so often.... She is kicking away happily though so it's all good!!!! Kate xxxx

Fri 1st June:

Hiya all!!!!!!! Not much to report really..... I've ballooned out LIKE MAD in last 2/3 days and am still craving flake yogurts and doughnuts (hehehe) and still being kicked to pieces. She seems to have developed a little sleeping pattern now (well, in the mornings anyway!!!), she normally wakes up about 8ish (give or take 15mins) which is quite good - she's still playing away at night time though hehehehe. Cramping pains in tum are back although not that often (maybe once every few days) and leg cramps early morning have finally started which is bloody painful!!!!!!! Apart from that all is A-OK. THANKYOU again ladies for all of your lovely messages, I'm TERRIBLE for replying though so pleeeeeeeease don't take it as i'm being rude!!!!!!!! Hope everybody is well and babies are fine, happy, and above all else healthy. Oh, and have deicided to call baby Tilly-Mae Faith :) I'M 21 IN 8 DAYS!!!!!!! :) Kate xxxxxx

Friday 22nd June:

Hellooooooooo!!!!! I know the font is different but this stupid computer keeps playing up and it's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally doing my head in!!!!!!!! Okay, lets get down to business. The last 2weeks have been such a NIGHTMARE!!!! 12th June I was admitted to hospital as it was thought my water had broken. I was examined and the doctor did a speculum (She tried to insert it as the nurse was lowering the bed, and thought telling me to relax would help!!!!). Anyways, they found I was losing a discharge which was a lot waterier than they would expect. So, just to be on the safe side I was offered a steroid injection to help Tilly's lungs and brain develop quicker incase she came early...... BOY, DID THAT HURT!!!!!! I was kept in as they had to give me a second dose 24hours later. While I was in Tilly was monitored a lot (which was reassuring) and I was also sent for a scan as the doctors are concerned that she's a wee bit on the small side. So on 14th June (26wk 2dys) Tilly was the size of a 24week baby and weighed about 759g (1lb 11oz)........ Was allowed to go home after the scan, the midwife and doctors are going to monitor us both a lot more closely and an appointment for another scan has been made for this coming Tuesday (26th June). Will check back with the outcome, until then take care all :) xx

Thurs 28th June:

Hi!!!!! Scan on Tues went well, Tilly is growing reasonably well but I think she's just going to be small like everyone else in my family (I'm the tallest of us all and i'm only 5ft 6!!!). She weighed about 2lb 5oz on Tues and is gaining on average about 6oz a week (not wonderful, but at least she is gaining weight!!!!!). She is kicking away rather happily all the time, and never ever seems to rest :) I don't mind though, at least she's okay :). Had my glucose test Tuesday aswell, nobody thought to tell me that the sugary drink they give you is Lucozade!!!!!! I was expecting some reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally THICK, sugary, gloop that was going to taste absolutely VILE..... When I saw it was Lucozade I was rather happy as I didnt think pregnant women were allowed to drink it and so I haven't touched the stuff since finding out I'm pregnant..... Anyhow, not much else to report, I hope you're all doing well and babies are fit and healthy!!!!!!!!!!! And thankyou to everyone who has been kind enough to leave messages for me :) Take Care all!!!!!!! Kate xxxx

Tuesday 3rd July:

Woo-hoo!!! HELLOOOOO week 29! Went to buy baby's pushchair today, while I was in the shop I got THE WORST cramps in my tum and lower back!!!!! I REALLY thought I was having contractions!!!! They went away and then came back an hour later..... Had appt with the consultant @ the hospital this eve though so I told him about the pains and he agrees they WERE contractions!! Had to have a scan also as my tum is only measuring 23cm. Scan was SOOOOOOOOO cool!!! Her arm was up behind her head AGAIN (It's been like that every time I've been for a scan) and I even got to see her little mouth opening and closing and her tounge waggling about!!!!! HOW GREAT!!... Her head is SOOOOOOO FAR DOWN that the sonographer had to tilt the bed back so my feet were in the air!!!!! So apparently there's a risk I could have her early........... I will check back with updates as and when...... If I don't update again in the next 7days you know I've had her!!!!!! Good luck all, take care, and I hope all babies are doing well!!!!!! Kate xx

Weds 4th July:

Hello All!! HAPPY 4TH JULY TO ALL THE MUMMIES IN THE U.S :). No sign of Tilly as yet!! She's been moving around a bit more today.....but she's head down again now!!! Have been getting contractions again today, they were every 7ish minutes for about half hour then they'd go away for about half hour and then come back again.... Haven't had any for 2hours though..... I'm getting impatient now though, I just wish she's hurry up and get here - I want to meet her and cuddle her.... Well, I hope all is well with everyone - keep me posted on how you're all getting on.. As always, I hope all of your babies are well and healthy :) Take Care ladies!!!!!!! Kate xxxx

Weds 11th July:

Hello all!!! Had ANOTHER trip to the hospital yesterday!! Was in town and started to get cramps in my tum and back (rather like period pains).... First they were every 7-9mins then down to every 5 so I decided to go and get checked over. Was put on a monitor so Tilly's HB could be recorded, everything was fine there although I was still getting the contractions (which the midwife felt for herself when she was prodding away at my belly). Then......... a TWO HOUR wait to see a doctor. Yes, I know, that's discusting!!!! So in she comes, and does what must've been the 4th speculum I've had in the last month (I hate those things with a passion - they're soooooooooooooooooo painful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). She then comes to the conclusion I wasn't dialating and my cervix is eroding....... ANYHOW......... I was booked in for a scan at the Feotal Wellbeing Unit this morning. It was AMAZING!!!! As ever, she's head down (and it was low again), but we saw her little mouth opening and closing again, and even saw her clench her little fist - it looked like she was waving at us just before she clenched it :). The sonographer got a great picture too - you can see her little eye sockets, her mouth, nose, everything :). Weight gain is slowing though - she only wieghed about 2lb 14oz today...... Not too happy about that. Thankyou again for all your messages, and as always I hope everyone's pregnancies are going well and babies are healthy..... Not long left for some of us!!! I'm TERRIFIED!!! But the excitement outweighs the terror! :) Take Care - Kate xx

Saturday 14th July:

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ladies!!!! Right, First off I bet you're all wondering WHAT ON EARTH all the pictures and random quotes are all about!!! Well, I get lots of messages from ladies who like me are doing this alone because the men in our lives are losers who couldn't see what they had while they had us. So the quotes are to make us feel better and remind us that we haven't lost anything - we're the ones who will gain everything :) OBVIOUSLY the Silly quotes below are just to put a smile on everyones faces!!. Everything with Tilly is going swimmingly, she's moving around rather well which I'm happy about. Has anybody else noticed that their legs get reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally itchy in the middle of the night??? It's driving me MAD - but I have ante-natal on Weds so I will ask my midwife to give me the blood test for that liver condition (Cholastis I think it is....... not sure). Also, I've been leaking that colostrum stuff since about week 22ish but bloody hell has there been as increase in the last week!!!!!!!!!! I wonder if it means I'll go into labour soon?????? I soooooo wish I was in week 40!!!!! :) Hope everyone's well and babies are happy and healthy!!!! Take Care all - Kate xx

Saturday 21st July:

Helloooooooooooooooo everyone!!!!!!!!!! This week has been sooooooooo great and sooooooo scary, and painful too!!!!!!!! Monday my tummy "dropped" - that was SOOOOOO SORE!!!!!!!!!! The pains subsided by late tuesday though so it isnt too bad :). At ante-natal on weds the midwife said Till was lying head down and referred me to the Fetal Wellbeing Unit to be monitored as I hadn't felt her move quite as much (trust me - this kid is here there and everywhere!!!!). Anyhow - got to the hospital and...... she wasn't head down at all...... Sooooo - she'd either turned (by this point she was lying across) OR the stupid midwife had got it wrong (Not the first time either!!!!)...... Was scanned and everythings looking gooood :). Have to go back for another growth scan on 31st of this month - and then that'll be a grand total of TWELVE scans I've had. Yes, twelve!! But for those of you reading this who think I'm being really well looked after by the NHS and all that, you couldnt be more wrong!! I've had to really push to be looked after. Especially as I've had so many MC's in the past and I'm "high risk". My midwife is happy just fobbing me off and seeing me every 6weeks - I've seen her about 4/5 times since my booking in appointment!!!! So for those of you in the same boat my advice is if you feel slightly worried about your baby then refer yourself to the hospital - better safe than sorry!!!!! Anyhoo - negatives over..... Since my tum dropped I've been feeling all sorts of weird and wonderful movements!! I'm feeling (and seeing) Tilly's feet a lot more now which is great - it's sooooo tickly sometimes :) It's great to watch her wriggling away first thing in the morning :). She's also taken to lying diagonally aswell which is hillarious because my tum goes all lop-sided :).... I keep getting strange dreams though about spiders...... great big spiders that like to bite me..... Sounds stupid I know but most nights I wake up in cold sweats!!!! Not long left now though which is good. Don't get me wrong I love being pregnant - but only because there's a great reward at the end which is my little girl :). But I'm not having any more after this one!!!!! Nooooo siree. Morning sickness, mood swings, pains, worrying, blood tests (I'm a bit of a needle phobe!!!), night cramps (soooooooooooooooooo painful!!!!!!!!!!!!!), scary dreams, gingivitis........ no thanks - not again!!! :). Hope everyone's well though and babies are all happy and healthy - sorry for all the negative stuff, my ex has reared his ugly head today and it's stressed me right out. MEN!! Take Care all - Kate xx

Thursday 26th July:

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I wish Tilly would just hurry up and put in her apperance!!!! Yes, I'm fully aware that I may sound like a selfish so-and-so but the constant worrying is reeeeeeeally starting to get to me. I'm in the last 8weeks and I'm too scared to get excited because I'm worrying too much over wether anything will go wrong before she's here. There are some days it gets to me so much that when I go to bed I'm crying myself to sleep. At least when she's here that's different. I just want to meet her and give her big cuddles and kisses. She's moving around as I'm writing this - maybe thats her saying she'll be here soooooon - I hope so!!!!!! Still not sure if I've lost part of my plug or not..... Last Tues (the day after my tummy dropped) I was losing something that kinda (TMI alert) resembled sticky snot. Obviously it was clear/white - not green!!.... Since then though I've been losing a sort of discharge thats sort of clear but with white bits in..... hmmm...... I do not know..... Got another growth scan next Tues to see how my lil one is doing...... At my last ante-natal visit my tum had grown wish was good so hopefully Till's rapidly gained some weight..... I'm also going to ask for the blood test to check if I have that Cholastis thing (the liver condition that causes persistent itching).... I'm itchy ALL THE TIME. On my face, hands, legs, feet, neck, ears, EVERYWHERE...... Well ladies as usual I hope you're all well and babies are happy and healthy..... And LOTS OF BABYDUST to those who are currently TTC. Take care all!!!! Kate xx

Tuesday 31st July:

Helloooo all!!!!! Well, today is going to be my latest visit to the consultant..... The funny thing is that I dont actually know WHY he wants to see me...... I've got another scan aswell today and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!! I love going to see my little sunflower :). She's moving around a whole lot more lately and it's great!!! I think I can safely say that when she grows up she's going to be a driving instructor.... She's got her reversing and 3-point turns perfected to a fine art!!!!!! :). Well, for some of us there isn't long left at all now!!!!! I reeeally just cant wait for her to be here.... just to meet her and see if she is as good looking as her mummy (hehehe). I think the only thing I'm really scared of is just the pain of labour - I whine about period pains!!!! And also if she comes slightly early I think I'd be frightened of taking her home for a good week or so.... maybe just because hospital would really be the best place for her in the first week I think...... I dont know - just see how events unfold I guess.... Anyhooo I have gotta go and get a shower and whatnot, I shall check back with an update sooooooon. As ever I hope everyone's babies are happy and healthy :) TC all - Kate xx

Saturday 4th August:

Hi all!!!!!!!!!!! Scan went rather well on Tuesday..... Tilly was weighing in at around 4lb 1oz which I was very happy with!!!!! At the start of the scan her head was @ one end of me tum and her feet were @ the other....... By the time we'd finished Tilly was quite happily curled up in a kind of ball playing with her feet!!!! It was actually quite funny to watch :). Consultant was happy with progress and I have to go back in 4weeks just for a checkup, but aside from that they see no further need for anymore scans!! And apparently she will weigh around 7lb 1oz by 40 weeks...... Can't complain!!!!! Hope everyone is well and all babies are happy and healthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT LONG NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) TC - Kate xx

Weds 8th August:

Hellooooooooooo!!!!! Well, I went to see the midwife today. For once she didnt shout @ me!!! :). After spending the last 2 days thinking to myself that Tilly was head down and engaged, the midwife burst my bubble - Tilly is actually quite breech.... I'm rather gutted really, I woke up @ 5.30am this morning and unable to sleep I went downstairs, had some breakfast, and started tidying up (yes, I think it was a moment of madness lol). Its safe to say that this morning I felt bloody fantastic, I felt soooooooooo much healthier and alert than I have for a looooooooooooooong time. I was a bit sick this morning too - first time since 16weeks!!!!! And, (TMI alert) I even had a slight touch of diarroeah. This made me rather happy really, as nausea and/or vomiting aswell as diarroeah are signs of approching labour....... I was feeling rather pleased with myself, I thought "This is it, today IS the day"........unfortunately ladies, it isnt. BUT, as she is breech the midwife wants to see me again on 22nd of this month - if Tilly is still breech then then I will be referred to hospital for (another) scan and given a cesarean at around 39weeks....... But I shall try and get them to do it earlier as I have to see my consultant on 28th and if he can arrange for it to be done that day (I'll be 37weeks by that time) or that week, I will be a very very happy bunny indeed!!!!!! I shall check back with updates as and when...... And to those of you who haven't already had your baby's pushchair/moses basket/baby monitors/ect out and played with them - DO IT!!!!! It's great fun!!!!!!! :). And as always ladies, hope everyone is well and all babies are happy and healthy! :) TC - Kate xx

Tuesday 14th August:

Hello all!! 35 WEEKS!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :). Not sure if Tilly has finally gone head down or what she's doing...... Shes taken to sleeping a lot of the day now (and messing about most of the night!!).... Her movements seem to be getting more and more defined by the day, today my mum and I have been sitting watching her mess about and it was either a heel or a knee that just went speeding across my tum, it was soooo great to watch - and sooooo tickly too!!! :). It's the best thing in the world being pregnant :) BUT I just cant wait for her to finally come out!!!!!!!! I just want to give her a cuddle and tell her how much mummy loves her :).........PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE come SOON Tilly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As always, hope everyone is well and all babies are happy and healthy! :) Kate xx

Monday 27th August:

Hello ladies!! Well, tomorrow I will be in WEEK 37!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! Still can't believe I've FINALLY managed to get this far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember this time last year thinking that there was no light at the end of the tunnel..... Fortunatley the bulb just needed changing :). Well, I'm all packed and ready for the big moment... Mind you, I packed my hospital bags at 29weeks lol!!!! Tilly is now almost fully engaged, and I can tell you all this much, IT HURTS when your baby starts to engage!!!!!!! I felt like somebody was trying to cut my abdomen open with a teaspoon!!! I was really frightened so I went to the hospital and got checked over, and they FINALLY told me her head was in the right place!!!!! That was about 11days ago now and at the time she was 4/5 engagaged, then at my midwife appointment last Weds she'd gone to 3/5.... So Saturday I took matters into my own hands and walked 5miles.... It KILLED my back, but she's now 1/5.... ALMOST READY TO COME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had ANOTHER trip to the hospital yesterday though as I thought (once again) that my water was leaking.... All is well though!! :). Well ladies, fo some of us the finish line is soooooooooo close..... I'm just shocked that I've gotten this far. I don't think it's actually hit me yet that I'm going to be a Mummy soon. I don't know, maybe it has and I've just not realised. I mean, the things that I thought would frighten me, do. Just things like the fact I'm going to be responsible for another person.... I have to teach her morals, right from wrong, and other ways to be a good person. What if I do the best I can possibly do and I still fail??????? Who knows, maybe I'm over-reacting... It's funny really because I've read a lot of your posts on the week-by-week boards and I've noticed a lot of you worry about wether or not your babies are going to be ugly or have something wrong with them or whatever... The strange thing is that none of those things worry me... When Tilly comes, she will always be beautiful to me, no matter what she looks like. And if (God forbid) she were to have any sort of disability/difficulties then that wouldn't phase me either I don't think. OK so she would have obstacles to overcome, but it doesn't change her as a person, as the little person who I've come to know so well in the last 9months. Certainly doesn't mean I'd love her any less or resent her in any way. Ladies, maybe I'm on my soapbox here, but (this is for those of you who have worried about what I've just mentioned), we should be grateful for our babies regardless of what they look like and wether or not they are slightly different. Ok, yes, I was on my soapbox there. But if just one person who has worried about that reads this and thinks "You know what, yes you're right", then isn't it worth being said????????? Well I'm off now, I'm soooooooo tired - feel like I haven't slept in a week. As always, everyone take care and good luck to all. Hope all babies are happy and healthy!! :) Kate xxxx

Weds 29th August:

Hello all! Well, I had my consultant appointment at the hospital yesterday... I asked him when they can start inducing me as theres a history of stillbirth in the family and I'm just done worrying..... It's driving me crazy. He checked my tum over, and, get this: Tilly has managed to pull her head back up so now she's hardly engaged.... Sunday she was 1/5 and yesterday she was 4/5... I knew she'd do that!! Was sent for another ultrasound to check her growth as my tum is measuring small still.... All is well and shes gained almost 2lb in 4weeks!!!! She now weighs 5lb 13oz.... I'm really happy about that!!!!! My cervix was still completely closed yesterday though so the consultant stripped my membranes...... WHOA did that hurt!!!!! I think he must've dislodged my mucus plug aswell or something, because afterwards I had something come out that was all clumped together (TMI, I know!!) and it looked kinda dry.... It was like a faint creamy colour anyway.... The membrane sweep must be doing something though as I've had pains since.... Like cramps once every hour or so....... Anyhoo I have to go back next Monday and if my cervix is ripe enough then they are going to induce me. YAY!!!! Well I will keep you all updated as and when events unfold. Also thankyou to everyone for all of your lovely messages, I'm glad that you like my page and those of you going it alone now feel more positive about doing so. As always I hope everyone's babies are happy and healthy!! Kate xx

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