Hello me ladies, passed the 12 week mark (pat on the back) and see my little alien last week for 1st time, 'it' was waving at us aaahhh. Peeved off as my Essex hospital refuses to give you the sex of the baby throughout the entire pregnancy so you will never know. I do apologise Mr controlling, righteous NHS but have I not a right to know what I am incubating? I ask thee. Has my man provided me with the X or the Y chromosome? I will find out on the day. This is of course brilliant news to Martin as he didn't want to know. DO they think that I will dump a prospective daughter at the nearest Nunnery or something at the 1st opportunity? Love hearing about you all, drop a note if indeed you fancy cheering up a sexless baby's Mummy. Do you think they don't tell you in case it's ginger???? (only joking)

Pregnancy Survey
About You
Name?: Anastacia
Age?: 27
Height?: 5'8
Pre-pregnancy weight?: 12st 7lb (already a fat mooha beforehand...)
About The Father
Name?: Martin
Age?: 38 (old git)
Height?: 6'0
Are you still together?: Oh yes (just about at times)
About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy?: Yes
When did you find out you were pregnant?: 5 weeks down the line
Was it planned?: Well, we give it 1 go (with no protection), then after we decided to wait a year or so until I got my career going but it only took 1 try. Yes he was happier about his so called super-sperm than anything else ha ha ha.
What was your first reaction?: S**t, s**t, f**k, f**k, my god.............ahhhhh I'm having a baby!
Who was with you when you found out?: No one, I went into my work ladies and never in a million thought it would be positive.	.
Who was the first person you told?: Martin of course
How did your parents react?: Congratulations, although I thought they would try and say something re the career things. I was ready to fall out and everything.
How far along are you?: 19 weeks
What was your first symptom?: lower back pain, lower ab pain, sore boobs. Pre-menstrual symptoms.
What is your due date?: 2 March 2008
Do you know the sex of the baby?: NO - AND MY BLOODY HOSPITAL WON'T EVER ALLOW THE MOTHER KNOW EITHER?????? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. So, on Thursday 4 October paid for private gender scan and I am having a..............................................................................................................................................................
If so, what is it?: BOY BOY BOY oh BOY
Have you picked out names?: Yep
If so, what are they?: 'Dusty for a girl' and '?????' for a boy. Well the story is, I know the sex, my partner doesn't want to know so we only picked a girls name at the beginning as we were convinced I would have a girl. Now I am saying to him that to we have to have one of each names to avoid certainty. He is going to be over the moon when he finds out.
How much weight have you gained?: 12Ib
Do you have stretch marks?: No and I plan not to with all these oil based ointments I got coming.
Have you felt the baby move?: Seen him but not felt him : (
Have you heard the heartbeat?: 157bpm at 16 weeks
About the birth
Will you keep the baby?: Would someone not keeping the baby really be on this site?
Home or hospital birth?: Midwife centre actually (oooooooo)
Natural or medicated birth?: As natural as possible.
Who will be in the delivery room with you?: No one but Martin.
Will you breastfeed?: Most defo.
Do you think you'll need a c-section?: Absolutely hope not.
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: Yeah, probably from all the pain.
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: About bloody time too or something appropriate like 'Hello little one'.
Would you let someone videotape the birth?: What pervert would do that?
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: A massive mix of both, it's not imminent at present.

29 October 2007

So, today has been like coming out of the closet. As some of my dearest on this site know, at 18 weeks I got the gender scan done and my partner didn't want to know the sex. So, this has been going on for 4 weeks with me having to refer to our child as 'it' and 'the baby' rather than 'HIM HIM HIM HIM HIM'. Sorry, just feels good to say it. So, this morning having our usual cuddle before dragging ourselves up for work he starts going 'I wonder what we're having, is it a girl, no I have a feeling it's a boy..........it's a boy aint it?' So I calmly lay there and didn't say a word then he starts taping my arm in an impatient manner and I say to him 'You are having a boy, a son there is a willy indeed now shut it'. He was like 'I knew it'. I know I could have been quiet but do you know how hard it is to have to hide the sexual identity of your child and go shopping without your man, then hide the bloody stuff just to stop him from knowing. It has made life easier from the beginning just knowing and now I can actually talk about MY BOY MY SOLDIER MY BIG WILLY PRINCE ha ha ha. So, there's no more secrets. There is no way I could have been able to stand not knowing the sex of the baby, if you can know something then why not know it? I am not in to surprises anyway being the boring cow that I am!?!>!!>