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I am a stay at home mum pregnant with my third boy! my eldest is 11 and my second is now 17 months old. This pregnancy has been a bit of a suprise but we are happy that little bean is doing well. We thought Bean wouldnt make it due to an irregular gestational sac and a heamorrhage at our first scan we had at just over 5 weeks and they didnt see any baby then at 7 and a half weeks bean had a heart rate of only 114bpm and that was low for his age but at 12 weeks all seemed to be miraculously better and after having been worried sick for all those weeks and unsure what to think it was a fantastic moment to see bean with a great heart beat and to have no mention of his gestational sac or bleeding.

I have a wonderful husband who is my best friend as well and he has been an amazing source of support.

24th April 2009.

I am only now believing that little Bean is really Ok and Im going to have a new baby in just 3 months. I have started stretching alot now and beginning to slow down now but otherwise this pregnancy has been very good with only a few days of morning sickness at the start. Braxton Hicks are my main problem now Im getting loads everyday and geez they get uncomfortable! I have started to talk about him and to him. He doesnt move all that much really I feel a few wriggles and kicks each day but not that much whcih worries me a little and Im going to ask the obstetrician about it when I see him soon. I hope the DR doesnt weigh me! As it was quite far into the pregnancy before we got the go ahead to believe it was going to be ok I havent had a proper DRs checkup yet, just one midwife appointment.Im starting to worry about how Quentin will be affected by this and I almost feel guilty about being pregnant which is sad really! Pete has been good to talk to about this and is reassuring but it still lurks in the back of my mind Im hoping that once bean is born we will just make it all work out.

27th April.

Andrew felt Bean kick for the first time yesterday. He was really lively last night its very cute. I try to imagine if it is a foot or a hand Im feeling. I first started feeling movement at 18 weeks and he is always more lively at night (probably not a good sign). I cant get enough of apples at the moment Im loving cold apple juice or red gala apples. It has been a favourite craving for ages now. I would love a strong coffee right now though! I have been on decaf but I try to limit the amount of nonorganic decaf coffe I have as apparantly normal decaf has bad chemicals in it and I just ran out of my supply! I couldnt stand coffee with my last pregnancy so it wasnt an issue and I only just found out about the chemicals so I feel guilty if I have normal decaf now! I drive myself mad with worrying about all these things.

25th May 09

I have been feeling Bean move alot in the last few days,he spent yesterday bunched up under my ribs and the day before that he just kept kicking me in the lower ribs for ages! I think Petes driving keeps forcing him up under there everytime he hits a bump real fast and Bean gets stuck under there. The sciatic nerve pain is still bad but as that is the only real complaint I have I can deal with that! Every evening I get hungry and sometimes its scary how hungry I get! I could attack someone if I dont get food right away sometimes,it is frightening. Apples has been a favourite craving in this pregnacy,especially cold apple juice.

27th May 2009

I had my glucose test a couple of days ago and my midwife appointment yesterday and all went well. I have not got the results back from my test yet but I managed not to puke so that was good! The midwife is very happy with our progress,we are measuring spot on 28 weeks and the heartbeat was 128 so all perfect,my weight is ok which is amazing as I have been eating about a litre of frozen yoghurt every night. I was glad that Pete came,its always better when I get to share things with him.How ever Pete is in trouble as a couple of nights ago he asks if I still think we made the right decision on the name Cameron and he thinks Rowan is actually a good name now! I spent about 3 months lobbying for the name Rowan or Rohan and he said NO! So we spent another few weeks trying to find a nice name we both agreed on,I presented hime with lists of hundreds of names to help us find one and we chose Cameron and now he says that! AAAHHHH!!!! Men!

26.6.09

I can no longer blame my husband for changing bubs name as I am now being "thingy" about Cameron meaning 'crooked nose'. I want his name to be perfect not mean something awful! Im going slowly mad and Im taking everyone else with me.

Bean has been very active and keeps wedging his foot under my left ribs which can actually hurt quite a bit. I dont get as hungry as I uesed to but I have to pee every 20mins now which is not the worst pregnancy problem but sure keeps me active.

I made up his little bassinet and washed all his new clothes so we should be fairly ready for when he decides to venture into this world.

6.6.09

We had our midwife appointment today for our 34 week check and it all went well. Everything measured up well and his heartbeat is perfect. He was quite wriggly! His head is well down so he is ready to meet us all it is just a matter of waiting now! It is getting really exciting waiting for him and wondering what he will be like.

17.7.09

Im getting very uncomfortable now with lots of cramps especially in my lower back. Thought I may of been going into labour a couple of days ago as the cramps were in my back and spreading to my tummy regularly but it settled down after an hour. I dont think little bean is to far away now at all at the last checkup his head is 4/5 engaged so he is pretty much ready to go. Im going to miss my bump though despite being uncomfortable now I love knowing he is in there. Andrew has been very helpful and supportive and Im very grateful to him.