Friday, 11 Jan Hello I am Jacqueline and I live in Scotland, I am expecting our second child and I am very excited about it, so far the pregnancy is going well just sickness for a few weeks and i am feeling bettter now though I have now got heart burn but it could be worse.

Sunday, 13 Jan Hi There, Here is my first scan picture taken on the 17th of December They dated me as being 11 weeks and 1 day at that time which was only a week behind my own dates so pretty accurate I think.I had a bad fall the other day and hurt my ankle and had to go to hosp, as i couldnt walk on it they were unsure if it was broken but were not keen to xray due to the risk of developement of the baby so I decided not to have an xray and if I still cant walk next week i will go back. I was worried in case I had hurt the little one but a mid wife told me it was very unlikely they wouldnt scan me as I had no symptoms to concern them and she said she wouldnt try to listen to the heartbeat as often at this stage you cant hear it anyway and she felt that would worry me too much but from reading comments from others on the site it seems as though lots of you have heard the heartbeat before 14 weeks so I was very disapointed. My foot is feeling a bit better though i am still using crutches and all seems ok with the baby as I am sure I am feeling occasional movement so fingers crossed. I will see my Doc at 16 weeks for my blood test and at that stage they will listen for a heartbeat and I get another scan at 20 weeks so I am really looking forward to that. I have bad heartburn now that i am feeling less sick I had no sickness with my little boy but real bad heartburn from week 13. !

Friday, 25 Jan Had my first proper doctors appointment today, Had blood pressure, weight (scary), Belly measurements, urine checked and Bloods taken.The best bit of all is I got to hear our little ones heartbeat i was so pleased as even though i have a little bump and i have been feeling tiny movements there is nothing as reassuring as hearing that the baby is there and alive ! The midwife said the heart rate was between 120 and 150 and it sounded good and strong to her. So now our next step will be our scan at 20 weeks I am so looking forward to that.

Thursday, 14 Feb Thank you all who responded to my query about the amnio, In the end we decided we would take the test and stay over in the city, even though the hosp said there was no need, So we had the test done on monday and amazingly the results of the rapid test were back on Tuesday afternoon and our baby does not have Downs , Edwards or Pateus so we are so pleased i felt a little achey and am still resting now at home, we will get the results of the full test for the rest of the chromosones in 2 weeks time but the hosp staff said it is very unlikely indeed to have any problems with them so they didnt go into any details about these results and what the could mean.

Sunday, 17 Feb Been a bit ill with a high temp, so was admitted to hospital for an overnight and one day, to assess me incase it was an infection in the womb due to the Amnio but doesnt seem to be so I am on antibiotics and back home to rest a bit more, I havent been to work at all this year as i hurt my foot in the first week in January and have on a doctors note from then until tommorow but I still am not well enough now with this I have no idea what they will say but now I dont care I will just leave if it is a problem as my baby is far more important and maybe after it comes I feel up to working night duties anyway with two to look after, i will find something to suit when they are older, the cash would be nice but healthy kids are more important than things, I cant wait until i have our 20 week scan on tuesday as i couldnt enjoy seeing the baby while the amnio was being done as i was in a state so roll on tuesday

Wednesday, 27 Feb We had our 20 weeks scan last week it was great, Baby is doing great all is fine with everything thank God. It has been worrying time and we still have to wait for the results of the full amnio test but I am sure it is all ok we are still trying to decide if we should find out the baby `s sex decisions decisions ! Monday, 3 MarAt last got the full amnio result and all is well, I feel I can truely start enjoying this pregnancy now.My work have offered me alternative employment doing paperwork and other lighter duties so everything is going great.

Tuesday, 4 Mar I have real strong cravings and have finished a whole big jar of gerkins in a couple of days, my Bro was going to get me some more but `FORGOT ` CAN YOU BELIEVE IT !

Thursday, 27 Mar

I have just found out about the peanut thing and feel really guilty as i have eaten half a jar this week, my midwife told me not to worry but not to eat any more.

Friday 4th April

Baby is soo active at the moment really kicking! It feels so great.

We are just getting over a bad cold but otherwise feeling good, I have put on a lot of weight but I seem to have been lying around doing nothing for so long with one thing and another it is no wonder hopefully if we stay healthy and the weather improves I will get out walking, and also when the holidays are over I will get some time to go swimming.

We are concidering telling our three year old he is going to be a big brother but are not quite sure the best time or way to do it, I have been on amazon ordering some books suitable so we will probebly wait till they come unless he asks anything before then, Afew days ago he climbed into bed with me and asked if he could see where the baby was in my tummy, I was shocked as we have been really careful not to say anything so he must of been told by a friend but when I gathered myself together and tried to talk to him about it he wasnt interested and just went of to play instead.

We were watchin T.V with our son last night and saw some babies on it which he said were really cute so we asked him if he could have a baby brother or sister what would he like he said neither as babies cry too much and then we reminded him about his best friends little sister and said you like her and then he said yes if he could have one like her he did want one after all. So slight headway has been made. Hurray!

My craving for all thing pickled espesically gerkins seems to of dissapeared, In fact I dont seem to be too bothered about food at all at moment which is highly unlike me but a good thing as I have put on so much weight.

11th April

Had my checkup today, all doing good they are going to see me fortnightly now due to my pre eclampsia last time but so far my blood pressure is down not up so I am feeling a bit faint but ok, baby growing well and sounding good, had bloods taken for glucose and iron.

22nd April

Saw mid wife yesterday as my feet had swollen and when I used my M.I.L's blood pressure monitor it was a lot higher than my usual. But luckily it had settled but I am now on weekly checks for pre eclampsia. I am to put my feet up in the evenings and not get stressed!, as if you have a choice to get stressed or not HA HA!! blood results were back and all good.

Our little boy now knows for sure he is going to be a big brother now and is delighted and he came with me to my check up so heard the babies heartbeat which he said sounded like a train.

28th April

Had B.P check all still good, I will see both the doc and mid wife on Friday.

Mid wife has given me dates for parenthood classes starting from next Tuesday, so I am looking forward to them, as I had none with my first, I know we managed fine with the birth and the first few weeks without anyone telling us what to do but it is still good to hear others opinions and to meet some other Mums as I feel I missed out on that first time.

19th May

I have had two parenthood classes now, and have another tommorow and am looking forward to it. last week we watched a video on labour, then the mid wife told us how it is planned at the local hospital for the women to have as natural a delivery as possible. you do not come to hospital until you are in active labour then you are told to keep upright as much as possible they dont deliver babies in bed at all, so this means gravity does all the work they have the lowest rate of uptake in pain relief in scotland which is suprising as they also have the highest birth weights they do not offer epidural, so if you want that you have to go to the nearest hospital a week before your due date which is 200 miles away and stay there until after the birth. I am booked for this hospital unless anything changes as they only deliver low risk pregnancies, it will be great to only be 20 miles from home and know that my little boy will be able to visit and not have to be away from him for too long, but at the same time I am worried that if there is a problem with the birth I am at least 3 or 4 hours away from the nearest neo natal unit. Last time i had no choice in the matter and had to go to the big hospital due to pre eclampsia so no decision to be made. It was ok though but not as natural as they do it here. Oh well still a few weeks to think about it.

26th May

Another week gone, I feel huge now, my legs are pretty swollen. I have slight traces of protein in my urine now so they have sent blood to be tested for pre eclampsia, so we maybe dont have quite so long till this baby puts in an apperance. I enjoyed my parent class again last week and am looking forward to the last one tommorow, this one is about looking after baby I know we managed fine with Ewen without being told what to do but it is always nice to know others opinions.

17th June

Well we have a baby girl born on the 7th of june a month early but she is safe well and healthy so we are delighted I got flown 300 miles to the mainland to a big hospital there as our hospital doesnt have a baby doctor nad the next nearest one was full but we managed fine thankfully and Ewen loves his baby sister.