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Hi my name is Jo and I live in Vancouver with my husband Chris. 3 months after a miscarriage in September of 2007, I found out I was pregnant - 3 weeks 2 days. I was exhausted, famished and a little nauseous. At 6.5 weeks a change in my symptoms led me to have an ultrasound where we found out I was pregnant with TWINS! However the happiness was shortlived, as one of the them had a slow heart beat at 6.5 weeks then even slower at 7.5. At an ultrasound at 13 weeks we were told that there was one healthy fetus and an empty sac; that the 2nd one did not make it and was being 'absorbed' - Vanshing twin sydrome is what they call it. I was pretty sad, and happy at the same time. I still had a baby, but there was still a loss there.

I was pretty plagued with nausea and it took until about 18 weeks to get over the 'gross nausea' part, but even at 25 weeks I have moments when I think I'm going to puke.

At our 24 week ultrasound we found out we are having a girl! We have named her Cadence. It took up to about 21-22 weeks before I could feel her kicks and movement.

Cadence was born after 42 weeks less a day on a sunny September day. Even though I was late and just dying to have her and meet her, I did on the most part really enjoy being pregnant, and felt a little bit of a loss a couple of weeks after she was born.

Cadence is almost 7 weeks as I write this - she is a cute baby who is a very good sleeper... so much that she doesn't stay awake long and shows her 'tiredness' by being a complete little cranky pants. It took me about 5 weeks to figure out that was why she was crying a lot! From day one I've trained her to go to sleep on her own so we are very fortunate that when we put her down she only squawks for a few minutes then goes to sleep.

I try hard to enjoy this time, however am looking forward to the days of a more awake and happy baby.

I'm really happy to have found this site - I think I'm addicted. I check it 2-3 times a day. I work from home most of the time so it makes it more tempting to get on here. Thank you too for all your posts, I love hearing what everyone else is up to and knowing other people are feeling what I am.