ITS A BOYYYYYYYYYY!

hi girlys! hope your all good, i had a little boy on 18th May 2008 and hes amazing, love him so much... this is my journey and thoughts during my pregnancy...

Hey ladies, My name is vicki and im 22, Live in the north west of England in a holiday town called Blackpool with my boyfriend Chris.This is our first baby and we are both fairly nervous as you would all understand, but really excited! :D

We've decided not to find out what the sex is, bit of a pain when u have to buy everything unisex but will be such a nice surprise after the whole labour thing... we've decided on Caitlyn Ellise for a girl but we've really struggled with boys name, we've spoken about Jack, Dylan and even Stuart but im still confused, any comments or suggestions will be appreciated.

Ermm, well i decided i wanted to join this site as now im getting further along i find myself worrying about silly things alot more and you ladies seem to talk about stuff alot, so thought it would be nice to talk to other women in the same week as me. happy pregnancy girls :) XXXXXX

My pregnancy from 11 weeks hasnt been too bad, but untill then it was pure hell... i found out i was pregnant in september and was about 6 weeks pregnant, morning sickness started the week after i found out and I was seriously ill unill i was 11 weeks, i ended up in hospital for a week being pumped with fluids and anti-sickness tablets, i was loosing so much weight :( But these days i feel great,apart from feeling tired much easier :) Considering how ill i was the midwife and my u/s nurse comment on how healthy my baby is and how well he/she is growing :) happy days :)

10th Jan 08 (22 weeks 3 days)

Been to see my midwife this morning and listened to the babys heartbeat which was nice, i knew everything would be good tho cuz baby was kicking me so hard when i was trying to sleep last night haha.... She told me i have to go to hospital in a few weeks to have injections because im rhesus negative (something to do with the antibodies) blood group... oh joy like i havent been jabbed with enough needles already...

Chris was resting his head on my tummy this afternoon and the baby kicked his head which was funny, but really nice cuz its the first time he felt the baby move :) Hope your all well XxXxXx

18th January(23weeks 4days)

Wouldnt it be wonderful if you could just sleep all day everyday...... i think so anyway lol. Im feel quite emotionally unstable today, more so then usual:( not good.I also got a letter from the hospital with my appointment time for these injections... sigh..... lol. I really dont like needles!! So my appointment is on the 18th feb when im exactly 28 weeks and then ive got to go back to the midwife 3 weeks later when im 31 weeks.. everythings going so fast, hospital in just over 4 weeks, then midwife 3 weeks after that, then ill be 31 weeks?!?!?!?! i think ive just realised there really isnt long till this little one comes along and the fact its my first and have next to none experience with babys..... hope i feel better soon. xxx

Jan 23rd ( 24 weeks an 2 days)

My god im feeling so much better today, i was laying on my back before and the baby was kicking it was so funny just to see my belly popping out everytime he/she kicked hehehe... im gettin so exited, i cant wait for him/ her to be here. i think forward to the summer(not that we get much here) taking walks along the beach and to the funfair, one thing i love about living at a seaside resort, i keep having dreams its a girl.. i wonder if its a sign? i always said i wanted a girl first but id be so happy with a boy ....happy days xxxx

18th Febuary (28 weeks)

So i had my appointment at the hospital for my Anti D injection cuz im RhNeg any they had to take MORE bloods from me, so i had one arm drained and the other arm i had the injection in, they inject you right in your muscle so it proper aches after, the needle didnt hurt going in and i didnt watch what she was doing but it stung like a bitch for a good 30 seconds or so after! got a small bruise now where it was, just glad that bits done for the moment cuz i really dont like needles but i suppose as much as i hate them ive had so many blood tests i had a drip fitted when i was sick in the first trimester, that was a chunky thing in my arm lol that i dont kick up a fuss about it anymore, its got to be done... anyways i had a fall on the 14th and hurt my rib, ive felt the baby move so i wasnt toooooo concerned but the midwife said everything is going well and she found the heartbeat straight away so glad to know i only hurt myself! lol altho right where i hurt my rib is where the baby kicks me and wriggles, so ouch! lol.Anywayyss... got my next check up in 3 weeks when im 31 weeks. then there will only be 9 weeks left till my due date. excited.... scared!!! hope u girlies are doing good, till next time :) XXX

26th Feb (29w.2d)

My god is it ever going to get to may?! i want my baby now....i was watching a programme last night on a 14yr old girl who had a baby boy and of course its designed for young girls to watch to stop them going out and having sex but watching what she went thro and her experiences with it only made me want this more then ever, i suppose at least theres only just over 10 weeks till my due date so doesnt sound like long ... i duno, i shouldnt wish it away i guess, i should treasure every moment of this pregnancy but when its your first, and im sure most of you will proberly agree with this feeling, as youll remember from your first or if this is your first too, that actually imaginging holding my baby in my arms, feeding him/her, bathing, clothing knowing that he/she is YOUR child is very hard and i want to know what it feels like to be a mum and knowing its so close but yet so far can be irritating to say the least, but whats more imporant to me of course, is my baby is healthy and growing well. I hope everything is going well for you too... love me xx

16th march (31w6d)

Right well... i went to see my midwife the other day (31w3d) and baby is growing really well has a nice strong heartbeat, babys measuring slightly large (so fattie baby or slighty early baby?) and has decided to move from head down into breech.. stoopid baby! lol still has plenty of time to move i know so im not worried yet, i just get the worst sensation and im not positive but when it happens it feels like the head... pushes right out on the right side of my ribs.OUCH. My midwife also says i have to go upto the hospital for one of them diabetes tests.. ill be 33 weeks at my appointment so surly there is not much point if i fail..... ive already gone this far with it! I have to sit there for 2 hours.. it will be like watching paint dry. Hope your all doing well ladies. xxx

26th March (33w2d)

Right well i went to the hospital this morning for this glucose test and it was everybit as boring as id ever imagined! lol...i got there at just gone 9.30am and the midwife took some blood... she did it really well.. gave me the glucose drink.. OH MY GOD.. how foul does that need to be.. really, it looked like bright yellow piss, smelt like strong lemonade and tasted like crap with the texture of unset jelly, nice and thick enough to leave a ghastly fur on your tounge.. then i sat reading for 2 hours and she came to get my 2nd bloods from me and proper scratched my arm with the needle, it was proper going for it bleeding everywhere, not just in the tube lol... anyways at least its over, im ringing up the ward for my results tomorrow so we shall see how ive done and i have my ante natel next week for my 34 week check. whoop, getting clooseee!!! love ladies xxxxxxxxxx

28th March (33w4d)

Well i rung up yesterday for my resuts of my glucose test and its all normal which is groovy, i had a feeling i might fail, but turns out im just a greedy pig! haha im feeling nice and lazy today and have lots to be gettin on with but screw it. im going for a kip.. give the pregnant woman a break!! untill next week ladies.... i shall update after my midwife appointment on thursday morning, lets hope babys decided to turn and go head down.... i mean trust MY child to be breech... says it all really haha.. i still love my baby tho :) love ladies xxxxxx

April 8th (35w1d)

Right well my appointment was almost a week ago, and baby is still breech and facing forward and i know baby hasnt turned yet cuz i can feel the head pushing into my ribcage,.. nice and painful! i dont think baby will move personally but people keep telling me baby will so we shall see eh... i wouldnt mind baby staying breech till next week or something cuz then ill be sent for a scan and i think it would be nice to see a scan when babys so far on... but then can go head down lol. so anyways im going back next week for my 36 week check and if baby hasnt moved then i can go for a scan, so lookin forward to that! Me and Chris have deffinatly decided on Tyler if we have a baby boy sooo im carrying little Kaitlyn Mercer or little Tyler Mercer... i love them i really do :) everything else is same old really, the only thing im suffering with really is the pain in my hips and back which rarely stops me from doing anything really.. apart from sleep lol.I suppose i am getting quite tired now aswell, but with only 5 weeks left i cant really complain, apart from the first 12 weeks its been a breeze really, just want baby to come soon now. hope your all good ladies and i shall update with what my midwife says next week. love to all xxx

13th April ( 35w6d)

the pain... the pure agony of trying to sleep. It is just unbearable, im so lucky that all i have to do it potter about till baby decides its time... hopefully a little bit early :) i think baby is still head up... i dunno anymore, lol, find out on thursday tho for my 36 week check. I suppose im really starting to feel the whole so close yet so far thing. i really hope they let me have another scan next week but only if baby is still breech on thursday, i havent seen the baby since my 20 week scan so it would be so nice to see my baby and remind myself that im not dreaming lol, sounds weird i guess. hearing the heartbeat at my appointments is really nice but seeing the baby is more 'oh my god a real baby' kind of feeling lol.. 4 weeks till my due date, sounds like nothing when i look back it seems to of gone really quickly but when you look forward u think FFS am i still pregnant?! there is only a few things left i need to get, the main thing is i still need a car seat, i havent ev en packed my hospital bag yet but i have everything i need... please baby hurry up and get here so mummy can love you and be able to walk again lol. hope ur all feeling good ladies xx

17/4/08 (36w3d)

So i went for my midwife appointment this morning and my midwife was on holiday so i had a stand in from the hospital, she was such a nice woman! just one of those people you meet and you think in your head 'your just lovely you arent ya!' lol.. well anyways she started to have a feel about and i said to her that the baby has never been head down yet, its always been breech and im sure the baby hasnt moved cuz im sure i would of felt the baby do a flip to that degree and im getting all the same movements and pressure in the same places as always and she looked at me all confused sayin she thought the baby was head and that where i thought the head was felt like 'a sqwishy little bum' lol.... and i was like oh i was really sure that was the head and the baby was lying slighty on an angle so his/her feet were by my left hip, so she got the doppler out to see where the heartbeat was and she tryed near the bottom, where it would be if the baby was head and i said she found it by my ribs last time on the right and indeed the little heart was beating away right at the top so that confirmed that yes more then likly the baby is breech so the hospital will be ringing me today with an appointment time for monday or tuesday for a scan and an appointment with the consultant to arrange having baby turned. oh the joys! get to see a midwife every week now, getting so close! arrrghhh! the midwife said aswell if the turning thing doesnt work i will most likly be booked for a c section.i dont like the thought of being cut open ect but at least my woo woo wont get all streched and mangled lol. im me, i just go with the flow,whatever will be will be and im not going to get worked up over anything, i just want my baby. xxxx

21st April 2008 (37w)

Right well last friday i went upto the hospital for a scan as we thought the baby was breech and i was extremely shocked to see babys head tucked nicely down below, yes, the baby is head down and looks like baby has been allllll along its just the bum sticks out alot and so was being mistaken for the head. LOL. The reason ive been feeling 'kicks' on my hip is actually baby punching me as thats where babys arms are. The reason babys heartbeat was found in an odd place is cuz babys actually lying on my right side, so the back and bum is right on the right side and the legs and arms are on the left.. so now its just a waiting game like everrrryyyone else.My friend went into labour today which im so happy for her and it also means im next in the list of people i know! yeyyy! it will soon be my turn and i get to see and hold my beautiful baby. :) peace xx

26th April (37w4d)

blurrghh i went to the midwife on thursday morning and she doesnt want to see me for 2 weeks which is well crap, ill be 4 days off my due date, but there are no signs of anything happening soon so i suppose it would just be a waste as everythings perfectly fine and me and baby are healthy. its just im sooo ready for my baby now, all my down below feels bruised and im assuming thats just the babys head putting all the pressure on there, i duno, feeling extremely fed up of being pregnant but still in high spirits considering. So unless i suddenly go into labour before then, i shall update after my next appointment in 2 weeks. love and peace ladies. xx

8th May (39w3d)

I went to see my midwife this morning and it was my 'assigned' midwife and she was confused about the baby being head down as she really thinks its the head and i tryed to tell her that i saw it for myself the baby is head down and she asked me if i think the baby could of moved around and i know the baby hasnt moved that much... so she just said casually well we can always send you for another scan ..LOL. funny! i have my 40 week appointment a week today and if i turn up pregnant she'll book my induction for the 25th. i have a stong feeling that ill be pregnant next week for her to book me in but ill go before my appointment, but hey what do i know.lol. we shall all know in due course! well i must say the nice weather at the moment is keeping me in high spirits... it almost seems summer has just randomly appeared... its weird but im enjoying it all the same. hope your all feeling good xxxxxxx

14th May 2008 (40w2d)

2 days overdue, kinda stinks really but i read that most women give birth within 4 days each way of their due date so fingers crossed for the next 2 days i guess? lol,.. i started to lose my mucus plug last night, it was totally gross but i had such a smile on my face! lol so at least i know my body is doing something altho i know it doesnt mean labour is around the corner, lol. my midwife appointment is in the morning and i doubt very much she'll have anything interesting to tell me, she might be able to give me my inducement date which will be good to know that THAT is the end of this long tunnel and if i go before that date then... BONUS! lol. im trying reeeealllly hard to stay positive but its hard espeically as i see babys EVERYWHERE, we've been having some real good weather here and all these kids are in the cutest little summer outfits and you just cant help but think 'why me?!' Chris wants to me to go into labour on saturday as his shift at work on sunday is like 6am-4pm !! lol, i told him to try telling the baby that, not me. haha well anyways, till tomoro ladies . hugs xxx

16th May (40w4d)

well 4 days over and still no baby, and any pains ive been getting have stopped for the time being, replaced by what i can only describe as baby elbowing me with some force by my belly button and a sick feeling... blah. well im booked at the hospital on thursday to be induced and ill be 10 days overdue... very very scared but its good to know it will all be over soon and can start looking forward to the next chapter. :) this time next weel ill be a mum. YAYYY! well im off out now anyways and am rushing this so ill write something better latersss . hugs ladies xxx

26th May

I cant believe its taken me this long to update my profile lol, Baby Tyler was born on the 18th May at 11:13am weighing 6lbs7oz.. i still cant believe hes here.. but god my nipples do! check out my birth story .. it was pretty imense! good luck to all you ladies waiting for your miracals! XXX