Hello everyone,

My name is Raquel Sanchez ,i first want to congratulate on all those women who are pregnant and are really excited to see their little ones.

I am 29 years old and i live in the north of Spain ,Galicia.I was actualy born and raised in London all my life,and came to live here when i was 19 .

My husband is called Pedro we were engaged to get married next year (june the 5th 2008)and we already had everything planned ,ceremony,reception etc.But i got pregnant and we decided to do get married before the baby is due.

We are both over the moon and wait for our baby with warm open arms.it´s a boy!!!!!

15th of November 32 weeks First thing i´d like to say is i´ve had a good pregnancy so far,no vomiting or anything like that.

I´m going a bit slow on the baby stuff,i haven´t prepared his nursery yet and i´m starting to panic!i´ve bought him clothes and teddys ,bath set,bath tub,moses basket,but thats about it but i haven´t set up the room yet.

Ye ,You all must think i´m mad!!!!

19th of November 33 weeks

Can´t breath properly,what a blocked up nose,!a few cramps and back pains.Feeling a little bit sad today for no apparent reason must be my hormones.

20th of November

My hormones are driving me up the wall,i´m kinda like still sad and starting to worry about giving birth.

21st of November

Finding it more and more difficult to find a comfortable sleeping position .Getting stomach and leg cramps again,they are mild but i´m getting them more often.

Baby won´t stop moving,oh and we are going to call him DANIEL.

22nd of November

I didn´t sleep at all last night!!total insomnia!!i kept on worrying about different things,the baby ,my family,etc

i´m at work now and thank God i´m not feeling exhausted! Daniel is kicking away as usual.

Pregnancy survey
about you
name:RAQUEL age:29 height:5'4
about the father
name:Pedro age:30 height:5'8
are you still together?:yez!!!
About your pregnancy
is this your first pregnancy?:yeswhen did you find out?:14th of May

was it planned?:no
what was your first reaction?: I COULDN´T BELIEVE IT

who was there when you found out?:pedro

who was the first person you told?:my mum and dad

what were your parents reaction?:Over the moon,my dad said "i´m gonna be a grandad!!!"

How far along were you?:about 6 weeks
what was your first symptom?:sore boobs and no period but lots of period ains and really tired
do you know the sex?:yes
if so do you have names?:yes its a boy and his name is Daniel

how many weight have you gained?:9 kilos

do you have strech marks?:one stretch mark on my belly

have you heard the heartbeat?:yeah
about the birth
are you keeping the baby?:i sure am!
Home or hospital birth?:hospital
natural or medicated?:medicated!!!!
Who will be in the delivery room with you?Hopefully Pedro

Will you breastfeed?:I´m not quite sure,i,llprobably will the first 3 months and then i´ll bottle feed as i have to go back to work.

26th of november 2008

This is getting more and more uncomfty,all weekend i ate like a pig ,chocolates,biscuites,peanuts...

I couldn´t help it!!and i feel sooooo guilty now.

I can´t cut the nails of my feet!

-Just a minute a go i was walking down the stairs looking at my mobile phone and i triped over,thank God nothing happened because the first thing i did was put my hands on the floor ,what a shock!!!

Girls be careful and don´t be as clumpsy as me,i´ve never felt my heart go so fast!

3rd of december

As a whole i´m feeling cramped and heavy,if i´m sitting down i´m fine but as soon as i get up i feel like going toilet , if i walk just a bit i get tired very quickly and feel like going toilet all the time

I´m also having really bad indigestion ,not going to the toilet properly)

This is getting each day more uncomfty and i'm getting so unpatient wanting to see my little one.

We got his pram this weekend gone by ,it just about fit in the car but i can´t put anything else in .

10th of december

i´m getting nervous and anxious now!i´m still working and haven´t got the bottle to tell my boss that i want to stop working before Christmas because he thinks i´ll be working until i go into labour ,so that i don´t loose weeks of my matenity leave before the baby is born.

The thing is that i wasn´t going to use up my maternity leave but ask for sick leave.I don´t know what to do !cause i´m finding it hard to get up in the mornings and drive into work!

11th of december

I´m starting to get sharp pains down below - in the vajayjay region!! They really hurt but only last for a few mins and then go away,it´s as if someone is scraping me inside . I reckon its his head pushing against something!....

But it´s horrible!

My boss has found someone to replace me,and she is coming in tomorrow so that i can show her what to do!

Gosh i feel so relieved,i mean just imagen i´d have to stop working right now ,whoever takes my place wouldn´t know where anything is.So i´m a bit more calmed down and hope to go to the doctors next week to ask for sick leave.

13th of December

I went to my mid-wife today and she said that the babys fine.By the looks of things he is head on position and ready to come out ,know wonder i had sharp pains down under,i asked her if he could come early but she just told me to be aware of the first week of January.

I asked her if i should stop working and she said as long as if i´m feeling well then it´s better to keep my mind occupied rather than to sit and wait till my baby wants to come,well let´s see how i´m feeling...

I´m finding it soooo hard to sleep,Daniel keeps on moving alot and yesterday he had lots of hiccups God Bless!I notice i just want to burst out crying again,i feel heavy ,fat it´s defo my hormones ,i´m just getting tired and nervous .i think i´ve got everything ready and prepared for my baby to come ,we are just waiting for him now ,so let the cou nt down begin!

And to all you not long to go mums ,cheer up,enjoy each day, because you don´t experience having a baby in you every day ,this is indeed an incredible experience and before you know it he or she will be here!

20th of December

I´ve finally stopped working!!!I could´t carry on ,i was getting so depressed at work and finding it hard to drive into work,so the doctor told me that i have anemia and gave me sick leave,.

Daniel seems to be fine but they think he is small so they are going to do me a scan next wednesday .

Wel i can´t wait to see this little one ,i´m counting the days!!!

26Th of December

I hope you all had a merry christmas,i spent it at my mums were i ate like a pig ,Christmas pudding with cream was my favourite!!!i´m a totaly regreting it!

Today i had to go into hospital for a scan because they suspected that baby was small and may have had problems receiving nutrition and oxygen through the umbilical cord ,but luckily he is fine and he weighs more or less 3 kilos 200 grams and is about 49cm long ,

I´ve got a horrible cold and sore throat ,there´s not much i can do .

time is really dragging and i´m feeling really heavy,my back aches ,but what can you do ,patience i suppose.

1st of JANUARY 2008

Ok no signs of Daniel yet ,so his definetly a 2008 baby.Yesterday i went for a check up and the doctors told me that he has engaged so he is ready to come out,he told me to walk alot these next few days and if he isn´t born before the 9th they are keeping me in the hospital to get ready to be induced!!!

i have such a mixture of feelings ,inbetween excited and really nervous .

I have no types of symptoms !i keep looking at my knickers when i go to the toilet but like i said there´s nothing weird just yet,so i suppose when i least expect it he´ll be calling at the door ,although i´m always thinking of him.

5th of January

I really thought things were happening yesterday evenning,i had period like cramps and i could feel his head move in my pelvis ,it was a painful feeling ,but then everything stopped and in the morning i felt it again,but that´s it.

The doctor thought i´d have chances of having it this weekend but nop!i don´t think so..

Well lets see what happens....

6Th of January

Well here i am ,stuck at home bored of waiting,I went for a walk yesterday but i soon get tired and my legs feel numb,this is feeling very heavy and fat.

Daniel won´t stop moving and he just isn´t ready to come out,i think i´ve never been so unpatient in my life.

i just want it all over and done with,but the more i want him the least keen he seems to want to come out.

9th of January

Ok so i hesitated when i thought he´d come early,no signs at all,i feel the same as ever the only difference is that i don´t sleep at night.

Today i´m going into hospital to do some check ups ,i should be there for 2 days and then if no signs i think they´ll probably send me home for the weeekend or maybe they´ll keep me in to induce me.

i´m getting a bit panicky now ,.I just hope i´m not alone when it happens.

11th of January

Right where do i start!

Well i was kept in at he hospital last wed for close checks ,the doctors here don´t say anything and until the next morning at 10 they´d keep me intriged to see what the hell is going on.So i slept there ,which i didn´t sleep cause a new born baby with his mum came in the room at 2:35 in the morning,so till about half four in the morning they hadn´t gone to sleep ,and then at about half sevenish the nurse came in to ask the girl which had a baby next to me if she had urined.

Well anyway i didn´t sleep at all ,and then at about half ten the doctor did me an ultrasound and she then finally told me that she was sending me home because it was too early to induce me and so i have to go back in on Monday if the baby hasn´t decided to come.

What was the point keeping me in on wednesday,why did the other doctor tell me that he´d induce me if the baby hadn´t come and i´d stay in the hospital until it had been born.I´m back home and in a peed off mood,so lets see what happens .

DANIEL WAS BORN ON THE 12TH OF JANUARY AT 22:47,HE IS THE BEST THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO ME !!!!!

I´ll post my story as soon as i´ve got a moment!

Here is my story:

12th of January 2008

I had him on the 12th at 10:47 pm, the day before i lost my mucas plug at 3 in the afternoon and at about 9pm my contractions started ,well at about 6 in the morning contractions every 10-15 mins and as the hours went by the pain was getting more intense ,so at about 1 o clock i decided it was time to dash off to the hospital.
They told me that i was only 1 cm dilated at around 3 ,and at about 6 in the evenning the contractions were every 4-5 mins thats when i broke waters ,the midwives would leave you in a room and until the contractions were every 3-4 mins they wouldn´t do anything ,they´d just ignore you .So a few mins later they took me down stairs and saw that i was 5 cm dilated already !
at that point i was dilating very fast and in total agony,the anastessitis (i´m not sure how to say it in English the one who puts the epidural)hadn´t arrived yet ,so i was about 7 cm dilated and finally she came.
At about 10ish Daniels head popped out ,by then i hardly felt the pain and it was easy for me to deliver him.
The stupid doctors left a piece of placenta inside me and they were trying to get rid of it and there are still bits left inside me which bit by bit my body will get rid of i hope.

The mid-wives were awful,they would ignore you most of the time apart from being so rude.
i had fever all throughout labour ,the midwife had to go and get a heater and blankets cause i couldn´t stop shivering.

Daniel doesn´t seem to look like anyone in particular , his hair is dark and his eyes are a grey colour.he weighed 3 kilos 100 grams and 49 cm.He has long little fingers and nails(which i´m scared to cut) .At the moment he he has got puffy eyes ,he has more of a boys face than a babies face cause of his strong features.