I'm red-head Kelly, a first timer, and am 11 weeks and a few days along this joyful little journey, due on the 28th of September. I'm from Australia and have been married to Ernesto for 5 years now and we live in Spain. We have always loved the idea of starting a family and decided to take the plunge last Christmas and soon after I missed my first period. I really can't complain about MS, headaches etc though I knew even before peeing on the stick that I was preggers for the sore boobs, no getting out of that one.

I am doing my PhD in soil science and am heading into my last year, though with the arrival of little bean coming along then I'll be taking all of this calmly. I've been told by workmates before that finishing your PhD is like giving birth, so I'll be able to check first-hand on that one.

This web site is fantastic, I'm loving being able to read about all your stories and its nice to feel part of a community of people in the same boat, especially at the moment cause I'm pre-12 weeks and haven't told anyone yet (other than direct family). I'm someone who is always laughing, happy go lucky, and so this site proves to be good entertainment, things that you would never dream of you hear them now and can relate to them, so its lots of fun.

Take care everyone and see you around...

KJ xx

The day little bean was made (TMI!!!)

Friday 14h of March

I ate half a kilo of strawberries today, wasn't my intention but they were yum :)

Sunday 16th of March

Saw the Sunday afternoon movies on the tele, "Mother in Law" with Jane Fonda and had a lil sob followed by "Green Card" and cried til I ran out of breath when he got deported....gee that was rough! Feeling OK these days, a bit tired even though I'm sleeping like a champ. I'm finding it hard to watch the entire news, I can't take so much violence. Some poor dude got thrown about by a bull so that channel got zapped (idiot him for showing off and entering in the bull ring I might add).

Wednesday 19th of March

I think its time to start telling people that I'm pregnant! In Spain its fathers day today and I left a little present at home for Ernesto to open when he got up. At work, a friend mentioned that she had to go and buy a present for her husband and I spontaneously mentioned that I had left a present for Ernesto this morning and my boss looked at me and said...but he isnt a father....is there something you're not telling us....I didn't know where to hide! They'll all know next week anyway, I'm just excited to tell it to my best buddies first.

Saturday 22th of March (12w 6d)

We started telling friends this weekend and got big hugs, great reactions and happy smiles all-round. One friends comment after breaking it to him was

....well what do we talk about now, anything else is seems so insignificant....

had to laugh at that one!

Monday 24th of March (13w 2d)

Went for an US today and it was an adorable experience, there is a little person inside me!! Bean was moving about alot and posed for the camera. We got to see what bean goes through when I laugh too, the poor little thing gets thrown about by my stomach muscles.

Here are the pics...

_____ 73 mm crown to rump __________________The wave

___________Bottoms up______________________Cute nose

Thursday 27th of March (13w 5d)

___ 16w 4d ____________ 18w 3d_________ 20w 4d_____ _24 w 6d

Saturday 3rd of May (18w 6d)

Wednesday 14th of May (20w 4d)

Monday 19th of May (21w 2d)

Thursday 29th of May (22w 5d)

We decided on Eliana as our little girls name.