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this is my first ultrasound picture taken at 9 weeks. I was so fascinated and could have just watched the baby for ours. Unfortunately the doctor wouldn't let me :-) She (we think it will be a girl, even though you can't tell yet) even wriggled with her tiny little legs for a few seconds. That was amazing to see. She'll probably be a very energetic baby :-)


Mommie & Daddie


Got my next appointment on Monday, 3rd September.

Hopefully we'll have a digital camera soon so I can start taking pictures of my tummie, although there isn't much to see yet.

4, September

I went to my second prenatal visit yesterday and got to hear the babies heart beat. it was so beautiful and put a big grin on my face. I also got to see my baby again, although I thought that I wouldn't have my next ultrasound until week 20 or so. She was upside down and moved around so much that the doctor couldn't even measure her. She wouldn't keep still for more than a few seconds. The doctor kept trying for about 5 minutes and then gave up. So we'll probably have a very active baby :-) But she had grown so much since last time. It was just amazing. I could see her head properly and even thought I saw the nose and mouth a little bit. She moved her arms up to her head a couple of times. It was really good to see and to get reassurances that everything is just fine.

September, 10th

We finally got a digital camera and I took some photos of my tummy and the baby clothes that I bought the other day. I can't sleep very well at night at the moment. I keep waking up at least 5-6 times and my heads feels like plugged into a power point. Feels like I might get 4-5 hours effective sleep. I'm a very light sleeper, too, so I wake up easily anyways. Hope that'll stop soon. Apart from that I feel very good. Didn't throw up this morning, yipee :-)

my belly at 15 weeks 6 days

September, 11

I slept a little better last night, didn't wake up so much but had horrible dreams nearly all early morning. One of them really freaked me out. I dreamed that I could finally feel the baby move. I was so excited that I put my hands on my tummy. She was very active and it started feeling a little bit awkward, nearly eerie because she moved so quickly. Then all of a sudden, the baby's fingers literally came out of the tummy and grabbed my hand/ finger. but it was so spooky cause her fingernails were really long and sharp. she kept scratching me and it felt like she wanted to push me away so that I wouldn't touch her. It was so scary and felt so real that when I woke up from the dream, I thought it had happened for real and I was scared to put my hands on my tummy. Maybe I had this dream cause I'm sort of anticipating the baby's first movements, cause so many others have already felt their baby. I had about two or three other scary dreams last night. What a night. Anyway, apart from that little shock in the early morning hours I feel fine today.

September, 13

I keep eating so much chocolate. I heard that if you have cravings for sweets it'll be a girl, and if you crave for savory stuff, it'll be a boy. Probably another old women's tale :-) but you never know. Lots of them are true. Anyway, I guess if I keep stuffing myself up with all those sweeties I'll probably blow up like a balloon soon. But it's sooo yummie... I'll have my morphology ultrasound on October, 16the. My husband is gonna come with me, so he can see the baby, too. I guess we'll also find out then for sure whether it's a girl or a boy. Exciting.

September, 21

I feel soooo good. Haven't thrown up for nearly a week (fingers crossed). Yesterday, I felt the first little flutter while I was having a little midday nap. I think I should be able to feel the baby move, soon. I'm really surprised I haven't felt her yet, because at my last dc's appointment a couple of weeks ago, she would just not stay still but move around all the time. Maybe she's become a little calmer, after I started prenatal yoga :-) that's sooo good. The stretches really help, especially after I've been sitting on mu bum all day. I go there once a week and try to do it at home a couple/ three times a week. It's such a nice way to connect with the baby. One of the girls on this page mentioned something about Hypnobirthing, and I thought I'd check it out. It sounds really cool and like a very natural way to give birth. I will try to find a class here in Adelaide, although I don't think that there is any certified person here, haven't found any name on their list anyways. But I found out that they do sort of Hypnobirthing/ relaxation classes at the Women's and children hospital where I'll deliver. So, I'm definitely going to look into that. My pants are getting a little tighter, too. I guess I'll have to go shopping for some maternity clothe soon :-)

17weeks &3 days

October, 16th

It's time for a little update again. I've just come back from my appointment at the hospital where I will deliver my little one and had a huge ultra scan. I'm over the moon. I could see her, yes it's a girl :-), cute little face so clearly, it just amazed me. She's got a perfect cute little chin, perfect cute little cheeks, a beautiful little nose and mouth. She's surely a beauty :-) even the nurse said she's gorgeous and very photogenic. I will scan the pics as soon as possible and put them on my page. We had a look at all organs, I saw the little chambers of her heart (just blew me away), her bladder, stomach, her spine, kidneys, the head just everything and it's all good and healthy. I'm so happy. Unfortunately, Sean couldn't come with me like we had planned first, cause he couldn't get time off work, but next time I'm sure he'll be able to see our little girl, too. He was so looking forward to it. I got to go back to the hospital tomorrow for another doc appointment to discuss shared care formalities etc. The baby started kicking about three weeks ago and I can now feel her every day, mainly when I sit down in the evening or go to bed. Last night, we were already in bed, Sean had his hand on my tummy and she once kicked so hard that his hand even jumped up a tiny little bit. Made me laugh. We finally got all our furniture yesterday, yipee. I already unpacked some of it but can't do it all, as some of it is too heavy to lift. It's so nice to have a real sofa and bed at last, our house starts to look really comfy. Anyway, that's all for today.

20 weeks and 4 days, we're getting there, my tummy is popping out

October, 24th

I keep having really weird and scary dreams, if they are not scary they are all over the place. Last night I dreamed again that my tummy was really sore and I started bleeding. When I woke up it did hurt quite a bit, but more like a burning sensation all over the lower part of the belly. But it's all good now. I got a book from the library about pregnancy and birth. Last night I read the part about giving birth and looked at some of the pictures. It totally freaked me out. So far I have actually been quite relaxed about the whole giving birth thing and always told myself, it's going to be fine, millions of women have gone through this before, and so will you. But after I had seen the pics last night I freaked a little bit. How on earth are we supposed to push a head through there, and shoulders, even though it's a little head. I should better not think about it anymore, otherwise I might start panicking. I photographed my ultrasound scans from last week instead of scanning them and put them on this site. I love the ones where you can see her profile.

our little one at 21 weeks

November, 2nd

Time for another update. I got a little worried the other day cause I thought I had a bladder infection. I've had so many pinches and pullings in my lower tummy that it got a little hard to say where they came from and then I started to get a burning sensation when I went to the toilet. So I started drinking bladder tea and water like a mad cow plus went to the doctor and had my urine tested. I just got the ok from my doc. It's all good and the burning sensation and pinches in the bladder area are gone, too. After I had drunk buckets of this herbal bladder tea on Wednesday, however, the midwife told me I should check the packet in case it's not meant to be for pregnant women. That thought hadn't even crossed my mind, because I thought it's herbal so it can't be too bad. So I rang the naturopath shop where I had bought the tea and they then told me that, indeed, I shouldn't drink the tea while pregnant. The woman I spoke to on the phone said it's ok to have a cup, that wouldn't harm the baby. So that was a bit of a shock cause I hadn't only drunk one cup but two liter but didn't tell her. She said, I could have rasberry tea and that it would be good for the uterus. So I went to the pharmacy to see whether they'd have rasberry tea. The pharmacist however told me that you should only have rasberry tea in your third trimester and that she thinks, the herbal bladder tea would be fine. People just tend to be over careful and don't want to take any risk, so they say it's not safe for pregnant ladies just to be on the safe side. In the end I was so totally confused with what I could drink/ take and what I shouldn't that I just had Rosehip tea. Can they confuse a pregnant woman even more??? Anyways, it's all good now. Baby is fine and I can feel her move. This morning I was laying on my side and I could feel her kick into my right side. I love it, it's like having a little morning chat with her. My next appointment is November, 14th. And we have also decided to get a 4D ultrasound scan because Sean missed the big scan last time and he would really like to see her. You also get a DVD and photos so it's also a really nice thing to keep and show her when she's older. My mom sent me some baby clothes over from Germany. They are soooo cute, they look like little doll clothes. I took pics of them and put them on this site. I got three more of the little short sleeve jump suit but they have the same patterns as the one in the pics. I also took another belly photo. I got a bit of a strange look on my face thought cause I had just gotten up and was still a little tired. It's getting harder to get up in the morning. I can't just jump out of bed anymore (not that I did that in the first place) but have to roll on my side and push myself up.

November, 16th

Ok, what's new... I had my translation exam last Friday. I'd like to get accredited with NAATI, the national association for translators and interpreters here in Australia. I thought that might be a good opportunity to increase job chances once I've got the visa. And it's something I can do from home and not on a full time basis. I think the exam went ok, although you never know for sure. Unfortunately, I have to wait up to ten to twelve weeks now to get the result. The baby will nearly be here then. Other than that, our little girl is doing really well. I had another appointment with my doc on Wednesday. She checked the heart beat and measured my tummy and apparently the size of my tummy is exactly where it should be. So all good :-) It's getting soooo hot here in Oz. We have 36 degrees today. I can start feeling my legs and back when I walk a lot. I'd like to go swimming today, there's a public swimming pool half an hour walk from here. I think I might go there later, just got to be careful in the sun and see if I can walk the entire distance in the heat. There is no bus going there, though and I don't have a car, so walking is pretty much the only way to get there. I would also have to figure out the bra thing. My bikini bra is way too small by now (my boobs seem to have blown up to double there size). Sean loves it and put in a request to keep them after birth :-) Well, I'll see what I can do. Apparently, they are going to grow even bigger after birth again. I'm going to a prenatal class at my yoga school tomorrow. My Yoga teacher offers those classes at the moment each Saturday. She talks about different aspects of birth and pregnancy every time and we'll do a little yoga I think. She's really amazing. She's got such a broad knowledge about pregnancy and giving birth. She's had six children herself, two sets of twins and two single pregnancies. Tomorrow she's going talk a little about water birth, too, which I'd like to hear as I am planning to have a water birth. They do water births at the Women and Children Hospital here, but there actually needs to be a midwife who's registered for water births at the time when I'll be giving birth. But I might be lucky. Would be nice for both, me and the baby. I just think, it's a much more gentle way to bring the baby into this world. Oh, I just remembered a dream I had last night (my dreams are still all over the place, almost like one movie after another playing in my head when I'm asleep). I dreamed I was brought into hospital because I was supposed to give birth. Sean was there with me and the doctor kept telling me to push. But I was really confused, as I didn't have any contractions and didn't feel like I had to give birth at all, it was way too early but I couldn't remember what week I was in. In the end I remembered that I was only 25 weeks pregnant and that I shouldn't give birth at all because the baby still needs to stay in my tummy. She didn't come out anyway and I was really glad about it. Ok, that's all the news I've got so far. I'll post another pic again soon. And we actually changed the date for the 4D u/s from today to next Thursday.
26 weeks

November, 30th

So we finally went to our 4D ultra sound yesterday. I had to cancel the appointment last week, too, because I had forgotten to get a referral from my doctor, but it was all good because it turned out that Sean wouldn't haven been able to come anyways due to work. So yesterday we saw our little angel again, well Sean saw her for the first time actually. It was amazing. The 4D seems so much more real than the 2D ultra sound. We were both blown away, and we got some really nice pictures. The doc told us that his wife had to come back 5 times until she got such good pics. We could also hear the blood flow between me and the baby in the umbilical cord. We got a DVD and lots of photos, and I cant stop looking at her. She seems so much more real after having seen her like that yesterday. She's got her dad's nose :-) and the most gorgeous big lips. I'm going to burn the DVD and get some copies of the photos and send them over to my sister, parents and grandparents for Christmas. My mom is going to love it. So, everything is going really well. I've had a weird sensation in my liver area, though, for quite some time now. It feels like a tingling or numbness and after a while it got a little uncomfy. It's there when I sit down, which is the most part of the day unfortunately :-) or eat. I guess the organs are being cramped up a little or maybe is a muscle. It doesn't hurt too much and apart from that I don't have any other uncomfy or scary things happening. I went swimming the other day, there is a swimming centre 20 minutes walking distance from our home. It was so nice to get some exercises in the water but also a little exhausting. I felt like a little water balloon with tummy floating in the water. I'll try to do that maybe once a week, it's good exercise for the back I think and just to stay a bit active.



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