Heartbeat

Just been for my second appointment with the midwife. Everything going
OK. Still got some nausea, but I think it's more indigestion than
"morning" sickness, so I need to see the doctor to get a prescription
for Gaviscon to save me buying it all the time. Blood pressure fine,
nothing exciting in my urine, noting else to note.
She said there was only a 50% chance of hearing the heartbeat, but she
could try if I wanted. I wanted! And bless, Bubble is doing well - a
good strong heartbeat for all to hear! That's my baby!

more excitement

We've just come back from the doctor, after Bubbles 15 week appointment with the midwife. We were told that she could have a listen for bubbles heartbeat, but that there was only a 50% chance of hearing it at this point. As it turned out, it was fairly easy to find, and was quite strong. So, not only have we already got its first picture, we've now hear it too!

Bubble burps

The sickness died off a few weeks ago, and I thought that was it for
that. But no - the last few days I've been feeling rough again. The
sea bands have gone back on the wrists and I've been grazing in the
hope of reducing the symptoms. But this time it's accompanied by
Bubble Burps - at least I'm blaming Bubble! So, now Gaviscon has been
added to remedy list. I've only tried it today but, touch wood, things
do seem to be a bit better. Maybe I can get rid of the wrist bands?
But indigestion already? Is that right? Anyway, I'm at the midwife
again next Tuesday, so I'll ask her about it then.

I wish people would stop telling me that "14 weeks is when you start
to bloom"! That's just not happening for me. Spotty skin, still tired
a lot of the time, and feeling fat and sicky. Blooming my arse!

Feeling tired, achy and fat!

Every night I just want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep by about
8.30pm? Is that normal? I'm so tired. Back to school this week as
well, so I don't have a day or two off in the week now either.
School's only mornings, not full days, but it does stop me having a
lie in. Still, after September I'll be back to 2 days pharmacy, rather
than the three I'm doing at the moment, so that'll give me a day back.
Hurrah!

And the achy bit - it's my neck and shoulders. Last Friday I woke up
and could barely move my head. That lasted over the weekend. It's
better than that now - at least I can drive the car and not grimace
every time I move - but I'm still very tense and achy. Dave went on a
mercy mission - bless him - to find a wheat bag, which helps but
doesn't solve the problem. Paracetamol doesn't touch it, and I don't
want to take anything else. I know a lot of it is just that I need to
relax, but that's quite difficult at the moment. Any suggestions?

Now the fat bit - my belly now sticks out as much as my boobs. And
that's saying something! I'm sure I shouldn't be this big at 13 weeks.
And the belly is not even round, it's got a lopsidedness to it. What
am I going to be like at 40 weeks?! Help!!!

The news is out!

I think pretty much everyone must know by now. If you don't, I'm
sorry! Everyone's really excited for us. Maybe more excited than we
are - although we have had a few weeks for the news to settle in.

Now there's so much to think about. We've had offers of stuff from my
brother, so we need to make time to go and see what is lurking in
their cupboards. I've got to think about maternity pay - I don't work
many hours at school, so don't know whether I'll get SMP from there,
and so need to find out what the alternative is for self-employed
people. Dave hasn't got a permanent job yet, so there's that hanging
over us. The list goes on...

At least I'm not really feeling sick any longer. Tired - yes! Brain a
bit scatty - yes! Off bananas - yes! But none of that horrible
sickness malarkey!

It's all now very real!

It's now all very real for us - we've seen the pictures to prove it. Up to now, it's all just been C feeling fat, tired, sick etc, along with the (faint) blue line, but now we've seen the pictures at the first scan, we've seen Bubble's head, body and limbs. He was wriggling about a bit this morning, and we now know everything appears to be OK.

The date we were given tallies exactly with what we thought (it's now 12 wks & 2 days), making the due date in early to mid March next year.

I now have to get on with securing a job to take the pressure from C to earn lots - and that is not proving an easy task! I am working on it, and praying that I'll get to know of suitable opportunities, and that someone will see my potential from the application!

Feeling fat!

What am I? About 10 weeks and already I'm feeling fat. Someone told me
the other day that I'm beginning to show - and we haven't even told
family and friends yet. We've got a few weddings coming up and I
needed something to wear - I've had to buy a maternity dress to make
sure it'll fit me by the last one at the end of October! I just feel
fat and fed up.
We weren't going to tell family and friends until after the scan next
Tuesday, but it's Dad's 60th birthday next Monday and the whole family
is going away for the weekend to Scarborough. It's going to be
impossible to hide it all from them - the feeling sick, the tiredness
and the big tum - so we've decided to tell them when we see them on
Friday. At least that way we can tell before they guess or ask.
Everyone else can wait until after the scan - telling my family is a
case of needs must!

Morning? sickness

Hmm! I don't know about morning - it seems to get worse through the
day. I've only actually been sick once, which I suppose I can be
grateful for. But bananas are off the menu, and I'm eating constantly
throughout the day in an effort to keep the worst of the feeling at
bay. How long does this go on for?

Midwife appointment

Been for the midwife appointment today. Not too exciting really. Just
a load of questions to check on how things are and I guess to
highlight any potential problems, and a load of booklets and leaflets
to bring home to read - it'll take until the baby's born to get
through them all!

Just a slight debate about the dates at the moment. I know when my
last period was, and I also know that they aren't 28-day cycles and
the earliest possible date for conception was. It doesn't exactly fit
with the date they work out from my period - she reckons 10 weeks, but
I reckon it's more like 8-9. It's made all the more confusing by the
fact that the "weeks" aren't counted from conception, but from the
last period, even if your cycle aren't the "perfect" 28 days!

Scan in 2 weeks, so they'll probably try and tel me something different then!

Scan Date

I've now got an appointment for the "12-week" scan. How exciting! It's
9.05am on Tuesday 28th August @ the Jessop Wing. I could have done
with it being during the week before but there wasn't any appointments
left. It's only because we're away BH weekend with all my family and I
can see it's going to be hard not saying anything while we're with
them.

I've also got an appointment to see the midwife at the local surgery a
couple of weeks before the scan. Not exactly sure what that's for but
hey!

The start of morning sickness?

I wouldn't say it's sickness, I just don't feel right on a morning.
More like that hungry, sickly feeling when you're tired and haven't
eaten properly. Is it morning sickness then? I can cope if it is and
it stays like this. But I'm dreading it getting worse over the next
two weeks at the jamboree - Sod's Law says it will though. I can't
think of much worse than feeling/being sick at camp :(

What a difference a bra makes!

Just been and got fitted for a new bra after the recent enlargement
procedure - and now the boobs feel a whole lot more normal. Hurrah!
Although they weren't as painful as a week or two ago, they were
permanently feeling uncomfortable and the thought of two weeks at camp
like that was not appealing.

Not quite rocks!

Hurrah! They don't feel quite as heavy and sore now. More like large stones now!

Big boobs!

Grr! They feel like 2-ton rocks...

Names

I know it's very early, but we can't help it!

We're already making lists of names we like. And already there's
disagreements. But there's also agreements, so that's OK.

It's really hard - a lot of names we like end in "e" sound, or their
nicknames do. And they don't sound much good with the surname Pinney.

I'm thinking about meanings and not just whether I like the sound, but
Dave doesn't seem to bothered about that bit.

We want something unusual - so all their friends won't have the same
name (No Jack or Ellie here!) - but we don't want to do too wacky that
no-one has heard of it, no-one can spell it or it's just plain mad!