My Baby Diary
Shells Pregnancy Diary
Week 11
I've been considering writing a diary on here for a few weeks as it seems like a nice thing to keep and maybe it will be interesting for some other people reading it:-)
So far I've had all of the normal pregnancy "symptoms" - sickness (although I have to say I've been really, really lucky on that score, just feeling sick as opposed to actually being sick!), tiredness like I've never known before and in the last week, I've started being grumpy, especially in the evening if I've had a long day at work. The funny thing is, I know I'm being horrible, I just can't stop myself!
I had my booking in appointment two weeks ago and so far I've been really impressed with the midwives where I live. There are a team of community midwives and the two I've seen have been very friendly and put me at ease. I've never had a blood test before, so I was quite nervous before my booking appt but there was really no need to be as it hardly hurt at all!!
I told my boss at work last week and was hugely relieved with the way she reacted. We have agreed not to tell anyone "officially" until after the scan, just to make sure everything's ok.
On the subject of scans, our dating scan is on the 11th. We are really excited but I've just been reading a post about a lady finding out the pregnancy had failed at around 8 weeks and she didn't know until the scan. It horrifies me to think that that could even happen - that you'd lost the baby and had no idea. I think I will just carry on thinking positive thoughts for now and hope everything is ok.
I think that will do for now, no doubt I'll be posting again soon....
Shells Pregnancy Diary
Week 11
I've been considering writing a diary on here for a few weeks as it seems like a nice thing to keep and maybe it will be interesting for some other people reading it:-)
So far I've had all of the normal pregnancy "symptoms" - sickness (although I have to say I've been really, really lucky on that score, just feeling sick as opposed to actually being sick!), tiredness like I've never known before and in the last week, I've started being grumpy, especially in the evening if I've had a long day at work. The funny thing is, I know I'm being horrible, I just can't stop myself!
I had my booking in appointment two weeks ago and so far I've been really impressed with the midwives where I live. There are a team of community midwives and the two I've seen have been very friendly and put me at ease. I've never had a blood test before, so I was quite nervous before my booking appt but there was really no need to be as it hardly hurt at all!!
I told my boss at work last week and was hugely relieved with the way she reacted. We have agreed not to tell anyone "officially" until after the scan, just to make sure everything's ok.
On the subject of scans, our dating scan is on the 11th. We are really excited but I've just been reading a post about a lady finding out the pregnancy had failed at around 8 weeks and she didn't know until the scan. It horrifies me to think that that could even happen - that you'd lost the baby and had no idea. I think I will just carry on thinking positive thoughts for now and hope everything is ok.
I think that will do for now, no doubt I'll be posting again soon....
Week 12
I was so relieved when we got to week 12. It has seemed as though the scan has been a long time coming. Luckily I've been really busy this week as the scan was not until Thursday, so I've not had much time to think about it!
On Wednesday night I was feeling incredibly nervous. I haven't really been feeling sick for the last few weeks and nowhere near as tired as I have been previously, so I was thinking the worst. I also had a secret dread that they'd tell me I'd imagined the whole thing and there was no baby at all!!!
Anyway, Thursday arrived and the scan was brilliant. The sonographer found the baby straight away and he/she was nodding their head and turned over while we were watching. It was amazing and DH had a tear in his eye :-)
I also told work "officially" yesterday after we knew all was well with the scan and I was amazed at how pleased everyone was. It's amazing how nice people are to you when you're pregnant and how they will go out of their way to do things for you, even if you really don't need them to and I'm not even showing at all yet! Still, I will enjoy it while it lasts, I won't be pregnant forever!!
I've woken up this morning feeling completely normal, not tired, grumpy, achey or anything else, which is brilliant. Long may it continue (although I have no idea how realistic that really is!)
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Edited 13/02/2010 13:52 ET by shells77
