Another 2 week wait!

The professor told us that the next two weeks are important and he wanted to see us again for a scan to see us safely to 12weeks. So next scan in two weeks when I will be 11weeks 5days.

10 weeks

So after my great Birthday weekend I was very tired but happy. I've started to get quite thirsty.

10w1d

Started to wean off the steroids today, from 20mg to 10mg - staying positive that I'll have no side affects.Went back to work after my week off resting and it is a great distraction.

10w2d

Still having weird dreams and sweating loads at night. I still also have to get up two or three times a night to go the loo and end up staying awake for a couple of hours, which is not helping my tiredness!
Listened to baby's heartbeat with doppler again this morning and I can find the right place almost straight away now. It is so lovely to hear the heartbeat, it's not just for reassurance but also helps me bond with baby.

10w3d

Today I got quite emotional about being pregnant. When I'm busy I forget for a short while that I am pregnant and so when I have a quiet moment it hits me again, and I think about the little baby growing and wriggling inside me!

10w4d

Had a bit of a scare - went to the loo and there was red blood when I wiped. My abdomen also felt tender and achy. I found it hard to get back to sleep and so I was awake from 3:30am for most of the night. I listened to the heartbeat in the morning and all was fine. I wasn't too worried as there was no more bleeding, I was just so, so tired.

10w5d

Felt so much better today after yesterday's drama. I listened with the doppler again this morning - it is now my morning treat, I only listen for about a minute but it makes me smile.

10w6d

Went for a walk with Hubby and we had a good talk about the pregnancy and how it is going. It was good to talk to him because although he is happy and always asking how I am, he seems quiet about the baby. It turns out that he was so sure that last time was going to work and it didn't that he has been finding it hard to get excited and it hasn't really hit him.

11 weeks

Well after our chat yesterday it seems that it has hit Hubby that we are going to have a baby! As we reach each week milestone we always read our pregnancy books and see what is happening to the baby and the mother's body that week. This week we were told that all the baby's major systems are in place and that the pituitary gland has started working. The fact that our baby is so much more human and developed has made it all the more real to him. We looked at 12week scans online so we could see what our baby could be like on Friday- we were both so excited and we're really hoping to see baby moving around. Hubby bought us a brilliant book that talks about the pregnancy day by day rather than week by week!:

11w1d

Reducing the steroids from 10mg to 5mg from today.

11w3d

Have been quite tired all week and feeling a bit queasy, it may be from the lack of steroids.
I've had a few aches on my left side which always worries me a little because that's what I had before the bleed. I've been ok though and it must just be growing pains!
I'm sooooo excited about the scan tomorrow. I can't wait to see how much baby has grown and I'm really hoping to see them move about.

11w5d

Scan day! It was amazing but all over so fast. Baby is measuring ahead again and instead of being 11w5d was 12w1d! The Prof gave me a picture but it's rubbish, I think it is of the back of the baby:

Luckily Hubby videoed most of the scan - amazing!:

Progress!

9w1d

Today is my 40th Birthday and this afternoon the nausea started to ease! Bring on the cake!

9w3d (moved forward to 9w5d)

I went for a scan today and I got a great picture:

Baby was asleep so the Professor gently poked my tummy and said 'wake up' and suddenly the baby started wriggling, moving arms, legs and head - it was amazing! Baby is actually measuring ahead, so from today I'm going by the scan measurements until they tell me any different at the 12 week dating scan.
I still have fluid in my uterus but they don't think it is blood but I'm not to lift anything, still can't exercise, no sex, and I have to take it easy. I'm going back to work though otherwise I'll die of boredom but I will be sensible! Next scan in two weeks.

We told Hubby's brother and wife today, and my Mum told my youngest brother because he is away for the weekend and we're telling everyone else tomorrow and wanted him to know too. I was quite emotional about telling them but also nervous about everyone knowing. It hits us a bit more each day that we are pregnant and that we are doing well!

9w6d

We used the doppler this morning and found the heartbeat straight away - what a great start to the day! Today was my Bithday party and we told our family and friends, it was so exciting and such a happy, happy occasion!

Emergency Scan

8w6d

So the Prof was able to fit us in for a scan at 1pm so I took the day off work and Hubby was off so he was able to come with me. He tried with the doppler before we went and again it took nearly 30minutes but he found it, so that was a big relief and prepared us better for the scan.

The Prof had trouble finding the heartbeat at first but we didn't panic knowing that we had heard it only a few hours before. She eventually got a great picture and the baby had grown since Friday and we could even see a faint outline of the spine. The baby was moving around again but she managed to measure it 9w1d!
There was no paper in the printer so no picture again, so on Friday I must get a picture ready to show people on Saturday - we are telling everyone at my Birthday party!

The Prof said I need to take it easy and rest so I am off work for the rest of the week.

Scare!

8w3d

Friday evening after the scan I went to the loo and there was the dreaded spotting, it was brown which normally means old blood. I decided to go to bed early and read and try and ignore it but I put a panty liner on to keep a check on how much there is. About 2 hours later I turned over in bed and felt a gush and ran to the loo and the panty liner was soaked in pink watery stuff. I put on a proper sanitary towel and waited for Hubby to get home. Shortly after telling him, I felt wet again and when I checked I had some red bleeding. My abdomen felt tender and I didn't feel very well.

Earlier in the day before the scan I had a stabbing pain in one particular spot and before the bleed I had it again. This one thing gave me hope because it seemed to be isolated. Also apart from a few more drips when I went the loo, the red bleeding had stopped by the next day.

8w4d

After a terrible nights sleep Hubby and I decided to try the doppler again. He tried for 25minutes and eventually he found it! We were so relieved!

We didn't got to A&E or anything because it was a weekend and we know from past experiences that there isn't much they can do for you at the weekend and we definitely wouldn't get a scan.

First Midwife Appointment

8w5d

The midwife was really nice and I was so excited to get my Maternity Green Notes which I am meant to carry round with me everywhere. She also said to let her know if I couldn't get a scan off the Prof tomorrow and she would try and arrange one.

I got lots of information about all sorts of things such as eating your 5 a day, getting the flu jab, and some pregnancy classes.

Fourth Scan

8 weeks

Loads of negative thoughts creeping in and I feel nervous and a bit panicky. I think this is because it was the 8 week scan when we found out it was all over last time.
Weighed myself and I haven't put a lot on which is good, have lost tone and look a bit bloated more than anything. We tried to find the baby's heartbeat with the fetal doppler I bought last time but it is probably still too early.

8w1d

Nausea has got slightly worse which you have to look at positively as a good sign even though I feel poo all the time. The only thing that works is being distracted such as at work, in the shower and swimming.
Chocolate milkshake is my latest thing to help, along with blackcurrent juice, dried strawberries, lollyices and of course chips!

8w3d
Hubby found the heartbeat with the doppler! He tried for ages and eventually we found it quite faint just behind my beat. You can tell the difference because it's so much faster. We were so happy!
By myself for the scan as usual but I felt ok knowing we had heard the heartbeat. The scan was great, the baby looks more like a baby and has a big head and little body and still has marshmellowy limbs. The amazing thing was that from 8weeks it starts to move and while I was being scanned it waved its marshmellow arm at me! I was in a different room today and there was no printer so no picture.

I let Mum tell my Aunty about the pregnancy because she is very ill and I hoped it would cheer her up plus Mum is fit to burst with excitement and needed to tell someone!

Third Scan

7weeks

My pregnant friend recommended bar extenders which have been a Godsend because my bras fit but are tight round my back and too uncomfortable with the bloating.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bra-Strap-Extenders-x6-2xBlack/dp/B002TI0I5S/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1347982015&sr=8-4

7w3d

Have been sleeping on high pillows which help with the food stuck high up in my stomach.
Had to goto the scan by myself again today. I have external scans now because I am thin enough and the baby is big enough to see. The baby measured 7w4d and had a strong heartbeat. It is at what I call the marshmellow stage because the limbs are just square looking like marshmellows.

Went for a swim afterwards and I was swimming along nearly crying with happiness and listening to a song that expresses how I feel - "Happy to see you, setting me off like sparks, you ignite all the colours inside my heart"