Week 9

A strange week - I don't actually feel as if I'm pregnant this week - body seems to be acting as normal, except I cannot get warm. It doesn't help that our boiler has died this week though. Mum says my great gran, Nanny Kimmer, used to say, "That baby's taking all the heat from you!" Let's just hope he or she continues to take the heat in the summer, because otherwise I'm going to be walking around with an industrial wind turbine to keep cool!

I've got my meeting with the midwife this week - Wednesday afternoon, and Scott's off work for half term with me, so he'll be coming too. I think they do blood tests and stuff, no scans. That'll be in a few weeks after the booking meeting.

I'm still nausea-free and not really doing cravings, although I've gone off the Uncle Ben's microwave risotto I'd bought for school :( I'm also drinking lots of milk, which is apparently a good thing.

Scott and I went to Ikea yesterday to buy bathroom stuff (our half-term project) and had a quick look in the baby department. Far too scary to think about any of that stuff yet, but quite nice to think that one day we'll be in there buying bits and bobs from there. We were given a big bag of baby clothes from a lady on Freecycle too this week, with very cute teddy bear snow suits and little vests and stuff. Mango and Marmite are very intrigued...

Please do leave comments and messages - it makes life a bit more interesting for me, and I love a distraction.

Take care all,
Jeanie.

Week 8

It's been a weird week - I've told a few more people that I'm pregnant, and I'm starting to actually believe it! I'm getting really excited just at the thought of seeing my midwife in a couple of weeks - I'm going to the New Forest Birthing Centre in Ashurst - a bit of a home-from-home rather than a hospital!

I've got no nausea this week, just hormones all over the show - I'm crying for no apparent reason, and getting cross without cause. Ah well, that should allegedly stop in the next week or so as the placenta takes over the production of the baby's hormones. Mine should then return to normal, whatever that is!

I'm also lucky in that, as yet, I have no cravings, except for the one for chocolate, but I don't think it counts as I've had that since I was about 8 years old!

Strange thing this week: 3 separate people have said it must be a boy because I'm not sick or having weird cravings - apparently girls cause more turmoil when you're pregnant compared with boys. We'll have to wait and see on that score - My booking appointment is 18th Feb, and the scan is unlikely to be much before the end of Feb/beginning of March.

Hope you're all well - I look forward to seeing you for hugs and non-alcoholic beverages soon!

Our news

Eight days ago, Scott and I decided to confirm the reasons for me feeling a bit tired and icky... we took a pregnancy test (well, I did - Scott just has wind). Turns out we are expecting a baby!
I went to the doctors on Wednesday and he reckons we're due around 21st September, which is cool, cos both of us were born in September. It'll be an expensive month though, with us two, plus Scott's dad and nephew, and soon to be bump.
I'm going to try to blog what happens along the way because it's much easier to do with these new-fangled computer jobbies, and because there's so much that people forget along the way.

Initial thoughts/observations:

• my tummy hurts all the time :(
• I feel hungry but have no appetite
• I've started to get funny metallic taste in my mouth
• My sense of smell is awesome (not always a blessing, particularly at school after lunch!)
• I'm going to need a bigger bra!
  
• I really don't want to drink, which is fortunate as the docs say no alcohol in first 12 weeks (if only I'd known before I got hammered on New Year's Eve!)

Crikey - I'm about 7 weeks pregnant. Best learn how to keep the house tidy I guess. over and out :D