The Joys of Early Pregnancy!

Now it's all out in the open (see announcement post here!)- hurrah!- here's a post I wrote during my time in hiding- some general musings, ramblings and trials of a newly pregnant person.

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I'm writing this as a 5 weeks 5 days pregnant person.

I can't publish it now as DaddyBear and I have agreed to not tell anyone, apart from our parents, until after our 12 week scan.

That feels so far away and I feel so sick and uncomfortable already it's almost like a form of torture to not be able to talk about it!

I officially found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks, but I knew right from the off that I was. So although I have only officially known that I'm pregnant for less than 2 weeks, it feels like a lot longer!

I threw up very dramatically several days before I got a positive pregnancy test. And it was in the exact same dramatic fashion as I had thrown up when I had just got pregnant with Boo. 

Other than a bit of slight nausea and occassional heaving, the last couple of weeks have been very manageable, and nothing like the sickly haze I remembered being in with Boo.

However, I think I spoke too soon. 

This weekend has been very sickly. I've thrown up twice each morning and have spent the days totally exhausted and feeling close to puking constantly. Whilst also feeling like I must constantly eat; but only very, very particular foods.

It has been quite unpleasant and I'm not sure how I am going to get through the rest of the week without DaddyBear waiting on me and caring for Boo- he has been an absolute, multi-tasking, superstar! What on earth am I going to do with him at work???

It will be bad enough at home, but every Wednesday Boo and I meet up with friends, and I have no idea how I'm going to conceal my sickly ways from them?!

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Ok so I am 7 weeks tomorrow and am just kind of used to being sick now. Doing stuff with friends that don't know has actually proven to be a good distraction from it.

What really challenges me, without DaddyBear around to help, is preparing meals for Boo- vom.

But worst of all is emptying Boo's no.2s from her potty. It has been horrific- I pretty much vom every time. In fact, she was on the potty earlier and I only got a whiff of her creation whilst I was heating up her bedtime milk, and threw up the entirety of my meagre dinner into the kitchen sink- whilst also answering Boo's questions about her magazine, and stirring her milk- just call me multi-tasking mummy! 

We have our booking-in appointment with the midwife tomorrow, and although I remember this as being a long drawn out bore of medical history paper work, I'm still excited to get the ball rolling with it all!

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Booking in appt. went well! Midwife told me of an antenatal Pilates class in the village that I can join when I'm 4 months. Just had a look at the website for it and there's a pic of my Mummy friend at the class, who had her second baby last summer- so I started texting her to tell her, then realised that would give the game away about my pregnancy! doh! so deleted it.

I'm off to London this weekend to stay with my bestie, who thankfully I have told about the baby, so she will be playing nurse to me! We're off to see our beloved boys (1D) for the 5th time on Sat at Wembley Stadium! Super excited but just hope I don't puke all over everyone or get to squished by fellow fangirls! 

We have my SIL staying on Sunday, as she has a job interview nearby. She doesn't know I'm pregnant either so I'll have to keep up my non-pregnant act in my own home, which will be really difficult! Especially as I feel worst in the evenings!

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I'm 9 weeks pregnant today, and have managed to keep it all under wraps from everyone so far!

Yesterday Boo came out in Chicken Pox! My sister had it really bad when we were kids but I only got 2 spots and we were never sure whether I'd actually had it or not- so I'm currently waiting on blood test results to see if I have antibodies to it or not. If I do then it's not a problem, but if I don't then they'll "have to think about what to do next" -Great timing! 

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Got a call from the Doc today with my test results and, hurrah hooray, I do have antibodies!!! So super relieved!!! One less thing to worry about! 

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Pregnant women should not be allowed to shop! I have spent a fortune on air fresheners, diffusers and bloody pot pourri in the last few days! And have been an insatiable online shopper this week (more than usual!) buying many random toys for Boo, many pairs of sandals for me, random DVDs- coz they're cheap, etc. When I stayed with my friend in London, we went shopping and I managed to justify buying 3 pairs of trousers, 3 dresses, and a top- all costing way more than I would usually spend! 

Maybe I should cut up my credit card...(maybe not!)

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I WANT PIMMS!!!!!

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I feel dreadful from being out in the sun all day- and I can't even have a bloody Pimms to buck me up! 

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I'm 11 weeks today and I'm sure I could feel the baby moving last night! I know it's very early but there was definitely something going on down there! 

We've got our scan a week tomorrow and I. CANNOT. WAIT!!!!

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I appear to have a slight cereal obsession. I've just counted and we have 23 boxes of cereal in the house- and that's not including porridge! Jeez! I'll be lucky if this baby comes out as anything other than Tony the Tiger at this rate! (Actually that would be ridiculous considering that Frosties is one of the only cereals that does not figure in my collection!)

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So tomorrow is the big day- our 12 week scan. I am really excited but also terribly nervous. 

I'm still feeling sick and tired, and I think I've even felt the baby move, but I can't help worrying that something might be wrong. I'm desperate to see a healthy bouncing baby on that screen tomorrow- I so hope that I do...

Thanks for reading,

MummyBear X