Insomniac

This stage of pregnancy is really hard.....I can't tell many people about it, but the symptoms are all over the place!! Thankfully the morning (all day) sickness is starting to ease....but the insomnia is so annoying!! I go to bed absolutely exhausted, then after a few minutes of sleep, snap wide awake....here I am at nearly 2am, tired, but unable to go to sleep - argh! Hopefully this wears off soon.

9 weeks and 3 days today....and counting!!

Update....of sorts....

Well not much to say really, just rolling along - had a few rough days last week but having hubby on holiday has been an absolute godsend! He does all the cooking, while I try and clean and do washing etc when I'm not sleeping or just wanting to lie down! Hopefully this morning sickness won't last long.

Coming up 8 weeks now, 2/3 of the way until I can tell everyone! The secretiveness is really hard for me - I'm so crap at keeping secrets, but this one I have to for now.....lol

The first scan....

I was really nervous - as per last time - maybe this is all in my head, there is no baby, etc, etc, etc.....

Get in to the scan place with full bladder (and raging morning sickness and all over the place hormones) and go for scan.

Radiologist: I can see a pregnancy sac....(pause).....yes, definitely a sac

Me: No baby?

Radiologist: can't see....that doesn't mean there isn't....let's do an internal - you go to the loo and come back...

Me (freaking out!!)

Fast forward to internal scan - 30 seconds in - perfectly measuring little baby, heartbeat fluttering away.....just too early for the external ultrasound.

Me: HUGE sigh of relief!!

Hubby now knows the morning sickness is for real and for a purpose!!

So now the adjusted due date is the 28th October, which makes me 6 weeks today, not 7...

So it's all on now - hopefully the rest will run smoothly - do not need anymore scares like that one!!

Well, the journey begins....

Well, I'm trucking along okay at this stage. The morning sickness comes and goes (well actually sneaks up on me like some kind of vicious ninja...), but mostly I'm doing alright. Weirdly enough this time around it seems to be much worse around dinner time and early evening, with Sophie it really was morning sickness.

Of course, hubby thinks it's hilarious to joke that it can't be pregnancy related because it's called 'morning' sickness for a reason! (After the third time he said this and laughed at his own sad joke, I snapped and said 'it's only called morning sickness because a f@#$in man must have named it!! - he shut up and hasn't mentioned it since.... )

We've got a scan next Tuesday to check on dates/implantation site etc, as after my endometriosis operation there is a slightly increased risk of an ectopic pregnancy, however, after an initial consultation with a midwife centre, the midwife on duty told me that it would be extremely rare to have this without severe pain and copious bleeding, none of which I've had, so I'm very positive that all is well with B.I.T. (baby-in-tummy)....as Sophie has named it.

Sophie likes to say goodnight to the baby, and last night decided that the baby needed it's own kiss and hug before she went to bed, which was very cute....but when I asked her if Mummy was having a boy or a girl, she considered the question very thoughtfully and then stated...."a wombat" God I hope not!! Cute nonetheless....she is a treasure and I feel so blessed to be adding another to our family.