My grain of rice...

The official line:
This week you will be able to take a pregnancy test. You may know you are pregnant if you have done an early test, but will probably not be experiencing morning sickness yet. However you may notice other signs of pregnancy such as changes to your sense of smell. A plug of mucus has sealed your cervix.
Nice!! 48 hours after receiving the news and I think this morning my DOH may have started to come to terms with it... it's been really funny all weekend as I've been slightly obsessive and everytime I've mentioned it his face has gone completely white, and he's spent quite a lot of the weekend in the bathroom...this morning though he definately seems happier about it.

Last night I first 'felt' something different.... we were lying on the sofa watching x factor when I started getting sensations in my boobs!!! How bizarre is that?! It was kind of like little electric shocks behind my nipples...

I'm still trying not to get too 'attached' to my little bean growing inside me... my period isn't even due until tomorrow and it's still very possible that if the hormone levels aren't high enough, that could be the end of it... I just keep praying though. I do believe that God created me this little life so it's up to him to look after it...

It's incredible knowning what's going on in there...

Your baby's brain and the rest of the nervous system have started to develop. Your baby is gently floating in amniotic fluid. The nose, eyes and hands are forming and basic hand 'plates' are present. The heart is now beating strongly at twice your own rate. Blood vessels have formed and a tiny umbilical cord has connected itself to the rapidly developing placenta. Your baby measures around the length of a grain of rice.

Amusingly I've been asked to consider taking two of the elderly people i care for to Portugal next May... it made me nearly burst knowing that by then I'll be days away (God willing) to giving birth!!

I took MIL out on Saturday morning and she was talking about how this Christmas is going to be the best ever and I very nearly told her then, but I'm going to try and restrain myself for another 6-8 weeks or so. I know they're going to be over the moon.

Til later... I suspect I'll be updating quite frequently, at least until I've told everyone I know and can actually talk about it!!