Almost 9 weeks

Tomorrow I will be 9 weeks pregnant, and the 'morning sickness' (HA!!) seems to have reached a peak. In the last few days I've been going about my normal business and then suddenly have to race to get to a sink in time (I've given up trying to get as far as the bathroom)

It's great fun... but I can't help wondering how anybody puts themself through this again when they already have a little tot to look after! I'd been planning to start trying for Baby Number 2 once this one is around 9 months old, but spending my working week heaving while trying to change nappies for the little boy I childmind has made me think twice.

Apart from that my little tum is definately getting rounder, and since anything tight around my waist makes me instantly sick I'm already wearing my maternity jeans (albeit with a few extra pins holding in the belly band!), or else tracksuit bottoms.



Apart from my lovely growing tum, the other thing growing is my boobs.... seriously, I tried to run yesterday (it was raining) and they nearly knocked me out!! I'm now a pretty impressive 34G!!!! Unless you've ever dated Jordan, you've never seen the like!!


Given my changing shape it's just as well that pretty much everyone knows now. It's been lovely what a warm response everyone has given, even people we didn't think would be terribly interested. I went to tell one of our neighbours during the week and her husband was delighted!! He's a quiet man, and quite reserved, but he got very emotional and said it's the best news there has been in this community since they moved here 7 years ago!! Whilst I sat and chatted with his wife, he came up to congratulate the Daddy to Be. Even my sister, who is very ambitious and never seemed terribly maternal, is already struggling not to buy gorgeous little bits for her new niece or nephew. She's very into her photography and she's promised to come home after the baby is born to take some gorgeous professional photographs. It seems that already there is so much hope and love invested in this little being.

My OH is going to be such a good daddy too... even if he's terrified of actually handling a baby, I know I'm going to get all the support I need. Every night after I go to bed (at about 7 o'clock, usually) he spends all evening carrying me drinks, crackers, books... anything my little heart desires. He worries terribly that something will go wrong, but I know he has just fallen in love with the idea of finally being a Daddy.

This week I went on a bit of a shopping spree... a bit premature, I know but I couldn't resist!
I came home with all babys bedding for the cot and moses basket:

as well as a lovely Winnie the Pooh blanket

and sleeping bag


I've got as many blankets, sheets, etc as they say you need on my 'Ready For Baby?' checklist, and I'm going to resist buying any more as I know I'll want either pink or blue things for my little one once it gets here!

I also got a lovely musical mobile


I'd decided that if I start picking up a couple of things as I go along it will be much easier to budget for when baby actually arrives. Last week I spent about £150 on stuff for the nursery, but I now need very little, and we've got all the nursery furniture apart from a wardrobe. It's so hard not to go overboard when everything is so gorgeous, and when buying stuff is one of the things that makes it feel real.

It still doesn't feel real a lot of the time.. I can't wait to see my little bean at the scan in a few weeks time (baby is now the size of a grape!!) and thinking about feeling the first fluttering movements makes me catch my breath. I've wanted this my whole life and I can't bear the thought of anything going wrong. I just pray that God will protect this little life that He is blessing us with.

Til next time x

Maternity Bras already

So little bean is still sticking... I'd been reading my 'whats happening this week' book every Monday morning but have decided to shift to a Sunday morning and make it a little ritual for OH and I... he wasn't really keen on hearing it this morning but after I'd read it he was amazed at how much is happening in there... hopefully it will help make sense of the fact that I'm crying approximately every 15 minutes (the x factor... animal adverts... just about anything can set me off)

Physically there's nothing really visible yet - apart from some quite dramatic growth in the bra department!! I'd noticed during the week that all of my lovely bras were having trouble containing me, so my Mum and I went to good old M&S yesterday for my first maternity bra - having previously been a 32DD I'd taken in a 34DD and 34E to try on - was a little bit horrified to have to send my mum back out for a 34F!!! Flip! 34F and 7 weeks - I'm going to have to have industrial strength ones made by the time I get to 38 weeks!! They're not terribly attractive but the nursing clips are a bit of a novelty and i love fiddling with them - I figure that I need to master the art of whipping all out with one hand at a seconds notice and may as well do it sooner rather than later!!! lol!!

Apart from that the sickness has kicked up a knotch this week and have been vomiting more, but the constant nausea has eased a little bit. Haven't had much of an appetite and haven't really been able to face cooking very much. Although I know it's still too early for a bump, my tum is definately feeling a bit firmer and i'm getting a bit bloated.. i guess it's more to do with hormones and slowed digestion than baby, but still!!

So that's it for now.... I'm off to lie down with a book. A few hours upright seems to be about all I can manage at the minute!! Roll on the second trimester! I'm pretty ready for that pregnancy bloom and the burst of energy all the books keep promising!!

6 weeks today

6 weeks pregnant today!!
Isn't that magic!

Last Sunday I took my Mum out for lunch and before we left I told her my news... I think she's as delighted as I am! We were really quite hopeless when we were out, everytime we'd catch each others eye we'd both start to cry again!! It's lovely now that she knows... she's really excited about being a Granny and I know it's an extra prayer or two every day for my sticky little bean!

She told my Dad that evening and, whilst it came as a bit of a shock to him, he's reacted much better than I'd hoped. He rang me on Monday evening to congratulate me and tell me to look after myself.

Thursday evening I couldn't wait any longer and we told the in-laws. They're delighted... they're both in their 60's and I think it's the major thing that has been missing from their lives. I'm under strict instructions not to do anything!! They're quite old fashioned and I know we'll probably disagree about my parenting style but I also know they'll adore having a little Grandchild to spoil and love. It's definately well prayed for since I told them, I'd say there are candles burning and rosary's said every day for it.

At 6 weeks the books are starting to say that I might start getting a little bit of morning sickness... uumm, yeah, it only started about two weeks ago! It has started to get much worse though! I've been feeling sick constantly pretty much since I found out, but the worst thing is the complete exhaustion... after an hour or two doing anything at all I just need to sit down or my head starts to spin.

I can't wait to get past the first trimester and start to feel better, and hopefully, to look pregnant!! I'm also looking forward to telling my brother and sister, and all of our friends.

I've taken a couple of 'before' pics



I'm going to take a picture every couple of weeks to chart my pregnancy progress - I can't wait to see it turn into a proper blooming baby bump!!

I'm going to sign off for now and go and try to get some paperwork caught up... it's just hard to concentrate on anything that isn't baby!!