Ouch, the combatter is back! The baby has been back kicking in full force again, waking me at nights and this morning in pump insisted on practising walking. I’m not 100% sure what the baby was doing, but whatever it was didn’t feel particularly nice………..kicking me where it hurts. Normally when I start doing classes […]
Had my appointment today which also included the Glucose Challenge Test, which involves drinking some straight glucose and having a blood test an hour later. I also had to have my Anti-D injection in my arm which wasn’t fun dealing with 2 injections considering the glucose made me feel a bit sick (apparently it’s normal […]
I woke up last night in the middle of the night, but ended up unable to sleep again as I was still worried about the lack of much movement from the baby. I did feel some soft kicks which was reassuring, but not any of the usual combat sessions I get going on. Unable to […]
Maybe I’m being paranoid I dunno, but it seems the last couple of days I can’t remember the baby kicking quite as often as usual. I know that there’s supposed to be periods of less and more activity, but now I’ve got myself worried cuz I can’t remember when I last felt the baby kick? […]
well, I was at my horse vet’s place yesterday fixing her printers and computer for her and she tried to get out of me the sex of the baby. I refused to tell her (cuz we’re keeping it a secret) and so as a joke she threatened to get out the horse ultrasound unit and […]
The last week or so the kicks I’ve been getting from the baby have started to take on a regular pattern. It’s not just the odd kick here or there anymore! Now I’m definitely feeling them regularly everyday. It’s kinda nice having them, although sometimes it gets mildly distracting. Especially when baby decides to kick […]
As per my regular blog I met with some of the forum members and Janne brought along her Doppler machine so we could listen to the baby’s heartbeat. I have been able to hear the baby’s heartbeat with the obstetrician but it was awesome to be able to share this with Alex. We captured this moment (55.5 meg) […]
I finally had my ultrasound which I was looking forward to finding out the sex of the baby! I invited mum to come along with me, so she got to enjoy the experience aswell. Both of us felt the same way about the sonographer (that’s what they’re called aren’t they?) who was pretty emotionless. I […]
I’ve been having huge predicaments lately about what to have for dinner, I just don’t seem to want the stuff that I’d normally cook!!!! I tend to mull around the kitchen trying to decide what to have. My latest “phase” seems to be canned soups with toast…….hmmmm (thanks Jo). Except today I’d already had one […]
I wasn’t supposed to see the obstetrician till next week, but I got in for an early appointment with her today cuz I’ve been having some dizzy spells and been pretty stressed out. It’s probably nothing to worry about, but cuz I’ve only got a bit over a week before I board the plane I’ve […]
I received a phone call today from the Obstetrician, and it’s all ok to have my scan just before I leave for NL, which will put me at just over 18 weeks pregnant. I’m leaving Sunday and so I’ll have the scan on the Friday just before I go. Wow, I can’t believe it’s only […]
I’ve just edited and uploaded the pics for the week by week section for pregnancy weeks 12, 13 and 14 (I’m now 14.5 weeks pregnant) and I have to say it’s left me feeling a little bit down. I’m trying hard not to, but it’s getting really hard to come to terms with my change […]
Had my obstetrician appointment today. It was fairly brief, she listened to the baby’s heartbeat (I could hear it too!) and measured my stomach. We’re waiting to find out what Alex’s blood type is so that we know whether I need to have anti-D injections or not. If he’s a Rh+, then I’ll need them […]
I’m going through a vegemite and toast phase at the moment. I know they talk about these “cravings”, but it’s not quite like you’d expect it to be. So that’s why I’m calling them food moods instead……..a period of time, possibly days, where you just want nothing else but that same food. What will it […]
I just ate 8 small vegetarian sushi’s…….then an hour later and got 3 large vegetarian sushi rolls. I don’t even like sushi! 😯 Apparently, according to Jo, evidence proves with regards to determining whether a baby will be male or female, that if you have heaps of sushi, it means I’m definitely, 100% absolutely, am […]
So I had my next scan which was to screen for the likelihood of down syndrome, and typical pregnancy brain struck again. I lost my referral for the ultrasound and so I was a bit stressed and up till past midnight trying to find it. No luck. I couldn’t quite remember where the clinic was, […]
Had my blood test this morning. This test is for several reasons…….to check my blood type and a routing test for STD’s, and also testing that goes with my ultrasound next week. It was frustrating this morning though, cuz I’m not good with needles and I need to lay down in case I pass out. […]
I’m proud to announce that Alex and I have both decided on a girl and boy name for our child. I’m surprised at how easy it was for us to come up with 2 names. I thought there’d be a lot of disagreeing over deciding on names. There seems to be plenty of books on […]
I’ve finally scanned the ultrasound images, so here is the first snapshot of our baby 😉 It feels absolutely incredible to be able to see that…..this little thing that is growing inside me. Ahhhhh, hormones do wonderful clucky things to you!!!
Incredible, absolutely incredible. I can’t begin to explain the feeling of seeing the baby on the scan for the first time. I wish Alex could have been there to share it! It just made it all really real, and so reassuring seeing it kicking and punching away (already practising combat I could tell!!!) and the […]