As I approach Rascal's first birthday, I have been looking back over the pregnancy diary I kept while I was carrying her. I thought I would share it with you, week by week! Here goes:
Week 5
Found out today I am pregnant! Was extremely excited! I did the pregnancy test randomly at about 6 am and burst in on my sleeping husband yelling “It’s positive! It’s positive!” He jolted out of sleep and screamed “What’s positive?!” To which I responded loudly, “The pregnancy test!” We are naming it “Little One” for now. We decided to tell one very close friend who is also a midwife and she burst into tears! Went to the GP and had a blood test which showed a good strong HCG reading. Very excited!
Week 6
I can’t believe it but I can’t fit into any button up pants. I thought that was meant to happen later with my first! And I can already feel a hard lump about the size of a plum above my pubic bone.... I’m not sure I should be able to feel that yet! Let’s hope I’m not having twins! Went to the GP for full bloods and the HCG is rising sharply! Good sign! Also I am feeling icky everyday. Aversions to many foods and smells. The kitchen hasn’t been cleaned for days but I’m not doing it and Hubby has declared he isn’t if I’m not! So we are at a stand off!
Week 7
Went for a dating scan today. Good to see a little blob on the screen with a steady strong heartbeat. Still doesn’t look like a baby, though, so I guess we’ll have to wait for the 12 week scan! Best of all, though, there’s only one baby in there! Still consistent sickness feeling but still no vomiting thank God! Mum might be coming down to help with our move (we are moving at the end of the year to a new town), so it will be interesting to see how I keep this from her as we’ve decided to tell everyone at 12 weeks.
Week 8
It feels strange this week having nothing to look at or see. We had blood tests for the first 2 weeks and then the scan, but this week there is no assurance! It is ok though. We feel like we need to tell our employer for next year, as we have had a call to a country school. But I vow and declare that I’m not telling our employer until we have told our parents. So we decide to tell our parents! Mine have guests at their house and need to keep their reactions close to their chest! But talking to them later, we find out they really are excited. Hubby’s mum is also over the moon but wishes we weren’t moving now! At least I won’t need to keep it from Mum when she comes now! Someone I know asked if congratulations were in order, but I got them off the scent. I’m starting to look pregnant! Ahhhhh!
Week 9
One of my best friends gets suspicious so I tell her and she is over the moon! She also bursts into tears. This is becoming a theme! Mum arrives and is super excited! It is lovely to share all this with her. Stomach is still not happy and it is hard to find things to eat – but I have to keep it full or the nausea is worse. Also at work, one of my colleagues guessed that I was pregnant and I went beetroot red and didn’t say anything at first, so now someone else knows. I must say it’s a bit nerve racking thinking about how many people keep finding out and how many people will need to be told if something goes wrong but I need to not think about that!
Week 10
I still feel sick but it’s bearable. Went to a Year 12 formal with my husband, who teaches at a highschool. Couldn’t find any formal dresses to wear except one really formal one. But it was a bit obvious that I have a bit of a bump. One of Hubby’s colleagues asked if I was pregnant and he laughed it off. But it is becoming obvious..... Ahhhh!
Week 11
Hubby’s birthday was this week and I surprised him with lots of presents and a dinner out with the parents! He loved it all, I think! There is only 1 week til I get to have a scan! I rang up and booked it in. I can’t wait to start telling people soon!
Week 12
The scan was booked for 9 am on Monday. The school I work for has an excursion to a local indoor pool, so I said I’d meet them there as I have in the past, and my principal fell for it! I have been determined to keep it from her as she believes she is a guru in picking pregnancies. Anyway I had the scan and I have one word for it: AMAZING! I wasn’t expecting the detail! I wasn’t expecting the movement! I was constantly saying “ohhhhh!” “Ooooooo.” It was sooooo cute! I was in love instantly! Had an immense amount of fun telling everyone! No one knew! FUN FUN FUN! I told my class and they were SOOOO excited but disappointed that I won’t be there to show them the baby as I’m moving away. I promised pictures sent to the school. It is also the last week of school so I got lots of pressies from kids and their parents after the principal announced it at the Presentation Night. I didn’t expect so many presents so soon!
Week 13
I’m still having fun telling people that don’t know! Also, my mum and other close friends organised a baby shower for me as I am moving away and they won’t get a chance to throw one later. It was fun with games and pressies! I have heaps of baby presents now, which I wasn’t expecting at all! There are enough to fill a large plastic tub. There was lots of packing up this week at both school and home. The removalist truck came and took our stuff to our new town and we moved to my mum-in-law’s house as she’s away on an overseas trip.
Week 14
This week is a relaxing one! We went away with our closest friends and had a lovely time shopping for more maternity wear! I can’t take anything pressing on my belly at the moment. At church they had a special prayer for us as we move away and announced that we are “expecting” even though I have told most people. I was surprised that over 20 people came up and said they had not known! Quite incredible as I have not been keeping it a secret.
Week 15
Have had some uterus cramps – like period pain – this week and read that it is another growth spurt for the uterus. I may be able to start feeling the baby move soon, which should be fun! Will have to wait and see! Enjoyable Christmas and shopping this week. Was fun! Interesting to think what next Christmas will be like.... I’ll have a six-month old!
Week 16
The big move is happening this week. Travelled across the country with bub on board. Thank goodness for my special seatbelt seat which makes the seatbelt go almost between my legs instead of across my belly. It made the long trip very comfortable. Have some suspicions that I may be feeling the baby move but not sure yet... I read one website that said “if you think you’re feeling the baby, you probably are” so hopefully I am!
Week 5
Found out today I am pregnant! Was extremely excited! I did the pregnancy test randomly at about 6 am and burst in on my sleeping husband yelling “It’s positive! It’s positive!” He jolted out of sleep and screamed “What’s positive?!” To which I responded loudly, “The pregnancy test!” We are naming it “Little One” for now. We decided to tell one very close friend who is also a midwife and she burst into tears! Went to the GP and had a blood test which showed a good strong HCG reading. Very excited!
Week 6
I can’t believe it but I can’t fit into any button up pants. I thought that was meant to happen later with my first! And I can already feel a hard lump about the size of a plum above my pubic bone.... I’m not sure I should be able to feel that yet! Let’s hope I’m not having twins! Went to the GP for full bloods and the HCG is rising sharply! Good sign! Also I am feeling icky everyday. Aversions to many foods and smells. The kitchen hasn’t been cleaned for days but I’m not doing it and Hubby has declared he isn’t if I’m not! So we are at a stand off!
Week 7
Went for a dating scan today. Good to see a little blob on the screen with a steady strong heartbeat. Still doesn’t look like a baby, though, so I guess we’ll have to wait for the 12 week scan! Best of all, though, there’s only one baby in there! Still consistent sickness feeling but still no vomiting thank God! Mum might be coming down to help with our move (we are moving at the end of the year to a new town), so it will be interesting to see how I keep this from her as we’ve decided to tell everyone at 12 weeks.
Week 8
It feels strange this week having nothing to look at or see. We had blood tests for the first 2 weeks and then the scan, but this week there is no assurance! It is ok though. We feel like we need to tell our employer for next year, as we have had a call to a country school. But I vow and declare that I’m not telling our employer until we have told our parents. So we decide to tell our parents! Mine have guests at their house and need to keep their reactions close to their chest! But talking to them later, we find out they really are excited. Hubby’s mum is also over the moon but wishes we weren’t moving now! At least I won’t need to keep it from Mum when she comes now! Someone I know asked if congratulations were in order, but I got them off the scent. I’m starting to look pregnant! Ahhhhh!
Week 9
One of my best friends gets suspicious so I tell her and she is over the moon! She also bursts into tears. This is becoming a theme! Mum arrives and is super excited! It is lovely to share all this with her. Stomach is still not happy and it is hard to find things to eat – but I have to keep it full or the nausea is worse. Also at work, one of my colleagues guessed that I was pregnant and I went beetroot red and didn’t say anything at first, so now someone else knows. I must say it’s a bit nerve racking thinking about how many people keep finding out and how many people will need to be told if something goes wrong but I need to not think about that!
Week 10
I still feel sick but it’s bearable. Went to a Year 12 formal with my husband, who teaches at a highschool. Couldn’t find any formal dresses to wear except one really formal one. But it was a bit obvious that I have a bit of a bump. One of Hubby’s colleagues asked if I was pregnant and he laughed it off. But it is becoming obvious..... Ahhhh!
Week 11
Hubby’s birthday was this week and I surprised him with lots of presents and a dinner out with the parents! He loved it all, I think! There is only 1 week til I get to have a scan! I rang up and booked it in. I can’t wait to start telling people soon!
Week 12
The scan was booked for 9 am on Monday. The school I work for has an excursion to a local indoor pool, so I said I’d meet them there as I have in the past, and my principal fell for it! I have been determined to keep it from her as she believes she is a guru in picking pregnancies. Anyway I had the scan and I have one word for it: AMAZING! I wasn’t expecting the detail! I wasn’t expecting the movement! I was constantly saying “ohhhhh!” “Ooooooo.” It was sooooo cute! I was in love instantly! Had an immense amount of fun telling everyone! No one knew! FUN FUN FUN! I told my class and they were SOOOO excited but disappointed that I won’t be there to show them the baby as I’m moving away. I promised pictures sent to the school. It is also the last week of school so I got lots of pressies from kids and their parents after the principal announced it at the Presentation Night. I didn’t expect so many presents so soon!
Week 13
I’m still having fun telling people that don’t know! Also, my mum and other close friends organised a baby shower for me as I am moving away and they won’t get a chance to throw one later. It was fun with games and pressies! I have heaps of baby presents now, which I wasn’t expecting at all! There are enough to fill a large plastic tub. There was lots of packing up this week at both school and home. The removalist truck came and took our stuff to our new town and we moved to my mum-in-law’s house as she’s away on an overseas trip.
Week 14
This week is a relaxing one! We went away with our closest friends and had a lovely time shopping for more maternity wear! I can’t take anything pressing on my belly at the moment. At church they had a special prayer for us as we move away and announced that we are “expecting” even though I have told most people. I was surprised that over 20 people came up and said they had not known! Quite incredible as I have not been keeping it a secret.
Week 15
Have had some uterus cramps – like period pain – this week and read that it is another growth spurt for the uterus. I may be able to start feeling the baby move soon, which should be fun! Will have to wait and see! Enjoyable Christmas and shopping this week. Was fun! Interesting to think what next Christmas will be like.... I’ll have a six-month old!
Week 16
The big move is happening this week. Travelled across the country with bub on board. Thank goodness for my special seatbelt seat which makes the seatbelt go almost between my legs instead of across my belly. It made the long trip very comfortable. Have some suspicions that I may be feeling the baby move but not sure yet... I read one website that said “if you think you’re feeling the baby, you probably are” so hopefully I am!
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