An Amazing Day....

***Please don't read this if you are feeling emotional or sensitive about pregnancy at the moment. ***








Yesterday was an amazing day for us. Dean had the day off work, so we slept in and got up, for the first time in about a week I didn't feel sick, which of course I worried about! Since I was feeling well we had breakfast and decided to go and price toilets and ovens! Exciting stuff. As soon as we got in the car I knew that it was a mistake. We managed to look at a few shops and price some ovens (we desperately need a new one, our current gas cook top has explosions when you turn it off!!!) Each time the car stopped I had to dry retch into my bucket.

When we got home I had a little lie down, actually I think I was lying down from 11 - 2! I needed not to worry about being sick because by 11.45 I was vomiting.

At 2 o'clock, I had to empty my bladder and then drink 1L of water between 2 -2.30, I managed doing that, so at 3.00 we set off for the hospital where my scan was. We got there at 3.03!! Yes, the hospital is only 500m away - although I'm not going to deliver at that hospital! I filled out all of the relevant paper work and sat and waited. It seemed like we waited forever, but I don't think we did.

The sonographer was wonderful, she explained she was going to look and my ovaries, tubes and bladder first and then we would get to see baby! She told me that I had ovulated from my left side this cycle!

Finally we got to see that baby, as soon as she got to the sack area I knew was I was looking at and I could see a heartbeat straight away! I was all teary and Dean jumped up out of his chair to get closer!!! It was the most wonderful and perfect thing I've ever ever seen.

Bubs was measuring at 5w5d, she said they can be up to 3 days out because it's so hard to measure when they are so tiny. Based on a number of factors, we know that I'm a bit further along that that so we split the difference and decided on a EDD of 2nd of September 2009. Our little ones heart rate was 115bpm.

Anyway without further a-do, I present, our little baby....


Now a word on the pregnancy.....

I've been vomiting at least twice a day, but it's a wonderful reminder about what is happening inside my body. So I'm not in a position to complain about it! Although my body hasn't changed that much I'm really loving my body these days, in is really quite bizarre.

Dare to Dream..

I got my 6w BhCG results today they were 272 712!!! Quite a lot higher than was expected!

So now I'm starting to believe that this could be the baby that sticks around forever. Which is a scary concept for me. Because that means I'm getting more and more attached to the little grain of rice growing inside of me by the minute.

I'm officially on the vomiting train! I had a spew last night and another one this morning! The rest of the time I just feel slightly nauseous!! But I don't mind not at all, not if it means my little baby is growing nice and big!

A pregnancy milestone....

5w6d!

The most pregnant I've ever been. Hooray for that!

The next milestone I'm setting myself is 6w! LOL that is kind of like cheating since it's less than 24 hours away, but I need to set realistic targets for myself.

After 6w, the next milestone for us, will be to see the baby's heartbeat during our scan on Thursday.

I know these are all things I really can't control, but right now I like thinking that I have control.

I'm so utterly amazed that I have a little baby growing inside of me, it seems so surreal. Apart from moments of feeling ill at around 11am each day, I honestly don't feel any different. Sometimes I tell myself that the ill feel is all in my head. Possibly it is.

Tomorrow I go for another BhCG test and that will be the last of them, so that will give us a fair idea of where we stand for Thursdays ultrasound.

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome to 2009!

First of all let me say that I hope that 2009 is a wonderful year for each and everyone of you. May all your dreams come true.

Last night we went to the Irish Club to see our friend Bruce play in his band. It was a fun night, even though I was falling asleep by about 7.30!! I'm sure I was a dead give away as the pregnant lady since I was drinking soda water with lime all night like! I don't even like soda water but water and soda water is all I can seem to fathom drinking at the moment. I had my daily vegie juice this morning and had to make an emergency drip into the bathroom!

Some photos from New Years:

Jo and Dean

Jo and I

Jo playing with the bagpipe band for the first time in 2 years.

Dean and I

Mum and I


A word on the pregnancy:
This morning I had to run to the toilet for the first time! I thought I was going to vomit on the Christmas Tree! I didn't actually vomit but the simple act of just dry retching made me feel slightly better! I'm sure my perspective on this 'morning' sickness is so very different to a lot of the fertiles out there, when I stood up from being hung over the toilet bowl I smiled to Dean and said, this is great!

I'm 5w3d today (or there abouts) and this is the time when I started spotting and bleeding with the first pregnancy, so I'm feeling quite happy and relaxed that none of that is happening right now.

I need to eat snacks regularly, if I don't I start to feel seedy again, so far Anzac Bars have become my friend.

We have our first doctors visit tomorrow and I will be asking for a scan to put my mind at ease, hopefully we will be able to have it done before we go away. I'd love to see our little baby.