Pregnancy Round-Up

Week 11

As the end of the first trimester is gradually edging closer I’m beginning to experience far less anxiety than the first few weeks bring.

I still worry, of course. I mean, do you ever stop worrying when you are pregnant? I suppose I didn’t when I was younger, and pregnant the first time or two. Back then, nothing had gone wrong for me and there was no internet (Oh goodness, really?! How did we survive?!!) to read about other people’s experiences and tragic loss, so really, it was quite sheltered and a line on the pregnancy test meant a baby a few months later. I suppose that as you live life you learn more about it. You become less naive and more aware. That makes you worry more. And sometimes you get frightened.

This period of pregnancy always gets me. Less nausea, which does do the job of reassuring me all is well even if it’s unpleasant to experience. The tiredness is wearing off to the point that I was able to stay up past 9pm twice this week. Oh yes, watch me go! I am the party animal. Zzzzzzz…………

So it’s sounding good, no? Well, no actually. I need constant reassurance that everything is going as it should be but this point of pregnancy is too early to feel any movement at all or to pick up a heartbeat with a dopper. Yes, I bought one back when I was pregnant with Eddie.

Does it pick up the heartbeat clearly? Oh yes.

Does it provide the reassurance I crave? Yes, yes and yes again.

Was it worth every penny? Definitely.

Can I wait to use it again? Absolutely not.

The fact we can now buy dopplers for ourselves is great but can you imagine being able to do your own sonogram?! Imagine having one of them in the cupboard under the stairs, wheeling it out after a meal with friends. It would be like making them sit through your holiday slideshow, only instead they’ll be viewing your insides. Hehe, looking forward to the day domestic sono machine thingy’s come onto the market.

In the meantime we have to wait another twelve days before getting our first “official” scan to check all is well. I get so nervous and so worried. Especially after the worries when I was pregnant with Oliver.

I don’t yet look pregnant but feel as if my stomach may be firming up a little now. Of course it could be down to the abdominal workout I do twice a day. It’s more likely that it’s pregnancy related though. Seeing as I just lied and don’t actually do an ab workout twice a day. Or even twice a year. So yes, we’ll put it down to pregnancy. Or imagination. One of the two will cover it.

So that’s about it from me for this week! I’ll update you again next week, unless something really important happens like I find out up having quintuplets or something in which case I might create a special post to let you know. It would depend on how I’m feeling and how I handle the shock, you know?

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