Yesterday my good friend came around with some of her old baby stuff, that she no longer needs. We now have a virtually new cot mattress, a lightweight stroller, a well loved car seat, a baby play mate, an assortment of cot sheets and a pretty ugly, baby bouncer net thing, that I want to throw away, but Caleb suggested we keep.
They are all sitting on the floor in the newly tidied 'spare room', waiting... I left the stroller in the loungeroom, complete with 'baby shapped' mound of material in the seat for when Caleb got home from work. He got a bit of a surprise when he walked in, and went all 'shy', and was grinning and then laughing.
Tomorrow is our first scan! I am so excited and relieved that it has finally arrived. Though I am not looking forwarding to sitting around and being poked and prodded while being full to the brim with water!! I think I will finally feel pregnant when I get to see our little baby in there, and hear the heart beat.
On another note, my hair has been so dry and brittle lately, (where's all this glowing, thick pregnancy hair I read about?), that I gave it a chop in the bathroom today, taking off a good 10 cms....it looks and feels soooo much better. I figured, the days of spending big on hairdressers is over, and I might as well get used to it sooner rather than later!! :)
2006-11-20 (12 weeks)
Housework and Vitamins
Today, due to the fact that I am feeling soo much better, I was able to get stuck into some good, old fashioned housework.
My husband will now be able to turn up to work wearing ironed shirts! The poor thing. He has been looking like somewhat of a scruff lately, as I hadn't ironed in a VERY, VERY long time. And I guess ironing just isn't much of a priority for men.
I also startined spring cleaning the 'spare room', which will be turned into the babies room. It feels so good to be up and about, preparing for the babies arrival. Though we still have 6 months to go!
I also put the few babies clothes we have bought and been given into a little box and covered it with tissue paper.
Now all I have to do is manage to find a way to keep my pre-natal vitamins down somehow!! Each time I attempt to swallow the broken half, my gag relfex kick starts and it's all over. I am sure I would be feeling alot more energetic if I could get that extra iron into my system!
2006-11-18 (12 weeks)
Feeling Better!
Yippie! For the last 4 days I have been feeling better! I am so happy. :) I am also aware that this may not last, so I am savouring every second.
Today I even cooked a hot meal! And ate my platefull! I have been out and about for the last 2 days, shopping and visiting family... I can't believe how good it feels to feel this good. :)
I did have a little spew this morning, but it was nowhere near as painful as it is usually.
Yesterday I went to a store called Perfect Potion, that has all these wonderful natural beauty products infused with oils, and from the pregnancy section I got a bathwash, and an oil to rub into my belly and breasts. It smells like tangerine, manderine and neroli, and is so uplifting.
Well, 5 days til our first scan!! Very excited.
YAY to feeling better!!!
2006-11-15 (11 weeks)
Morning Sickness
I have said it before, and I'll say it again...'I never realised it would be this hard'. For the last 2 months I have been pretty much housebound, while my body attempts to build this baby. I have no appetite, vomit all the time, suffer acute hunger pains, have lost weight, am repulsed by smells, always lethargic and often in pain. How do we women do it?!!
If I had known it would be this tough, I would have had some serious doubts about falling pregnant in the first place. This is our first pregnancy. We were so excited. We planned my ovulation down to a T, and feel pregnant the first month we tried..... and then...... all of the above started and has not stopped.
My only hope is that this Friday's 12 week mark ushers in not only the 2nd trimester, but the physical benefits of it too! I want an appetite... I want to enjoy food again... and I want to be happy and excited about my growing baby, not downcast over my physical suffering.
