Week 7

What an exhausting... But EXCITING week we have had!! On Tuesday we had our first scan to make sure Baby T was healthy and to find out our due date... January 14th 2014!!!! The scan was amazing! I have never felt such .... Love... And joy.... For something so small that we have never met! The ultrasound tech put the cold gel on my belly and as soon as she put the machine on my belly we could see Baby T. He or she is beautiful and perfect! We could see the heartbeat beating away in the tiny chest and I couldn't help but cry! Knowing that we had created that little blueberry sized human was overwhelming! It finally felt real!

Here is Baby T!! As of Tuesday I was exactly 7 weeks and Baby T is 1.03cm long or a blueberry as Nick likes to call him or her!

So now for my official Weekly update and we have started belly bump photos.. Not that there is much of a bump at the moment!

How far along? 7 weeks (nearly 8 though)... I am confused about when to do the blog updates.. At the start of the week or the end when I have been through Week 7? I think I will do them on Saturdays so I can talk about the week that has happened!

What is the baby up to this week? Baby T has doubled in size this week! And now has little paddle like hands and feet (which i think we can just see on the scan) an appendix and a pancreas! There is also a little tail still which is shrinking every day! Baby T now has eyelid folds over their eyes which already have some colour (I think green!). So a big week for Baby T! No wonder I feel so sick! Baby T is growing so fast in there!

Maternity clothes? Still in normal clothes and no sign of bump. I have lost a bit of weight because of morning (all day) sickness!

Stretch marks? Nope! But at the rate my boobs are growing I am scared I will end up with some!

Sleep: Cannot get enough sleep! Between work and uni and the sickness I am absolutely exhausted. I like to tell Nick that it as full time job growing a baby inside me!

Best moment this week: Seeing our baby and its little heartbeat! It was magical! The ultrasound lady was so lovely and told us our little bubba was a healthy baby with a good heartbeat! And then she told us we were going to be a Mum and Dad! THAT WAS AMAZING! We hadn't shared the news with anyone yet so it was nice to have someone join in our excitement!

Miss Anything? I have been craving ham or turkey sandwiches but I can't eat deli meat while I'm pregnant :-(

Movement: Not for a long time yet.. but can't wait!

Food cravings: Vegemite on English muffins, raisin toast which has been my dinner the last few nights. Poor Nick has gone to so much effort to make me dinner that I 'felt' like but them once it was in front of me I got two mouthfuls down and had to run to the toilet to spew. And mandarins! I eat 2-3 a day because they make me feel better!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Everything!!!! Just the thought of real food makes my stomach flip.

Have you started to show yet: No!

Gender prediction: I think girl and Nick thinks boy!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but frustrated that I am having trouble enjoying this pregnancy!

Looking forward to: June 17th when we have our first midwife appointment!

Well that is all for this week!

Love from us (all 3 of us) xxoo

All day sickness!!!

Hi all!

I am not due for a Week 7 update until tomorrow when we have our scan (yay!) but thought I would dedicate a post to my ALL DAY sickness. The day after I wrote my blog last week saying I hadn't spewed yet... Boy was I wrong! I have spewed everywhere (including the sink in the bakery at work). I think it has something to do with my blood sugar levels since its a vicious cycle of feeling too ill to eat but knowing I have to feed Baby T and as soon as I get some food down I feel about 20% better ( which at this stage is an amazing feeling).

I flew back home this weekend and had to hide my illness from friends and family. This proved to be a lot more difficult than I had thought. I spewed on the plane and felt trapped like I couldn't escape! Mum and Dad picked me up and I couldn't wait to get home to eat. If I let myself get hungry then I feel alot worse. A BIG highlight was meeting our new little nephew Koby and cuddling him knowing his little cousin was in my belly the whole time.

I pretty much fainted onto the dressmaker when I was getting my wedding dress fitted. I came to with a scotch finger biscuit in my hand and couldn't get out of my dress fast enough. My whole body burnt up and the room started spinning! I ran across to the bakery and bought a pie that I ate in world record speed. I had eaten a big breakfast and a banana so have no idea what happened! I felt a tonne better after the pie which meant I could enjoy the rest of my night with very special friends.

Last part of the weekend was my Sunday breakfast- I ate before I left home because I have to eat within 5 minutes of waking or I feel terrible. My bag was heavy and the restaurant was up a huge hill. I over heated, felt faint and couldn't get stripped off fast enough when we got to the restaurant. I had terrible cramps in my belly which scared me and I started crying (hormones make me very emotional). Very hard to explain that to friends but they were trying to help me get undressed and get water in. About 10 minutes later I was back to normal. Crazy to think that our little grape sized baby can make me feel so ill. Work is getting harder and harder to hide with everybody asking if I am pregnant since I have to run to the bathroom or sit down and eat. I don't think they will be surprised in 6 weeks when I tell them. I have everything crossed that this sickness only last until 12 weeks ( or earlier if I am lucky). I can't wait to start enjoying the pregnancy so many people rave about because at the moment I am dreading waking up each morning because I know what the day holds.

Nick has been amazingly supportive these last couple of sick weeks and has been happy to have super easy dinners when all I can stomach is soup and toast. And picking up grilled chicken burgers when thats all I can imagine eating after I have spewed my lunch onto the back grass because I couldn't make the toilet in time.

Well I am off to curl up on the lounge and get some sleep before my midnight shift tonight. We can't wait until 4pm tomorrow when we get to see our little Baby T and see his or her heartbeat.

Love from Us (all 3 of us) xxoo

Week 6: MORNING SICKNESS!!!!

Whoever called it 'morning' sickness was lying!! I have 24 hour a day sickness and the only rest I get from feeling like this is when I sleep. It is HORRIBLE!! I made the mistake of telling Nick I hadn't had any morning sickness and I might be one of those lucky ones that doesn't get any. BOY WAS I WRONG!! I haven't actually thrown up yet (although I think that might be better than this 24 hour nausea).. but from the moment I wake up the world is spinning and the thought of food makes me dry heave. I force breakfast down and feel a little better (for about half an hour) and then the waves of nausea come rolling back in.

I blame movies for making morning sickness seem 'cute'.. like one of those things that happens between 8am and 8:30am and then magically you are fine for the rest of the day. I can barely function. Getting up at 4:30am for work and having to pack food all day is not ideal either. I force food down because if I don't my whole body feels weak and makes work unbearable. BUT.... this ALL DAY sickness is a wonderful reminder that I am growing a human inside me! After the initial waves of nausea have hit I smile a little imagining my little baked bean sized baby in my belly.

Now onto my Week 6 update: I found a perfect little week by week pregnancy questionairre I can fill out each week to make sure I cover everything-

How far along? 6 weeks ( or nearly 7 if you ask Nick's iPhone apps!!.. we have bets going for next Tuesday when we have our dating scan.. Nick thinks the Dr is wrong since 'she doesn't have an app for that' ha ha)

Maternity clothes? Still in normal clothes

Stretch marks? No... will start on cocoa butter soon just to get my skin nice and stretchy for the bump to be)

Sleep: The constant nausea and needing to pee all the time wakes me up, but sleep is a great escape from the throw up feeling so I try to sleep as much as possible.

Best moment this week: Our nephew Koby Dee was born yesterday!! I can't wait to meet him on Friday!

Miss Anything? I would have thought coffee.. but even just writing that then made my stomach do back flips. Other than that.. I miss feeling like normal. 

Movement: Not for a long time yet.. but can't wait!

Food cravings: Cup of soup (clear chicken noodle) is about all I can think of that doesn't make me heave.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Everything. But mainly scrambled eggs (anything eggs really).

Have you started to show yet: Nope and the bloating has gone down so I just look normal.

Gender prediction: I think girl (although I do like to joke that its one of each in there since I always wanted twins) and Nick is still undecided.

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, but emotional- this nausea combined with the cold I have has made everything seem so hard.

Looking forward to: Tuesday week we get to see our little jelly bean and see the heartbeat! Also looking forward to going back home to see our family this week (although it is going to be very hard to hide this nausea!!).

Well that is all for now.. I am off to lay down since my breakfast has worn off and the nausea has kicked in.

Love from Us (all 3 of us) xxoo

Week 5

This week Baby T's heart (the size of a poppyseed) has formed and started to beat and pump blood around his or her tiny body. Baby T is about 5mm long and has begun to form its major organs (liver, kidneys and brain) and looks a lot like a tadpole rather than a human! But still very cute we think! Baby T has nostrils and the eyes, arms and legs start to form at the end of this week! Being the overly excited couple that we are we HAD to see some more positive tests.. 3 to be exact!! All pretty and pink!!

I think TIRED would be the word to describe this last week! And so so thirsty.. ALWAYS THIRSTY! It seems like I just can't get enough sleep or water. I haven't taken belly shots yet because at the moment it is just a bloated version of my normal belly just a little firmer touch. Before now I would wake up with a flat tummy and now the bloating has kicked in even my pyjama pants feel tight in the morning. Lucky I had ordered the big style shirt a few weeks ago for work so people are none the wiser because everybody has a baggy shirt at work now.

I have been careful at work not to lift anything too heavy since before now I was lifting the 30+kg bowls. Maybe I am being a little too cautious?! But don't want to risk Baby T's health for anything. I have been exhausted after work which is out of character for me who is usually awake until midnight. Instead I have been in bed by 8:30 every night. We have been going on long walks with the dogs most days so I can stay fit during the pregnancy. Today we went for our usual hike in the bush and It was definitely more difficult than it used to be. And so hot! Nick jokes that my thermostat is broken because I always feel so hot!

Here is me at 5 weeks on our hike!

I love seeing how excited Nick is about this! He has downloaded the apps and updates me every night before we go to sleep. I am also loving that he has made dinner and offered foot rubs! He spoiled me before I was growing his child inside my belly... and now he spoils me even more! i am loving it (and him of course!) Morning sickness hasn't kicked in yet!! Luckily!! Just a general feeling of not enjoying food and getting full after 3/4 of my dinner. So have started snacking a bit more so that yucky feeling doesn't last too long.

I will start belly shots the day of our dating scan so we can accurately know how far along we are!

Love Us (all 3 of us) xxoo

Welcome!!!!

SURPRISE!!! We are expecting our first baby in January!! We aren't too sure how we are going to announce it but we are thinking that at the end of our wedding reception will be perfect. We will have already told our parents by then (the day before the wedding) but will be a little over 12 weeks (if our calculations are correct) so it will be just the right time with all of our family and friends together at once.

Before Nick proposed on Christmas Day we had planned on trying for a baby after our wedding in July but realistically we knew that it takes months and sometimes years to fall pregnant. Doing the maths if we fell pregnant straight away Baby T would be due right in the middle of my first semester back at uni... Not the ideal time to have a newborn! Long story short... We decided to start trying in April to give ourselves a 'head start' incase we had trouble conceiving. We read tonnes of books, started the pre natal vitamins, I cut out caffeine and went cold turkey on Pepsi Max (which I was addicted to). Fast forward to the end of April....I KNEW I was pregnant!!! I had cramps ... But different cramps! I was exhausted and had gone to bed before 8pm the whole week before we found out. I tried not to get my hopes up so didn't mention it to Nick. On the 27th of April we took the test and walked away (it seemed too good to be true that we would be blessed with a baby so soon).. 2 minutes later.... PREGNANT!! To say we were excited would be a massive understatement!! There were tears (from me... Nick was a MAN and kept his tears in somehow) and a massive sense of relief that WE HAD MADE A HUMAN!! We have known for 2 weeks now and it seems so surreal still since we haven't told anyone. I have been to the doctor and hat it confirmed by blood test, have our midwife appointments set and we get to see Baby T at our 8 week scan on 28th May to find out the due date and hopefully see the heart beat if he or she is big enough.

I am planning on doing a weekly diary for you all with a belly bump from Week 8 onwards so you can all watch me grow since you can't see me in person!

Love Us (all 3 of us) xxoo