Week 8

Welcome to Week 8!!!!!! My morning sickness has now become 3pm-bedtime sickness which is a lot better since it means I can get through the 8 hour shifts at work without having to run to the bathroom! Exhaustion is overwhelming this week though. The 4:30am wake ups for work are getting harder and by the time I finish work I only have just enough energy to get home, eat and collapse onto the lounge (or bed like yesterday when all I could do was sleep). BUT I can't sleep! It's a nasty cycle of being exhausted but can't sleep. I think it is mainly excitement at night as I close my eyes and imagine what Baby T will look like and be like! I am also loving our little secret... I feel like I must walk around work all day with a grin on my face as I keep thinking "I know something (actually SOMEONE) you don't know"... And I love doing something knowing Baby T is right there with me!

Here is my Baby bump and weekly update!

How far along? 8 weeks!!

What is the baby up to this week? Webbed fingers and toes and the little tail has nearly gone. The lungs are developing and it's little brain is getting its nerves. Baby T is apparently moving and shifting around in there and I can't wait to be able to feel that but from what I have read I won't feel until about 20 weeks though :-(

Maternity clothes? Still in normal clothes and no sign of bump yet... Hopefully I'm not showing too much by the wedding (4 weeks today!!!!!) since we are going to announce it the day after our wedding.

Stretch marks? Nope but have started rubbing lotion in to get prepared.

Sleep: Is not my friend this week. I am so tired but just cannot sleep.

Best moment this week: It was actually more of a strange moment.... My Nan expressed her disappointment to my parents that she had found out I was pregnant via someonenthat had seen it on Facebook OVER A MONTH AGO... Since Nick and I had only JUST found out then it was a massive coincidence that someone else and Nanny Merle had found at the same time us!! Also since our parents don't know yet... It made for one very awkward conversation where I made sure not to deny the pregnancy BUT since I had never put it on Facebook I could honestly and truthfully deny that Nanny Merle had seen it on there!! I think it feels even stranger since we are actually expecting!!

Miss Anything? Being able to twist my body... My sciatic nerve has been playing up this week and I walk around with a coins gang cramp down my back and butt!

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

Food cravings: Salad... Mainly lettuce and tomato!! And pasta... I can't get enough plain pasta with a little sundried tomato pesto mixed in. And cereal with ice cold milk! My love of Greek yoghurt has returned this week too!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Anything with a super strong smell... Like curry and Chinese food!

Have you started to show yet: No!

Gender prediction: Everything leading up to the day before we found out leads me to think girl but I really don't mind as long as he or she is a healthy bubba!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!! Not too emotional. I used to get very snappy when I had PMS but the hormones seem to playing nice with my emotions now.

Looking forward to: June 17th when we have our first midwife appointment! And our wedding in 4 weeks!! 4 weeks and I will be Mrs Tongue!

Well that is all for this week!

Love from us (all 3 of us) xxoo