Week 15 Update

Featuring an empty nursery!

Hello week 15! I am starting to get more energy which is great! I can actually do things during the day rather then sleep all the time. Although sleeping through the night is still a struggle. The headaches don't seem to bad this week. I've been craving oranges like crazy and downing multiple glasses of flavored milk a day!

Still weighing my pre-pregnancy weight which is very strange to watch my belly grow but the scales stay the same. 

I am starting to get pain in my hips by the end of the day which is annoying. 

21 days and counting til the next ultrasound and we get to hopefully find out the gender. It's killing me! I want to know so badly. I feel like it will be even more real when I can think of the baby as more then a gender neutral blob! 

The emotions have been running high! That has been rough to deal with. I think that stress is getting to me alot lately. It's the little things mainly. 

Big moment of the week for me - I bought my first baby clothes. Mum has bought alot of stuff already and I for some reason have felt strange about buying anything but the other day I did it and they are so adorable! It felt so good!

Progress much?

Here's to another week of growing!

Week 13.5/14 Update

There has definitely been alot of growage in the last couple of weeks. No hiding it now! I am 14.5 weeks pregnant today and as much as alot of people say it's early, I have started feeling little somersaults in my belly. After a week of flutters and 'is that what I think it is?, this afternoon after laying down for half an hour and a somersault happening every 10 minutes I was sure. One minute my tummy was hard in the middle, then I feel the somersault and my belly was soft in the middle, then again, then hard again. Such a bizarre feeling. Amazing though.

Monday was my first antenatal appointment and I heard the heart beat. It was strong as anything and the doctor found it straight away. There's no hiding with this baby! We're all booked in to all our birthing classes and the team there are amazing.

I have been struggling with headaches in the afternoon/evening, lack of appetite, crazy dreams and insomnia - last night was the worst. I've been away since 3am (it's now almost 9pm). I have pretty much been eating toasted cheese sandwiches, pizza and anything bread related when I am hungry. I thought I'd gained a whooping kilo but I seemed to have lost it again, so still sitting on my before pregnancy weight. 

Got the referal for the next ultrasound which I can't wait to book because I am counting down the days til I found out the gender of this baby! I want to know so badly! SO BADLY.

12/13 Week Update

I'm not very good with these updates that's for sure.

Last week we had our 12 week scan and wow! It was an unbelievable experience. Aside from the full bladder of course. We got to watch our baby swim around my belly. It was surreal. The sonographer was amazing. The second she put the thingy on my belly you could see a fully formed little human being. Unfortunately the bay was in the worst possible position, this meant we were in there for around 30 minutes just watching it move around and taking photos. The sonographer even said she was having fun playing cat and mouse with the baby trying to get it to move in the correct position to take all the necessary measurements. 

We watched the baby get the hick ups, stuck it's thumb and could even see it smiling! But because the little bugger was in the wrong position the whole time the sonographer said she couldn't even take a guess at gender (which she said she could of told us if the baby was in the right position), which was kind of disappointing cause I want to know so badly! 

Everything was looking well on track though! It was simply amazing! 

Here is a snap of my ever growing belly. This is 12.5 weeks. My belly feels like it is change constantly. I have been struggling with sleep alot more this week. Vivid dreams. Crazy dreams. Although when I do dream about the baby, I always see it as a girl. Not sure what that means though. We've been talking names alot and have a little list started. We are rather picky to be honest. Something simple and strong. 

In other news, I plan on quitting my job this week and focusing full time on my Indie Brand (Shades Of Phoenix), with local monthly markets, more shades and new products. I'm super excited actually to get back in to it full swing and build it up again. It is a true passion and brings me joy. Plus will get me ready to be a stay at home mum.

On the 19th I have my first antenatal appointment. Apparently I'll be there for 2.5 Hrs, what do they even do for that long? No idea what to expect, lucky my mum is coming with me cause Richard used his RDO for the ultrasound and we don't want to waste to many annual leave days. 

I have to say there have been more tears in the last fortnight, I think my emotions are alittle all over the place. But hopefully that is starting to settle as I think it's alot of everything feeling overwhelming still. I still have a lingering cough and a sniffle but slowly getting better. With more sleep I'm sure I will feel better in no time.

Here's to the second trimester!