Week 13

Today I'm 13 weeks and officially starting the 2nd trimester!

I am still feeling pretty sick and have actually had a couple of days where the sickness was the worst yet! I have been vomiting everyday since last Monday which isn't nice especially after having reached 12 weeks with no vomit :(

Tiredness is pretty bad also. How I wish I could sleep in the day and sleep through a whole night! Even though my body is use to not much sleep it's still quite a struggle. I've had quite a few nights where I've gone to bed at 8:30 or as soon as the baby is asleep!

It has been a pretty emotional week. We found out we won't be moving into a bigger house and it's had me wondering how we are going to fit and how we are going to make 1 toilet between 9 people work! I know that God is in control and that it will work! but sometimes it's hard to trust that.

My uterus has definitely popped out. On Wednesday I was really sick and tired and had some pelvic pain and cramping. By Thursday morning my uterus was out of the pelvis and has flipped so it's no longer retroverted. I'm enjoying laying on my back and feeling the little baby bump now. It's much harder to see and feel when I'm standing up as my tummy wasn't exactly flat to start with. I know that carrying 6 babies to term has made things stretch a little :)

I'm very much looking forward to not feeling sick and getting a baby belly and feeling baby move!

I'm also looking forward to my ultrasound which is next Tuesday where I will see what's going on!

I'm enjoying crushing ice in my thermomix and adding a bit of juice. It makes the smoothest icy and it's so nice and refreshing!
I also had the best chicken and salad roll today. I'm hoping that everyday I will be enjoying food more!

Tonight Jay and I will be going out for dinner. It's been many months since we have gotten to do this. We are leaving all the kids with my parents. I'm just hoping I can enjoy the food!


-Kathy

Week 11 and week 12

I actually wrote a week 11 post but for some reason it's not publishing. It keeps saying it was successfully posted but is unpublished. I have no idea what that means though anyhow...
week 11 I was beginning to have times when I felt ok and the sickness started to ease up a little.

I had my first visit with Sonja, who is the midwife we used with Essence. I'm very happy that we have chosen to have another homebirth with Sonja as our midwife.

I was 12 weeks on monday.
I had my first ultrasound on Monday morning. I was pretty scared as I had been feeling something was wrong and that there may not actually be a baby there- but there was!
After a pretty rough morning where I lost the referral and had to go to the drs to get another one and when I could not find a car park I finally got to relax and see our little one. It was alive! I could see the heart flickering and got to hear the heart beating as well. The baby was pretty quiet and only did a few jumps towards the end. It was sucking it's little thumb and waving it's hands around it's face. I almost cried when I realized there was a little baby. I asked where the placenta had attached and the ultrasound technician showed that it was posterior but due to a very retroverted uterus it would in fact be anterior but then she found a second placenta. There was only 1 baby there but I have no idea if there originally was 2 and the 2nd baby didn't form or if there is 2 and we didn't see the 2nd baby or if the original placenta separated and is now joined by blood vessels. I get to go back it two weeks to have a second scan to see if we can see more as my uterus should have tipped back to the correct way. The baby also measure a week behind my dates. I'm still going to keep my 'guess date' for now but may tell people I'm a week earlier so when it's 'due' time I won't need to defend my reasons for not being induced if I go late.



Here is our secret one. Jay was surprised it looks like a baby even at this early stage. I still can not believe that this little one is inside me. It's so amazing!


and the little one in 4D. It looks so snug in there!

I am feeling so much sicker again and am definitely the most tired this week! I threw up for the first time this week twice in a row. I have been on the verge of it for many weeks but so far had managed to hold it in! I'm so so tired. I am wishing I could lay in bed all day! I would love to be asleep right now!

I am still looking forward to feeling better and entering the more 'safe' zone. Soon... it's so soon!

Week 10

I am 10 weeks pregnant today! 1/4 of the way there!!



I am still not really showing yet just feeling a little fatter.

I am really looking forward to the 2nd trimester which is finally starting to look a little closer.

I have had the worst morning sickness this week. I have had no relief even from eating. The only time I've felt somewhat ok is when I am laying down. Even then, as soon as I get up to go to the toilet the nausea sets back in. I am trying so hard to be grateful for this sickness because I am growing the most precious gift in the world-a baby but it's hard! I am thinking this could very well be the last time I will experience this!

I had a drs appointment on Wednesday. Just to get a referral for my 12 week scan. It's all booked in for the 21st of this month when I will be exactly 12 weeks. I'm very excited and scared at the same time. I just want to see that there really is a baby in there and that everything is ok.

I am not getting very much sleep. We have been having temp of 40+ for the last week. Finally a cool change came yesterday which I'm enjoying a lot. Unfortunately Essence doesn't feel the same way and has wanted to feed 10 times a night! I'm desperate for sleep.

I've been a bit emotional these last 2 weeks. I have had big decisions to make and have felt quite drained. We have decided to put the boys back in school. They start tomorrow.

I have been using the freezer meals that I made earlier on although I'm pretty much out now.

I am not really enjoying any food at all but I can not stand bread. Even the thought of it makes me want to run to the toilet.

I am looking forward to booking in my first midwife appointment sometime this week.

I believe I have felt the baby move twice this week. The first time I was laying on my back on the lounge praying that the baby would be ok when it fluttered about 6 times! I really believe it was the baby even though it's extremely early. I think I felt it again today.



-Kathy