Hello lovely readers. If you’ve seen my last post, then you will know I am pregnant! I haven’t done a week by week update so I have decided to do a post on the first trimester in general.
As I write this, I’m 13 weeks and 2 days. The first trimester has not been fun and has been really hard for me. It’s been rough because I am sick all the time! Eating anything is really tough at the moment. I was put on anti sickness medication after a trip to A&E because I couldn’t even keep down water! I had a recent trip to A&E last night due to severe dehydration and ketones and protein in my urine. It has really taken its toll on me and I am super tired all the time, and just bloody fed up of not being able to eat what I want to eat without the fear of seeing it again 15-20 minuets later. Woo for being diagnosed with HG (Hyperemesis Gravidarum – Super bad morning sickness which feels like it will never end)
All the Emotions…
Over the last 13 weeks, every now and then I would forget all about the pain, the nausea, and the exhaustion. Those times were during our visits to the Doctor when we would get to see our little baby. That baby, our baby, makes everything worth it. I remember our first ultrasound appointment around 6 weeks. We were so nervous because of what had happened in January.
Then we see this little Bean appear on the screen with a fluttering heartbeat. It was incredible! I tried so hard not to cry.
By the second ultrasound at 8 weeks our little Bean shaped baby had sprouted arms and legs and was wiggling like a little dancer, a jelly bean as the doctor called it. It was absolutely mind blowing how much the baby had grown in just a few weeks.
We are continually amazed by how much the baby has grown at each ultrasound during this first trimester. We also feel such a sense of relief when we see the baby at those appointments, and as soon as we leave the doctors office, the panic sets back in. All we want to do is see the baby again!
Our 12 week scan was amazing. I’ve never made it to 12 weeks before, so this scan was an emotional one. We got to see our little one full on squirming around, waving its arms around everywhere. We got to listen to the heartbeat too – Best moment ever!
Is anyone else expecting a Rainbow baby? Or has had a Rainbow baby? Or a baby in general!!
