Week 12 in the Baby Martin House

We have finally met our baby - well seen at least!  We had the scan Friday morning and I was getting so impatient sitting there in the waiting room, I just wanted to see him/ her!!  The midwife had a quick look herself before switching on a big TV screen where we could see our baby.  It was much better than having to look on her tiny screen.  It was such an amazing experience, we were both close to tears.  I didnt want to leave the room, I could have stayed there all day just watching it move.

The baby wouldnt stop wriggling around so it proved difficult for the nurse to measure it and to take a good picture.  Every time she went to take the picture it would roll over and have it's back to us.  So cheeky already!!  We got three pictures - 1 for me, 1 for David and 1 for a scrapbook we are going to start to chart the baby's life.  We are both so excited now we have seen it for the first time.  I take the picture out of my purse and just stare at it a lot!! It's made it so much more real now I can see it, and I have become more attached now I know the first trimester is behind me.

Health-wise I'm feeling OK.  I was sick on the morning of the scan, but I think that was because I had to drink a pint of water and usually first thing in the morning that's not such a good idea on an empty stomach!  We have booked our next scan and neither of us can wait to see how much the baby has grown. 

Week 11 in the Baby Martin House

Mood swings have been the thing to watch out for this week.  One minute I'm over-excited, the next I'm down-right miserable.  I cant keep up with myself!!  I have a short temper as it is so I don't think this is helping me.  Sickness has been getting steadily worse over the last few days.  I have been sick twice in a morning this week, barely just after I've had my breakfast.  And it doesn't seem to matter what I eat either - toast, cereal, fruit, nothing - it still makes me feel ill.  I've also been experiencing headaches when I wake up, so I'm having to lie there a few more minutes so I don't get a rush of blood to the head!!

I'm finding it hard to fit into any of my clothes so have been shopping for baggy tops and leggings.  How is it possible to be comfortable but not compromise on style?  Half the maternity wear ranges make you look like an elephant thats been dressed by a blind woman!!  I am avoiding maternity ranges and just going for stretchy materials and bigger sizes instead.  H&M, Primark, and Matalan have been great because it means I don't have to spend a fortune.

The "things I'm not allowed to eat" list is getting me down.  I have been OK at home, but whenever I go out to a restaurant, the things that I would want to eat off the menu normally are things I'm not allowed - pate, goat's cheese, blue cheese, prawns etc.  I'm forever eating chicken!!  Although I did have some prawn toast at the Chinese the other day without thinking - oops!  I am being super careful.

We get to see our baby for the first time next week when I go for my scan and we're so excited to finally see him/ her.  We are deciding to keep the sex of the baby a surprise until the birth so fingers crossed all goes well at the scan.