I feel like I've been so terrible at keeping in touch with you ladies! I've also been terrible at getting anything done at work lately too, so obviously everything is taking a late 1st trimester slide.
baby D - It must be good to feel like you really are actually in touch with your body! Isn't it weird how our bodies try to trip us up sometimes? But great news that you might have a definite TTC date approaching though! Have you talked about it more since then?
puppymom - Sorry to hear about the PCOS! But it must be good to know you at least know what's up now. When is your appt? Do you know what the next steps might be? How are you feeling about it all?
Gen - Oh no, sorry about the crappy week and missing your mom! Actually, my mom drives me completely insane too and while I can't say I'm
missing her, I do find she drives me
less insane now that I'm pregnant. I feel a little bit more compassion for her and her wackyness! So I know how you feel. What are your birthday plans? Maybe enjoy that one glass of wine! I actually had 2 sips of champagne yesterday when we announced the news to my husband's aunt, uncle and cousins and even though it literally only was 2 sips, it felt deliciously naughty (not to mention making me feel a little more human and normal). Enjoy it!
So well, it feels like we are finally getting somewhere now and this baby is like
for real and not just something we've been imagining! We went down to Devon to tell my husband's family this weekend. We did the same thing for his mum as we did for mine - we have a photo of us holding a sign that says 'You're going to be a grandma!' and our due date. We wrapped it up and gave it to her with a bottle of wine. She was so happy! Oddly enough, she took it so much better than my mom did! (Did I mention my mom is a little crazy? I think I did!). While my mom kinda hyperventilated and reacted like I was an unwed 16 year old (instead of a married 31 year old professional!), Tim's family was just thrilled and couldn't have been more excited and supportive. It was oddly a relief! His mum said she kinda had an idea it would be happening pretty soon. Actually, he saw his mum and her partner about 3 weeks ago while I was away in the U.S. and they asked when we would be having a baby. Tim just said 'soon' and changed the subject, so they got a little suspicious. Plus, I'm sure it didn't help that I'd spent the whole afternoon trying to dodge glasses of wine by claiming I was feeling 'dehydrated' and needed to drink more water. They know I
never dodge a glass of wine!
So we told his mum and her partner and also Tim's grandpa, who is 90! This will be his second great grandchild! We also told Tim's brother who lives on an island way up in Northern Scotland. Then the next day we were planning to see his aunt, uncle and cousins. The family has a beach house that everyone shares and they had organized a work weekend when a lot of family were coming down to help with painting and building a new deck. I had been really stressing about going because I never wanted to do the big announcement in front of like 20 family members. I'm just not someone who loves being the center of attention or being fussed over. So my husband's mum made the call down there right away and announced it to everyone! Haha, sorted! So by the time we made it down to the beach the next day, everyone already knew (and apparently had celebrated fairly heavily the night before in our honor!). So we toasted with some champagne and we finally just got to talk about our baby with everyone we've been avoiding lately because we were waiting to break the news. It was great and everyone was so happy for us.
So continuing our big eventful week, we went today for our 12 week scan. I ended up having to have an internal because they couldn't get a good shot of baby doing the abdominal scan. Apparently, I have a retroverted uterus, which my obgyn told me years and years ago at my very first smear/pelvic exam appt, but I kinda never really understood what that meant. It just means my uterus tilts backwards instead of forward like most peoples. It doesn't matter except that it makes it hard to see because it won't pop up until a bit later. Plus, I am sooooo constipated and gassy, and she said she could actually see it on the scan and it was getting in the way of her view.
Um, awkward. Also, baby wasn't cooperating very much and kept rolling away. Poor thing, probably was getting crushed by my massive bladder and my constipated, gassy colon! So they did the internal, which was way more comfortable anyway (apparently, I really don't like people pushing on my full bladder!), and then we got a better view. Baby is perfect looking, with normal arms, legs and head, and a healthy stomach, she could even see the bladder! She measured me and I'm actually measuring ahead at 13 + 1, which puts my EDD at the 24th of February instead of the 1st of March. That does make sense because I think I implanted on the early side, even though I ovulated later. My 20 week scan is scheduled for the 9th of October, which just so happens to be my 32nd birthday! Here's a picture of my wiggle worm.
and now not too long to wait for your 12 weeks! Did you say the 20th? My anomaly scan is the day after!
about the crusty nipples! I have started getting dried up bits of colostrum too, but looking at it as a good sign as I intend to bf again and we need this good stuff to get started with it!
!! We aren't at all disappointed, it's thrilling to know we're going to be blessed with another ds. Now we need to think up some boys names as we only had girls ones in mind! Lol
