Guilt?

Should I feel guilty telling someone I am pregnant, when that someone has been trying for an eternity, and even IVF has failed them?

I know I shouldn't really, but I can't help thinking that its a kick in the teeth to the other person. Particularly when my pregnancy has been totally natural, and they have been trying so hard for so long.

Hmmm.

The numbers

Well, being pregnant at my age (37) puts me at 1/130 for DS. But with the scan and the combined blood test the number is a more reasonable 1/2710. But there is still that one chance, as with friends of ours who had quite a low chance, and their daughter was born with DS.

There are further tests to do obviously to rule it out completely, as in CVS or an amnio. But with the low measurement and the presence of a bone in the nose structure at this early stage has made us quite confident not to go ahead with those tests.

But I guess we'll definitely find out in September!

Like never before

I'm liking these boobs!

Such a relief

to let people know our news!

Still haven't got our numbers for DS, as the lab had a technical issue for collating the combined blood and scan today and were severely backed up. Find out Monday, but the Radiologist and Doc were confident to give us a 1/1000 chance without the blood result.

Scan Day

So far so good, its all textbook. Everything is as it should be, on track for the 20th September.

Hubby is relieved, for now, until the 20 week scan! Such a worry wart he is.

Bub is 6cm. We're calling it Cheezel for now. There was a near leak on Facebook last night around the subject of Cheezels and cheese (my brother is a doofus), so I think its an apt name for now.

Owwy

Had a time this morning passing a bowel movement. OMG it was like moving a rock through a hose! Painful stuff, for not much reward! I'm going to have to resort to the dreaded prune juice, I can't go on like this!

I dragged myself to pilates (without brekkie ~ too much time spent on the can!) but I left feeling energised and recharged amazingly. The instructor gave me some exercises to help "get me moving" down below.

And after lunch, voila ~ another (not so painful) bowel movement. Thank goodness.

Then I thought I would have a nanna nap for a little bit... 2.5 hours later!! Yikes! Who knew I needed so much sleep!? Bummer, now I'm tired!

Two more sleeps til the scan...

Its not all peaches

This peach inside me is really draining my energy.

So tired today. Judging by the cramping and expanding inside my abdomen, I guess its understandable that I am so tired today. Its a bit frustrating being so tired all the time.

Bring on the second trimester please!