12 weeks 1 day

Had a scan yesterday which was great. technically it was a nuchal scan to check for downs syndrome risk but knowing i'm in a low risk category anyway, for me it was a good excuse to have a look at the baby. last scan i had 5 weeks ago showed nothing but an indistinct blob. what a difference this time! clear baby wriggling around so much the lady doing the scan had trouble taking any measurements. hubby winced when he saw baby put 2 feet up against the wall of it's sac and push. even though i can't feel it yet he said 'wow, imagine how much that's going to hurt when you can feel it' thanks hon!
morning sickness has been back this week, along with extremely painful trapped wind no matter what i eat. not much fun but the scan pic has made me realise that it's not just a bundle of symptoms, i'm growing a whole new person in there.
it may be the third baby but i was so excited i wanted to stop everyone i saw and show them the scan pic!
i think i'm starting to fall in love with this little being

10 weeks

well it's been an exciting 24 hours. last night miss 5 bumped her wobbly teeth and managed to bump 1 right out, when i saw the other was horizontal i quickly whipped that one out too so in the space of a few minutes she lost her first 2 baby teeth. she was very upset for a while until i explained about the tooth fairy and then she was fine. she looks so strange with a big gap at the bottom where they used to be.
secondly, today i had my second midwife appointment and my midwife said she'd had a quick try to find the heartbeat although she did stress it was probably too early and that she could usually only pick it up so early in very 'fine' women (for 'fine' read 'skinny' which i am definatly not). amazingly after a minute or so skidding around she found it! so exciting!
added to that, for the last 2 nights i've been able to get to sleep without having to throw up first and have had 2 days now where the nausea hasn't seemed too bad. it's starting to feel like i am going to be able to do this again.

9 weeks 2 days

haven't had the best week for nausea and tiredness but am definatly looking forward to being on the downhill leg of heading towards 12 weeks. being in January definatly helping as my 12 week date is 27th Jan and that's starting to feel like it's attainable.
seeing the midwife next week and i'm wondering when it is that you can start hearing the heartbeat. i should remember all of this from last time but i don't. it's still just as exciting knowing i'm going to hear the heartbeat soon! off to look it up now to check!

8 weeks 1 day

so, new developments... i can no longer stand the fridge being opened in my presence. standard for me in the first 12 weeks but it makes looking after the other kids by myself somewhat tricky. hubby is back at work for the few days between christmas and new year which is not unusual but i think the kids would be happier if dad was around so they could do something, anything with their day apart from being quiet and leaving me alone. poor little scraps, i'm not much fun at the moment.
still haven't been sick which is good, but still have vile nausea and constant exhaustion. last night i closed my eyes at 7.45pm, i think i was probably asleep before miss 5.

downgraded!

well i had an early dating scan today as i have irregular periods and long cycles. from my dates i was 8 weeks 2 days but from the scan just 7 weeks. argh another 9 days of morning sickness to look forward to. great.
still i have christmas in 2 days to distract me, did the lazy thing yesterday, finally admitted to myself i am not going to bake mince pies and bought some. at least santa will have something to eat when he comes to visit.
hard to believe that next christmas their will be a 3rd set of presents under the tree for this tiny blob growing in me.

oh so tired

well mr almost 3 turned 3 yesterday so now i guess he's just mr 3. had just a quiet birthday, took the kids bowling. invited MIL, SIL, BIL and their 2 kids. surprise surprise though, SIL and BIL took full advantage and left MIL to bring their kids. so yet again birthday boy did not get his nan to himself. don't you just love in-laws.
according to my dates i am now 8 weeks, although i am having a dating scan on wednesday as i don't have regular cycles. i am hoping that they won't make me less pregnant as i am looking forward to week 12 or 13 when the vileness stops and the good bit of pregnancy starts. at the moment all i want to do is hog the sofa or go to bed.

Feeling grotty

i refuse to call it morning sickness, it's not just a morning thing and so far (fingers crossed) i haven't actually been sick, just got an awful nauseated feeling. can't decide if i am hungry or not. most foods repel me and, of course, with perfect timing, it's the first day of the school holidays, so i have both miss 5 and mr almost 3 at home today. to be fair, they have been good. i just feel like i want to be left alone. technically it is cleaning day today but i have done nothing except 1 load of washing. i'm struggling to gain the motivation to do anything else when i just feel like sitting and conserving what little energy i have. and i know that it's going to get worse before it gets better...great