YAY! Three months have passed which means only six more to go! This is also the first chance to see the baby.
Previous to the 12 week ultrasound appointment you see your midwife at 8 weeks pregnant for a booking appointment which is long and tedious and a bit of a disappointment when you are excited and impatient. Although it may not seem it 12 weeks is a long time to wait especially as you usually do not announce that you are pregnant until you have reached this milestone.
The appointment was held at my local hospital ( Tunbridge Wells Hospital) which has one of the best reputations in the South East. The hospital fulfilled all the good things I had heard about it. We went straight into the ultrasound and got to see our baby within minutes. Yes, our baby, singular! I was massively relieved as already was showing so hearing that there was just one baby filled me with joy. The moment we got to see the baby was, well words cannot describe! The baby was moving around and stretching and we got to see the tiny human with tiny legs that we created. Both of us had a tear to our eye! I completely forgot how advance they are even at this stage. My nub theory post scan photos were based on this scan. Overall the hospital was very efficient. We got copies of our scan photos and were able to book our twenty week appointment at the front desk. My photos, the ultrasound, buildings and department were a million times better than with Alexander who was under the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.
Meanwhile, from about four weeks pregnant I had terrible 'morning sickness' which was despite the name actually worse in the evening. The sickness was draining and affecting my day to day well being. I would simply get home from work and go straight to bed unable to cook or eat dinner. The best way I found to 'manage' would be to east the bulk of my food in the morning. My go to food was my home made pregnancy soup (which contains loads of vitamins and ginger in a non overwhelming way), sesame seed and salt rice crackers, apple with almond butter, banana or lemon sorbet. My advice to anyone else feeling nauseous is to eat little amounts. One thing I did discover is a complete aversion to meat, the smell of meat and the thought of meat.
Anyways, here are some photos to share with you of what I have been doing when feeling semi-ok
Playing on 'wellington rocks' in Tunbridge Wells
Baths make everything better
So do non-alcoholic cocktails
Especially when it is my 25th birthday :)
Please update me with your updates and every findings for nausea you have found! :)
Love Dani
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