• update 12 WEEKS PREGNANT

Hey guys,

So I had my 12 week scan today! Baby A is perfectly healthy and was posing for the photos 😅 little heart was beating away too... but my due date has changed! I am now due April 29th 2017 and I am 12 weeks and 3 days. 

 

It was so lovely to see our baby actually looking like a baby. As you all know from my last post we are keeping the gender a surprise. But after getting such a clear nub shot today I posted the scan photo in strictly nub theory and I got over 40 comments with every single one predicting that I am having another little girl. So after that, I posted the scan photo in two more nub groups and again everyone guessed girl. So I am now pretty much convinced that I am going to have another little princess. Although, I do still have some people thinking I'll be having a baby boy.

As I said in my last post I kept switching back and forth from what I wanted the gender to be but now that everyone has predicted it's a girl a tiny piece of me feels for Liam as I know how much he wants a boy. But either way we will just be grateful at the end that we have another healthy litte baby regardless to the gender. 

 

Cravings: water

Symptoms: severe fatigue and sickness

My morning sickness has started back up again so I'm back on my tablets but the only downside to the tablets is they cause drowsiness. So literally about 15 minutes after taking one I'm almost falling asleep which isn't ideal. 

• Baby A is starting to develop reflexes as his brain continues to grow and become more complex, and he is using the greater command he has over his body to curl his fingers and toes. His nerve endings are developing right along with his reflexes, and at this point if you poke your belly, baby A will respond by wriggling. (Though you almost certainly won't feel it) 

Pretty soon her intestines are going to recede down the umbilical cord, but only temporarily, because they've run out of room. They'll move back into the abdomen and eventually reach their final location in her stomach. Baby A is also practicing breathing by inhaling and exhaling the amniotic fluid surrounding her. 

Her kidneys are beginning to function, and she also has started building up the waste she will store until her first poop. Baby A's neck which she only just started to form in the last few weeks or so, has already begun to straighten as her chin lifts off her chest, and she is growing rapidly. 

Next week: second trimester!

Nicole x

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Hello everyone! 

So, I have my 12 week scan on Tuesday which I am so excited about. Although it's at 8.20am so I'm going to turn up looking like a zombie. Me and Liam have been excitedly planning when to call up and book our private 4D gender scan at or around 16 weeks. Until....

Liam decided one night he didn't want to know the sex of the baby and he wanted it to be kept a surprise until our birth. Anyone that knows me knows that I hateeeee surprises. I can't stand knowing I've got a surprise and not knowing what it is. It literally itches away at me. So I was going to go to the gender scan and find out then keep it a secret from Liam. I was planning to decorate the babies room and just make sure the door was always shut and Liam never went in there, I was planning to buy coloured clothes, bottles and what not then just keep them in black boxes in our storage cupboard. But then I spoke to my mum about it and she said she didn't want to know the sex either!!

So, in the end I decided I'm not going to find out the sex of our baby either. After a long think I've realised how special and magical it will be when I give birth and I then find out if our beautiful baby is a boy or a girl. So here's to hoping that sonographers don't slip up at scans.. I have a higher chance of this happening as I've been put on high risk due to doctors worrying about my pregnancy with Aiyanna and that she was measuring too small... (even though she actually came out a good weight 🤔.) so I have to have growth scans every two weeks. But before every scan I'm going to give a big announcement about how we DO NOT want to know the sex of the baby. 

A few friends think that I won't be able to do it so that's making me even more determined to do it too! Which will help me more as when I'm determined to do something. I WILL do it 💪🏼

See you on Tuesday baby A!

Nicole x

Recent events and 10 & 11 WEEK PREGNANCY UPDATE

Sorry, I once again am late on my blog! But I've been so exhausted lately it is unbelievable. This baby really is sucking the life out of me. I try and nap anytime I possibly can so of course along with housework and my crazy toddler it's not leaving much time left to write a post. 

Aiyanna has started realising that daddy sometimes works at her bedtimes so she has been refusing to go to bed and just the usual playing up. If Liam works a late he gets home at 11pm and the other night Aiyanna literally did not go to sleep until Liam got home and she had said hello and goodnight to him. She really does know how to work around me so I am in the process of getting that into line at the moment.

 

 I am so excited that it's Autumn! Summer is finally over 😃 if you follow me on Instagram you will of noticed how excited I actually am from all the autumn and October quotes I've been posting. I just love it! It's time to bring out all the winter spice candles and smells. I do love a good Christmassy smell and my home being warm and cosy. 

 

I recently discovered that Sainsbury's sell limited edition winter spice bleach. I almost had an excitement overload when I found that out. So I have now filled my cleaning cupboard with the stuff and I love it! You all know I'm a big zoflora fan well they sell winter spice zoflora!! So I'm buying a big batch of that off Amazon next week. 

My mum is also a big fan of fleecy and cotton brushed bed sets and I've always been insanely jealous because whenever I try to get one they've sold out. Well she sent me the link to a super soft fleece bedset that she's just ordered from next for £45 and when I saw it I just knew I haddddd to get it regardless to the price 😖 well I ordered it and mine was £35 because I have a double bed and she has a king. It is the most beautiful and comfiest looking bed set I have ever seen in my life and I am so excited for it to be delivered today so I can sleep in it tonight or even just sit in it. 

This is truly the life of a mother. Before kids we got excited to go out on a bender all weekend and to just get black out drunk and off our faces. After kids we get excited over new washing up sponges, a new fragrance of washing conditioner, cleaning products and fleecey bed sets. 

Anyway, moving onto more important things my cousin Natalia moved to Brazil 2 years ago and we didn't know when or if she was going to be coming back. Well, she just moved back last week and I am so so happy! We all had a family party to celebrate her coming home and it was lovely! We are all so so glad that she's finally home again. 💕

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10 weeks pregnant!

 Cravings: water 

Symptoms: gagging at everything and fatigue

• Baby A is the size of a prune, at about 1 1/4 inches long, and is beginning to develop tiny human like features, like peach fuzz, the buds of baby teeth, and elbows and other joints that bend. Baby A's heart isn't the only thing moving - she is starting to move around enough that it can be visible on an ultrasound. Her digestive system is also functional by this point!

11 weeks pregnant!

 

Cravings: water 

Symptoms: gagging still and the start of acid reflux (this was my only weakness with Aiyanna)

• Baby A is looking more and more like a real person everyday! This week, he is growing hair follicles and fingernails. If it's a girl her ovaries are beginning to develop. Baby A's formerly connected fingers and toes are losing their webbing, and he is using his little hands to explore his face and mouth, which helps him develop the physical coordination he will need once he is born. The movement is too small for you to be able to feel yet, as is the hiccuping, and moving around he may be doing. Baby A's placenta is becoming increasingly functional, allowing him to take more control of his own hormone production. This will take some of the strain off of your system. 

Hope you've all had a lovely week!

Nicole x