Well, as the title suggests, I’m pregnant! Came as a bit of a shock at first, but we’re very happy now! Obviously it wasn’t exactly planned, seeing as me & Ste have only been together 3 months or so. We found out just over a fortnight ago and kept it to ourselves for the first week! I was more than happy to keep it a secret at least until we’d had the 12 week scan, but Ste wanted to tell his Mum, and once she knew, everyone did! So had to come out with it! Everyone’s been really supportive, they were all a little shocked at first, which is to be expected! I had sort of half suspected I was (don’t ask me how, I think sometimes women just know, particularly with me already having had one baby!) so when my period was late, I rang Ste at work and asked him to pick a test up. But he was on a 12 hour shift and I couldn’t wait that long! Lol! So off I nipped to Tesco! I picked up a two pack of clearblue, cos I wanted to be absolutely sure, and they can detect it even before you’ve missed your period apparently! I raced home and took one of the tests there and then, I sat on the toilet and watched as the little blue line appeared, and I was just speechless! I literally didn’t move for about 10 minutes! Lol! Then I rang Ste at work (again) and he said ‘Have you been and got the test’ and I said ‘yeah’ and he said ‘have you took it’ and I said ‘yeah’ again.. then he went ‘And….’ And I just said ‘yeah’ again! And he was on the other end of the phone going ‘what, yeah, yeah you are? You’re pregnant?’ and all I could say was ‘yeah’! Anyway, I took the second test the following morning, cos the first sample of the day is the strongest, and like I said I wanted to be absolutely sure. Neither me nor Ste had said much about it Sunday night, I think we were both in shock, and didn’t quite believe it, but the second one was positive too. I’d took it on my own in the bathroom, cos I was getting ready for work and Ste was still in bed cos he was on nights, and when it was positive I went and sat on the bed next to Ste and sort of nudged him to wake him up, I showed him the test, and he took it off me to have a proper look, then he started smiling, hugged me and started kissing my belly! It was a really lovely moment!! It’s nice, cos I didn’t have any of this when I found out I was pregnant with Abigail, I was happy eventually, don’t get me wrong, but initially I was terrified, didn’t know what to do and had to contemplate the fact that whatever I did, I would be doing it alone, cos her ‘Dad’ had left me! So it’s nice that we’re making plans together and we’re both excited and we’re allowed to be happy if you get me?
Speaking of Abigail, once we’d told all our immediate family, we decided it would be a good idea to tell her, in case anyone said anything in front of her. I had already had a little conversation with her about how she’d feel IF mummy had a baby, and she was quite excited and listing all the things she could do to help. So I told her, I explained that there was a baby growing in Mummy’s tummy and she just looked at me and said ‘I don’t think there is’ so I said, no there is, there’s a baby growing in Mummy’s tummy now and she said ‘no I really don’t think there is!’ It took me quite a while to convince her, I had to tell her that the Dr had said Mummy was pregnant, but it wasn’t until she’d rung my mum and she’d confirmed it to her that she actually believed us! She makes me laugh sometimes, cos she talks like someone far older than she actually is!! But she’s very excited now! And she even said that if it’s a little girl they’ll be sisters, but if it’s a boy, they will be siblings! What 5 years old comes out with that? Lol!
I’ve been to the Dr’s and had my pregnancy confirmed and everything, and they estimate that I’m about 6 ½ weeks gone, which isn’t far at all, I know! It’s going to seem like such a long pregnancy cos I was quite a bit further gone when I found out with Abigail, but it means they can look after us well in early pregnancy, and I can take all the necessary vitamins etc. I’m under the care of the Community Midwife now, and she’s arranging for me to be assessed at Early Pregnancy Unit next Monday when I’ll be 7 + weeks, as we’re not totally sure of my dates (I’ve been having some Gynae troubles anyway) and cos of all the complications I had with Abigail, she’s said it’s better to be on the safe side and have an early scan, which is fine by me!! Once I’ve had that and we know better how far gone I am, I’ll have my booking in appointment with the midwife, where we’ll go through all my history and everything (should be fun!).
I’ve been feeling quite well in myself to be honest, I can definitely tell I’m pregnant though, just by the fact of the sheer exhaustion I’ve be feeling! I’d forgot how tiring it is!! I could sleep for England, and have been at every available opportunity!! I’ve felt sick quite a bit, but not actually been sick that much, which is a bonus! And other than that it’s the usual, sore boobs, very frequent trips to the loo etc. Oh the joys of pregnancy!! Lol!!
So, in light of all this Ste has moved in! We had already discussed us moving in together, because Ste was living with his mum and needed somewhere to live and it made more sense for us to live together and split everything, than him run a separate house when he spends most of his time at my house anyway! Obviously now, it’s sort of forced our hand a little and he officially moved into my house this weekend. Not that it actually makes much difference, cos he’s practically lived with us for the last two months anyway!! Lol!! We had considered the possibility of us moving into a new house together, cos Ste was worried that he’d feel like he was living in my house, rather than OUR house, but he’s been spending more and more time with us, and staying there while I’m at work etc so he feels loads more comfortable, and like he said it’s pointless moving and doing a whole new house up, when we have better things to spend our money on (baby)! So the decision was made… I would have been happy either way, cos obviously it’s important that we’re both happy, but I have to say I’m glad we’re staying, cos I love my house!! Lol! And we’ve been looking at new furniture, and we’re going to decorate it to make it ours anyway!
Only other bit of news is… Chelle’s asked me to be Oliver’s God Mummy, when he is christened in August! I’m so proud and honoured and excited, so of course I said yes! It’s nice, cos Chelle is Abigail’s God Mother too….! So thanks again for the privilege mate… it really means the world to me!!! Mwah XxXxX
Anyway, rambled enough now, and I ought to get some work done really! See ya!
