Where do I start? It’s been AGES hasn’t it? And let me tell you… Quite a lot has happened….
I’m not working any more for one… It’s a really long and convoluted story and I can’t really be arsed to go into it all to be honest. Basically there was some trouble with some of the other girls that I work with, it all got rather out of hand… So I left. Which, may seem a bit drastic, but it was all for the best. Me & Ste are financially stable enough on his wages to survive and we’d talked about me getting something part time anyway. I’ll still get a maternity allowance which works out at £117 per week for a maximum of 39 weeks which is better than nothing!! It’s a bit weird adjusting to being at home all day, but it’s nice cos I’m getting to spend loads of time with Abigail (especially now she’s broke up for 6 weeks) and I’ve been spending loads of time with Carly and her two boys two which has also been ace!! On the plus side, I’ve got an interview next week for a part time secretary post, 20 hours a week and someone’s rung me today about an admin job with Derby Police which sounds really good so fingers cross summat will come along soon!
On the baby front… I’m now 14 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I had my dating scan last week. That was really lovely, Abigail and Ste both came and it was amazing. We could see the baby jumping about and putting its hands on its knees! They’ve booked my detailed scan for 8th September, when we’ll hopefully be able to find out what it is. I went to see the Consultant for the first time on Monday and I came away really reassured. He explained that when I had Abigail, they checked my blood sugar levels at 28 weeks as routine and everything was fine so he couldn’t understand why I’d suffered with the gestational diabetes. So he checked through all the notes from when I was actually admitted to hospital and it turns out that the diabetes starting coincided with when they started giving me steroid injections to boost Abigail’s lungs (in case she was born early) and that would be what caused my blood sugar to spike! So he’s confident that I shouldn’t suffer with the diabetes again. I’m booked in for a Glucose Tolerance Test at 28 weeks though, cos it’s better to be safe than sorry. The Dr also said it’s very, very unlikely that I’d have the low lying placenta problem that I had with Abigail, and I’d be very unlucky to get it again! So I’ve got to go back and see him again at 24 weeks after my detailed scan to make sure that everything is where it should be, and if itg is, which fingers crossed it will be, then I’ll be ok to have a natural birth, I’d just have to go and see the Dr again at 36 weeks to discuss the birth and the complications associated with having a natural birth after having a caesarean! So… I’m very optimistic that things will run a lot smoother this time… Or at least, more smoothly than when I had Abigail. I’m feeling much more relaxed now I’m past the 12 week mark, but I’ll feel even better when I’ve had my blood tests done for the Downs screening next week!!! I’m a lot less tired now (well, some days anyway) and after 4 weeks where I was sick, all day, every day and lost over a stone in weight, I’ve now got a little bit of my appetite back and I seem to have stopped being sick (touch wood)! I’m starting to notice the physical changes now too… It’s not overly obvious that I’m pregnant yet to the outside world, sometimes, depending on what I’m wearing you can see a little bit of a bump though! Which, is quite exciting, and my stomach is hard now too.
I’ve got loads more to fill you in on, but I can’t really be bothered now! Lol! I’ll save that for another time… Here are some random pics though…. Including one of Baby Geraghty at 7 weeks… I’ve lost my dongle thing again so I can’t upload the scan pictures from last week but I’ll get them uploaded as soon as I find it!
See Ya XxXxX
