Week 13

Afternoon Dudes!


I went and saw the Ob yesterday and my cervix is measuring the same as it was last week (Around 2.8cm) We saw our little bubba and he was all good too :D We discussed what to do and came to the conclusion that we would take the conservative approach, wait and see and take it easy! If my cervix is shorter at my 19 week scan then he will do an emergency stitch (they prefer to do them earlier as it is a lot easier but since I went to 34 weeks last time and I wasn't even in labour then he's a bit more confident) But he has done thousands of them and said he hasn't had many complications arise from the later stitches he has done. It may be that my cervix is genetically short too, but for now it's stable so I just have to cross everything!


The other things I am doing to help this pregnancy is to take low - dose aspirin (sometimes called baby aspirin) it has been found to help reduce the risk of premature labour and to help IUGR babies (In uterine growth restricted - which Emily was). The aspirin improves blood flow to the Placenta etc. I am also going to start taking a Vit D supplement!


General Update-


I'm feeling - Crap! Morning sickness is so jerky, I eat - I feel sick. I don't eat - I feel sick. I eat too little - I feel sick. I eat too much - I feel sick, I just generally feel sick! And I'm dizzy a lot of the time and just really off balanced but that could be because of my problems previous to this pregnancy too, but it's probably made worse by being pregeroni!


Weight - I haven't put on any weight yet, I've actually lost weight :( 


Am I glowing? - No, on the contrary I look terrible!


Emily - She's doing so great, I haven't been able to look after her much at all, I am so lucky to have great Parents in Law that do such a fantastic job of taking care of her for us, we are so thankful to them! But she's been great, she understands more then I know and asked me the other day "if the baby in my tummy scares me?" She is so wise for her age and has such a caring nature, when I am feeling unwell, she sings me songs that she makes up that are freaking hilarious and gives me big cuddles and kisses and is just plain amazing!


Kev - He is the dude. He works full time, looks after Em and myself and cooks, cleans (well tries haha) and is so loving and caring! Best. Husband. Ever.


Anywho I that's about it for now, I shall sign off and talk to you all later 


x

The First Trimester

I shall begin where I left off.....


The day after my 8 week ultrasound I booked in appointment with the Midwife at the Obstetricians Office (this time we are going private after all the shenanigans we had with the local public hospital) I really wanted just one Doctor, who knew what he was doing, and so I had consistency! 


The Midwife appt went really well, except for the part where I threw up in the carpark (urgh!) I felt really reassured by her, and got so much info about what happened in my last pregnancy.


In regards to the morning sickness; I've been suffering from quite bad ALL day sickness, it's been rough, as I have a phobia of vomiting, I know no one really enjoys it but it freaking terrifies me! But I've gotten through it so far.


I had my first appointment with the Ob at 11 weeks, and I got to see Little smunchie who was measuring well and my cervix was 3cm and closed. We discussed my last pregnancy and the complications, and organised a referral to get my nuchal scan and to get my cervix checked again.


Now this is the good and bad part! Yesterday I had my nuchal scan and got given a risk of 1 in 3000 which is great, but my cervix was 2.5cm :( but still closed thankfully!


So now I see the Ob tomorrow to discuss getting a stitch placed in my cervix, or to use progesterone pessaries for now and keep an eye on. I am absolutely terrified! It is so long from now to 24+ weeks (when the baby has at least a chance of survival) but I will take it one day at a time and hopefully get to 30+ weeks! 40 weeks would be great though Smunchie! 


I will update you tomorrow x


Recent 12 week scan pics -