I made it to 12 weeks pregnant - all looks good and there is so much to look forward to! We had our first scan and everything looked healthy with baby. I gave up my veins for the blood samples and was sent away with an appointment for a 20 week anomaly scan. Squish is about the size of a plum and busy growing big and strong.
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So this is me at 12 weeks:
On the outside
So it is safe to say I am showing. It may be mostly bloating but pregnancy has given me a rather round tummy and hiding it for the last few weeks has been a mission in itself! I have already dug out some of my summer maternity wear as I love the stretchy waist bands and the dresses are fitting well already. I was nowhere near this big last pregnancy but they do say second time around you grow faster! I am loving having a bump though and can't wait until it gets even more prominent!
I am being asked by plenty of strangers how far gone I am now so I know the bump isn't all in my head. I was 10 weeks + 1 the first time a customer at work asked me when I was due and now I think most people notice that my belly enters the room a little bit before I do. Somehow though I have lost weight since finding out I am pregnant. With Dylan I hardly put anything on though - I think my body took any extra fat and reassigned it to my bump and it is looking like this may happen again.
On the inside
I can get through the days without a nap now and I am so glad the extreme tiredness has gone. I still don't have all my energy but that may be down to a newly mobile toddler just as much as an ever expanding bump. I have been lucky enough to escape any nausea or sickness again so I am pretty much symptom free now! I am hoping it won't be too long until those first little kicks as I find it very unnerving not having anything to reassure me that baby is growing ok.
Dylan has recently learnt to tantrum and I am starting to worry about how I am going to cope with a newborn and an 18 month old but truth is I won't have a choice. I know it will be hard but we have made the decision to have them this close and I am looking forward to the days they can play together and enjoy the same things.
All in all everything is going well and I am really enjoying pregnancy again.
