The news is sinking in…

Well, it’s been four days since we found out I am pregnant again with number 2 and we’re still taking it all in!

As neither of us can hold in news like this for very long we have already told immediate family. Our theory being that, even if things went wrong, we’d still want those people to know so they would be there for us. Work, friends and the wider family can wait until the 12 week scan though! We invited Tony’s mum, dad and sister round to our house for a few drinks on the day we did the positive test. They all seemed quite surprised but really thrilled. They have really loved having a granddaughter / niece and have been so great in their new found roles over the past two years, so think they’re happy to be doing it all again!

I still have little in the way of symptoms to report – I have noticed an increase in hunger, and am a little more tired. The last few days i’ve felt a bit cloudy like a hangover (although I can assure you i haven’t been drinking!) although we have managed fairly late nights and disturbed sleep as Lilly has a bad cold (so do I) and keeps waking all night. I’ve also been quite thirsty – even though i’m drinking soft drinks all night i’m still waking up in the night parched. I’ve also been quite a cold bones lately – I know we are getting towards winter, but usually i’m always hot. And I’m probably needing to wee a little bit more often!

Yesterday T and I went to my cousin’s wedding in Scotland. Lilly stayed with her Nanna and Grandad, so we drove up early on Sat morning and came back today. We stayed out until gone midnight! It was 1am by the time we finally fell into bed, exhausted! That’s where we told my mum, and later that evening, my sister. Both were really happy about the news, (although my sis proceeded to get so drunk i’m not sure if she will actually remember it today!!).

One thing we didn’t prepare ourselves for was people asking us the “when are you going to have another one then?” question. Both times we were asked we stammered and made lame jokes… it must’ve been pretty obvious! But hey, never mind…

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False starts are driving us crazy

Well, three days overdue now and no sign that baby is planning to move out soon.

The day after the sweep, shortly after my last blog post, i went to the toilet and saw what i *thought* could have been a show. Excuse the “too much information”! However, it didn’t have any blood in it and wasn’t tinged pink, as the books say it might be. I got quite excited after that and we went for a nice long walk to see if that would start anything off.

But nothing!

I went to bed thinking (yet again!) “this could be it!”

But when i woke up the next day, still nothing. I felt totally normal again.

Was feeling very frustrated and fed up yesterday morning, especially after getting my hopes up the day before. It didn’t help that it was a rainy and cold morning and we felt a bit cooped up in the house – didn’t want to stray too far in the car just in case, and couldn’t go out because of the weather.

Anyway, luckily, the weather picked up a bit in the afternoon, so we headed out for another long walk which cheered us up. Then, about 5pm i went to the loo again and there it was again – this stuff that *could* just possibly, maybe, hopefully, be a show!

All last night, i was willing contractions to start! And i did feel a bit achy, a few sharp pains as baby was kicking my bladder etc etc and i started to feel hopefull (again!) that maybe this was the start of things!

Went to bed and baby was VERY wiggly, moving round loads and felt like there was plenty of presure down in my pelvic region. Again, my hopes were raising! Finally managed to get to sleep and then….

woke up 8.3oam feeling fine with not so much as a twinge!

And then! I went to the loo again and there was the stuff again!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr…..

My body is sending me too many mixed messages, and it is driving us crazy!

It is now 23rd of December, and baby has very little time if she wants to arrive this side of Christmas. Otherwise, it’s a Christmas Day baby, or, if not…. well, a 2008 one?!?!

HURRY UP BABY WE ARE GETTING VERY IMPATIENT!!

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