A new era - a new blog. Maybe I'll even keep this one up! It's been an exciting week for our family, my 26th birthday on Tuesday and the news that our first little Pea is on his/her way.
We're over the moon...it has been a long wait! Not for Pea to come - I'm still amazed that we conceived the first cycle we tried - but for the time to be right. We both feel a real family calling and are so exciting to be welcoming a new member to our little gang!
We're well aware that it's early days yet - Pea was conceived less than a fortnight ago. Things are looking good though - high temperatures, plenty of symptoms, only the faintest of pink spotting. We hope our baby is here to stay, and have no fear in planning as if this is the case. If the baby dies, it dies, but we don't want to pretend it never lived. We have faith for our little one to be around for many, many years yet.
I suspected Pea was in evidence on Tuesday - my birthday - the first time I've ever seen anything non-imaginary on a pregnancy test during the time limit. So faint though, and Michael seems to think that internet cheapy tests make up pregnancies just for the fun of it. The line got darker and darker as the days went by, and on Friday I finally cracked out a digital test to prove my doubting beloved wrong!
It was very good to have proof, because if I wasn't pregnant then I was not sure what could be wrong with me! Nauseous, pathetically weak, sleepy, no pmt, weird bitter taste in my mouth and amazing x-ray style sense of smell. Oh and incredibly sore breasts - a kind of electric, lime green soreness. This is useful, as if I become anxious that little Pea has somehow dropped out without me noticing, a short, sharp nipple prod is all it takes to assure me that she is still very much in evidence!
Food is interesting...my meals aren't much bigger, but I feel the need for a lot of small snacks. Savoury too - sweet has lost a lot of its appeal. Are savoury 'cravings' meant to mean boy? I can't remember. I've refrained from slugs, snails and puppy dog's tails though. Give that little Pea consists of three layers of cells at the moment, I suppose musing on his/her gender is a little premature.
It's lovely how excited other people are. My mum was a little shocked, to say the least, but the reaction is entirely positive. Babies are the best news there is! Most of our real-life friends won't be told for some time, so having online people to share the excitement with is really lovely. I had a trip to Mothercare this morning, just because I have a valid reason to now, and it was great to feel bump solidarity rather than bump envy. Not that I have a bump, but I am pregnant, and free to plan for my baby! Other than the bumps, and spying on a lady with an Xplory, the visit was fairly dull as I'm not really a Mothercare kind of girl. I did get rather soggy over the sleepsuits though. My own sleepsuit-wearer! We are blessed indeed.
