This post is beyond overdue. I don't know what has taken me so long to come back here. I've been meaning to update this blog but then I just get sidetracked or maybe a bit lazy. Anywho, I am back and posting...I will try harder going forward.
Where do I begin? I guess I start with the big news that Allan and I are expecting our first baby in mid August. We just recently found out that we are having a boy! Which is very exciting and also a little bit of a surprise for me as I thought I had it all figured out and that it would be a girl. I was convinced for the most part. I think there may have been a small seed of doubt that it about it being a girl but not a lot. Here's a pic of our sweet baby boy.
Strangely enough I can already see a lot of Allan in the profile. I think he has my nose and everything else is Allan.
I think that maybe I waited to update the blog because I didn't announce my pregnancy to everyone until 20 weeks after we had the ultrasound. A lot of that had to do with my first ultrasound at 12 weeks and the results from my NT scan/ down syndrome screening. Basically, they look for different soft markers in that u/s and take your blood and give you a ratio of your chances of the baby being born with DS. There are a bunch of things they use to calculate this number. We were given a 1 in 50 chance of having a baby with down syndrome because of my age, my blood work and they found an abnormal flow of fluid across the baby's heart (this is called Tricuspid Regurgitation). In everyday life if you had a 98% chance of something working out you would say that's pretty frickin' good! But in this case the news was delivered to us in a very dooms day way and we were immediately offered a CVS test which is an invasive genetic test and if we declined that we would still be able to have an amnio (another invasive test) at a later date. It was super stressful and upsetting but we declined these tests because no matter what we would love our baby. I think because of this stress and news I felt really uneasy and had a hard time relaxing and enjoying my pregnancy to its fullest.
Now we are at 21.5 weeks and everything is moving along fantastically! The heart thing worked itself out and our baby boy is doing great and growing well. I feel him kicking me everyday which is a really weird sensation I must say. It is like having a little alien in you. hehe... I am feeling great and confident about things, which I am so grateful for! I am also so thankful that I have a few friends that are literally a week ahead of me in their pregnancies and it's been so awesome to have them to share things with and compare notes.
Outside of pregnancy there's not a whole lot going on. We went to California and Texas in November. Came back and found out we were pregnant. Had a lovely Christmas with Allan's family. Then I was horribly sick all of the time during my first trimester. Week 13 brought relief finally. Then I got a sinus infection at week 15. Since then all has been really good. We went down to Brighton a couple of Saturdays ago which was nice, had a good wander around. Then had last week off from work which was much needed for both of us. Saw friends and family during that time and just relaxed. This week we are back to reality with work.
I will try my damndest to keep this blog up to date. Bye for now! x
