Nine Weeks
I've been reading the baby books and apparently eyelids have appeared and the internal sex organs have started to develop into girl or boy bits, but you can't tell from the outside yet. And the embryo weighs as much as a grape and is nearly 2cm long.
I had my second appointment with Dr Joe, Ian came along. All tests came back good, everything which is suppose to be high is high and everything which was suppose to be normal was normal.
The next decision was whether to go private or public, Obstetrician or midwife or a mixture - so many decisions and everyone has a different opinion. I really wanted a female obstetrician but apparently they are quite rare, but I did find a good one but you need to book a year in advance, very busy and couldn't fit me in for November!! So I got another recommendation, a male, first appointment Friday 8th June. And my first scan is on 21st May up in Randwick
Monday, 30 April 2007
Monday, 23 April 2007
DINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
Week 8
Last night we ahd one of our big dinner parties which we'd actually organised weeks ago, before finding out, but decided to use it to make the announcement to everyone.
Before dinner I phoned and spoke my good friend Jen in Brisbane and she was soooo excited, I kept receiving text messages from her and Michael all night.
Guest list: Allan, Minime, Paul, Simon, Buzzy, Chi Chi, Moby Dave, Michael, Malcolm & Ken.
We made the announcement but half of them had already guessed - can't keep anything from this group.
We also caught up with Andy & Jemina on the Sunday to tell them, so that was many of our close friends in Australia who had been told, no going back now!!
Last night we ahd one of our big dinner parties which we'd actually organised weeks ago, before finding out, but decided to use it to make the announcement to everyone.
Before dinner I phoned and spoke my good friend Jen in Brisbane and she was soooo excited, I kept receiving text messages from her and Michael all night.
Guest list: Allan, Minime, Paul, Simon, Buzzy, Chi Chi, Moby Dave, Michael, Malcolm & Ken.
We made the announcement but half of them had already guessed - can't keep anything from this group.
We also caught up with Andy & Jemina on the Sunday to tell them, so that was many of our close friends in Australia who had been told, no going back now!!
Sunday, 15 April 2007
BACK IN SYDNEY!!
Week 6
Back in Sydney: first time I had to travel internationally without taking a sleeping tablet (I was actually dreading it) but managed to get a pretty good nights sleep.
I did another test when I got back, just in case, and yep still positive, so booked in to see the Dr this Saturday.
We were catching up with Anne & John this week so we thought we might as well start telling family. We gave my mum & dad a call that same morning and amazingly both were in, so I made the announcement (well i didn't really say anything, I started laughing and mam guessed). Lots of congratulations before mum left for work, where she started phoning and sending emails to everyone in the North East and Wales (Aunty Ali).
We had dinner with Anne & John, took a bottle of bubbly up so this kind of gave it away, more congratulations and some tears.
Then by coincidence, friends of ours Matt & Kylie were having dinner in Coogee so we popped down to have tea with them. And Kylie's reaction is still the best reaction I've had, jumped up in surprise and excitement.
Went to see Dr Joe who basically said if 2 home pregnancy tests have said yes then its a definite yes. But he sent me off for a blood test to check blood cells, iron levels, folate level and other things.
Dr's work out how pregnant you are from the first day of your last period, which to me is a bit crazy as you can't be pregnant then, but i suppose they know what they're talking about they've been doing it for a long time!!! By their calculation 7 weeks pregnant with the due date of 30th November.
30th November, which means that we cannot go to my friend Rosie's wedding at the beginning of December, very annoyed, but hey what can you do.
Back in Sydney: first time I had to travel internationally without taking a sleeping tablet (I was actually dreading it) but managed to get a pretty good nights sleep.
I did another test when I got back, just in case, and yep still positive, so booked in to see the Dr this Saturday.
We were catching up with Anne & John this week so we thought we might as well start telling family. We gave my mum & dad a call that same morning and amazingly both were in, so I made the announcement (well i didn't really say anything, I started laughing and mam guessed). Lots of congratulations before mum left for work, where she started phoning and sending emails to everyone in the North East and Wales (Aunty Ali).
We had dinner with Anne & John, took a bottle of bubbly up so this kind of gave it away, more congratulations and some tears.
Then by coincidence, friends of ours Matt & Kylie were having dinner in Coogee so we popped down to have tea with them. And Kylie's reaction is still the best reaction I've had, jumped up in surprise and excitement.
Went to see Dr Joe who basically said if 2 home pregnancy tests have said yes then its a definite yes. But he sent me off for a blood test to check blood cells, iron levels, folate level and other things.
Dr's work out how pregnant you are from the first day of your last period, which to me is a bit crazy as you can't be pregnant then, but i suppose they know what they're talking about they've been doing it for a long time!!! By their calculation 7 weeks pregnant with the due date of 30th November.
30th November, which means that we cannot go to my friend Rosie's wedding at the beginning of December, very annoyed, but hey what can you do.
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
APRIL FOOLS DAY!!
Sunday April 1st
Novotel Peace Hotel, Beijing, China
Novotel Peace Hotel, Beijing, China
Sitting in the bathroom wacthing the strip - first line appears....tester......second pink line appears....Oh Mi God!!! It worked!!
"Last proper holiday EVER" Ian and I walk around Beijing in a bit of daze all day.
That was the day we found out, everthing changed and a million things start going through your head.
Not only was I pregnanat, I was in China and pregnant. The food, the smells, we had to start taking survival pack with us at all times, which contained digestive biscuits because as long as my stomach was full I didn't feel sick. Which basically meant I was eating constantly because every smell in China was making me feel nauseous.
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