As always i'm a little behind on this and i'm actually 21 weeks!
Week - 21
Baby Developments - At 20 weeks bump was the size of a banana and at 21 weeks it's the size of a carrot. Bump is now producing meconium and is practising lots of swallowing and enjoying partaking in somersaulting.
My bump - There's no denying it, all of a sudden my bump has blossomed. It's rather large to say the least but I am just embracing it.
My symptoms - This week I'm actually starting to feel like a human again. A lot of the time I forget I am pregnant until I attempt to bend down to get something. The tiredness is still a killer though and I guess that will remain the reminder that I do need to try and rest at times.
Movements - I am finally feeling kicks. I worked out the reason why I thought I hadn't been feeling them before. Bump is a night owl. Most of my movements I feel when I settle down into bed. In the day I'm on my feet all day rushing around and probably sending baby off to sleep.
Cravings - I wouldn't say this is a pregnancy craving as such but all week I've had to have toast with butter and strawberry jam for breakfast. I think I'm craving this more for lack of energy.
Aversions - No aversions this week. I seem to be fine eating and drinking everything.
Exercise - The closest I got to exercising this week has been walking the dog. I am trying but after a days work I am shattered. I need to get the weights out though as my arms seem to be putting weight on!
Baby items purchased - I bought some baby grows this week in Next in pretty pink colours.
Best moment this week - The 20 week scan! Bump is looking normal which is great. I always find it odd that you don't get another scan between 20 weeks and 40 weeks. It seems a long time to be waiting especially if you're a first time mum.
Worst moment this week - Realising I literally no longer fit into anything. On the plus side I guess a shopping trip is in order.
What i'm looking forward to - Now we know the gender of the baby I'm looking forward to picking the nursery theme etc.
How Eva is feeling - Eva hasn't mentioned bump much at all this week. We have to make more of an effort as her parents to ensure she's understanding what is coming.
Week - 21
Baby Developments - At 20 weeks bump was the size of a banana and at 21 weeks it's the size of a carrot. Bump is now producing meconium and is practising lots of swallowing and enjoying partaking in somersaulting.
My bump - There's no denying it, all of a sudden my bump has blossomed. It's rather large to say the least but I am just embracing it.
My symptoms - This week I'm actually starting to feel like a human again. A lot of the time I forget I am pregnant until I attempt to bend down to get something. The tiredness is still a killer though and I guess that will remain the reminder that I do need to try and rest at times.
Movements - I am finally feeling kicks. I worked out the reason why I thought I hadn't been feeling them before. Bump is a night owl. Most of my movements I feel when I settle down into bed. In the day I'm on my feet all day rushing around and probably sending baby off to sleep.
Cravings - I wouldn't say this is a pregnancy craving as such but all week I've had to have toast with butter and strawberry jam for breakfast. I think I'm craving this more for lack of energy.
Aversions - No aversions this week. I seem to be fine eating and drinking everything.
Exercise - The closest I got to exercising this week has been walking the dog. I am trying but after a days work I am shattered. I need to get the weights out though as my arms seem to be putting weight on!
Baby items purchased - I bought some baby grows this week in Next in pretty pink colours.
Best moment this week - The 20 week scan! Bump is looking normal which is great. I always find it odd that you don't get another scan between 20 weeks and 40 weeks. It seems a long time to be waiting especially if you're a first time mum.
Worst moment this week - Realising I literally no longer fit into anything. On the plus side I guess a shopping trip is in order.
What i'm looking forward to - Now we know the gender of the baby I'm looking forward to picking the nursery theme etc.
How Eva is feeling - Eva hasn't mentioned bump much at all this week. We have to make more of an effort as her parents to ensure she's understanding what is coming.
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I hope you enjoy the diy photos that the hubby and I did. It's a...........
GIRL
Sorry it has taken so long!
Love all 4 of us xx
I've been toying with the idea of writing this post for a while as it's something I think about all the time but more often than not you don't like to talk about these things out loud. It's always easy to hide behind a smiling face and pretend that everything is going to be fine but I have a lot of fears and worries for my marriage once baby number 2 arrives.
Marriage can be a difficult thing at the best of times but throw a baby into the mix and then even more babies and the cracks can begin to show.
I'll first give you a bit of a brief background about the hubby and I. We have now been together for 10 years, living together for 6 years and we have been married for 3 years. We had a fantastic life of lots of travelling the world, eating out all the time, lots of cinema dates and of course any other forms of socialising. We knew the next step in our lives was to have a baby as we had already experienced so much together. We actually conceived Eva before we got married and found out 3 days before the wedding.
Once Eva arrived of course our lives completely changed. We were no longer a formidable pair but now a family of 3. We were of course ecstatic and happier than we'd ever been but can you ever be prepared for how much your relationship can change and do you even notice it changing?
Unfortunately life as a family of 3 didn't get off to a flying start for us. After a very traumatic vaginal birth that turned into a bit of an emergency, I ended up with severe infections. I couldn't sit myself up and could barely walk. I was pretty ill and going in and out of hospital for weeks. It took almost 3 months to clear the infections and fully heal but I was then left damaged. To cut a long story short I needed to have surgery to repair the damage. I didn't get the surgery until Eva was 1.5 years old so you can imagine how this affected our relationship.
So this is one of my first fears. I am terrified that this will all happen again and that our relationship will suffer because of it. Arwyn was as supportive as he can be but a year and a half of all the troubles can take its toll on anyone. I am consultant led this time so I am trying to remain as postive as I can be about the birth and aftermath.
My next worry is through breastfeeding. I breast fed Eva for 9 months which was fantastic and I am hoping to do it again. However, I did find (and especially in the early days) you are paying so much attention to the baby with feeding that you become wrapped up in your own world and forget about anyone else. I found that I left Arwyn out a lot. This is something I need to work on this time around and also making sure I don't leave Eva out too.
My last fear and this is my biggest one is whether we will get any alone time at all. I worry that we won't be able to go on any dates at all and I think that it is so important to still be able to do this once you've had a family. I think this is where we struggled once Eva came along.
We are very much lacking in babysitters as it is and that's only to look after 1 child. I can't imagine how difficult it will be 2 find someone to look after 2. The baby will have a few grandparents but let me explain the situation fully. My mum, stepdad and sisters have all emigrated to Australia so as you can appreciate they aren't around to babysit. They do have Eva whenever we go over there or vice versa but that isn't even once a year. My dad is around so we will have to use him more. My nan is very good and has Eva quite a bit for us but seeing as she looks after her in the day a lot we don't like to ask in the nighttime too. I also forget that she is a great grandparent and therefore it is hard work for her.
Arwyns parents were fab when it came to babysitting Eva, in fact they were the only people that would have her overnight (once I stopped breastfeeding) however, since finding out I was pregnant this time around my mother in law has very suddenly become terminally ill. It's all very stressful and upsetting and they for obvious reasons no longer look after Eva.
You can see the predicament we are in and I am so worried that no one will even come to the house to allow us to go for dinner etc.
It is so vital to remember why you started a family in the first place and to be able to reconnect and still enjoy each others company. I suppose we will have to think of alternative ways to do this when baby number 2 arrives. Possibly dinners in the house, movie nights at home, garden dates etc. I would love to know if you have any suggestions.
Is this something that has happened to you or are you worried about the same thing. Would love to know your thoughts and advice.
Marriage can be a difficult thing at the best of times but throw a baby into the mix and then even more babies and the cracks can begin to show.
I'll first give you a bit of a brief background about the hubby and I. We have now been together for 10 years, living together for 6 years and we have been married for 3 years. We had a fantastic life of lots of travelling the world, eating out all the time, lots of cinema dates and of course any other forms of socialising. We knew the next step in our lives was to have a baby as we had already experienced so much together. We actually conceived Eva before we got married and found out 3 days before the wedding.
Once Eva arrived of course our lives completely changed. We were no longer a formidable pair but now a family of 3. We were of course ecstatic and happier than we'd ever been but can you ever be prepared for how much your relationship can change and do you even notice it changing?
Unfortunately life as a family of 3 didn't get off to a flying start for us. After a very traumatic vaginal birth that turned into a bit of an emergency, I ended up with severe infections. I couldn't sit myself up and could barely walk. I was pretty ill and going in and out of hospital for weeks. It took almost 3 months to clear the infections and fully heal but I was then left damaged. To cut a long story short I needed to have surgery to repair the damage. I didn't get the surgery until Eva was 1.5 years old so you can imagine how this affected our relationship.
So this is one of my first fears. I am terrified that this will all happen again and that our relationship will suffer because of it. Arwyn was as supportive as he can be but a year and a half of all the troubles can take its toll on anyone. I am consultant led this time so I am trying to remain as postive as I can be about the birth and aftermath.
My next worry is through breastfeeding. I breast fed Eva for 9 months which was fantastic and I am hoping to do it again. However, I did find (and especially in the early days) you are paying so much attention to the baby with feeding that you become wrapped up in your own world and forget about anyone else. I found that I left Arwyn out a lot. This is something I need to work on this time around and also making sure I don't leave Eva out too.
My last fear and this is my biggest one is whether we will get any alone time at all. I worry that we won't be able to go on any dates at all and I think that it is so important to still be able to do this once you've had a family. I think this is where we struggled once Eva came along.
We are very much lacking in babysitters as it is and that's only to look after 1 child. I can't imagine how difficult it will be 2 find someone to look after 2. The baby will have a few grandparents but let me explain the situation fully. My mum, stepdad and sisters have all emigrated to Australia so as you can appreciate they aren't around to babysit. They do have Eva whenever we go over there or vice versa but that isn't even once a year. My dad is around so we will have to use him more. My nan is very good and has Eva quite a bit for us but seeing as she looks after her in the day a lot we don't like to ask in the nighttime too. I also forget that she is a great grandparent and therefore it is hard work for her.
Arwyns parents were fab when it came to babysitting Eva, in fact they were the only people that would have her overnight (once I stopped breastfeeding) however, since finding out I was pregnant this time around my mother in law has very suddenly become terminally ill. It's all very stressful and upsetting and they for obvious reasons no longer look after Eva.
You can see the predicament we are in and I am so worried that no one will even come to the house to allow us to go for dinner etc.
It is so vital to remember why you started a family in the first place and to be able to reconnect and still enjoy each others company. I suppose we will have to think of alternative ways to do this when baby number 2 arrives. Possibly dinners in the house, movie nights at home, garden dates etc. I would love to know if you have any suggestions.
Is this something that has happened to you or are you worried about the same thing. Would love to know your thoughts and advice.
Kerry x
Welcome to my new linky which is pregnancy style. I am so excited about starting this up. It will run monthly and it is a place for you to share any pregnancy style blog posts you have written. Old or new they are all welcome.
I hope this will inspire people to look and feel fantastic during pregnancy and give you great ideas on what to buy.
The linky will start on the 1st of every month and will remain open until the 1st of the following month.
Please tweet me @amininorrisblog and use the hashtag #PregnancyStyle so that I can retweet you.
The rules:
1) You can share as many posts as you like each month
2) For every post you share please comment on at least 2 other blog posts and use #PregnancyStyle in your comments so they know how you've found them
3) Please can you add the linky badge to the bottom of your blog posts. You can do this by copying the html code that is displayed in the box onto your post (badge coming soon as it wasn't working properly, for now please just add your links)
I hope this will inspire people to look and feel fantastic during pregnancy and give you great ideas on what to buy.
The linky will start on the 1st of every month and will remain open until the 1st of the following month.
Please tweet me @amininorrisblog and use the hashtag #PregnancyStyle so that I can retweet you.
The rules:
1) You can share as many posts as you like each month
2) For every post you share please comment on at least 2 other blog posts and use #PregnancyStyle in your comments so they know how you've found them
3) Please can you add the linky badge to the bottom of your blog posts. You can do this by copying the html code that is displayed in the box onto your post (badge coming soon as it wasn't working properly, for now please just add your links)
Anyway, I got to thinking and realised that pregnant woman can still be fashionable and look nice! I've obviously known this all along but it's taken me 20 weeks to realise it! I've decided to do a series of pregnancy style posts as I always like to make an effort in what I wear and I wanted to show other pregnant ladies that we can break the mould and get out of the stereotypical leggings look. Our bodies may be changing but we are still beautiful and we deserve to feel that way.
I wore this look for a cinema date with the hubby. I always try and make an effort when I go out with him as I always want him to feel proud to call me his wife. The actual outfit made my bump look huge (the burger we had for dinner probably didn't help either) but I still thought it looked great. It really accentuates a pregnant woman's curvaceous figure in a good way.
The black maxi dress I am wearing is a very old one from New Look. It has honestly lasted me years. I think maxi dresses are an absolute must for any stage of pregnancy. They are very fashionable and above all super comfy to wear. They are ideal to give bump some breathing space.
The cover up is from Primark. It cost just £11 so an absolute bargain in my opinion. It's very on trend with this summer's key boho and tribal looks. Sometimes when you are pregnant you can feel overly exposed and that people can't stop staring at you, so a cover up is a perfect way to still feel comfortable. This one is really light to wear so perfect for the upcoming heatwave we are apparently going to have.
I wanted the cover up to be more clinched in so I wore a belt over it. Obviously the belt had to sit over my bump. I think my days of wearing waist belts are long gone, maybe next year hey! The belt again was a cheap one from Primark.
I wore some plain and simple black flips flops with this outfit. If you wanted to be adventurous you could try wearing it with some wedges but be careful of your feet. We all know how painful swollen pregnant feet can be.
What do you think of my first pregnancy look? I can't wait to show you more. I am also going to start a pregnancy style linky soon so we will be able to get to see some other yummy mummy looks.
Love Kerry x
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