12 weeks pregnant
I’m excited to share my first pregnancy update!
If you missed it, check out the little announcement we made earlier in the week!
So, I’m 12 weeks pregnant now. Actually, around 12 and a half but I won’t get too fussy!
Here’s a picture I took this morning of my “bump”
I found it was difficult to take a nice picture when you are still in that ‘looking a bit fat’ stage so I gave up trying and resorted to a boring mirror selfie, I’m not sure what that face is I’m pulling so ignore that!!! I’ll try to do better next time!
We’ve known about our little Seychelles baba for just over 6 weeks now.
We found out while we were in Sri Lanka when I was starting to feel pretty yucky, I took a test and there were two very clear lines! (With Arthur the line was SO faint it wasn’t until the doctor confirmed it a week or so later that we truly believed I was pregnant!)
But this test was a positive as it could be!!!
I spent the remainder of our holiday feeling worse and worse, so tired and gagging at everything and no appetite….and boy does it show in the pictures!!
I was excited when we got home to book in with the midwife. I was disappointed when I got there and told my appointment would be in a few weeks rather than immediately.
Again, with Arthur appointments started straight away and we were also scanned within a week or so!
Anyway, I have now seen the midwife a couple of times all has been totally fine. It’s a different lady now to when I had Arthur, she’s a lot younger and very nice. She doesn’t speak a lot of English and I don’t speak a lot of Creole but we seem to get by!
I had my first scan a week ago today and it was lovely to see the baby in there and be told that all looked good!! We heard the heartbeat which is just the best sound ever!!!
Arthur was not very happy in the scan and so we were kinda rushed out which was a shame, it also meant we didn’t get a scan picture. I’ll be more insistent next time!
I think we will also try to get a babysitter next time for Arthur…..one of the problems with living so far away from our families.
Feeling
Since we have been back home in Seychelles, I have felt loads better. Only been sick a couple of times and now my appetite is back which is amazing!!
I am still really tired, but now I’ve hit 12 weeks I’m hoping that my energy levels are going to start picking up a bit! I think we all hope this is the case, my moods have been all over the place and I’m sure most of it is down to being so tired!
The last couple of weeks have seen my skin go to the dogs! Lots of spots and a horrible reoccurring dry patch of skin under my eye which looks disgusting!! Roll on that pregnancy ‘glow’!!
Clothes are starting to be tight already and I’ve pulled out the trusty expander for my shorts!! I am really looking forward to getting past this looking like I’ve just put a bit of weight on and getting a proper bump on the go!!!
Cravings
Ive only had a couple so far!
- Crumpets!!!!!! I hate that you can’t buy crumpets here at the best of times but now I NEED them! I’ve been given a recipe that looks fairly easy by a lovely twitter friend so will give it a go soon!
- Jam and cream cheese. This one was a bit odd, I was making Arthur a jam sandwich and all of a sudden I really fancied jam and cream cheese. I didn’t indulge it and the craving was gone as quick as it arrived.
Dislikes
- This has got a bit better now but for quite a while I couldn’t stand to eat meat. Little bits were okay but a big piece was definitely not!
- Water. Okay, so this is a bit weird. I love to drink water, and I usually drink loads. I am really having to force my self to drink this time around. I’ve been adding squash to make it more appealing, something I never normally do.
Okay, I’ll leave it there for now! I’ll start making these updates weekly and I promise they won’t be so long from now on!!
Ahhh lovely update and I’m loving reading about your cravings. I’m guessing no one could post you some crumpets? So good you’re not feeling too sick. I escaped it with z! You look gorgeous in your bump pic!
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Ha – I had the water thing too, with my second. Just didn’t want to drink it. In the end I had to do this really wierd thing where I pretended the water from our tap was this fresh, icy-cold mountain spring, it was the only way I could make water appealing to me. Pregnancy is a very strange thing. Love the bump – how exciting it is to be at this stage!
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Lovely bump! You definitely look pregnant my lovely and not fat silly. Sorry if I made your crumpet craving worse….ha ha xxx
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that’s most definitely a bump, no mistaking it :). Rubbish you didn’t get a picture but at least baby is happy and healthy 🙂 zx
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I can’t believe I missed your announcement! I am so excited for you, huge congratulations! Arthur is going to be an incredible big brother x
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How did I miss this news?! That is SO exciting. Congratulations. I’m so happy for you. I’m really looking forward to reading your updates. I hope it doesn’t make me too broody as I’m not sure I can face being sick non-stop for five months again. It’s so lucky that you aren’t feeling ill with it. Enjoy every second of your bump. xxx
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Ahhhh thank you lovely we are so happy!!!!
Oh goodness I think 5 months worth of morning sickness is definitely enough to stave off any broody-ness haha!!! Xx
Ah look at your bump, Chantelle you are looking blooming GORGEOUS! Beautiful. I can’t wait to read more of these. xx
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Ahhh Katie you made my day with this lovely comment, especially since I’ve been feeling like I look so Blugh!!!! Xx
Congratulations!!! I totally missed the announcement, what fantastic news. Hope you get your energy levels back soon! I have a recipe for crumpets, too, I’ve been meaning to try it for years and still haven’t, I’ll look for it and send it to you!
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Congratulations!!! I totally missed the announcement, that’s fantastic news! Hope you get your energy levels back soon. I have a recipe for crumpets, too, I’ve been meaning to try it for years and still haven’t – I’ll look for it to send it to you!
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Ahhh thanks lovely 🙂
Energy levels are definitely on the up thank goodness 🙂
Sounds awesome thank you!! Xx
Your bump is GORGEOUS! Definitely not fat at all! Although I do know this ‘bump or plump’ stage very well! Hope you continue to feel well and the next time a jam and cream cheese craving pops up do indulge it- delicious!
Thanks for linking up to #MaternityMatters x x x
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Congratulations again – I can’t believe we’re going to be bump buddies!! You
definitely have a bump though, whereas I definitely just look like I ate too much Christmas cake, I actually can’t wait to look properly pregnant again. I’m totally exhausted too, although thankfully managed to mostly avoid the nausea this time.
I’m looking forward to reading more of your updates watching both our bumps grow 🙂
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Congratulations! Its lovely to read about another baby on the way 🙂 You should have given in to the jam & cream cheese urge though! Look forward to reading more updates x
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