With only a couple of days before we hit the 10 weeks pregnant mark things are finally feeling like they are moving along. Tonight Chelsea booked the first scan. We are booked in to Anglesea Imaging Centre on the 12 of June at 3:50pm... is that exact enough. Im pretty excited about it all and as I've mentioned before.
Doubled checked tonight and we have another midwife appointment next week. That makes one appointment for the next two week with us having a picture of Little Willie at the end of it all.
An update on the morning sickness... it's in full swing. I received a txt today saying Chelsea had a bit of a spew at school. She is sitting on the couch next to me now and has been pretty sick and sore all day. We have read a couple of things on the web that say morning sickness should start to end in the next couple of weeks. I hope so as it doesn't look like a lot of fun.
Talk about time going by slowly. Its been 4 weeks since we found out that Chelsea was pregnant but it feels like it been 6 months. We have told our close friends and family the news but have also told them that Chelsea isn't 12 weeks yet so to keep it to themselves. Once we have had our 12 week scan and heard/seen little willie then we will start to tell everyone.
Im looking forward to telling people our news as keeping it a secret is hard work.
We were really excited to start with and used to talk all the time about our plans for the baby. Names, room colours, clothing, holidaying etc but since the scare the other week we seem to be just taking it one day at a time.
Chelsea is still feeling a little sore and has had a couple of days where see felt really unwell. I haven't been told of any horror "morning sickness" but maybe that will never come.
3 weeks till our scan. We are planning on getting it done on the 12th of June, Wednesday. Both Chelsea and I have been approved to leave at 3 that day so we can get our scan straight after school. I guess at the scan we get to take home a picture of little willie or something that I will be able to show people to prove we're having a baby.
It's such a stressful time at the moment. Chelsea wasn't feeling well last night so had to leave Gran's early and come home.
Once home she realised something wasn't quite right. After a quick chat she decided to give the health nurse line a call and they gave her some advice. An hour later and things were starting to settle down but we still were worried that we might be loosing Little Willie.
A text to Katrina and she reassured us that sometime what Chelsea was experiencing was normal and as long as it has stopped then things should be ok. She also said that if we were worried we could go and get a scan early.
Chelsea decided to take the day off school to rest up and not put her body under any extra pressure. Everything has gone back to normal now and she is back to feeling her 'normal' pregnant self.
Hopefully everything is ok but I guess we will just have to wait till the first scan on the 12th of June.
Had a visit from Katrina on Thursday evening. She was running a little late as she had to deliver a baby earlier in the day. When she arrived Katrina gave us the run down about herself and her midwife skills. She was very friendly and had calm attitude about herself.
We asked a couple of questions but being new parents weren't really sure what the right questions were to be asking. Katrina gave us the run down on what to expect from her or any other midwives.
Chelsea felt comfortable and relaxed so we decided ask Katrina if she would take us on. A quick signing of a couple of forms and it was all set.
Chelsea had her blood pressure taken and Ph level.
Everything is good and normal..... One step closer
While at the doctors the other week she said to us we should start looking for a Midwife. With Little Willie not due till December we thought we had a lot of time. Turns out its a mission.
Chelsea made a couple of phone calls and it turns out no-one really wants to work christmas day or boxing day... go figure.
we finally found a couple of midwives that were available in December.
We now have a visit with Katrina Woodham tomorrow at 4pm. She was very prompt with getting back to us and sounded super friendly on the phone.
Its a weird place to be in at the moment. We all know how babies are made, how long you are pregnant, and kinda what to expect with the birth but something as simple as talking with a midwife and I've got know idea what to expect.
Thats it, we can't keep the news in any longer, its time to tell the parents about our news. We still are under no illusions about the risks involved with the first trimester but the parents are asking so many questions and lets face it, im really excited and want to stand on the highest mountain and scream it to the world... apparently thats not the done thing so instead ill have to settle for something a little more normal.
I decided that I'd tell my mother, what is your Grandmother, by giving her the book 'The New Baby' by Mercer Mayer and a set of little baby socks.
We wrapped up the gifts and left it on the table for when we were ready to tell my mum.
2 hours later we were in the car heading to mums.
This is how it went......
Dinner was planned for Thursday with the Hooker family as a bit of a pre Mothers Day meal because we are going to be out of town. What a great time to tell the other half of the family our great news.
Chelsea has been nervous about this day. Not sure why as her parents are going to be excited about become Grandparents. I guess its the whole not wanting to disappoint, I felt the same when telling my mother.
Anyway, we arrived at the house and just started chatting as normal. Chelsea gave her mum the mothers day gift and then we were asked the question that we knew was coming.
"How are the plans progressing for the UK?"
Chelsea took the question as a way of giving the next set of gifts.
"Well we have decided and have made a gift for you to open to show you our plans for the end of the year"
Heres how it played out...
Two different reaction from the two different families. Both parents are very excited and had lots of questions about how far along Chelsea is and were wanting to share their experiences of being pregnant.
They are already talking about babysitting and names. Lets just get one thing out in the open.... the child will not have the same first name as any parent. Im still trying to push a stargate themed name but for some reason Chelsea is not going for it.
It must have been the longest 7 days between finding out about the possible new arrive and the doc appointment.
We did another test to check that Chelsea was still pregnant and kept very quiet when our family was around. They keep asking questions about travel and when we are going on an OE. We just gave vague answers and moved the conversation on.
Doctor's appointment went well and the blood tests came back that there was definitely a new arrival on the way. As always though things in the first trimester can be a little touch and go and it pays not to announce to the world the news until after the first scan and we hear the heart beat.
Where does it start. Is it the day Chelsea and I met? Is it the wedding? or is it the day she showed me to red lines?
There I was sitting on the couch just looking through Facebook when I was presented with a little white stick with two red lines. Being a 'real man' I gave her the blank look and was told to read the box and look closer.
Holly Smokes - Two red lines means my wife is pregnant.
After lots of hugs and smiles we sat down and tried to work out what was our next steps. Do we go to the doctor immediately or wait and do another test? Is this for real or could it be a false positive? But more importantly if we are pregnant how far along are we?
A quick google and its turns out Chelsea could be 4 weeks with a due date around 26th December.
