The First Trimester

As we head towards the tail end of this first trimester, I thought I would reflect on the past few months.

After finally telling my hubby we were expecting, we told our parents a few days later. Everyone shared our excitement but also understood our anxiety.

It was with great relief that I headed to my first ultrasound at 7.5 weeks and immediately saw my little bean on the screen with a lovely heartbeat. A huge amount of tension dropped away and was replaced with happiness.

A week later, at 8.5 weeks, a friend of mine miscarried which hit me very hard. I was devastated for her, and also frightened for myself. Both our losses were between 8.5 and 9.5 weeks so this was always going to be a testing time. I either felt dreadful with nausea and fatigue and feeling emotional and worried, or I had no nausea so did nothing but worry that something was wrong. It was a rollercoaster but gladly, we have come out the other side.

Last week we had the Harmony test and lucky for me, they also did another scan. This gave me the reassurance I needed that things were in fact, moving along smoothly.

4 months pregnant

6 months pregnant

A killer migraine, constant nausea and terrible fatigue along with entertaining my 2 boys during the school holidays have made for a crappy couple of weeks. But I am grateful. I am grateful for the nausea. Grateful for the fatigue. Grateful that my body is working so hard to sustain this wonderful life inside me. No matter how horrible I feel, I haven't lost sight of what a blessing this pregnancy is. Being that this will definitely be our final child, it helps to acknowledge each phase, look forward to the next, and know that I don’t ever have to do this again!

So the Harmony results came back yesterday and everything was as good as we hoped. We still have the next scan at 13 weeks which is super important, but once we are over that hurdle, I look forward to moving into the 2nd trimester and hopefully not feeling so dreadful.

We asked the clinic to email the gender results to us, so we could open it together, rather than them just telling me over the phone. So we are waiting for the right moment to open this and I’m so nervous……

Until next time,

With love from my tribe to yours

Casey xx