It’s kind of lonely not being able to talk to friends about pregnancy. Waiting until it’s safer is the smarter thing to do but it still sucks.
I am a bit anxious about the test results – they should be available around 5th Jan. Is the baby healthy? Is it a boy or a girl? Will the 13th week ultrasound go well? Who knows.
Trying to stay positive – the last couple of scans seem ok. Baby’s an average size, last time at 11 weeks 3 days the baby was measured at 46mm. So much bigger than the scan before that!
Still very surreal. There’s a human bean growing. What’s not at all surreal are the changes in eating habits and fatigue. It was probably the worst between weeks 6 and 8 (now I’m wishing I kept better track of it all). Feeling like I’m about to vomit and also starving at the same time. I do feel lucky that it hasn’t been so bad that I actually vomited but the constant nausea those few weeks was making me a bit depressed about my relationship with food.
From week 10 I think it was starting to be better. I have been eating “smaller meals” as suggested by the “what to expect” book but what it really means is I’m eating random snacks. Be it rice crackers, hummus, blueberries, cherries or potato chips.
Toilet habits are all over the place too. Had to pee quite a lot during the night for a few weeks there. Not too bad this past week but maybe I’m just not drinking as much water.
Haven’t told my family yet. Will probably do it after the NIPT results come back. Fingers crossed.