The first week - week 5

On the Tuesday after we were home from Portugal I called the drs:

Me: I think I'm pregnant

Nurse: have u taken a test?

Me: 4. All positive.

Nurse: then yes u r. (Went in to facts about false negatives vs false positives- ur more likely to get a false negative then a false positive, let alone 4 positives)

Me: oh... So what should I do?

Nurse: depends, r u happy?

Me: elated

Nurse: then I'll give ur details to the midwife & she'll call u

Me: cool!

I'm still waiting to hear. Apparently the nhs work out ur due date by the first day of your last period (23rd dec 2013)

So our due date is.....

29th September 2014

Which makes us at week 5 (even thought the test said 1-2 weeks pregnant)

I still don't feel pregnant & I'm still waiting to hear from the midwife. I haven't had many more symptoms, although I have cried at dancing on ice because Hayley got a good score.....! 

I told some people this week (Anna, Sara, Lucy, mum & dad). Lucy cried when I told her.

Took another clear blue test....

Phew! The weeks have increased! 

Lucy & Anna say it's fine that I don't really feel anything yet. But I have a feeling I'm having an increase in mood swings... I wonder if Dave would agree?!

I also bought 20 tests from eBay... Which are coming up positive.

I also told Venessa (my boss) who was very happy for me. Dave and I agreed that due to my job (specialist support worker with adults with severe challenging behaviours and / or mental health problems) there's just high a risk to work with them. She has talked to psychosam who have agreed that we will tell people that this week I'm in the office because I'm "helping with paperwork"! 

I'll keep u updated to how that goes. I'm back to work on Monday (3rd feb) and am quite nervous about it). 

I also hope I get more symptoms & a call from the midwife soon!

I made Dave put the exercise bike back in the lounge as I haven't done anything since we got back from Portugal. I have managed 15mins at lunch and 5 mins after tea lol. I hope I can keep it up. I'm worried about putting on too much weight and hurting the baby.

The first weekend

So we were in Portugal! We had a lovely weekend, but Siân kept making me not believe,

So I peed on another 2 sticks... Still positive....

On the way home I still didn't believe. I hadn't had many "symptoms". A bit of cramping, and very sore boobs, but very limited sickness - and that could be due to dehydration during the day, and over eating by night? So we bought some more tests. I took some as soon as wek got home. This is test number 4... And all positive.....

Finding out

So, my period was due on 20th January 2014, meaning I would be on not only for our fourth anniversary, but for my 30th birthday! I was bummed to say the least. 

Also, Sian had organised for her, Dave, Paul & myself to go to Portugal to celebrate (23-27th).

So, on the 22nd the 4 of us headed down to aunty's to stay there the night (she was taking us to the airport). I realised I still hadnt started & that I was potentially going to drink all weekend, so Dave agreed that I could buy some tests, just to be sure.

After a night of food & drink & catching up with family we went to bed around 11pm.

At 01.50 I woke, dying for a wee, and in eager anticipation to pee on the stick!

Low and behold it said 'pregnant'! What?! We had been trying for almost 3 years and told that I wasn't ovulating, but here it said I was pregnant! I shook it a few times expecting a 'not' to appear, but it didn't...

So I went bounding into the bedroom, and said 'Dave?!'

A muffled 'yes' came back at me

'Are you awake?'

'Yes'

'Can I turn on the light?'

'Yes'

'READ THAT!' I pretty much shouted shoving the test in his face. Needless to say he couldn't read it, not only had I woken him up, but it was bright, and the writing was small! So I told him. We had a cwtch, and we then had very broken sleep for the remaining 2 hours before we got up to go to the airport