Hi, guys. For today's video, I will be doing my nine-week pregnancy update. I am now 10
weeks, but I'm going to be talking about all the symptoms and things like that, that I've
had in the past week when I was nine weeks pregnant. At the beginning of the week, the
baby was the size of a grape. Apparently now at the end of week nine, it is the size of
an olive. Those sound like really similar to me. So I guess it depends like what you
buy but an olive and a grape to me sounds pretty same. But anyways, still tiny.
But I've got a really good BabyCenter app. If you don't have one and you're pregnant,
you should definitely download it because it gives you weekly updates and just loads
of different information and reminders as well. But this is a video on what the baby
is looking like this week. So as you can see, it is looking really human. It has fingers,
toes, everything's kind of developed. It is just so tiny. But it's all there. He's just
tiny, tiny guy. At the end of week nine, when you begin with
10, your baby goes from being an embryo to now it's officially like a fetus. So that's
exciting. The symptoms I've had this week are similar to other weeks, to be honest.
I have just been so tired still, but I haven't really been being good enough at like going
to bed early and I'm still running around after the two boys, and they're just crazy.
So I've definitely been tired still, that's been a massive symptom for me. Still really
sore. Huge boobs, like to the point of some shirts aren't fitting very well anymore, which
is great. I've been weeing still a lot more. A new symptom this week is I've been quite
like out of breath, like for no reason. I have not been running around before this video.
I've sat down now talk to you and I'm like, I'm getting out of breath and sometimes when
I eat a big meal, even though the baby's like tiny, I feel like my lungs are like I'm trying
to like catch my breath. It's really odd. I don't know why I'm having that.
The whole month's have always been a bit crazy this week, my poor husband. I've been a bit
like, not snappy, but I think the other night I asked him what I looked like in something,
and he sort of just said, shut up or like, just being like, don't be ridiculous. And
I was like, "So, I'm fat then?" I was just taking everything to heart and just being
like, little bit hormonal, for sure. And yes, another new symptom for me that is, oh, my
god, so real, baby brain. I've just been doing like really ditzy things
like forgetting simple things. Like, I text my friend the other day, and I was like, "Hi,
hon. Do you fancy having a playdate today?" And she was like, "Yeah, we arranged to meet
at one o'clock. You still on to that kind of thing?" And I'm like ... I don't know,
just doing really stupid things and like forgetting like my wallet and just doing silly things.
So baby brain is like a real thing. I don't know if it's because I'm tired or ... Because
my body is focusing on other things. But I have definitely been being a bit like stupider.
Also this week, I chased the hospital for my scan date because I still haven't had a
scan letter. And the day that I turned 10 weeks, so I was like, I should be having in
the next two or three weeks. So I called the hospitals directly. I waited on the phone
for ages and then eventually they told me that no, they have not had a referral for
me. My GP has not referred me to a hospital. So that was freaking fantastic. So then I
had to call the GP and be like, hello, I came and saw you when I was six months pregnant.
Why have I not been referred? But when I had seen the doctor, I didn't actually
see my usual doctor, I saw a different doctor. So I don't know if it wasn't like a priority
or what but then it was like this big rush to get it faxed through to the hospital. But
the GP has now said that they have faxed that through. So I'm still waiting for my scan
date and hoping that I get that very soon. Another thing that's happened this week is
I had like my booking in appointment with the sisters at my GPs. Because when I called
and I was like complaining, they were like, while you're on the phone, we actually need
to meet you and we need to talk to you about things. So I went along today and they did
that my blood pressure, my height, my weight, which nearly made me throw up. I cannot believe
how heavy I am at the moment. It was really depressing. I'm like a stone bigger than I
probably should be. That's not just the pregnancy. I just feel
like I put on a lot of weight lately and it scares me so much, because I do put on a lot
of weight in pregnancy. Like, I just seem to like balloon. With my both boys, I put
on three stone each. So I'm just really going to be careful and watch what I'm eating and
stuff because if I'm already a stone heavier than I want to be, I don't want to put on
another three stone and then have put on like four stone in a way, you know what I mean?
So that actually scared me a lot. Then I also had to do like a urine sample and few other
bits like that, just talked about having a whooping cough jab and stuff like that. They
also gave me a sheet of when all my appointments will be. And it's so funny, because it's my
third baby, I literally, I have a scan at 12 weeks, a scan at 20 weeks and then nobody
wants to see me until I'm like 30 weeks. Literally, like it's so relaxed which is cool
because I actually have been so relaxed in this pregnancy because I'm a bit like ... Like
if it was my first pregnancy, I never would have left like chasing the scan this long.
But I was a bit like, I'm sure it will happen and I'm so busy with everything else. I just
haven't chased it because it's my third. I'm a bit like, yeah, I'm sure it's fun.
Today, my booking an appointment, I did ask about a home birth, but they said that again,
I have to speak to the midwives. So that's definitely something that I want to look into
a bit more. It's something we might consider. So that's exciting. Yes, she also gave me
all the, like the Emma's Diary stuff. They also gave me a big labor information pack.
You're not actually supposed to get this until you're 34 weeks pregnant, but she was like
we've got so many. We're just giving them out now.
In that were loads of samples like a Fairy Non-bio bio sample, a little Pampers nappy
sample. Isn't that nappy so small? It just makes me think I can't believe I'm going to
have a baby but that is that small. They've got that. Dettol wipes to try, Bepanthen to
try. I had a few of these tubes from last time and I used to keep them in the big bag
and they're so handy. In my Emma's Diary, there's also a sheet in it to fill in and
take the Boots or Argos and get my free pack of, again, samples.
I think is such a clever way to market to mums because moms actually make like 80% of
household buys, and it's sort of down to us. So all these samples when you're having a
baby. I do actually use Pampers and when I saw those Pampers in that pack, I was like,
I wonder if I've always use Pampers because that was the first thing I got and tried,
I don't know. But it's just so clever. I'll definitely going to go get all these samples
because they do come in handy. I just wanted to mention, I'm still taking
my Pregnacare, my vital bionic supplements with Omega-3 in it as well, I take them every
morning. Every morning, I'm also taking my liquid iron supplement, which is Spatone,
and I buy it in apple flavor. I really like the taste of it. I have it every day because
my iron levels are not very good, especially when I'm on. In my last pregnancy, I was obsessed
and craved crunching ice all the time, which is an iron deficiency. So I don't really want
that to happen and I drove my husband crazy with all the ice crunching last time. So I'm
taking iron supplements everyday just to help with that.
So yes, I think that is it for this week. I think that's all the updates and symptoms
and stuff. Everything's plodding along very well. Hopefully, next time we speak I will
actually have got a scan. For now, I think that is all I wanted to update you on. I really
hope you like this update and I will see you very soon. The really nice symptoms I've had
this week are constipation, and more discharge. So I can't believe I just said that on the
internet.