Right. Hi, guys. So I need to be a little bit quiet because my youngest is just falling
asleep in the next room, so I want to take this opportunity to film my 12 week update.
The most exciting thing that's happened in the 12th week is obviously we had our dating
scan, which means we have really cute little pictures of the baby now. This is one of them,
which I think captures like its profile so well. It's amazing how clear these scans are.
And then we got a second one where it's got its little leggy like stretched out. So yes,
it was an amazing experience. We didn't take our two boys with us because we thought it
would be too chaotic. So my husband and I just went, and yeah, it was really [inaudible
00:00:44].
As soon as they went onto the baby, it was different from with the boys because the baby
was like laying on its side, and it was literally like looking right at us. You could see its
whole face, like just looking directly at us, and I've never seen that before, so that
was really cool. And then it was just, I was amazed looking at it, like how much it was
just moving around and like wriggling around, considering I can't feel anything yet. It
was like literally having a party in there, and it's just crazy that I can't feel any
of it yet. But yeah, so luckily there is just one perfect baby in there. So yeah, it really
does make it so real when you physically see the baby and you had your scan and you can
come away, and obviously now we've told everyone.
So I did a pregnancy announcement on my channel, and I also did an announcement on Facebook.
We had a photo shoot for the boys. I do a photo shoot every year for the boys, and it
just so happened that we did one recently and I had the scan picture, so we tried to
get one picture with the scan, and I don't know how she did it, but she got an amazing
picture of the boys kind of with the scan picture, so I used that to announce it on
Facebook, and yeah, so it's all out in the open now, which is so, so nice. It feels so
good everyone knows, and very real that we now have just six months left to go before
the baby is here.
So yeah, so I'm going to talk about symptoms and everything that I have been feeling in
the past week. I'm now actually 13 weeks, but I'm going to talk about my whole 12th
week. With the scan, I forgot to mention that we also had the Downs screening as well, so
they measured like the fluid in the back of the neck and then I went and had a blood test
as well. That is all going to be sent off, and then I'm going to get a letter in the
post saying how likely it is that my baby could potentially have Down syndrome, but
I definitely wanted to do that test. I did it with both of my boys. They said you don't
have to do it, but you know, I'm getting on a bit. I'm actually going to be 33 years old
tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow ... I'm getting a bit older, and I would just like to know that
the baby is hopefully all okay.
Also in the scan, when they went over the baby's legs, like I know it's way too early
to say or to know anything, but I swear I saw something between his legs, and I'm a
mom of two boys. Like I kind of know what I'm looking for, and I saw it, and I was convinced.
I was like, "I just saw its bits, I'm pretty sure it's a boy." And the woman was like,
"Oh, no, no, no, don't be silly. It's far too early to know."
Yeah. When I got home, I googled like gender at 12 weeks, and it said that actually both
boys and girls at this stage have a nub, they called it. It's within the next month that
this nub is going to turn into a boy's bits or a girl's bits, so that's just really confused
me because it's funny, when I saw it between its legs, I instantly felt loads of relief.
I saw it and I was like, "Ah, it's a boy. Like, I know what I'm doing." And I don't
know, I just felt quite a lot of relief, and now I've come home and googled that actually
it could be either, I feel a bit like more unsettled, which I'd never expected to feel,
but we'll definitely find out the sex. Loads of people have asked me if we're going to
find out the gender. Yes, we're going to find out the gender, and I'm even toying with the
idea of having an early gender scan, which you can do from 16 weeks. I was thinking maybe
if we went at like 17 weeks it would definitely be formed.
My husband thinks it's a complete waste of money because we can find out 20 weeks anyway,
and it's not like we can change what's going on, but I am so impatient and I hate surprises,
and I'm just desperate to know. Either way I'll be so happy, but I can't wait to find
it out.
In the dating scan, they said that the baby is six and a bit centimeters, and that is
roughly the length of like a pea pod, so it's really coming on. It looks completely formed,
but it's still so tiny. Baby is practicing like all of its reflexes, which is probably
why it was moving around so much on the scan and in there. As I said, I have felt no movement
yet to date.
It's definitely true what they say about your symptoms letting up from the 12 week mark.
I have definitely felt less tired. I've felt almost like lighter and a bit more of a clear
head. Like I feel like I'm got baby brain less. I feel like I'm a bit more focused.
I have less headaches. Still keep getting out of breath. I'm still needing to go to
the loo more. I am so, so thirsty. I've been drinking so much. Have felt a few like pulls
on either side of my stomach, so I'm assuming that it's my stomach growing. Yeah, the other
night I was laying down in bed, and then my husband really made me laugh, and it kind
of like hurt. I could feel like a bit of pain in my stomach, and also if I'm laying down
and I sneeze, that can also be quite painful.
So in terms of names, I know I've talked about this before, but we have now kind of agreed
on a girl's name, and we've now agreed on a boy's name as well. Still no middle names.
We think we might have first names, so that's pretty exciting. Obviously I'm going to keep
it a secret. I'm really sorry, but these things might change, and I don't want anyone to put
me off. So we've got those.
Yeah, to be honest, I'm just buzzing this week. Everyone has been so supportive. Like
all of your comments and messages and everything have been so, so lovely that the support has
been amazing, and it's really nice that everyone seems to be as excited as we are. And yeah,
it's just a really, really nice time. We told the boys. We did a pregnancy announcement
video of us surprising the boys with the fact that they're going to have another sibling,
and that is on my channel, so go check it out if you haven't seen.
But yeah, so Fraser's reaction has been amazing. It's so different from when we told him about
Caleb. Because he's five years old now, he just completely understand exactly what we're
saying. Like Mommy's got a baby in her tummy, and we've said to him, because I'm due in
September, we've said, "When you start year one, there will be a new baby in the family,"
and yeah, it's really, really cute. It's like in the morning he takes my covers off and
he starts talking to my stomach. He'll bring over toys and start showing my stomach like
toys, and he's like, "Look, baby, this is Mario," and blah, blah, blah, blah. And I
was like, "This is so cute but it's not coming out for six months. Like, it might be a long
six months."
It's just so sweet to see. He's such a caring boy, and I'm so proud of him. Yeah. I just
feel like this baby is so, so lucky already to be coming into a family where it has these
two big brothers that are going to play with it and care for it and love it. And yeah,
it's just so, so lucky already. But yeah, I'm getting all gushy. I'm a bit emotional
because I'm pregnant. Sorry about all the pregnancy updates are so, so quickly, but
I wanted to get them all out so that now we can all be up to date. Thank you so much for
watching and for subscribing, and I'll see you very soon. Bye.
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