Hi, guys. So this is my sixth week update. I am at the very end of my sixth week of pregnancy.
So at the start of the week the baby was the size of a lentil but now, apparently, the
baby is the size of a blueberry, so it is like tripling in size now.
The baby's development is going at like lightning speed now. It's got little arm buds, it has
little holes where the eyes are going to go, it has little nostril holes, it has blood
pumping through its body now and everything like lungs are developing and everything already.
It's amazing to me how quickly they develop and how quickly they're growing.
Another big thing that's happened this week is I finally met with my doctor at six weeks.
I did call as soon as I found out I was pregnant, but it was hard to get in with her. So I met
up with her and we just had a chat about what hospital I wanted to be at, and I chose the
same hospital that I was at with my boys. And then I also talked to her a little bit
about having a home birth because I had both of my boys in hospital but I'm considering
having a home birth with this baby because my boys, they went so well and so easily that
I could do it at home potentially if the pregnancy all goes well and everything. So I sort of
put that out there. But now I'm just waiting to hear when my 12
week scan date will be. Yeah, the hospital will now write to me. I really can't wait
to have that scan date and to go to that scan because this bit is the hardest bit. Because
you can't tell anyone, but my symptoms are probably the worst they're going to be, in
this trimester. And you're not 100% sure. You're scared to tell people because you're
like, "Is it going to stay? Is it all going to be okay?" Bad things happen all the time
and so I'm just really trying to be positive and just focus on that scan date.
Because I can't wait to start telling people. We went out this weekend on Saturday and I
obviously wasn't drinking. Luckily though, because it's January, I'm doing "dry January."
That's what I can tell people. But it's not like me to not have a glass of wine, so I
don't know. I don't know if anyone noticed but I just can't wait for it to all be out.
Yeah, so symptoms this week have been I've been very emotional. I have been quite hormonal.
I have cried more than normal. I was watching Inside Out with the boys and that film gets
me anyway but I was like really, really crying. It's been quite an emotional week. I've been
feeling a little bit sick but I haven't been sick at all. I have noticed that when I brush
my teeth, my gag reflex is really sensitive. Even just leaning over and sort of brushing
my tongue the slightest bit, I'm like, "... I feel like I'm going to gag." Still feeling
a bit bloated. My boobs are like, obscenely, they have grown
so much. We went to a wedding on Saturday night and it was hard to choose what to wear
because nothing was fitting or everything was just, they were, you know. It was just
too much. So they're just really big and sore. That's probably the biggest symptom that I
had. They just feel so sore. Smells as well have definitely been affecting me this week.
Everything is heightened. Even changing Caleb's nappy now, it smells so much worse. And we
walked past a smoker the other day, and I was like, "Ugh," like it was such a strong
smell. So I definitely can tell that my sense of smell has definitely stepped up a gear
and I'm just smelling stuff so much- Also the tiredness is really getting to me
now. At the very end of the sixth week on Sunday I sort of snoozed on the couch a little
bit and I never do stuff like that. I have just been really tired and trying to get to
bed on time, but it's hard when you have so much to do. Because obviously I'm still working,
I've still got two kids and a hubby to keep the house going and everything. So I have
been really tired but I'm trying to sort of push through with that.
It's all sort of sinking in now that this is happening. My husband and I, we've sort
of been talking a little bit about names or a little bit about what the sex might be although
we don't have a clue. And all the names that I suggest he really doesn't like and, yeah.
We literally have no names at all because every boy's name we have used up. Every single
one. I know I've got a long time until the baby's actually here so I'm sure we'll come
up with something but we have absolutely no names at all.
No major breakouts which is good because when I first found out I was pregnant, I felt like
I had a few big spots but that has really calmed down. My skin is a lot better now.
Trying to be super healthy because I'm already nearly a stone heavier than I was when I fell
pregnant with Fraser, that's my first son, and when I got pregnant both times I put on
two or three stone which is a lot of weight. So I'm trying to be super healthy just so
I can try and maintain my weight that it is now so that I don't put on too much. But the
other day I did pop out for lunch and I got a smoked salmon sandwich and then I thought,
"I probably shouldn't be eating smoked salmon." Thought that I shouldn't really be eating
that and, I don't know, this third baby I'm not being as strict. I don't know. But yeah,
trying to be super healthy, lots of water, taking my vitamins still, just trying to have,
like for instance, [inaudible 00:05:09] like oatmeal for breakfast, trying to have, like,
salad for lunch, and then a healthy dinner. So I'm trying to be good because I don't need
those extra calories yet, although I am so tempted to eat sweet things already.
Yeah, so I think that is everything I wanted to talk about in this sixth week update. It
is still really, really early days but I'm definitely feeling it now. I'm definitely
feeling like, "Oh, yes, I'm pregnant." [inaudible 00:05:32], I hope you liked this video. If
you're pregnant too, I would love to know what symptoms you've got in the comments below
and how you're coping, maybe what you're eating to stop with morning sickness and things,
because I think that's on its way. But, yes, thank you so much for watching and I'll see
you very soon. Bye. So this is the test and-