Pregnancy Journal - Does the worrying ever stop?‏

I'm at the magical 12wk mark, but when do you really stop worrying that something will go wrong.


The risk of miscarriage greatly reduces when you hit 12wks but it can still happen. There are so many what if's that it is hard sometimes to just enjoy your pregnancy. It's hard not to think of all the things that could possibly go wrong as it is in every book you read and the Doctors let you know what could happen. Do we stress ourselves out to much by thinking of all the bad stuff and therefore end up with a complication? Or is it that we don't think about it at all and end up with something going wrong because we didn't know what to look out for.



There is so many things we get told not to do or eat while pregnant. We can't eat so many different things as there is a chance that it will affect your unborn child and as a mother you want to give you baby the best start to life. So we avoid all the stuff our Doctors, family or friends have told us to avoid eating or doing just to be on the safe side. It gets me thinking about mothers 50 to 100yrs ago and I'm sure they were given different advice.



There is also the NT scan to take into consideration. I had it done with the girls and DH wants me to get it done again but my thoughts are why bother? I mean even if it shows a high % I wont take the next test to get it confirmed so I will be wondering the whole pregnancy what this new life has in store for me. I'm not a high risk as I am youngish (26) and don't have a family history of anything really. So I don't see the point of having it done. And really who wants to drink a whole heap of water and hold it while someone presses the thing onto your bladder or when your walking from your car to the appointment trying to think of anything else other then that you really need to pee.



So I think I will wait for the 18wk scan to see our baby again. That's so far away but it will be here soon enough. I remember last pregnancy I just wanted to meet my girls but then when they were here I missed feeling them kick inside my belly. I can't wait to feel those first movements, hopefully they will come soon...




Alana (aka Mattnalana)

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A Pregnancy Journey - How many are in there?

Well we have our first ultrasound today. We are both so excited and can't wait to see our little bubba/s for the first time.

The first question I think we both ask is How Many Are in There? Who would of ever though that this would be a first question for us. Last time when I was pregnant with the twins we joked around about having twins but neither of us knew that we had twins in the family. So when the person doing the ultrasound was moving it over my belly at first I couldn't see the picture but my partner could and he had this weird look on his face and I immediately thought Oh God somethings wrong. But nope she turned the monitor to me and went here is Baby A and here is Baby B I was gob smacked. So I think this time that is our very first question.......


We are having the ultrasound done as we really don't know how far along I am. I though I would be about 11wk atm but the Doctor thinks about 8wks, I have a long cycle so he said it gets very confusing so he would rather know one way or the other. Hey I'm not complaining I get to see our baby/ies today!

So now I have the lovely task of drinking 1litre of water and holding it in. God last time I almost peed myself and had to use the rest room and let some out otherwise there was no way I would of made it through the ultrasound. So this time I'm not going to drink as much water as last time I was told I drank to much but only drank 750ml so this time I will drink 500-700ml and hopefully that should be alright. I mean I go to the bathroom so much it isn't funny. So sick of seeing that bathroom... Well at least I haven't had my head in the toilet this time round. Well I better start drinking that water now. So I'll finish writing this when it's all over........ Wish us luck!

The ultrasound went well. I'm 11wks along today so I was right and the Doctor was wrong.. lol

So I guess your all wondering how many bubs are in my tummy.... Well we only have ONE baby this time! Woohoo! What a relief it was to find out that there is one healthy bub in there. I love my twins like no tomorrow but I am glad I will only have 1 baby as I don't know if I would be able to handle 2 newborns and twin toddlers... I know that other mums have done it and I take my hat off to them. But I guess if we did have another set of twins on the way I would cope. I didn't think I could do twins the first time but I did.

When I rang to tell my mum that the ultrasound went well and I said guess how many bubs we have? She said 1? and I said add another 2 to that 1.. Well you should of heard her.... Apparently all the people at the pub were looking at her cos she yelled "What the Hell" at the top of her lungs... lol.... Then I came clean and said nah we only have 1 this time, and she was like oh thank god!

My morning sickness is slowly going away but I still feel a little yuck some nights and I have to brush my teeth in the shower because when I lean over the basin to rinse my mouth out I will almost chuck. Don't know why that is as it happened when I was pregnant with the twins as well.

Alana (aka Mattnalana)

A Pregnancy Journey - Am I ready?

Am I ready?


That is the question that I don't have the answer for. Do any of us really know if we are ready for that next challenge? Well weather I'm ready or not in Aug 2011 there will be another bub or two joining our family.



I'm currently 10weeks pregnant with our 3 or 3 and 4th bub. Don't know how many we made this time as we haven't had a scan yet. We got our BFP on the 10/12/2010, but I had the signs there before I even thought that we would or could be pregnant. It all started one Monday night when I was watching two of my favorite shows Hellcats and Vampire Diaries. In the space of 2hrs I went to the loo 4 times, so every half an hr which I thought was a bit odd but didn't put 2 and 2 together. We had only started TTC a few months ago and because it took us a year to fall pregnant with our twin girls there was no way in the world I thought it would happen so fast.




Then the cravings started all before we took a test. I argued with DH that they weren't cravings it was just I really felt like eating that particular meal. And never mind that my Rotti has a habit of sleeping right next to my bed when I'm pregnant and of course he started doing that but I just thought it's to hot for him to sleep in his bed so he is stretched out under the fan. So when AF didn't show up I thought oh hand on a min I prob should do a test, so I went and brought one but didn't do it for a few days as I didn't want to get my hopes up and be disappointed and go through it over and over again like last time. So when I finally did test well HELLO 2 dark lines straight away. Yep I am pregnant, so I took picture on my phone and sent it to DH cos he was working. He was speechless, but over the moon.




So I rang up my Doctor to get an appointment and of course the first one available was Dec 21st well that was no good as that was the day we left to go down to Vic for Christmas. So Christmas came and went and we got to tell immediate family down there and other immediate family on the phone as they are in a different state but they were all so excited and one of their first questions was "How many are there this time?" Our answer "We have no idea"

So once we got back home I rang the Doctors again to get an appointment and got one but it isn't until the 12th Jan, so I'll be 11weeks along by the time I see the Doctor for the first time.. opps.... At least I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get the referrals for my 12wk scan and the bloods in the one hit, instead of having initial bloods then going back to get my scan referral and more bloods.




My morning sickness hasn't been to bad, I haven't chucked up this time round yet, although I only did twice or maybe three times with the girls. I just feel yuck for most of the day but it is getting better. But I think the worse thing is this time around is I am so tired! I just want to sleep 24/7 but thats a bit hard with DH at work and twin toddlers that want my attention majority of the time.




Im just wondering how on earth I'm going to manage a newborn or two and two toddlers... hmmm Although you never get dealt anything in life that you can't handle. Well I hope so anyway. I never thought I'd be able to mange twins but I've done it and it wasn't that bad and now I look at mum's with only one baby who say oh it's so hard and I think to myself I'll take your one baby and raise you two.




The one thing I'm not looking forward to is sleepless nights, oh how I love my sleep although this bub/bubs are already keeping me up. I forgot how much you went to the loo in that first trimester. I remember the last one trimester when I had two heads sitting on my bladder, but the first trimester I can't remember it being this bad.



Well I can't wait to find out if we have one or more in there, but we are both praying for one this time round. We'll soon see, but if it's another set of twins I'm sure that somehow we will manage and MBP will be my life line and the mum's that have done two sets already I take my hat off to you.


Alana (aka Mattnalana)