It's very faint but it's definitely there.
And so the journey begins.
Off we go to the In-laws in Wales for Christmas and on Christmas morning we tell Dave's Mum we're expecting number two. Boxing day we're at my Mum's and I manage to secretly tell her without letting on to any of the other guests.
A few days later we decide to do a digital test just to see it written.
What an exciting day. I'm now officially 4 weeks pregnant!!
The next 8 weeks are going to be difficult. To not tell people until after we've had a scan is very hard when you spend your days with Mummies of young children who know exactly what to look out for. My sickness sea bands are having to stay at home.
On week 7 now and Theo is being so good on the days I'm feeling very poorly. Had the worst day so far on Saturday. Dave went to work and I woke with a migraine and bad nausea. It got so bad Theo and I spent the day in the dark. I was determined to get through the day without phoning for Dave to come home and just about managed it.
Week 8 - booking in appointment. I see a really lovely midwife, have all the normal blood tests and chats. She then had a feel of my tummy and says she thinks I could be a bit further along than my dates suggest, or are there twins in the family? Oh crumbs!
It's getting harder and harder to conceal things now as, like I did with Theo, I have completely ballooned out in every direction going. Got to love water retention.
Week 9 and we all have colds. Thought mine was just 24 hours then it seemed to go but it came back worse than ever. Glad my little man is so good at occupying himself to let me get some rest. On a plus it's saving us some pennies as I'm not feeling up to going out as much so not doing as much shopping or using as much petrol. Every cloud!
The scan next Sunday can't come quick enough. The water retention around my middle is making me look colossal. I'm sure everyone has worked it out because I've gotten so big but are being polite and not saying anything. 1 WEEK TO GO!
Week 11 and instead of nausea I get hit with proper morning sickness. Just when you think you've been lucky. Felt instantly better though and cracked on with my day. 2 days until the scan.
1 day to scan and we're off on holiday with Dave's side of the family. Struck down with morning sickness first thing makes us a bit late but we get there and try to pretend there's nothing going on.
We've told everyone we need to go back to Bath to help with some scenery moving when we're actually off for a scan! We manage to get to the morning of scan day before we're 'found out' by Dave's Sister. It's obvious apparently! hahaha Anyway, off we go for our exciting day out.
Here is Baby White No.2 at exactly 12 weeks due on 2nd September 2012:
