Beautiful Bump Blog

The sky is a strange orangey red!  It looks magical outside and that is how I feel inside too.

Today we had our first visit at 10 weeks (and 2 days) with Inger, she is our midwife and she is lovely.  I have known Inger through the childbirth work I do for 3 years – it’s great to be looked after by her.   I have picked up 1 kg so far – i think that may be due to the constipation – not a pretty topic!  But in your first months of pregnancy that is one of the things you have to deal with.

Inger drew blood and asked me to wee in the smallest urine sample tube – really hard to aim without getting it all over your hands.

Colin and I have decided not to find out if you are a boy or girl.  We will wait for your arrival to find out….

I wanted to write this blog as a diary for our baby son or daughter that is still growing beautifully inside me.

The inspiration to do this came from wanting to know everything that my mother felt when she was pregnant with me (now that I too am pregnant) but that was 39 years ago and she says she can’t really remember.  Who can blame her – it’s been a long time….

So, where do I begin?

Dear Baby,

It’s been an amazing day really – just to give you a reference in history – South Africa (our home country) is hosting the Fifa World Cup Championships and the opening was today 11th June 2010.  Now to more important matters – your father, Colin, and I went for a scan at the hospital today and found out we are 9 weeks and 2 days pregnant!!

It’s all so exciting and quite a surprise.  We have been waiting for this day for a while now but it still happened so unexpectedly.

I know that sounds weird but we had a pregnancy at the beginning of the year and I developed sciatica.  The pain was unbearable (I have a new found respect for anyone that suffers pain everyday).   At 11 weeks of that pregnancy, after telling only our family and very close friends we had a miscarriage and I was devastated!

I will be telling you the whole story but for now all you need to know is that you, me and your Dad are happy, healthy and this pregnancy is going well so far!  We measured 25mm and you have a good heartbeat.

Your Dad was so moved today in hospital – so lovely to see his face light up.  I was relieved to see your heartbeat and I am now feeling cautiously excited about our pregnancy.  We are not in the clear yet but my gut feeling is really positive.  I think you are here to stay!

You are so welcome and we love you x