When my husband and I decided to start trying for a baby I couldn’t think about anything else, it was an exciting time, every day was a mystery…Could I be? That feeling is not normal what if I am? I was in limbo waiting, I remember about a week before taking the test I had poured myself a can of larger, I could only take one sip of the drink, I just didn’t want it! It was like instinctively my body was protecting the baby, even before my brain knew it was there! There is a lot to say for instincts and “Funny feelings” I believe we should listen to them. Anyway when the time to take the test finally came I was really excited, I felt like a child at Christmas all bouncy and smiles. After only a month of trying (3 months of taking vitamins, eating well and looking after myself) we discovered I was pregnant! It was a weird moment when the word “Pregnant” appeared on the Clearblue pregnancy test, we couldn’t believe it would happen so quickly – I know we were very lucky as this is not always the case. Nathan my husband had to take a second look at the test we were both amazed, all the excitement had been confirmed and nervousness started to creep in with the reality that I had the start of a growing life inside me! I was only a couple of weeks pregnant when I found out, I think we managed to keep it quiet from our family for about a week, even that was hard to do! They were full of happiness and joy as they knew we were planning to have a baby, after 9 years of being together, 1 of which being married we were ready to take the next step and start a family – Although I think Nathan wouldn’t have minded trying for a bit longer, but when its your time, its your time….

Naturally, I am a worrier, with pregnancy being the unknown it escalated my concerns but I was lucky to have such a patient and understanding husband. I remember reading up on the do’s and don’ts when it came to food and exercise. I used to love reading Online how the baby was developing on a week by week basis it was so exciting and comforting. Every day I stood in front of the mirror to examine my bump, it did take a long time for my bump to appear! Even so I chose clothes to emphasise my bump – It was such a magical time!

The 12 week scan really hit home that I had a growing baby inside me, it confirmed the pregnancy tests and made me realise I was actually pregnant! me being a worrier by nature I must have drank about 2 liters of water before the scan, they recommend to drink a pint of water as it will help to make the scan clearer. Well I was bursting for the loo, When the sonographer pressed on my abdomen I almost went! Because of the volume of water I had drank, it had the opposite effect to helping the scan process – I was told to go to the loo and then return for the scan. When I returned the scan image was much clearer, the sonographer pointed out arm’s, legs, the heart beat etc it was fascinating. I remember shouting out “Its there, you can see it?” I think before that point I didn’t fully believe I was pregnant, I even doubted the pregnancy test results! But seeing the scan, watching my baby move and its little heart beating made everything so much more real.

(The Road To Parenthood Part 2 Continues Here)