8 Weeks Pregnant - meeting the midwife
My Pregnancy 2025 Alison Marshall My Pregnancy 2025 Alison Marshall

8 Weeks Pregnant - meeting the midwife

We met our midwife this week! The local private midwife we'd contacted came over for a face-to-face meeting and we asked all our questions and booked her on the spot! So excited to have this support in place for the pregnancy and birth. The next big exciting thing to look forward to is seeing our baby at the 12 week ultrasound 🥰 I'm trying not to be too impatient! The weeks do pass quickly when you're busy (which is always with toddlers!), so I'm sure we'll be there before I know it.

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7 Weeks Pregnant - a bit of a scare
My Pregnancy 2025 Alison Marshall My Pregnancy 2025 Alison Marshall

7 Weeks Pregnant - a bit of a scare

I kind of expected to hit my first trimester exhausted phase by now, but so far to be honest I’ve felt reasonably normal. It’s more the nausea that’s been knocking me around a bit, but even that has been mild, usually settles if I eat, and definitely isn’t constant, though daily. I’ve been chatting with mums who experience hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) in pregnancy (severe nausea and vomiting which can last well beyond first trimester, for some even the whole pregnancy). Often they’ll need medication to manage their symptoms, and it takes a huge toll mentally as well as physically. I can’t even imagine that level of sickness, WHILE experiencing "normal" pregnancy symptoms and often having older kids/work/other commitments you feel responsible for. These women are so courageous!!

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