Month: January 2020

🏥 Visiting Window To The Womb Soon? 👶🤰
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#MONDAYMIDWIFETIPS – one of the 1st signs of pregnancy can the complete exhaustion you feel in those early weeks. It can hit you like a ton on bricks – and really knock you for six! Staying awake past 7pm can feel like an impossible task, especially if you are working/looking after other siblings.
Your body is working over-time at this stage; creating your baby and forming all their major organs, your hormones are overloading your body to keep the pregnancy and your metabolism is changing, with your nutritional reserves being drained. Alongside this your blood sugar and blood pressure can drop as well. All in all, your body is working to its absolute limit and that is why you may feel so exhausted. Here are some tips to survive the exhaustion of the first 12 weeks:
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✨ Listen to your body – it is hard to do anything but this in weeks 6-12! Try to prioritise rest in the evening, especially if you are working OR if you are up in the night with another child. Re-scheduling your bedtime to a time that works for you becomes essential in the survival of those early weeks.
✨ Let your partner know – explain to your partner how you are feeling. This won’t last for ever – by 12 weeks you will begin to feel your usual self but for this time it is important that you rest. Don’t forget that if you are tired you will feel more nauseous in the early weeks.
✨ Set up a bedtime routine -eating dinner earlier in the evening and having time to have a bath/shower before bed can help to relax the body ready to sleep. Try keeping the lighting in your bedroom dimmed and if possible don’t use any electricals before bed. All these routines can help your body to stay asleep longer, allowing you to really rest and recuperate for the next day.
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This really doesn’t last forever and by 12–14 weeks of your pregnancy you will begin to feel your energy levels returning and can really enjoy staying up later than 8pm again 😁What’s your tips?
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🏥 Visiting Window To The Womb Soon? 👶🤰
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📷🤳📸 Ask For A Family Pic To Be Featured On Our Socials! 🤳📸
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#windowtothewomb
#pregnantlife
#earlypregnancy
#mumlife
#wttw
#wttwomb
#babyscan
#4dscan
#genderscan
#wttwombbagshot
#wttwombbexleyheath
#windowtothewombchessington
#wttwombcroydon
#wttwombsouthampton
#wttwombwalthamstow
#wttwombessex
#pregnancy
#maternity
#motherhood
#pregnantmum
#pregnantandperfect

🏥 Visiting Window To The Womb Soon? 👶🤰
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📷🤳📸 Ask For A Family Pic To Be Featured On Our Socials! 🤳📸
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#windowtothewomb
#pregnantlife
#earlypregnancy
#mumlife
#wttw
#wttwomb
#babyscan
#4dscan
#genderscan
#wttwombbagshot
#wttwombbexleyheath
#windowtothewombchessington
#wttwombcroydon
#wttwombsouthampton
#wttwombwalthamstow
#wttwombessex
#pregnancy
#maternity
#motherhood
#pregnantmum
#pregnantandperfect

#Motivation Today is not just another day. It’s a new opportunity, another chance and a new beginning. Embrace it.

For the past 2 weeks I have been so sick…. About 6 weeks ago the company I worked for did a huge lay off. I was only there for about 4 months and it was a great gig! I was disappointed to be apart of this lay off to say the least. I couldn’t understand the purpose. About 2 weeks after I was laid off, I found out that I was pregnant. (Laid off and pregnant… you can imagine the stress I felt) The first few weeks were fine but at around week 6 my “morning sickness” became “all day sickness”. The nausea, acid reflux, lack of energy has been so awful and unexpected and all I can say is Thank God I was laid off because I sure wouldn’t be able to go to work like this 🤢… moral of the story: God be knowing lol. #firsttrimesterblues #momtobe #mom2be #firsttrimester #pregnancy #earlypregnancy

Today I had my repeat blood test to check hcg levels…. 3 attempts of blood & needing to drink water to rehydrate me. Bramshaw called me back within 4 hours with my results, hcg levels have dropped 60% in the last 2 days. That’s all the they need from me now so 🤞 next time I’m at this hospital it will be for my early conformation scan.
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#earlypregnancy #miscarriage #ttc #tryingtoconceive #bloodwork #hcg #lifeafterloss #pregnancyjourney #breastfeedingtoddler #rainbowbaby #rainbow

The thing about pregnancy loss, at least for me, is that there is no escaping the mental pain. There is no taking a break from it, because I am the cause and the source of the pain. There is the constant reminder in the cramping, in the drip, drip, drip of blood.

After my first two loses I was able to, after a time, dust myself off and focus on continuing the journey towards having another baby. It meant I didn’t process those loses properly, but brushing them aside was easier, it was possible. I don’t have that this time.

This pregnancy was a total chance happening. I have worked so, so hard the past year at accepting that another baby wasn’t going to happen, and when I saw that second line on Wednesday afternoon it was like a massive weight was lifted off my shoulders. I was so happy and excited, I swear I floated out of the bathroom I felt so light and free. And then my body failed me. Again. And I hate it. I mean, I really deeply, darkly hate my body. It fucked up my only chance. After the past few days I know that I’m not able to risk going through this again, I can’t take the anxiety, I can’t go through another loss, I think it would break me. I think I have broken.

🏥 Visiting Window To The Womb Soon? 👶🤰
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📷🤳📸 Ask For A Family Pic To Be Featured On Our Socials! 🤳📸
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#windowtothewomb
#pregnantlife
#earlypregnancy
#mumlife
#wttw
#wttwomb
#babyscan
#4dscan
#genderscan
#wttwombbagshot
#wttwombbexleyheath
#windowtothewombchessington
#wttwombcroydon
#wttwombsouthampton
#wttwombwalthamstow
#wttwombessex
#pregnancy
#maternity
#motherhood
#pregnantmum
#pregnantandperfect