Potential trigger warning.Had a scan today – our 3rd one so far. It wasnt terrible news, but it w…

Potential trigger warning.

Had a scan today – our 3rd one so far. It wasn’t terrible news, but it wasn’t the reassurance we were hoping for. Baby is measuring smaller than expected, and with a slower heartbeat than it should have. The nurse couldn’t initially find the heartbeat and called a colleague in. They then confirmed a heartbeat but said it was slow. It’s still classed as a viable pregnancy, but the nurse said it may or may not progress from this point. So, another 2 weeks waiting for another scan. They gave a due date estimate that is 3 weeks later than the original one all my apps had given me.

I’m absolutely terrified 😔

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How are you feeling they ask, Anxious I reply. Well, that isnt going to help anything, is it…

“How are you feeling?” they ask, “Anxious” I reply. “Well, that isn’t going to help anything, is it?” They’re right, early pregnancy anxiety is not going to help a thing, but it is my right to feel what I feel. I can’t wave a magic wand and make it disappear. I cannot click my heels together and return to a place of pre-pregnant calm and quiet. Not today. There is no pill or potion or witch craft that can spare me. I wanted to respond with all of this. I wanted to grab the person who said it by the arms and ask her if she had ever carried babies, ever lost them, ever had to fight to concieve them. I wanted to ask her if she remembered how fragile it feels to be 5 weeks pregnant. But I didn’t. I smiled, I nodded, I resisted because I didn’t have the energy to explain the depth of my feelings on the matter.

This photo was taken at the weekend. It looks so lovely with the swans and the sunshine and the fluffy clouds but I was not having a good day. Anxiety and irritability killed my vibe and I went home, peed on a stick and poured my feelings into a short, sharp blog post which I’ve just shared in the link above.

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Feel like Im dreaming, I never thought we would make it to 12 weeks pregnant- let alone naturally. …

Feel like I’m dreaming, I never thought we would make it to 12 weeks pregnant- let alone naturally. I am so aware how fortunate and lucky I am and wish each and everyone of you healthy pregnancies. ⁣⁣
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We are officially 12 weeks pregnant, our dating scan today measured us a day ahead 🎉 The sonographer who scanned us was in training and bless her- it took her forever to try and get the measurements. Not that we were complying as it gave us plenty of time to watch our precious baby dance around the screen. ⁣⁣
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Symptoms:⁣⁣
🌸 More tired by the end of the day⁣⁣
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That’s really about it, some indigestion and slight nausea if I get too hungry but that’s it. It’s been a pretty symptom free pregnancy so far! ⁣⁣
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After our scan I met with our midwife who booked us in for all our future appointments which still felt so surreal. I thought by 12 weeks I would feel excited but the truth is I still haven’t fully accepted this is happening, I can’t quite allow myself to believe that yet. My husband keeps telling me he’s waiting on me catching up 😂 but I’m not putting any pressure on myself, I will get there when I get there- I just hope it’s before my water breaks!! I did however pluck up the courage to cancel our upcoming IVF appointment… I had so much fear and anxiety around doing that, like it would somehow jinx me! However someone else will be able to use that appointment now 💞⁣⁣
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The midwife went over my previous blood and urine tests and noticed my blood type was B- so I would need to have an injection at 28 weeks against Rhesus Disease ( I have attached some information in the photos rather than trying to explain it ) However, she went onto explain it could be dangerous if there was bleeding during the pregnancy 🙈 I explained I had been bleeding a couple of days ago. Apparently they will not doing anything for this if you are under 12 weeks, but because I was still spotting I was told I would have to have the injection today also! I was then sent home before being called back in at 5pm for the injection, which was fine. I’m also to contact them if my spotting hasn’t stopped by Friday 🙄⁣

Continued in comments ( not much 🙈) ⁣⁣

So much love to my girl for this post I had to share. You guys feeling thi…

So much love to my girl @andreagracewellness for this post!
I had to share. ❤️ You guys feeling this one too? Stop with the questions Brad 😂 🙄 .
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🛑Please stop asking women if they are pregnant🛑

If a woman is pregnant, and she wants you to know, she will tell you – I promise. She’ll tell you exactly when she is ready to share that highly personal information with you. You don’t need to ask.
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Asking a pregnant woman that question in a social setting, forces her to either lie uncomfortably, or to unwillingly share her private news before she’s ready. And that is not cool. Don’t do it. Or maybe that woman had a miscarriage recently or is having fertility issues and you’ve just reminded her of that struggle.
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Beyond being pregnant, there are other reasons why a woman may not be drinking at an event. Maybe she’s working through a substance addiction that you are not aware of. Maybe she’s trying to commit to a new dietary plan to reach a health goal. Maybe she’s on antibiotics for a UTI and doesn’t want to chat about that with you, Brad. Or maybe she just doesn’t want to drink, because not everyone likes to drink every time they go out, and she shouldn’t have to justify that.
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SO, if you offer a woman a drink at a party and she declines, kindly move on and don’t ask her why. Instead of persisting, perhaps you could ask her how her day was. And please remember that not every adult woman wants to have kids nor should she feel the pressure to.
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RANT OVER.