My Pregnancy

I found out on 27th March I was expecting, had it confirmed on 30th March with the GP and started the ball rolling for midwife appointments, had my first one on the 1st April, some information and was told I would get my appointment in soon for my scan and booking appointment.

We thought that we were further on than we were and were thinking early to mid November the baby would be due (how wrong were we going to be!), we told our families we were expecting in the first week on May, had no choice as I was killed with morning sickness and was starting to show already! My family were all fine but Chris' family were all shocked and not happy to begin with because he was only 20, they soon came around though.

We had our booking appointment and first scan on 12th May 2009, there we saw our wee bean for the 1st time, it was all so exciting, I was 10 weeks gone, due 28th November and had to go for another scan in 2 weeks to check growth and measurements as it was too early for some of them in that scan, as Id had surgery while I was pregnant they offered me a 20 week anomily scan as well, they not done routinely in my area, you usually only get your dating scan.

The next scan came, our wee bean was doing well, I still had horrendus morning sickness. The 20 week scan went well, we didnt find out the sex wanted to keep it a surprise. At the end of July/ begining of August my grandad had been taken into hospital to get tests done as he couldn't swallow, when the results came back it wasnt good news, he had Lung Cancer.

We had already had bad news with my aunt dying on 2nd August, was starting to think my pregnancy was cursed to have bad things happen to others while I was pregnant with this news and the death of my step brother at the begining. My preganancy progressed well, my grandad started treatment after his holiday to Blackpool.

There were more deaths in my family, another aunt and an uncle died as well.

My pregnancy was not too bad after the moring sickness subsided at about 15 weeks, I developed SPD in the latter stages and had constant heartburn, I also had carpel tunnel syndrom in my wrists. I bloomed, well I looked like Id swallowed a baby elephant! My due date came and went.

On 1st December I went to my antenatal appointment, they were going to do a sweep of my membranes but my baby who had been fully engaged since 30 weeks decided to 'pop' back out and was no longer engaged anymore so the midwife wouldn't perform it. She got a consultant to check me, I was 1cm dilated but still 3cm long, they wanted to leave me till the following week to check my again then before organising a date for induction on the 11th December, I told them my family situation and they decided to bring me in on 7th December if I hadn't had baby by then to induce me.

My grandad started more treatment on the 7th December, he hadn't responded to the chemo and radiotherapy he already had even though it was the maximum dose possible, so as he went in for more treatment I drove myself to hospital to be induced, I thought it would be quick and Id be home by Wednesday with my baby at the latest, I would be proven wrong again!