Operation 'Let's Get Pregnant Before We Change Our Minds' had been underway since mid September when we got the blue line early December. Absolutely delighted! - with the added bonus of having a great excuse to eat loads over Christmas - although also the difficulty of making excuses for not drinking loads of gin over Christmas and the New Year.
My first trimester was exciting and very scary, however it largely focused around the toilet as I was so sick and needed a wee all of the time. I also had headaches constantly so embraced the piss-poor pain relieving properties of paracetamol.
Giving up alcohol wasn't actually too bad and I feigned a combination of migraines and taking anti-sickness medication to get me through the festive period. Giving up lovely cheese was far harder! The biggest bladder and headache challenge came in the form of a day trip to Arras just before Christmas - not fun!
Parents were told at Christmas - they were ridiculously excited!! My sister was also told - but James' had to wait until our first scan as they had made us wait for their pregnancy news. The Christmas holidays were spent mainly sleeping and watching Christmas films - which kept making my cry due to bloody pregnancy hormones!
My booking appointment gave us a due date of August 16th - perfect as I could work right up until the summer holidays and not have to start my maternity leave until I had given birth - therefore would get more money - very well planned I think!
Teaching during my first trimester was a struggle - only a couple of people knew about the pregnancy so I had to hide my sickness and lack of energy from everyone. I had to have a couple of days off as I was so sick. I did feel relieved when I ran into my pregnant friend Hannah (also a teacher) who was saying how hard she found this stage - I wanted to say me too! I did tell a friend on the school's SLT as he was worried that I was either going mental or had developed a terminal disease but he promised to keep quiet until my scan. However I felt a bit guilty when involved in discussions about the department next year and staffing - this is something I was really worried about as I am a total control freak when it comes to my department and Lauren is also trying for a baby and Lana wants to move to the West Country - what on earth will I find when I eventually return to work?!
Just before our 12 week scan I had to buy some maternity trousers for work - at this point I was really worried that I was already struggling to fit into my clothes. Had visions of being a massive weeble towards the end who put on 4 stone and never managed to lose it!
Anyway we eventually got to our 12 week scan in early February - imagine my shock and delight that we were actually 16 weeks along so had missed a whole month of the pregnancy - new due date of 21st July. Much relief was felt in terms of why I already couldn't fit into my clothes, however I was annoyed that the morning sickness hadn't disappeared as it should have done. It also meant that I would have to go on maternity leave much earlier so would get rubbish pay over the summer holidays - and obviously I had to let work know straight away.
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