Fabulous Friday - A special Red Nose Day edition

Happy Fabulous Friday all. I’m taking a different approach today and using today’s post to highlight a fabulous cause. Today is National Red Nose Day which raises money for research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Sadly, parents still have to suffer through the unexpected loss of a child so I think it’s a worthy cause.

A glimpse into the future

This week I’ve felt nervous and I couldn’t figure out why. After my post about fear the other day, I suddenly realised why. In a few days I’ll be 10 weeks and that’s double figures. That means if something is going to happen, it’s going to happen soon. Fear was well and truly shouting at me.

Pregnancy battle lines - which side are you on?

I’m starting to understand that the pregnancy journey is quite a segregated one. Pregnant women, and those trying to fall pregnant, can judge each other harshly based on their own experiences. Even before the babies are born, there’s an undercurrent of competition between just the process of falling pregnant, and having a baby.

9 weeks - foetus in da house!

I’m 9 weeks today and it’s another week of big changes. Sticky is now the size of a grape and is growing teeth buds, elbows and eye lids. Her kidneys, liver, brain and lungs are starting to function. And drum roll please, Sticky has graduated from embryo to foetus!

Fabulous Friday

And here we are again at another Fabulous Friday. It seems like they are coming about more and more regularly but who’s complaining! What makes today fabulous is reasoning, toasted muffins and bumping into friends.

A bittersweet day

Today was a great day because I got to see Sticky again. She’s there in all her wriggling, heart pumping glory. However, it’s also a sad day because Baby B is not there. While I am enormously happy Sticky is there and perfect, my happiness is tainted with the reality I’ve had another miscarriage.

The belly has arrived

I am officially showing. Not enough that anyone else would assume I’m pregnant, but definitely enough for people to think I’ve been diving into the cookie jar! And definitely enough that I need to go out and buy new pants already. And we have such a long way to go!