That's right! The secret is out! There's going to be another little one in our lives in 2017.
We found out our wonderful news when I was just 3 weeks pregnant and I can't believe how fast the time has already gone. I'm now nearly 16 weeks pregnant and happy to say all the ultrasounds we have had have always been positive and indicate we have a really healthy baby growing in my belly.
The first trimester for me was filled with lots of different emotions; happiness, excited, nervous, anxious. The negative emotions I was having were only coming from a place of fear, fear of something happening to our little baby and fear of bad news. Every single cramp I had I got worried, when I got food poisoning at 7 weeks I was worried and just in general I was worried that something bad could happen. Thankfully our 12 week ultrasound was very detailed and everything was checked to make sure our baby had everything they needed to survive outside the womb when the arrival came. I will also continue to have lots and lots of growth scans during my pregnancy and so far have had 5 already. This time around my morning sickness has actually only really been in the morning (unlike Xav which was morning and night, basically all day!). The only time it was really intense was about 5-7 weeks and other than that it was really only if I didn't eat straight away. By week 10 I could go a couple of hours without eating before starting to feel unwell. The only thing I will fault this time around is the hormone headaches that I still currently get and am hoping they subside also. I went through a 'I hate carrots' stage again and hated the smell of meat, I've been craving smiths original crinkle cut potato chips (salt for days!) and green juices. My pants no longer fit and I'm now rocking maternity jeans (care of my beautiful partner for buying them for me) which btw are absolutely amazing and I don't know how I didn't have them when I was pregnant with Xavier. Nearly 16 weeks down and roughly about 22-24 weeks to go until we meet this little angel and find out whether our boys will be joined by another brother or a little sister. We all can't wait for this little surprise!