So currently I am 22 weeks + 1 day! - is that 5 months? I lose track! All I know is I have March, April, May and June before i'm due beginning of July! I'm kind of preparing myself for the end of June, just in case baby is early.
So much has happened in the space of a few weeks. We had our 20 week scan and I had a couple of other tests which have put me under the high risk umbrella. One of them being a thyroid problem. I have been on thyroid medication since I was 18, so I always knew that they would have to keep an eye on that during pregnancy. Having a dysfunctional thyroid can lead to a small baby, which would mean they would deliver the baby earlier than planned. So they have booked me in for an extra scan to measure the growth of bubs. My midwife is so good, she explained how although I am classed as high risk now, it doesn't mean I will be high risk when it comes to delivering the baby. They just need extra checks in place during my pregnancy to make sure baby is growing OK. So I'm not worried at all, if anything I am happy I am getting the extra checks. There is another complication which I want to talk about in a separate post. It's something that took me by surprise and has completely messed up my ideal birth plan. I want to talk to my midwife first and get more information before I go writing about it. But I do plan to be very open about everything because I feel like it could help others who are in the same position.
Gender Reveal
Before we had the 20 week scan, we had a 16 week private gender scan. I just could NOT wait! I wanted to be able to connect with the little soul growing inside my body. Without knowing the gender, we kept calling the baby IT and THEY. I wanted to be able to say he or she and even give them a name, to make them a real person. Up until knowing the gender, none of it felt real.
At the 16 week scan, they had trouble getting baby to be in the right position so I had to go for a walk and come back after 20 minutes. After a lot of jumping up and down, the lady managed to get a look at 'the parts' and told us we were having a girl. I was absolutely over the moon because I always thought I would have a girl, and I kept dreaming/ seeing a little girl in my meditations yet everyone around me, even spiritual people were telling me I was having a boy so I was feeling a bit disconnected with the baby, like I didn't know them, so the news instantly made me feel at one with my mini me. I have a you tube video up which talks about how I psychically knew I was having a girl which I will link below if anyone is interested in that paranormal stuff.
We waited until the 20 week scan confirmation before we 100% believed we were having a girl. But the doctor did confirm the sex and said the scans are very rarely wrong. The fact that we had two separate scans at different stages, saying the same thing gave me a lot of confidence. So now we call our baby SHE and we actually have named her. But i'm keeping the name a secret until she's born, just in case we change it ! But it's so lovely being able to buy girly things, and to be able to plan her nursery and visualise what she will look like when she's a real person. If it were up to just me, I would find out the gender for my next pregnancy too.
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