BIRTH STORY | Inductions, Caesareans and Honesty.

My birth story.

(Before you read any further I want to just say if you're pregnant and scared this probably isn't the story for you, I found people telling me the horror stories of birth really freaked me out so heres a lill trigger warning for those of you who fear birth) I like most women had a regular pregnancy, the vomiting, backache & headaches etc all the usual stuff with a bout of low blood pressure and dizziness but relatively normal until around 30 weeks. I'd had a fair few episodes of decreased fetal movement from about 20 weeks and while being monitored I was measured, a lady bought up her concerns that I was quite small despite gaining 4 stone. I'd been constantly told by people I had a tiny bump and I really did, I didn't even need maternity jeans! (I was around 37 weeks pregnant here so you can see I had a small bump!) Anyway they decided to do another glucose test just incase I had diabetes and the first test missed it, I did it and still no diabetes so they thought I should have a scan to check all was in order, I had my scan and told I'd be having a baby that was around 7lb at this point, just a little high pressure in his cord and too much fluid around him so they booked me in for weekly scans to check his growth, fluid and the cord pressure.  The consultant spoke to me about being induced because they were slightly worried about me more than the baby, my anxiety was pretty bad but she also didn't want me to have a premature baby so we agreed we should wait as long as we could.

PREGNANCY | Finding out & My first trimester!

Before I even knew I was expecting a little one I had symptoms of being pregnant but didn't even notice them, it's not something that crosses your mind when you're in the middle of your cycle. I fell pregnant while I was on holiday, I came back from Florida and went back to work as normal.
I get the bus daily so I found myself feeling very sick and woozy any time I had to get to or from work. I was also a smoker, and any time I had a cigarette I heaved!  I thought I was just coming down with something or I was just super stressed as after the long intense holiday, getting engaged, the stressful trip home and going straight back to work the next day, never would I have thought that I would be pregnant.

2016 - 2017 | Weight loss, Disney World & a big bump!

I've been MIA yet again, its so hard to hold down a full time job, travel to work 4 hours a day, be a dog mumma, have a social life & blog! How some people do it I'll never know!

I had a pretty great 2016 if I'm honest, started out a little slow but by the end it was one of the best years of my life.