Clive and I are going to have a baby!
LIFE.CHANGING.WOAH.
Shortly after finding out I was pregnant (a few weeks ago), I started having these flashbacks to my old life. Old boyfriends. My childhood. Places I’ve visited. Things I’ve done. Everything has changed. It’s good! We’re excited!
The pregnancy was semi-planned… we knew we wanted to have children, and had discussed that it would be a positive thing that if we did get pregnant, and if we didn’t, then that’d be okay too. We’re not married yet… and haven’t really discussed plans to get married before the baby comes- but I imagine that we’ll want to… but I’ve been to sick to do basically anything.
“Morning sickness” has hit me HARD. I’m sick 24 hours a day. It doesn’t matter what I eat or drink or if I go to work or if I lay down and sleep for 15 hours straight like I did on Tuesday. I’m tired and am fussy with things to eat (or not eat). People tell me that it’s a good sign- that my body is producing the right hormones- but so far I think pregnancy tends to suck. It’s hard to be excited about a bouncing baby when you’re hung over the toilet. But we are excited! Hopefully the sickness won’t last longer than the first trimester .
Clive and I will be moving to Nova Scotia so that I can have the baby. Our lease in London ends in August, so we’ll probably leave London in mid-July. I’m such a proud Nova Scotian, I can’t imagine having my baby anywhere else; and my loving family is there, and I would never, ever have a baby anywhere but near them.
So, ta-da!
Anyway, try Sea Bands or acupuncture for the morning sickness, it really really can help, also consider up your B6 (50-100mg per day). I hope it passes for you soon! Smooches, M.
