Big Tum!

So guys I am going to be having a baby in October 2010! The due date is the 12th, I was hoping for Halloween but I can deal with the 12th. If it's 2 days early it's birthday will be 10-10-10 which would be awesome... will have to eat lots of hot curry etc on the 9th to try and self induce labour! Only kidding.

So I found out in January and had to keep quiet about it for a good couple of months which was quite torturous... having to make up excuses as to why I wasn't drinking and blah blah but in April the word went out and we could finally let people know after the 12 week scan. I am now 21 weeks and counting... I have a definite bump and bigger boobs but my body still feels like my own. I am enjoying it so far, I've been very lucky in having no morning sickness at all, I have had the most chronic indigestion but I will take that over puking, definitely.

During the first 3 months I started and ended a 7 week temping position at a fancy Landrover dealership then started a permanent job working for British Gas whilst battling extreme tiredness and awful wind/stomach aches. I was going to bet at 9pm and just sleeping for England plus sloping off to the toilet all the time, not pleasant! Anyway I sound like a real moaner, it was quite hard work though. I'm half way through the pregnancy now and I've just finished 7 weeks of training at B Gas so I'm doing the job officially now. They do know, I told them a few weeks ago which was quite nerve wracking - I'm only on a 6 month probation and I thought they might just show me the door. So far they have been really good about it though which is such a relief.

Nick is still setting up his business which is going quite well. Really want to get some business now but he's done a few jobs and the website is now set up: www.waitefilms.com - there are a few videos in the gallery as examples of his work.

I've obviously quit drinking and smoking, neither of which I really miss. I have the occasional half of lager/guinness/small glass of wine so not totally abstaining. No shellfish, soft or blue cheese, runny eggs, or pate for me at the moment though. No weird cravings really to speak of - in the first month I had a bit of a thing for raw carrots and I've gone off chocolate slightly but I still eat it, just don't go mad for it like I used to. At the moment I keep getting leg cramps at night, sometimes they wake me up and I have to jump out of bed and perform a crazy sort of Irish jig to get rid of them which is quite irritating, especially for Nick. That and numb fingers at night, both of which are common so my pregnancy book tells me.

The other day I thought I had a mosquito bite on my ankle - I had a small, itchy bite mark with what I thought was a little scab on the top of it but then I took a closer look and it was a tick!! Oh my GOD so disgusting I cannot begin to describe. It came out, head and all, fairly easily and I gave it a quick and painless death but I have been totally grossed out ever since.

Well I'm a bit sunburnt after a day at Highcliff beach plus a trip around West Quay shopping centre for pregnancy bras and pretty tops which have plenty of room up the front with my lovely mother in law.