10 weeks 1 day

Today I am 10 weeks 1 day pregnant ( i hope).

Since I last posted everything has seemed to have gone fairly smoothly overall. I still had lil bits of mostly brown or a tiny streak of pink every couple of days when i would wipe after going to the loo. Other than that, I noticed at around the 9 week mark, I seemed to loose my 'off feeling' and started to feel a lot more hungry. This concerned me as straight away i was thinking oh no it's a sign that something is wrong.

Last Friday (I was 9 weeks, 4 days) I was at work and had some bright red blood when I wiped. It was more than a spotting amount and I totally freaked out (on the inside). I felt like that was it, the sign that things were all going south, I was kind of shocked really. I straight away made the decision to call my Obstetrician and explain what had happened and ask for an urgent ultrasound. They were quite happy to accommodate me and got me in at the end of their day.

I met our obstetrician for the first time that day and am really happy with my choice, he seems really friendly and competent. He did a scan (my first external one!) and quickly advised that everything was fine! He showed us the embryo on the screen and let us hear the heartbeat to reassure us. I couldn't make out much through my tears of happiness and relief, however my husband said he noticed such a big change from the previous scan - this time embie had little nubs where its arms and legs are that it head was a lot more visible now.

I'm not sure what caused the bleeding, but the obstetrician didn't seem that concerned really, he took a swab from my cervix to scan for any infections, and I haven't heard anything back from them yet, so I'm assuming its all good. I recall on the Wednesday before the bleed I had really bad lower back niggles throughout the day, maybe it was just my uterus growing and adjusting? Who knows? But I haven't had a streak of pink or brown or any other colour of the rainbow since!

I'm so thankful we were able to have that scan as it was over two weeks since the last one and was just over another 2 weeks until the 12 week scan, so it should keep me feeling confident for that brief window of time.......fingers crossed.

I absolutely cannot believe that I am 10 weeks pregnant and am so over the moon excited, proud and thankful! I pray numerous times a day that this pregnancy will make the 'safe' 12 week mark and then hopefully to full term of course!

I still haven't got back that 'off feeling' I had in the earlier weeks (which is good I guess), however I'm still struggling with eating and can never decide what I feel like, or find something that I eat the lot of.

My belly is still quite noticeable - maybe people think I've put on weight? Or maybe it looks like a baby belly - I'm not to sure, I just know that a lot of it must be hyperstim bloat as in the mornings my belly is a lot smaller than by the end of the day!