Another update, just to say that I got my doppler out tonight! It's only a day or so earlier than two of my babies, and LATER than first hearing the heartbeat for my others, so I figured it was time to give it a try! :)
I searched for AAAAGES. Neil was sitting nearby waiting patiently! He hasn't been to the scans and has basically had no connection with the baby yet, so it was lovely to have him there, sans kiddies, to hear! I literally searched everywhere for like 10 minutes, and decided to give up, and then just before stopping I thought I would just try higher than I expected it would be possible for my womb to be, as I had a faint memory of that working once before. I went three inches above my pubic bone, and almost immediately, there was my little Sausage! :) SUCH a fast heartbeat - I counted 185 beats in a minute! It was a touch slower at first, but then to my surprise (I'm always surprised by this so early on!) he/she got really wiggly and started moving about, making it hard for me to keep track with the doppler sometimes. I tell you, this is one ACTIVE baby - that's the third bit of evidence now already, and I'm only 8 weeks and 5 days pregnant, lol! After starting to move about, the heart rate seemed faster, and that's when I counted it.
Oh it was just BLISS to hear that sweet precious sound!! And I was so glad to have Neil there to hear it too. He smiled and just shook his head and said, "Amazing!" We have had 5 other babies in the past nearly-7 years, and it. NEVER. gets. old. Never, people. It's an awesome miracle every single time, and the novelty does not wear off. So wonderful! :)
So after that Neil went to bed, and I stayed up a bit longer to take a little video clip and post it online! :) Here is my sweet precious 6th baby's heart beating:
How I love that little baby already! So very very much!
Thank you for the comments on yesterday's entry (already!) - interesting to hear that someone out there has had 5 boys followed by a girl! I guess anything is possible! :) I do know a lady online who had 5 boys followed by 3 girls, but I think she "swayed" for the girls, which I am not willing to do - God knows best for us! :) I know another family with 8 lovely sons. I'm so glad to know so many big wonderful families online! It gives me better perspective on so many aspects of life, and our family is actually pretty small in comparison, despite everyone's goggling eyes falling out in the street when we leave our house! ;)
Today my morning sickness is quite a bit better! And my energy is a lot better too. I don't know if it was just pulling myself together for Monday and school, etc, but I don't really think that's it. It just seems to have reverted a bit to its former not-as-bad-as-the-other-pregnancies level. I still feel nauseated most of the day (even mornings now, boo!) but it's not overwhelming me today like it has done for the last four or five days. A lady on MOMYS in my due date group there was saying how there must be some sort of hormone surge or growth spurt at 8 weeks because she feels DREADFUL - exhausted and worsened morning sickness. That's exactly how I've felt, but today has been better. I wonder if it's a true theory, and what exactly causes it?
I even managed to cook dinner (pot roast in the crock pot, so fairly easy)!!! I used onion and for once decided to wear plastic gloves to prepare it because I knew the faint smell of onion on my hands would have me absolutely green and sick for DAYS otherwise. It worked a treat! :) Absolutely no trace of onion smell! But it slow cooked for 8 hours and I felt pretty yucky every time I got a whiff of onions cooking, so maybe I'll avoid that sort of meal to make when I'm having a bad day! Yummy to eat though! :) And ohhhh the Tesco order came this evening and included Battenberg cake!!!!! Bliss! :)
Neil had to work late tonight (until 10pm in the end) and so I had to do the day as usual from 7.30am without Neil until well after the boys' bedtime. And it went fine!!! :) So pleased about that! My energy didn't flag, even at the end of the day, so I definitely thing something or other has lifted today. The boys were all asleep by 8pm which was a real result!
Well, it's late and I'm feeling pretty sick now so I should eat something to fix that and go to bed. I'll update again soon! I can't believe I'm almost 9 weeks pregnant! Yay! Going to phone the hospital tomorrow to find out my scan and midwife appointments, because they STILL haven't sent them in the post and Neil needs to know the date to book time off early enough. I'll be 12 weeks actually ON Arthur's 7th birthday, so the scan could fall on that day I suppose. I have a kidney scan booked for the next day (oh dear, I'm just remembering a physio appt for Arthur and Samuel's feet the same day! Hope I haven't double-booked!) so HOPEFULLY the scan will be booked for a different day. Although, hmmm, that could be tricky for Neil and work - he has already booked Arthur's birthday off work, and needs to cover me for a kidney scan too, as I can't take the kiddies to that and we literally have NO childcare options whatsoever, except for Neil taking time off work :S Oh well, if it's an inconvenient date I will have to change it, but the scan will probably be that week... Anyway, I will update about it when I know! :)
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