16 Weeks Pregnant ¦ Baby number 2 ¦

Due to this being my first pregnancy update blog, I will try and involve a brief insight on the first trimester of the pregnancy where I can. We didn't announce the pregnancy till we had a dating scan at 13 weeks and 2 days. However we had some complications at the start which lead to us having an earlier scan dating us at 6 weeks, however not knowing the outcome we ended up leaving it until we knew everything was OK. Without any further ado here are my answers to the following questions..

Heres a picture of my son kissing the baby bump. Made my heart melt! 

How far along? 16 weeks 5 days

Maternity Clothes? Yes - some things, mainly leggings, I have managed to just buy anything in a size up at the moment though

Stretch Marks? Not any new ones, I have stretch marks from my previous pregnancy with Tyler, which when I got them it was so close to the end of my pregnancy, but he seemed to drop so quickly no amount of cream was going to help!! But whats a few stretch marks to experience the joy of carrying your baby?

Sleep or no sleep? Sleeping quite well, apart from waking up at least once a night to have a pee!!! -- forgot about the joys of a child pushing against your bladder.

Best moment of the week? Tyler learnt to say daddy, nanny and mommy he normally just says dada nana and moma. He also said night night for the first time we have been waiting MONTHS for him to say night night!! Other than that getting my energy back has been the best part, for the first few months my energy has been a complete zero!

Missing anything that you can't have? This happened with pregnancy number 1 but once again I am missing the joy of a dippy egg and soldiers!! Don't ask me why. being pregnant all egg has to be totally cooked, which inevitably means no runny yolk!

Have you felt the baby move? I'm not 100% sure I think I have, the sensations I keep getting seems the same as when I was pregnant but waiting for that moment is probably also making me notice every twitch that my muscles or stomach may make... so we shall have to wait and see!

Cravings? LOTS ... At the start I was all about sugar! With Tyler I couldn't even look at a chocolate... and now all I want to do is sit guzzling a whole Easter egg to myself! I am however being really good and allowing myself some mainly in the evening with a cup of tea and restricting how much I have because of the caffeine in chocolate. My other guilty pleasure is pop, again its sugar but I don't normally ever drink pop and if I do it's not even half a glass however at the moment that is another I just feel I want all the time, so again with the chocolate cravings I am trying my hardest to moderate the two! On a healthy note eggs and grapes seem to be a massive over indulgence too.

Sickness? Not anymore! For the first 2 months solid, I felt sick nearly all the time all day long again why its called morning sickness I'll never know. Luckily for me no actually vomiting but I did feel very unwell most days again for the whole day having to graze throughout the day rather than 3 meals.

We had our 16 week check with the midwife today.


Hope you enjoyed the blog post guys! Look out for next weeks! Don't forget to check out my youtube channel for the 16 week vlog for a better belly shot.