Had my scan!!

6 +6

Went for my scan this morning and everything is fine with himher (baby's nickname as we don't know yet whether it is a him or a her lol!!)

We saw the heartbeat but it was hard to see a lot else. We were only in there a few minutes but am pleased everything is ok.

The yolk sac was measuring 6-7 weeks and I've been told I'll get a dating scan around 12 weeks.

I was really hoping for a photo but the lady said the baby was too small at the moment but I would be able to get one at my next scan.

I feel so relieved that everything was ok in there thankfully. Just wish time would go a bit quicker and we can get to January ok.

Fell this Morning so Scan tomorrow!!

6 +5

I fell this morning as I was getting on the bus to go shopping and landed right on my front. I scraped all below my knee on my right leg and will have lots of bruises there tomorrow. I was so upset I cried in front of everyone.

I was worried about the baby as I had landed so heavily on my front. I ended up at A&E this afternoon as I just could not relax and was anxiously going to the toilet every half hour to check for bleeding. Thankfully there was none but I decided to go up to A&E anyway in the hope I could get an early scan as I had worked myself up into a bit of a state.

I had to wait 2 and a half hours to be seen but the doctor I saw was lovely and told me to try not to worry about it too much as the baby is only small and well protected in my stomach. He said if I did go on to lose the baby then it would not be because of the fall.

I had a blood test done to check my HCG levels (still waiting for the results), Obs and give a urine sample. My sample came back with White Blood Cells in. The doctor said it could indicate an infection and has given me some antibiotics for it.

I have a scan booked for tomorrow at 11.10am. I am hoping for some reassurance that everything is ok with our bubba and then I will feel a lot better.

Fingers crossed everythings ok.

6 Weeks!!

The outside world won't see any sign of the dramatic developments taking place inside you but tiredness and nausea can make you feel low, especially as you may not have told anyone at work that you're pregnant yet. To compensate, offload as much as you can at home and involve your partner in your pregnancy at the same time. Try to prioritise rest and see your GP if sickness is making your life miserable or if you really can't keep anything down. Distraction can help - have a think about the sort of antenatal care and birth you'd like, you do have some choice in the matter - find out more.

You may have thought that disturbed nights start when the baby has arrived, but many women find their sleep is disrupted right from the start of pregnancy. Sometimes the cause is physical - your growing uterus puts pressure on your bladder necessitating trips to the loo throughout the night. Or perhaps sore boobs mean that you can't get comfortable or you wake up in need of a midnight feast.

The embryo is the size of a lentil this week. If you could see inside yourself, you'd find the fetus has an oversized head in proportion to its body. The embryo's facial features are forming with dark spots where the eyes are, openings where the nostrils will be, and pits to mark the ears.

Protruding buds that will become the arms and legs are even more noticeable now. The embryo's hands and feet look like paddles. Other developments include the growth of the pituitary gland and muscle fibres. You can't hear it yet, but the heart (which has divided into the right and left chambers) is beating at about 150 beats a minute -- twice the rate of yours.

Halfway through this week, the embryo makes its first movements. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait until sometime in the second trimester before you get to enjoy feeling your baby's exercise