Feeling better!!

9 +3

I am feeling so much better today thankfully. I have suffered badly with morning sickness the last few days whilst I was unable to eat so I couldn't stop the nausea and ended up being sick quite a bit. Thankfully managed to drink lots of water so should be ok.

I have my first midwife appointment on Wednesday afternoon so am really looking forward to that. Hope to get a date for my dating scan then too!! I can't wait to see our baby again. I hope they are ok in there!!

Haven't done hardly any housework the last few days as I have felt so lousy. Have managed to change the sheets and stick a load of washing on but am still feeling a bit weak from not eating much so am taking it easy today and will build myself up more as the week goes on!!

Toothache!! Ouch!!

9 +2

The last 3 days I have felt terrible. I had toothache start overnight on Thursday and combined with being sick and feeling so lethargic and not being able to get a good nights sleep I feel like poo!!

I ended up at the emergency dentist yesterday and ended up having a tooth out near the back and I am still in agony with it now as my gum is sooo sore. I have been taking tons of paracetamol which is not touching the sides and I just don't know what to do anymore.

I have been a completely rubbish mum the last few days and let Ellie have Friday off school as I felt too ill to take her. The kids have been great at looking after me though and I don't know what I'd do without them.

Today they have gone to my parents for the day so I can try and get some rest.

I normally find that eating helps stop me feeling sick but I have hardly eaten anything since Thursday night and I think that could be why I have now started being sick. I am trying to drink plenty of water so I don't get too dehydrated. I am trying to decide whether to phone emergency dentist again and go and see if they can do anything about the pain as I really can't cope with it much longer. It's been 24 hours since I had it out and surely I shouldn't still be in as much pain as I am now.

Will update again when I am feeling a bit better.

9 Weeks

You are now nine weeks pregnant (or in your tenth week if that's how you prefer to count it).

You may find yourself riding pregnancy's emotional roller coaster, feeling moody one day and joyful the next. Disturbing as this is to some women who pride themselves on being in control, what you're going through is normal and will probably continue throughout your pregnancy. Up-and-down emotions are partly caused by raging hormones.

Physically you're unlikely to look pregnant unless this pregnancy isn't your first, but you may feel very tired and sick - not necessarily in the mornings - so cosset yourself. Pregnancy hormones can also play havoc in other ways. Many women suffer from painful headaches and back problems such as sciatica and, unfortunately, these hormones also help make the perfect environment for vaginal thrush.

At week's end, your fetus measures approximately 0.9 inches / 2.3 centimetres long. In both shape and size, it resembles a peapod and weighs less than a tenth of an ounce / 2 grams. The eyelids are fused and won't open until week 27. The wrists are more developed, ankles have formed, and the fingers and toes are clearly visible. Arms are growing longer and bend at the elbows. By week's end, the inner workings of the ears are complete. Though you can't yet identify the sex of the fetus by ultrasound, its genitals have begun to form. By now the placenta has developed enough to support most of the critical job of producing hormones.

You will soon need to make decisions about antenatal screening, and we have a complete guide to antenatal tests. If you're over 35 or have a family history of genetic illness, you may want to consider a chorionic villus sampling (CVS), an antenatal test usually carried out between ten and 12 weeks that screens for birth defects and abnormalities.

Still no sickness!!

8 +1

I have been feeling sick but haven't actually been sick yet which I am quite pleased about. I find that I feel much better once I have had something to eat!!

I am still feeling absolutely exhausted though and have taken to having 2 hours naps almost every day this last week. I didn't have a nap yesterday but was absolutely shattered from going out to town in the morning. I find if I do stuff during the day it just wears me out even more.

Today is dh's birthday and I am just spending the day at home with Ellie doing nothing. It's bliss. Me and Ellie are having a girlie day in. We are going to watch some dvd's this afternoon. Josh went away last night for cub camp and they were sleeping in tents. Unfortunately it absolutely bucketed it down not long after they left so they would have been putting tents up in the rain. Hope he's got on ok. He'll be back at teatime. Then the kids are staying at my parents tonight so me and dh can go out for dinner tonight. Have no idea what I will wear though as all that really fits at the mo is joggers. Will have to try my trousers on later and see how they are. Looking forward to it as its been ages since we went out just the two of us (well technically there is 3 of us lol!!)

8 Weeks

You are now eight weeks pregnant (or in your ninth week if that's how you prefer to count it).

Congratulations - your embryo is now called a fetus, which means "offspring". Your uterus expands to accommodate its new resident, which now measures approximately 0.6 inch / 1.6 centimetres. Many changes take place this week - the embryonic tail is gone, and all organs, muscles, and nerves are beginning to function. The hands now bend at the wrist, and the feet begin to lose their webbed appearance. Eyelids are beginning to cover the eyes.

The baby is now constantly moving and shifting, though you won't be able to feel anything for several weeks. The arms have grown and the hands are now flexed at the wrists and meet over the heart. The legs are lengthening and the feet may be long enough to meet in front of the body. It's still almost impossible to tell whether you're going to have a boy or a girl - although reading old wives' tales for predicting gender can be fun.

Your pregnancy is changing your figure as well. Your breasts may have grown large enough that you'll need bigger bras with better support than your old ones. You may notice your waistline expanding as well, forcing you to pack away your favourite jeans until next year. If you drink plenty of fluoridated water - eight glasses or more a day - you should be getting enough fluoride so calcium and phosphorus will bond well in your baby's developing teeth and bones.

7 Weeks

You are now seven weeks pregnant (or in your eighth week if that's how you prefer to count it).

In theory your baby is still an embryo because it has the remains of a small tail, which will disappear in the next few weeks. But that's the only thing that's getting smaller. The heart and brain are becoming more complicated, the eyelid folds are forming, the tip of the nose is present, and the arms now bend at the elbows and curve slightly over the heart.

You may not look or even feel pregnant, but your uterus is expanding to accommodate your growing baby. Before pregnancy it was the size of a clenched fist; now it's as big as a grapefruit. As it grows you may feel some abdominal cramping and mild twinges.

Now about half an inch / 1.25 centimetres long, the size of a grape, the embryo has distinct, slightly webbed fingers and toes. It's a jumping bean, moving in fits and starts. The liver is churning out large amounts of red blood cells until the bone marrow forms and takes over this role.

The eighth week marks the beginning of a very busy developmental stage. Between now and 20 weeks, your baby will be growing rapidly, and body parts that formed in the first few weeks of life (such as the heart and brain) will become more specialised and complicated. Right now, the teeth and palate are forming, while the ears continue to develop. The fetus' skin is paper thin, and veins are clearly visible.

You're in the throes of the first trimester, when many women complain of common pregnancy aches and pains. Keeping food down may be next to impossible, thanks to morning sickness, caused in part by the pregnancy hormones in your body. You may also need to urinate a lot more often than usual -- your growing uterus is pressing on your bladder, and hormones are affecting the balance of fluid in your body. All will diminish as your pregnancy continues.

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.