Already going fast...

Well it's been an entire week since we found out that a baby is-a-brewing.  That week felt like no time at all, in a way this feels a little scary (the house needs to be sorted out, there's money to save and general preparation), in some ways it's good (I'm very impatient and want these 9 months to go as quickly as possible).

I've had a week to digest the news, try and learn about pregnancy and babies and all the stuff.  In a week I have not managed to get my head around the dating of a pregnancy at all, the test said 2-3 weeks last week, so then it was 2.5 weeks in my mind.  The next thing was Annie telling me it's not that simple, so we looked up online and it seemed it was roughly 1-2 weeks on top of what the test says, so that's around 4-5 weeks.  Then Annie had her first docs appointment and now it's meant to be 6 weeks, the mind boggles.

The other thing I have learnt is that symptoms can onset really quite early on in the pregnancy.  Annie already is experiencing nausea, which seems to become more acute at an alarming rate, an almost super-human sense of smell and (possibly the worst from my point of view) a large selection of different food types that are extremely unappealing.

Taken at 5 weeks and 4 days.

While I know that most people would be promoting female independence in pregnancy, it's a tough proposition when I'm around.  I've been maintaining a strict regime of 5 portions of fresh fruit and veg a day and nice healthy dinners but making food appealing is certainly a challenge.

Unfortunately, us both being impatient by nature means that the fact the midwife has not called in 2.5 days is nail biting and I know I speak for myself when I say that I can't wait for the first scan (somewhere between 10 and 14 weeks if I'm not mistaken), so I suppose I had better get used to suspense.

Anyway, it seems a nice idea to document the stages of 'baby-bump' (not there yet) so below is a picture that I took of the mother-to-be on Monday and lazily failed to put up until now.  Next time it will be a little more punctual.