Last week went by in a blur of emotion after finding out I was pregnant, and so now I am very happily 6 weeks pregnant.

I seem to have quite a lot of bloating though because it looks like I’m already at 3 months with my little pot belly! I’ve heard that you show much earlier with your second pregnancy but at 6 weeks? I’m fairly sure I couldn’t really be showing so early, it must be bloating.

Last week I went on the hunt for some pregnancy magazines and I couldn’t find anything that I liked. I also wanted to have a look at some maternity fashion since I’m now allowed to look at it, and again everything I saw sucked.

Yes I know I don’t need maternity clothes yet, but I’m excited about the pregnancy so just wanted to see what my options were – don’t tell me you didn’t do the same when you found out your were going to have a baby too.

I did buy some belly bands though, one white and one black to put under my tops for when I do start showing. I couldn’t help myself – I had to buy something!

I also went through my entire wardrobe to determine what I could still wear over the next few months. All the tight fitting tops and g-strings were thrown out, and I kept all those big floppy tops and Brigette Jones underwear. Hey a girl’s gotta be comfortable.

Now according to the pregnancy books the baby is now about the size of a chocolate sprinkle. Why is it that all these books compare your baby to food? As if pregnancy cravings weren’t bad enough I now have to imagine a little chocolate sprinkle growing inside me. Mmm I’m hungry now.

I’m also going through all the usual pregnancy fears, especially because I don’t think I was taking enough folate before I conceived. I seriously didn’t think I could get pregnant so was only taking the multi vitamin every now and then. Of course as soon as I saw those two lines on the HPT I immediately went and purchased a good quality pregnancy vitamin supplement and have been taking it everyday, but I’m still worried I wasn’t taking enough before.

I’m sure I’m worrying for nothing, but it doesn’t help when everywhere you turn you get the message that your baby could have spina bifida unless you’ve been taking folate at least three months before you conceived. Yikes.

Anyway, not much else to report yet but still excited even though it doesn’t feel real. I guess it won’t really feel ‘real’ until I hear bub’s heartbeat or see him/her on the ultrasound for the first time, but that’s not until I’m 11 weeks. Ahh the waiting.

Yes, I’ve just found out that I’m five weeks pregnant after trying to have my second child for over two years.  I was (and still am) in shock because to be honest I thought I couldn’t get pregnant again.  So I had to stare at those two lines on the pregnancy test to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.

And of course I had to take another test the next day ‘just to be sure’. 

So it looks like this really is it.

Right now I’m feeling quite good.  I was feeling a bit queasy over the past few days but today I’m doing well.  All the pregnancy books that I’m reading are saying that the baby is about 2mm in length at 5 weeks pregnant.  Of course I had to get the ruler out so I could see that for myself. 

My first child (who I also had trouble conceiving) is very demanding so it will be interesting to see how he copes with the new arrival in 35 weeks.  35 weeks. Wow, that sounds so close. 

Surprisingly I can’t remember much about my first pregnancy so writing in this blog should be a good way to keep track of how I’m feeling and the changes in my life being pregnant.

We are in the middle of renovating as well as we had planned to fix this place up and find somewhere else to live.  So now I’m not sure whether we should continue or wait until after the baby is born.  I really don’t want to be amongst paint fumes and cleaning products while I’m pregnant, but this place is very tiny so on the other hand I don’t know where we are going to put the baby.

I’ve booked my obstetrician (you have to get in early here) and the hospital as well.  My first appt isn’t until 11 weeks though.