Updates!

Wow! I've been in a bit of a daze since getting the long-awaited BFP on Friday!

After no symptoms whatsoever and little reason to test (AF wasn't even late, it was due that day!) I was shocked to finally see that second line pop up almost instantly. I showed hubby who confirmed that there was, indeed, another line but he commented that it was faint. I told him it didn't matter, it pretty much meant that I am pregnant!

I told my sister that afternoon, on the way to buy another HPT for the following morning - just in case! She's the only family member we've told so far. We're waiting until Christmas day (I should be around 9 weeks by then) to tell the Grandparents - thought it'd be a nice suprise for them! I hope!

I was thinking of putting Ella in a shirt that says "Big Sister" or something similar and see who is the first to catch on! Either that, or get a few extra printouts at our 7 week scan and frame them, wrap them up and put "From Santa" on the label....not sure yet!

So I saw my doctor yesterday. I was so afraid of the whole overweight chat but she was actually really good. She went on about my Gardisil injections (for cervical cancer) and whether I was going to get the rest before I stopped her and said "That's a great idea, but I don't think it's such a great idea while I'm pregnant". I think she was a tad shocked but went on to refer me for an ultrasound on the 12th December.

She asked me if I planned to deliver at the Regional and this is when I said that I was over the weight threshold so it depended on how much I can lose/keep off before bub is due. I think she could tell that I knew all the consequences of being an overweight pregnant woman in a country town - which I do.

She assumed I was a public patient, too, because I asked for my ultrasound referral to be at the public hospital (simply because I've been there before and feel 'safer' there for the moment) and said that she is no longer delivering public patients - so I think I may end up going private for this reason - she's a good doctor and I'm hoping that I will eventually be able to give birth here, instead of in Perth.

Either way, it doesn't matter. At this stage I am still trying to get my head around the fact that I am doing this all again!!

Can't wait for the ultrasound, maybe then it'll all seem a bit more real.