Mummascribbles – 16 weeks pregnant – baby number two – Mummascribbles

I remember how much I loved being pregnant the first time round and I always hoped that I would feel the same on any subsequent pregnancies. I know that there are people who hate being pregnant, people who suffer all day vomiting, severe SPD and general feeling like shite. I am very thankful that I don’t seem to suffer in pregnancy this way. Yes there are the niggles and with this one in particular, the severe tiredness, but in general, I really don’t have anything to complain about.

Today I find myself at 16 weeks pregnant. According to my weekly Emma’s Diary email, baby is the size of an avocado. Approximately 5 inches long, growing hair, nails and eyebrows and being generally amazing!

This week it all became a little more real. While my bump has been growing speedily and the pain from the SPD increasing ever so slightly – all signs that this pregnancy is progressing nicely, it is sometimes easy to forget that I’m pregnant – especially with such a busy life. This week though, the little signs came. Those little tiny flutters began. When it feels like there is a butterfly flying around in your  tummy. The first little brushes of something bumping against the inside. That gentle little knock from what could be a foot, hand or elbow. Such small gentle movements that you wonder if you are imagining it. You question whether it was in your imagination. But then it happens again and you start to think that you aren’t imagining and that you really can feel that little tiny human that you are growing, wriggling around inside you.

It really is magical. That’s the only way I can describe it and it makes me so, so happy. It is the bit of pregnancy that I love the most. That first connection. That first bond.

Zach was a very, very active baby when he was inside of me. He generally didn’t stop moving and that is still like that today. A boy that can barely sit still for longer than a moment (unless he’s watching Dora). I wonder if his sibling will be the same. I don’t mind, the more feelings the better. Maybe this one won’t decide to be breech though and I therefore hopefully won’t end up with a bony head in my ribs!

So, how else am I feeling right now?

I am still very tired. It probably didn’t help that Zach was up at 3am and then when I went back to bed (after nipping for a wee!), I had to get comfortable all over again. This week I cracked out the pregnancy pillow and it is helping me to not wake up with a sore tummy and sore hips. That pillow becomes my best friend!

I am feeling slightly more alive though. I feel like I may be beginning the blooming section. I’m not completely there – my skin is still a bit spotty but there’s definite improvement and my hair is feeling pretty good at the moment. I’m off to my hairdresser on Saturday so am looking forward to having a bit of attention on it.

My bum is hurting. It doesn’t help that I’m sat at a desk all day but I am getting a stronger shooting pain down my left butt cheek – exactly the same as I did last time round…yay! And my lower back likes to feel numb after sitting for long periods! It means that I’m being mega careful as I move and I already have that pregnancy walk. Not a waddle…just that walk that makes you know the person is pregnant!

My boobs are still pretty ginormous but no longer sore and the nausea subsided a few weeks ago. Saying that though, I have had a couple of moments this week when I’ve felt a bit icky.

And what else is happening?

I am loving how much Zach is loving my being pregnant. He cuddles my bump all of the time, sometimes he kisses it and sometimes he looks up real close to see if he can see it. He has also been shining a torch onto it to try and get a look. Just the other day he was saying that my old belly button piercing is the baby’s eye and last night mid cuddle he announced, “I love you baby”. My heart melts every time! He even refers to it as “my baby”. It really is truly adorable and I will certainly remind him of those moments in the future when a sibling argument is taking place!

Overall, everything is good. Tomorrow I have my first proper midwife appointment and it’ll finally be April which means the month of our 20 week scan. Such exciting times ahead.