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Conception & Pregnancy Archive

Pre-pregnancy
First trimester | Second trimester | Third trimester
'Fourth trimester'

Pre-pregnancy

2000

29 January Natural fertility and contraception
14 March Babies' names
2 April Conception plans, and single ovary issues
13 June Pissy about having to put the baby plan off again.
22 June Coming to terms with the changing plans
1 July I got my Natural Fertility Kit in the mail Thursday....
24 September Becoming parents (slowly)

2001

18 March Preparing for conception - changing our diet
19 May Are we really ready to make a baby?
26 May Could I be pregnant?
13 June Answer: No
17 June Finished knitting a baby blanket
25 July Why we've decided to put off trying until December

First Trimester

28 July I still can't believe it - I'm pregnant!
31 July 5 weeks today, feeling happy, worried and tired
1 August Tired and Crabby and looking for a midwife
2 August Wanting a celebration (very short entry)
3 August A flex day: paying bills, seeing the GP and developing pregnancy nausea.
5 August Day 40. Hungry, nauseous, and wondering if I really still want a new, challenging job.
7 August Tears, hormones, and feeling alone
20 September Talking to a doctor at the foetal medicine unit, plus Sabine's baby is born.
26 September Thirteen weeks. Today we heard the baby's heart beat for the first time.

Second Trimester

16 October My first ever fainting experience.
18 November Finally enjoying pregnancy!
28 November Chris feels the baby move and I feel like a hippo.
6 December 23 weeks. First baby purchase and first baby gift.
31 December 27 weeks. Feeling vulnerable - a private person in the public domain of pregnancy.

Third Trimester

22 January 2002 An abdominal muscle strain (not placental abruption as I first feared) and feeling even bigger!
28 January 2002 The muscle strain is still bothering me, but maternity leave approaches.
13 March 2002 Maternity leave is bliss! All those people who said I'd be bored and just in waiting mode must have rocks in their heads!
16 March 2002 A mother and baby blessing was thrown for me!

The Birth of Liam(written about a month later)

'Fourth Trimester'

24 March 2002 Liam Christopher has been born!
15 April 2002 So many changes in three short weeks. How time has flown - and yet, it seems impossible that we've only had Liam with us for 26 days.
18 April 2002 Four weeks old today.
27 April 2002 Week 6, and a first sleepy chuckle.
6 July 2002 What a clever boy we have. Shame about the sleep though.
8 July 2002 A '10 week old' photo.
9 July 2002 Trying to decide about vaccinations.

See Liam's Log for more about Liam & parenting him...

Starting again

24 May 2004 Could I be?
06 August 2004 Pre-conception planning again
16 August 2004 Not my last pregnancy?