Back to the start again...

Lots of lovely, kind people have been asking all kinds of questions about how I’ve been during the pregnancy so far (thank you!) so I thought I’d just give you a quick retrospective on the first trimester.

How did I realise I was pregnant?

The short answer: Nausea, combined with turning into an eating machine.

I thought I’d grown out of my travel sickness but the trip back from Koh Mak was a bit of a nightmare.  I felt sick for pretty much all of the 11 hour trip home.  When I went out to the supermarket to pick up ‘a few’ groceries that afternoon, I came home with six or seven shopping bags full of fruit and vegetables, half of which I then proceeded to eat, straight out of the bag, over the kitchen sink.  I was like the human equivalent of The Very Hungry Caterpillar: I had made it through eight plums, half a cucumber, and an orange before it occurred to me that this was not quite normal behaviour.

How has the whole pregnant bit been so far?

The short answer: AWESOME!

Apart from a bit of nausea right at the start, I’ve been really lucky: no morning sickness.  The only symptoms I’ve had have been food cravings and tiredness, but anyone who knows me will attest that eating an obscene amount and sleeping a lot is kind of what I’m good at, so it’s not exactly out of the ordinary for me.  In fact, it’s quite nice to have an excuse to be a lazy pig for once J

The most overwhelming thing for me so far, however, has been this feeling of total… contentment.  I feel sort of light and joyful all the time.  I float around a foot above the ground with a smile on my face.  Don’t get me wrong:  I’m generally positive anyway but this is weird.  Like… I love a good old whinge as much as the next pommy but somehow nothing annoys me anymore – even Bangkok traffic!  I have nothing to rant about.  I’m just… mildly euphoric.  Weird!

Am I scared?

The short answer: shitting myself!

Morgs and I watched some birthing videos this weekend.  Oh my god!!  There were women howling and shrieking uncontrollably, in total agony.  It was brutal.  Can I opt for a caesarean?  I may do!

What are our long term plans?

Short answer: Bangkok baby!

We’re going to have the baby at Samitivej hospital in Bangkok, under the expert care of Dr Sankiat, who was recommended by several friends here.  I am entitled to 45 days maternity leave which, rather conveniently, falls in between February half term and the Songkran holiday so I get around 2 months off, all in.  After that, when I go back to school, Morgs is going to be the full-time baby-daddy and keep life running smoothly for us all.

So that’s the plan so far.  We’re both just having such a lovely, happy time of it at the moment that we’re not really thinking too deeply about anything.  Everyone is being awesome – both of our families and all our friends are being so kind and supportive and we’re so grateful to everyone.  Totally feeling the love right now! Xxx