The Johnson Family

8 weeks 1 day I haven't posted on here for a while so I thought I would do a quick update. I'm 8 weeks pregnant and FEELING IT! I am so tired ATM, I can barely keep my eyes open whilst I type this. My morning sickness has gotten worse and to get through the day is a real challenge for me. I had a bad day yesterday. I woke up and could barely even stand up. I kept having to lay on the floor. I got to work and felt so bad that I got one of the girls to drive me to the hospital. There I sat for 3 hours with a drip in my hand. Its all bruised now...It did make me feel so much better and I actually ate lunch and tea! Today I'm just feeling SO tired. I also told my boss today that I am pregnant. He took it well and congratulated me. I sort of made it out as if it was a 'welcomed' accident....little does he know! But honestly, the way I feel now Im not enjoying being pregnant at all. I feel sick, bloated and extremely tired....just waiting for it to all be over....

6 weeks 3 days Oh man, today would have to be one of the worst days of morning sickness ever! Why oh why did I wish it upon myself? As soon as I got to work I started feeling so nausious. I spewed hard in the toilets and felt so weak after that. Sitting at my desk my feet were sweating and my heart was pounding. I felt like I was going to collapse. So I took myself to the drs. and got a prescription for Maxalon. Its 1 tablet daily and helps with controlling nausea and vomitting... Argh, I feel so bad, God help me!

6 weeks 1 day Well Mrs Morning Sickness have reared her ugly head! I remember about a week ago when I wasn't feeling pregnant I was hoping morning sickness would come just so I could feel more preggers. Well my wish came true! Every morning I'm waking feeling like I have a hang over. The past few days have been just bearbale but this morning was bad. I was sitting in the car ready to drive out of the driveway when i just started vomitting - EWH! It hurt my tummy as I hadn't eaten breaky, only water. All I could stomach was a boost juice. The thought of food is really turning me off. So I'm sitting here trying to write a shopping list whilst almost dry wrenching... But all good! Hopefully it only lasts for the first trimester... Ciao

5 weeks 5 days I finally got my blood test back - and yes, I am pregnant! Although I knew I was, it was a great relief to hear it from the doctor! So now I am extra excited. Everything else came back fine and it seems I am in great health! The amount of pregnancy hormones in my blood is 12,000. When I look this up on a table, it says I am between 6-7 weeks! Its so confusing getting told different times. But once I have my first ultrasound I should be about 7-8 weeks so they’ll be able to give me an exact age of the baby! The only thing that I need to be concerned about is my O Negative blood. I already knew this from a blood test I got done a year ago. As Elliot is A Positive our blood groups will clash, and if bubs is born with positive blood then it will need the anti D needle. I will need to have one at 28 and 34 weeks I think! As soon as I got out of the drs. I rang Ell and told him good news. He was happy and sounded a little relieved. I don’t think it seems too real to him but I ...

5 weeks 3 days Well aren't I super organised? No, just obsessed really I went and had a blood test today. OUCHIE! Yep, I know you're probably thinking you wuss, wait till you're in labour! Well I don’t really want to think about that just yet...They took 5 full tubes of blood and the lady said my blood was flowing very nicely. I have made an appointment to pick up results from the local GP on Wednesday and will also get a referral to see an Obstetrician. I rang the Mater Mothers Private Hospital, where I want to have bubs, and they emailed me a patient registration form. I've already filled it out and will post off tomorrow. I had been sent a list from The Mater of obstetricians that work at the Mater. I've had my eye on Dr Fiona Dalzell for quite some time now so I thought I'd like to have her as my OB. I rang and she was available for October. My first appointment with her is on Friday 29th February. They usually only first see you when you hit 10 weeks but th...

I didn't think I would be saying this for quite some time, but I'M PREGNANT! Elliot and I had decided to take a "not trying not preventing" approch to making our bubba. We didnt want to put extra stress on us, escpecially with just moving up here, Ell's new job and doing renovations to the house. It was all I thought about though! Every second of my life (well almost ever second) was thinking about what it would be like to be pregnant and how Elliot would react and setting up the nursery etc etc. It was doing my head in! I would often say to Ell how ready I was to be a Mum and how badly I wanted it. I think I was just getting impatient... Well, it was our first month into it. I had been keeping track of my cycles and was up to day 36. For the past 6 days I had been getting period type pains in my tummy, like they were due any day. After 5 days I started to think this was weird because usually I would get the feeling and the next day AF would be here... At work I w...