Being the first time pregnant i wasnt really sure what to expect. I had heard all the horror stories the cruisy stories but was looking forward to creating my own. I was very nervious during the first 12 weeks as we had experienced a miscarrage earlier in the year and so each day was a worry for me. I tried hard not to stress and almost to forget I was pregnant and to carry on each day as normal. I was also feeling very protective of my privacy and we decided not to tell anyone untill I was at least 10 weeks (family only). This happened to be at Xmas time. What a nice present!
We had an early scan at 8 weeks to check everything was ok and to give us a little reasurance. And it was :). Luckily for me it was then the holidays and so I was able to have private time with friends and family and my growing belly in private. At the very start i dont remember having many symtoms. Nausia didnt set in till about 12 weeks and only lasted until I was around 18 weeks. I was very lucky in that department as it was so mild that as long as I had breakfast as soon as i got up i was ok. There were only a couple of hairy moments when a mad dash to the toilet was needed and then...nothing. I just concentrated on my breathing until the nasty feeling past. One thing i did suffer quite badly from was headaches. REAL bad ones! Panadol is the only safe medication you can take and DONT let anyone else tell you otherwise. I went to the doctors where a locom (not permanent at the surgery) told me it was fine to take 8 200mg tablets of neurophen a day for a whole week!! Needless to say I rang and complained. No no no you can NOT take neurophen. Its soo very confusing in the beginning but sometimes you just have to go with your gut instinct and trust it. Eventually the headaches lessoned and finally stopped when I was around 20 weeks or so. Must have been all those extra hormones surging around in my body.
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