I cant believe that I am already half through my pregnancy! The 16th October really does not seem that far away now especially if its anything like this half just gone. Time has flown by and it only seems like last week that we found out and were telling our family and friends.
Now for anyone thats just found out that they are expecting or are at the same stage of me, I just want to empathise that all people are different so what happens to one person may not happen to another.
However, this is my story so far....
My pregnancy has honestly been a breeze and I'm so thankful as I have heard others have a terrible time. I may not be so lucky next time (if there ever will be a baby #2).
I did not suffer from any sickness, however in the past few weeks I have noticed that I can quite happily lounge around on a sunday and watch a film on the sofa or in bed.
I don't think I have any cravings, although I am quite partial to a cheese sandwich now which is unlike me as I didn't eat a lot of bread before my pregnancy.
I had a week of bad skin but I just kept telling myself it was my hormones but it still makes you feel low so to turn it around I treated myself to some new oversized shirts and shift dresses to start off my maternity wardrobe.
This leads me onto my maternity clothing..
Changes to what I usually wear
My skinny jeans began to feel tight around 16 weeks. It was then that I tried on all my jeans and from then to now I can still fit in 2 pairs of Jeans and my leather look jeans and of course wet look leggings.
I have since picked up oversized blouses to wear with leggings/jeggings. Also I have brought some cute swing and skater dresses in a larger size and maxi dresses for the summer.
Changes to what I usually wear
My skinny jeans began to feel tight around 16 weeks. It was then that I tried on all my jeans and from then to now I can still fit in 2 pairs of Jeans and my leather look jeans and of course wet look leggings.
I have since picked up oversized blouses to wear with leggings/jeggings. Also I have brought some cute swing and skater dresses in a larger size and maxi dresses for the summer.
Since the start of my pregnancy I have only put on half a stone. It appears to only be baby weight as I have not gained weight elsewhere. For this reason I am simply buying tops and dresses in a size bigger and jeggings to accommodate my baby belly.
Changes in my Beauty Regime
A downsize of my pregnancy is that my skin has got a little more sensitive than before.
I realised this after doing my usual body scrub, it was leaving my skin with a rash like redness. I now only exfoliate with a glove once a week and instead of a body scrub I have swapped to using a body polish. My favourite is the Strawberry scented range from The Body Shop.
I also use Flake Away by Soap & Glory but without a glove once a month.
I have also swapped my moisturiser for Palmers Cocoa Butter Massage Lotion which is specially designed for pregnancy stretch marks. There are lots of stretch mark creams available, however due to a past experience (Burning my arm and using Cocoa Butter left me with no scars) I felt that this would suit my skin best and I have had past excellent results.
I shall be doing a post on my experience of the stretch mark so keep a look out. To date my skin is being kept hydrated, smells lovely afterwards and no appearance of any marks yet (it may be too early to tell though)
Until this week my decision to not dye my hair whilst pregnant was not an issue. However, after a day of not washing I can really notice my roots. I have brought John Frieda's Lightening Spray which I intend to use on holiday (if we can get one booked) and in our british heatwave we are expecting. This will hopefully see me through till after baby's arrival.
Boy or Girl?
We have been asked numerous times now whether we are finding out the sex of the baby and I have come to realise that it's a personal choice to everyone.
Our scan is on Tuesday and we will finally find out whether our own little bump is a prince or princess, It is a date circled on all our families diaries. Now if its true what they say about mothers intuition, I feel that we have a little prince on the way. I have as I'm sure all expecting mums have done googled the gender predictions/myths, but they are all different and i'm looking forward to the surprise.
We have a few bits for the baby which you can see in my Baby Haul Post here. It had become hard to pick things up as us being the fussy couple that we are, some items I couldn't see a boy in and vice versa even though they were neutral. We made the decision to wait until we find out whether it's a boy or girl to start buying little outfits and the essentials we are going to need. We are planning on getting the Nursery furniture in the next few weeks and get that all set up and looking nice for little one's arrival.
I would love to hear other mummy stories and how you have got on and how you are preparing so add your links in the comments.
