@ 12 weeks

12 weeks today.  The little being inside me is now fully formed.  It has a heart, lungs, feet, legs and little hands.  It is moving around all the time, but it's still a bit too small for me to feel it.  Little baba is about 2 inches long now - a size of a lime.  It can clench its tiny little hands and curl its toes.  So much love is building inside me ♥

Since we found out, time seems to have almost stopped - it.is.going.so.slowly.  I know I should probably enjoy fitting into my clothes while I still do, although the past couple of days they are getting just a little bit more snug.  Exciting.  I cannot wait for a little bump to start showing, the first little kick, a flutter.  There is just so much to look forward to.

Thankfully, (now I hope I am not speaking too soon) the nausea seems to be subsiding.  Instead of all day sickness its just small waves which send me running to the bathroom.  I feel a bit more energetic.  Some days, my legs have felt so heavy, my tummy bloated, not being able to keep anything down.  These are the days which I also weirdly savour - my body is changing, I can feel it - its making room, making changes for a little person which will forever change our lives.  I keep finding myself wondering about what he/she will look like, eye colour, personality - I just want the very best for this little one.

Here are a few favourites at 12 weeks.

Great with Child by Beth Anne Fennely - a truly brilliant book.  Beth Ann writes letters about her thoughts on motherhood, babies and everything else to her friend who is expecting.  Eventually she was persuaded to make them into a book.  I am nearly finished and I cannot put it down.

Seven Seas Pregnancy Vitamins - I take these everyday without fail after breakfast.  They give me all the nutrients me and the little one need, the tablets are sizeable but swallowing pills has never bothered me.

Nameberry - scouring this fabulous website for names.  I can sit for hours reading out names to Mani.  I have started two lists; "If it's a girl" and "If it's a boy".  We already have some firm favourites.

Super Noodles - maybe not the most nutritious thing to eat out there but boy do they quench my craving!  Chicken flavour only.

Vegemite on toast - straight out the toaster, slather some marg on and then quickly some vegemite.  Eat while still hot - you will find me standing at the kitchen counter eating my toast in the morning with half a glass of chocolate nesquick.  I cannot leave home without this ritual taking place.

What to expect when you're expecting - an informative thick as a brick book which tells you literally everything you need to know about being pregnant, answering any and every question you can think of.  I keep it next to my bed and read it most days.

My plan now is to keep relaxed these next 6 months (haha).  Go to yoga classes.  Eat well.  Prepare.  Read, read and read some more and buy cute clothes of course.  And enjoy the last of the time alone with Mani - I still cannot fathom that this is the beginning of the end of an era.  But what is even more exciting is that this is the beginning of the most exciting adventure that two people can go through together.

♥