Early Pregnancy freebie packs

If you know me a little bit, you know how much I love freebies.
I know that we basically get them in exchange for our personal information, but I still love them.

At my 5 week GP appointment(to be referred to a hospital) I was given a copy of Emma's Diary, an informational booklet about pregnancy with a week-by-week pregnancy diary of a fictional woman called Emma.
Anyway, this booklet included a voucher for a freebie pack, which I picked up the very same day at Argos.
When I got home and opened it, I was quite surprised how much was in there:
*Johnson's baby wipes 'extra sensitive' 56 wipes
*Johnson's baby nappy cream 16.5g
*Johnson's baby oil 100ml
*Johnson's baby top-to-toe bath 50ml
*Johnson's baby care booklet
*4 mamia (Aldi) newborn nappies
*Palmer's cocoa butter stretch mark lotion and tummy butter samples(2.5ml each)

If you weren't given the Emma's Diary book from your doctor or midwife, you can just register at www.emmasdiary.co.uk , print the vouchers for all three pack and pick them up at bigger Boots stores or Argos.

Then at my 8 week midwife appointment I was given the first of 4 Bounty Packs, actually she also gave me the second one already even though that's normally for later on in the pregnancy.
The Bounty Pregnancy Information folder contained mainly leaflets and one sample:
*PG tips decaf tea bags, I think there are 2 in the pack, but I don't drink tea so haven't opened it
*H&M 20% off vouchers valid until 12/2013
*Bounty 'you and your pregnancy' booklet
*lots of random leaftlet for graze boxes, ocado food deliveries, Christmas books...
*voucher to pick up Bounty pack number 2
*a fridge magnet reminding you about all the foods to avoid in pregnancy
*a NHS booklet about healthy eating and exercise in pregnancy

9 week update

I am 9 weeks and 1 day today and I thought it was time for a little update.

At 5 weeks I experienced some bleeding, I got scared and immediately booked a private early pregnancy scan for 6 weeks, which was the earliest I could find around here.

The scan was at 6+1 and luckily all seemed ok, baby measured 4mm and a heartbeat could be clearly seen

The company offered me a (cheap) rescan for the week after, which I took advantage of.
At 7+1 baby measured 11.5mm, so had almost tripled in size.

The pictures look nothing like what I saw on the screen during the ultrasound, it was much clearer.


At 9 weeks I had the scan with my fertility scan to confirm the pregnancy, baby is now 25.5mm, so has more than doubled in the last two weeks. It looked much more like a baby instead of just a blob, the sonographer even switched to a 3D preview for a few seconds.

There is still an area of bleeding visible on the scan, also known as a subchorionic haemorrhage(SCH) and I was advised to take it easy and that I may experience more bleeding.
This was my last visit at my clinic and I am now officially a 'normal' pregnant woman in care of the NHS.

I had my first booking in appointment with a midwife at my chosen hospital last week at 8 weeks. She checked my weight, height, bloods and we went through my medical history. All in all the appointment took 75 minutes. I was also given some leaflets and freebies, which I will go over in one of my next posts.
Next time I'm going back will be for my first NHS scan at 12 weeks.
So exciting!

Pass me the bucket

Oh my word, I'm not feeling well at all...

Around 5weeks and 3 days I started feeling a little nauseous, but nothing an extra snack and a nibble on some ginger nuts couldn't get rid of.
However, at 6w1d I started feeling really unwell, I spent pretty much the entire weekend on the sofa.

I am now 7w1d and it's been tough, especially trying to hide it at work.
I am not throwing up (yet?), just 24/7 nausea and I've had to take my first morning off work this week.
Nothing is working, the wrist 'sea bands' made it worse and ginger nut biscuits or ginger ale makes me heave.
I've just been trying to eat little meals, but my food intake has been very poor, so I have actually lost 4.5lbs this week-first time ever I have been unhappy to have lost my appetite and weight.

Gallery of tests

 

IUI cycle 1- August 2013

*August 2nd 2013 cycle day 1
*August 9th picked and reserved donor sperm
*August 10th, sent off consent form
*August 12th paid for donor sperm, surprise 'peak' on my ovulation test later in the evening
*August 13th another 'peak' on my Ovulation test in the morning, scheduled for IUI the next day(!!)
*August 14th natural IUI, start of the 2 week wait until my test date on the 28th
*August 26th very faint line on the 'First Response' and a very 'clear' result on the digital test, hadn't expected it this early as it was only day 12 after my IUI

which started my obsession of taking pregnancy tests, I have taken 7 so far!

Our story so far

Hello and welcome to my blog, I thought I'd give you a quick update of our story so far with the timeline of my treatment:

*February 2012 bloodtests through my GP
*April 2012 I attended an open day at my clinic
*May 2012 initial consultation and counselling
*May 2013 renewed some blood tests and had a 2nd 'initial' consultation and counselling as my paperwork had expired
*August 2013 decided to go ahead with IUI, cycle 1.