Sayonara waistline

10 weeks...and I already have the prominent preggie belly that took 16 weeks to appear last time.

What the ?!

We have a live one

1. Usurper

This morning we had an appointment at our IVF clinic for what I hope is the last ride of the ultrasound wand in a long time. And there it was, a small human like creature, heart beating away, budding limbs twitching and the right size for dates.

So it's official, we really are in with a good chance at having another baby. Mr hissychick has nicknamed the (almost) foetus Usurper, totally appropriate given our shared sense of humour. The poo monkey couldn't have cared less, simply demanding "Open the door" as I was lying there, legs akimbo.Wonder what she will make of her first trip to the Obstetrician's office tomorrow?

2. The poo monkey

Speaking of livewires, the poo monkey deserve a special mention of her own. I'm sure she knows that something is up and making mummy tired because whenever she doesn't want to do anything she simply runs away laughing. She's also insisting on having showers and not baths. Think she's also having a secret giggle at how fat mummy's tummy is rapidly becoming (surely all baby and not honeycomb kitkats...)Then again, how can I do anything but giggle in return when mid chase of a naked child she stops in front of the mirror and proudly declares "I've got boobies" ?

Usurper, the standard has already been set. I wish you the best of luck...

Pros and cons

The advantages of an early talker:

* The poo monkey is able to tell me when something hurts so I can make it better. Tonight she pointed to her swollen gums and said "mouth hurts". I was then able to say "Would you like your vegies pureed tonight?", to which she replied "okay, better". Late teething is not so bad after all.

* The liberty the poo monkey feels because she can make choices. "Would you like yoghurt or milk?" "Yogurt, not milk".

*The amazement on people's faces when they discover the little chatterbox in front of them is not two until the end of January...especially when said toddler is happily chanting the ABCs song at the top of her voice. Or singing and doing the actions to "rock a bye your bear". Or providing a running commentary on her playground adventures "Abi climb up the stairs, red slide, abi go down slide, 123 go...."

* A rapidly developing sense of assertiveness and self esteem: "Abi's turn now ok?"

The disadvantages of an early talker:

* The fact that you cannot pretend that you don't understand what is being requested. Especially the bellows for "More pikies! Cake!" when doing the shopping. Or "nudey nudey" time when it is less than twenty degrees outside.

* Embarassing public conversations. "See mummy's boobies/ pom pom (as you may recall, this is the poo monkey's name for my ahem, hairy nethers)?, "Mummy take booger away?", "Mummy do wee wees" (loudly whenever we are in a public toilet). It will only get worse. Much worse.

* The fact that like other milestones, people can't help but compare their own children. It's not a race folks.

Six days until live baby check.

Thyroid ok....but am i?

Eight weeks today.
Thyroid behaving nicely.
Am moody- and v tired- cow. Poor poo monkey. Especially seeing as mr hissychick is away for work until the weekend. How convenient.
Loving the all day nausea, especially the post 3pm peak, for which there is no cure other than hot chips. Is there a more disgusting overly fattening food than deep fried potato?

Live baby check in a week.

(Hope this doesn't come across as too much of a whinge, am very grateful that things are going so well. I'd just forgotten about the complete and utter bleurgh that is the first trimester...)