Yep, I’m pregnant!
I am a grand total of five weeks gone… Although, owing to the fact I have ridiculously inconsistent cycle lengths, the midwife could well decide we’re further along than that! But I won’t bore you with the biology. All that’s important at this stage is that as of April 2014 they will be a brand new My Mills Baby.
Given we’ve been working on this pregnancy for the last eight months, it’s Sod’s Law that the one month we decide to relax a little, we fall pregnant. Moreover, this is the one month I’ve had a cheeky sambuca when I’m ovulating. Sure, sperm hadn’t met egg at that stage but I did consume enough to get a starring role on Shameless.
So that’s it. For the next eight months my belly will swell to Death Star proportions. I might get one of those t-shirts that says “I’m not fat, I’m pregnant” just in case my friends club together to get me a subscription to Diet Chef for Christmas.
You see, I might be only five weeks but I’ve already had a range of symptoms. Most afternoons around 1.30pm you’ll find me with my head down the toilet, one hand holding my hair out of my face, and the other keeping Dexter at bay. He’s utterly fascinated by toilets at the moment but that’s another blog post.
I’m also struggling to sleep on my stomach, Now this could be psychological - or perhaps I’ve just reached the limit of how many pies you can get away with without morphing into Jo Brand. Either way it’s making it uncomfortable to sleep. So I’ve already gone and bought myself one of those enormous penis-shaped pillows to cuddle up to in bed.
It’s tiredness that has been the biggest giveaway though. The other day I fell asleep halfway through drafting a blog post (pen in hand). I woke up five minutes later to find my little prince nestled in my lap with one thumb in mouth, and the other twirling my uncapped pen. Thinking we were having a lovely mum & son moment, I stroked his head and told him all about the baby in mummy’s tummy.
When the doorbell rang I grudgingly got up to answer. To be honest, I needn’t have bothered as it was someone from Anglian Windows promising me they weren’t there to sell me anything, just to let me know how I could improve the energy efficiency of my home and save myself thousands. What nice guys they are!?
Having sent the 16-year-old in a suit packing, I walked past the hallway mirror and discovered Dex had drawn what I am insisting is a long and tall tree and two little bushes on my forehead - Thanks son!
So to summarise… I’m now in bed by 8pm, rolling around like an upturned turtle until 3am, up frantically writing the blog at 5am, falling asleep during core parenting hours, and waking up bang on 1.30pm with uncontrollable sickness akin to that of a 15-year-old who’s pinched one too many of daddy’s ciders.
Welcome to pregnancy!
All joking aside, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. Having tried so hard to get pregnant after the disappointment of January’s miscarriage, I’m overjoyed to finally be carrying a little brother or sister (or both - I’ve already got a bet on with Craig that it’s twins) for Dexter. It was always a dream to have two-under-two and this will be our reality for a whole month when I give birth in April.
So bear with me if I’m a little forgetful over the next few weeks, and I apologise in advance for the dozens of tweets about maternity leggings, stretch marks, and fights with Craig when he rejects my name choices. Oh, and I’d avoid contacting me at all between the hours of 1.30pm and 2pm unless you want to come out in sympathy.
Much love to you all - Gemma, Craig, Baby Dexter, and Bump! xx
Congratulations!!!!
a huge congratulations hun…..a lot of bloggers have twins so you never know…..our next lot are twins - one of each
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Congratulations!!!! I hope it’s a safe and smooth pregnancy xx
Congratulations! Pregnancy is amazing! If you fancy some AWESOME classes see if there are Lazy Daisy Classes in your area. They’re great.. even for 2nd time+ mum!
Congratulations! Such an exciting time. The tiredness is a killer though.
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Congratulations lovely cxxx
Woohoo Congratulations :O) xxx
Congratulations & hope you are all well
Congratulations! So pleased to hear that you are finally pregnant! Hope you don’t struggle with the sickness too much x
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Oh congratulations! I’m so excited for you all. I loved your little mother-son moment too. I desperately, DESPERATELY, wish I was pregnant now. But I have to face facts that now isn’t the right time for us. So I’ll be broodily supporting you from the sidelines instead! xx
Awww, congratulations
Congrats!!! A lovely age difference too - exactly the same as my 2 who although they are now tweens (well, ones a teen in 2 weeks) they are best friends! xxx
Aww congrats
It was around this time last year when I first started feeling the pregnancy symptoms with Oscar!
I look forward to reading all of your pregnancy updates
Louise x
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Congratulations!!
Your post didn’t half make me giggle though, love your way of writing!!
I don’t think I could go through the whole morning sickness thing again, it was awful for me!! X
ohh how wonderful
Congratulations
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Congratulations again x
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Well done and congratulations! Being sick is a great sign - although it doesn’t feel like it!
Your body has a better idea of what it’s doing now, I was never able to really keep it a secret after a few weeks as my tummy blew up almost straightaway - and I measured much larger than my dates with 3, 4 and 5, but had fairly normal sized babies in the end. I was always a little disappointed when the scans matched my actual dates!
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HUGE congratulations to you all!! x
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Congratulations!!
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Great news, congratulations
xxx
Yay! Congratulations!! xxx
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Congratulations. (and commiserations about the puking). Weirdest thing though, I’d be sick once a day, quite out of the blue, and then be fine. Hope you sail through the pregnancy.
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Congratulations Gemma! Take care of yourself. Growing a baby is an important job.
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Oh Gemma you do make me laugh
Going on your ‘Death Star’ tummy I think you should deffo get one that says ‘Fat i’m not, Pregnant I am’ 
xx
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LOL - I soooo have to get one! That would be awesome! As long as the baby doesn’t come out like Yoda…
I hear so many stories than people fall pregnant when they decide to actually wait a bit longer or relax things a little bit! My mum’s cousin tried for 15 years and then decided to give up and take a nice relaxing holiday and bam she got pregnant. How crazy is that?! congratulations!!!
Xx
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Lovely news, look forward to your pregnancy blog posts. I am currently 21 weeks, due xmas eve and like you I had given up thinking I would fall pregnant, after a couple of months of trying, then it happened.
Congratulations! You sounds exactly how I was when I was pregnant with my little girl.
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Congrats lovely!!! Well done
x
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Congratulations!! X
congrats!
Just wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS :0)
x
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Awww thanks. I must admit, I HATE being pregnant so am already wishing it over. Can’t wait for the baby at the end of it!
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