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36+3 Weeks Pregnant

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I am now over 36 weeks pregnant, I'm getting closer and closer to the finishing line. Reading other peoples blogs and comments on all the different forums, getting more and more nervous for D-Day! So many horror stories, but many beautiful stories too. After being a vegetarian for over 6 years, I had a huge craving for meat. I finally caved and went to McDonald's, ordered everything on the menu. My husband was very worried and thought I'd be sick instantly! But I felt amazing, for the first time in over 14 weeks I felt good with no sickness. So from that point, I knew I was having a boy! Josh's grandad was a games keeper in the North so his dad's family would have meat most nights. So no suprise this little one wanted meat too! I tried all the veggie alternatives from Quorn to Linda McCartney and Holland and Barrett vegan food. But nothing made me feel better, one night after my Quorn sausages I threw them up and sat by the loo defeated and ill. So I am glad I fin

I'm pregnant!?

Madness, I thought I was pregnant so I took a test (a cheap one from Tesco) and it hasn't changed. So I threw it in my bedroom bin. For the next few days, I felt.... different. I knew something was up. I took the test out of my bedroom bin 3 days later and bought it into the kitchen and held it under the clinical light. I could see a very faint pink line and had to ask my husband if he could see it too. He said he guessed so? We rushed to Tesco and he bought the most expensive electronic pregnancy test money could buy! It said to test in the morning as this is when the hormone levels are strongest. Since we had paid alot of money for this test, we decided to wait until tomorrow. I woke up at 6am on the Saturday. My husband was still fast asleep, I sneaked out of bed and decided to test it on my own. I waited and the little screen just said loading, felt like an hour (but in reality was only 3mins) then there it was "Pregnant 1-2" I stood there silently in the bathroom