My pregnancy story: Second Trimester.

ITS A GIRL!!!

Sooooo my second trimester has GONE and did it fly!

Its being a lot of a smoother ride then my first trimester, the sickness has finally subsided, I cant tell you how happy I am about that. I'm not half as exhausted as I was, I don't feel the need to have a nap in the middle of the day any more which is a relief, I feel like I can finally go places without getting super tired. I'm still eating as much I was, if not more!

So what's new ...

Pain:
I have problems with my right hip as it is, I was born with CDH (congenital dislocation of the hip) basically I had no head of femur and I had several operations to reconstruct it, Iv had discomfort in my hips all my life so I kind of expected it to cause me problems during my pregnancy, just not as much as it has.
My left hip has obviously being taking the brunt of it all and its causing me more pain then the right, so not only does my right hip hurt my left hip hurts more so walking is very difficult. My sleep has really being affected by it, trying to relax is impossible.
I'm relieved that iv only got a little bump, the extra weight obviously isn't good for me so im dreading getting even bigger. I'm going to start physiotherapy this week to help ease the pain.

C-section:
Due to my hip iv being advised to have an elective c-section, The consultant was worried about the amount of movement I have in my hip, During delivery you need to bring your legs quite far back and he was worried id struggle and it would cause complications during the birth.
At the time I got very emotional and said id like try to have a natural birth so he said we'd see how the physiotherapy helped and go from there.
Now iv had time to think about it, im going to go for it, its the best thing for me and my baby, id hate to think my selfishness of wanting to have a natural birth could harm either of us.
 I'm devastated ill not experience giving birth but its more important to have a happy healthy baby.

Movement:
She's a little wriggler, I feel like iv got an octopus in my belly. she's more active on a night, which is just great as I struggle to sleep as it it, I get kicked elbowed and punched from every angle, I cant say I don't love it though. This week iv being seeing my belly wobble from the kicks so im waiting to see a hand or foot pushing against my belly, I don't think it'll be long.

My second scan:

My second scan went really well, she's still measuring correct so my due date it still 27th February 2015 

 She has 2 arms, 2 legs (Not 8 tentacles, so its definitely not an octopus) & all her fingers and toes so that's good ;D All her organs are functioning well, so she's growing perfectly.

We decided to find out the sex, I'm too impatient and would have died not knowing, Were having a little girl.

Craig wasn't surprised, he was convinced we were from the start.

I'm so sad were not having another scan, I love watching her wriggling around, moving her arms and legs and watching her heart beat, its magical!

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment.

THANKS FOR READING!

Quote of the day.

Quote of the day.

I Found this Quote and it couldn't be more relevant at the minute.

I was born with CDH (congenital dislocation of the hip) so basically I was born with out a hip, My hip socket and head of femur hadn't developed properly. 

From being a baby iv had several operations, Bone grafts, Iv being on traction and Iv been in every type of plaster cast possible.

6 years ago I had to have an operation due to the head of femur dyeing, it had lost its blood supply so I had to have key hole surgery with lots of drilling (TMI) to encourage a blood supply back to the head of femur.

Recently iv being having a lot of pain in my hip, its always hurt me but its worsened these past few months, probably worse then when I needed my operation 6 years ago. I'm waiting to hear Back from my GP with a appointment to see a hip specialists. 

As you can imagine iv got a fair few scars and im proud of them all, as the quote suggests every scar has a storey, mine certainly do.

If you'd like me to do a more in depth post about my hip storey, comment or message me and ill be more then willing to one, I may just do one any way in the near future.

THANKS FOR READING

CHELSEA XO