Goodness! Here we are!

Hi everyone - I'm assuming you're part of my family, or a friend. Welcome, if you're interested in my musings about impending motherhood, and the preparations for Lambykins' arrival. The purpose of this blog is to allow me some space to plan and organise properly, to think with links and pictures if you like. The by-product, a blog that Lambykins may or may not want to see in years to come is a bonus. I am only a few weeks along, but am LOVING every moment with Lambykins already, and I don't ever want to forget how this feels. 

Basically, it's not been an easy journey, but Iain and I are really happy to be here - expecting our first baby. I've labelled the blog Nadiya's first baby as opposed to Iain's and Nadiya's - because it's my blog ... not because he's somehow detached (!) 

Maybe we'll change it if he wants to get in on the action too ... 

Well, I'm 5 Weeks today, and pretty happy nothing drastic has happened yet. Another week to go till my 6 week scan at the Surrey Park Clinic. I really need to know that it's all ok, the baby is viable and implanted in the right place. It's hard to wait. 

We've told some people already, I feel I need the goodwill. The first people I actually told were my Cysters on the SoulCysters forum - it was 3 am when I found out I was pregnant, on Friday the 18th Jan, and I'm so glad so many of my friends who had supported me through trying to conceive were awake! Then I told Iain, of course, and it was still very early in the morning. As soon as I could I told my Doctors - Whitcroft and Seymour, then I sorted out all the medical help I thought I needed immediately (progesterone in case you're interested). 

Then I spent the evening with Paula and Stu, Richard, Birgit and my Mum - it was SO hard to keep the secret!! I lasted till Saturday night, and then the first person I told was my friend Tina, whose just had her first baby. I also emailed my real life sister and other-ladies-kinda-close-enough-to-be-like-a-sister - they'd been subjected to my trying to conceive stresses too so they kind of deserved to know as soon as! I told a couple of other close friends too over the next week (Hi Anthony and Chris!). I've been finding it very hard to concentrate on anything other than the pregnancy ever since the 18th... Told my parents on Tuesday 24th, by giving Abba a 'Happy birthday grandad, love Iain, Nadiya + ?' card - he got it in the end but it took a few minutes! Planning on doing the same with Rafi on his birthday next week, we should have the scan picture by then too.