Well, as some guessed, the secret was that I was no longer on the Pill, as of January 1.

And now?? Yes, Ben and I are expecting a little one November 6th, 2009



We went away over the weekend to Melbourne to celebrate Ben's final draft of his thesis/finishing up, and all week I was awaiting the monthly. Monday arrived, still nothing, but had been having cramps all weekend. Took a home test, and hey presto! Two little pink lines

So I am 6 weeks pregnant, and it's starting to sink in, especially as I've been having "abdominal achiness" - basically, my uterus is growing, so I'm getting growth pains! Sudden laughter and movement or just randomness can bring them on. I also have started peeing more than I used too, due to the growing uterus starting to push down!

Our families are ecstatic. Much to my grandmother's delight :!: (typical of that side of the family... many were concerned that getting married meant me not finishing!), I'm still planning on finishing my studies, although my 8-week teaching prac mid-July to mid-Sept. may need a slight adjustment to include classes/appointments, we'll see. Ben's mum has already started buying things, including a newborn white beanie, because white will go with blue or pink

We're only telling a few people to start off with, close family and friends, and slowly working our way out the circles It's been hard to not say anything when the opportunity arrives, coz I don't want to lie! So I just skirt the issue... Like I have been for 2 months on here People have been so happy, but surprised at how soon it's happened! But we always wanted kids early, and we figured that the timeline we took would give me the chance to finish studies and get them out of the way. Besides, if Heidi can handwash, clean, redecorate and garden whilst pregnant, I can teach 9 year olds for 8 weeks!

Hmm, what else... we'll be finding out what it is, and we'll reveal it, but we won't be revealing names At the moment, baby's been called muffin, sweet pea, peanut... apparently over the next two weeks it'll grow from a sweet pea to a blueberry to a raspberry... weekly name changes!

I think that's about it... Except for a huge hurrah!! And congratulations to all you cheeky little things who guessed correctly

Oh, and my avatar? Well, we were exploring colour in my art class yesterday, and we had to use 2 primary colours plus white to experiment with shapes... so I decided to symbolise my news!

Soooo, what else could I be right on, hmm?

Congrats, Ben & Alli!!!!!!!

congrats!!!!

Congratulations from me too! You will laugh but I saw your avatar on another topic before I reached this one, and I guessed from that! Hehe!

YIPEEE!!!!!!

I am SO excited! CONGRATULATIONS!

Congrats!! Felicitaciones!!!! Felicitations!!!!

See? It was worth waiting for and not getting worked up about

Yay congratulations You lucky thing you to be pregnant during WINTER not SUMMER!

Have you had a scan yet? Seeing that little green light pulsing is pretty cool... It didn't fully sink in for me until I saw that haha and that was 9 weeks along I think...
Enjoy the ride - its actually quite fun

lol yeah ok there are negatives but I can't really complain cos it was so darn easy compared to other stories I've read!

Hmm maybe I'll hold back from saying any more until Shrimpy's actually BORN lol... and it better be before next Fri lol...

The scan is a bit weird lol... I only went to get fully convinced lol but they got the gel stuff all over my trousers! Not happy lol cos it gets all cold! But when the midwife does her little heartbeat check thats pretty cool too They can't really do that until after 16 weeks tho I THINK.

Did you get any of the tests done? I think we will, just to be prepared. It's going to make NO difference whatsoever to how much we love him/her... Muffy as we've been saying lately... lol, it's fun coming up with different names like that!