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Hi everyone.
My name is Véronique, aka iers-elfje.
I registered here a couple of weeks ago but haven't introduced myself yet, so I'll do that now.
I'm 28 and have been with my boyfriend Peter (44) for almost half a year. We've actually known each other for 8 years.
And I'm pregnant. Next Friday I'll be 10 weeks. It wasn't planned, I'll be honest about that. Peter and I had been talking about kids, we really want them. And we had this idea like, well, stop the pill in a year and then...
That year became a year earlier because I got pregnant while still on the pill. For me, this is my first pregnancy and baby, and for Peter too.
But we never doubted for a moment whether we should go for it or not. It was just settled. Period.
Of course, there are quite a few things that scare me. And those first 9 weeks weren't exactly pleasant to say the least.
For example, I was hospitalized with severe vomiting and dehydration. I have a disability (post-traumatic dystrophy in my leg) which means I take strong painkillers... and yes, we are weaning off the morphine and muscle relaxants etc. Unfortunately for me, the initial tapering schedule was too fast.. going from 40 pills a day to 2 pills a day in less than 3 weeks is not recommended. So now I'm tapering off by half a pill at least per week. As long as I'm off the stuff completely for the last 3 months. And I'm 100% committed to that. Thank God it shouldn't really harm the little one in my belly now. It's just that he/she might be a bit groggy at birth. And I swear, I'd rather crawl against the wall from the pain than do something like that to my child.
But I admit, I'm 9 weeks now and it's all still hard to grasp. I have a baby in my belly??? Luckily I'm not the only one who has trouble realizing it. Luckily you can live like that for 9 months
And I'm just looking forward to the ultrasound on June 6th. I'd love to check in every day to see how the little one is doing, how big he/she is already etc.
I don't know what else to write here. If you want to know anything, just ask
Greetings, Véronique (or just veertje like everyone calls me, including my parents)
My name is Véronique, aka iers-elfje.
I registered here a couple of weeks ago but haven't introduced myself yet, so I'll do that now.I'm 28 and have been with my boyfriend Peter (44) for almost half a year. We've actually known each other for 8 years.
And I'm pregnant. Next Friday I'll be 10 weeks. It wasn't planned, I'll be honest about that. Peter and I had been talking about kids, we really want them. And we had this idea like, well, stop the pill in a year and then...
That year became a year earlier because I got pregnant while still on the pill. For me, this is my first pregnancy and baby, and for Peter too.
But we never doubted for a moment whether we should go for it or not. It was just settled. Period.
Of course, there are quite a few things that scare me. And those first 9 weeks weren't exactly pleasant to say the least.
For example, I was hospitalized with severe vomiting and dehydration. I have a disability (post-traumatic dystrophy in my leg) which means I take strong painkillers... and yes, we are weaning off the morphine and muscle relaxants etc. Unfortunately for me, the initial tapering schedule was too fast.. going from 40 pills a day to 2 pills a day in less than 3 weeks is not recommended. So now I'm tapering off by half a pill at least per week. As long as I'm off the stuff completely for the last 3 months. And I'm 100% committed to that. Thank God it shouldn't really harm the little one in my belly now. It's just that he/she might be a bit groggy at birth. And I swear, I'd rather crawl against the wall from the pain than do something like that to my child.
But I admit, I'm 9 weeks now and it's all still hard to grasp. I have a baby in my belly??? Luckily I'm not the only one who has trouble realizing it. Luckily you can live like that for 9 months
And I'm just looking forward to the ultrasound on June 6th. I'd love to check in every day to see how the little one is doing, how big he/she is already etc.
I don't know what else to write here. If you want to know anything, just ask
Greetings, Véronique (or just veertje like everyone calls me, including my parents)
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