One Hectic 9 Months

3 months after Melissa's birthday, i discovered i was once again expecting. I had my suspicions as i had started feeling sick and my boobs were sore. lol. Tony and I were really pleased as we were trying for another baby anyway. We wanted a little brother or sister for Melissa. We agreed that we would love to have a boy so that we had 1 of each but also agreed that it didn't matter either way. We would be just as happy with another girl. Just after i discovered i was pregnant again, it was Tony's birthday. We didn't do anything unfortunately as money was a little tight at the time. A couple of weeks after Tony's Birthday, we moved once again to the house we are in now. The reason for our move was simple. The property we were in was in a shocking state. It is built on the back of a hairdressers and is only separated by some ply wood. Our only exit in case of fire was through the kitchen. We did not have a hallway or front door. Only a back door. The stairs were steep, narrow and spiral. The shower room (if you can even call it that) with toilet was attached to the living room. There were holes in the walls that if you looked through, you could see outside. Bugs and slugs were constantly getting in. There was a huge ants nest in the kitchen that we were practically at war with. Our living room was so tiny, you could barely breathe in there. There was no room to allow Melissa to play on the floor. This in itself made me feel terrible because i knew how important floor time is for a child, but i couldn't allow her to. It is because of all of this, that the councils environmental health enforcement team issued a prohibition order on the property, making it illegal (once we had moved) for the landlord to let the property out to anyone else. The new property is so much better, although i am not so keen on the area. But enough about housing issues. lol. Lets get back to the pregnancy. As with my last pregnancy, i had lots of hospital and midwife appointments. I found out at my 20 week scan that i was expecting a boy. In my heart i knew it was a boy anyway. Everything about this pregnancy felt different. I was even carrying differently. The only problem with having a boy is the fact that on my mums side of the family, there is a history of Haemophilia. Girls only carry the gene but do not have the condition itself. Boys on the other hand can suffer the condition. This means that when my son was born, the midwife who delivers him would have to take a sample of his blood from the umbilical cord for testing. I had a fairly tough time with this pregnancy. Blood tests, SPD, Heartburn, the usual. lol. Thankfully i did not suffer with low blood pressure this time though. I did however end up in the day assessment unit at Broomfield Hospital because of super pubic pain. I found sometimes it would be so bad, i couldn't even lift my legs to climb in or out of the bath. The pain was excruciating. I also had an oedema in my legs and feet apparently. lol. Thank goodness they were going to induce me.