Pregnancy in Isolation.. Surprise!

Surprise!! Not exactly the way I intended on announcing my special news on ‘social media’. Pregnancy in isolation.. I’d like to document this time for myself, to look back and remember what it was like, for my family and friends, that can’t see my belly growing, and for anyone else that may be interested.

I am 3 days off the 20week mark, halfway through pregnancy. I did my last food shop on Monday 16^th March and then it was isolation from there on. My OT has been popping out for essentials (including an emergency chocolate run on Saturday night) and I have just been out for exercise, walking down to the sea front for fresh air. Although I’ll be honest, the motivation to get out for a walk has actually been difficult, I mean it’s not like I’m working out these days, I can just sit at home getting fatter right?!

WFH is hard! I am missing the socialisation of work sooo much! Plus, I have no comfy chairs to sit on. If this thing is really going to go on for 3 months I may have to invest in a proper office chair (money I don’t really want to spend, but may have to). I’m running out of clothes that fit, and reluctant to spend money on anything when I won’t even be leaving the house in it, going to be living in my OH’s baggy T-shirts at this rate!

Sleep has recently become a struggle. I’ve become really conscious of lying on my back (it’s not good for me or the baby), and as the belly is getting bigger it’s harder to get comfortable. I have bitten the bullet today and ordered a pregnancy pillow, although god knows how long that’ll take to arrive, deliveries are understandably slow at the moment. Lack of sleep is also contributing to my mood swing. Pregnancy hormones plus isolation hormones! I applaud my OH for handling my mood swings amazingly, he deserves a medal when this is over!

Biggest question I am asking myself this week: Is my baby getting bigger, hence the bigger belly, or is it really just isolation fat?!

Photo taken on January 6th in Hong Kong (we discovered our happy news on Jan 1st in Vietnam!)