Last Updated on November 7, 2013 by melissanreynolds
The last week and a half have been massive! I was awed by seeing my baby by my 12 week scan on the Thursday before last. Then on the Saturday, as a birthday present from my love, we went over to Kawau Island (off Matakana, North of New Zealand). The water was deliciously blue as we were shown around the edges of the island by boat, before being dropped off by the Governor’s Mansion.
We walked through a track in forest land to a remote beach…where my love proposed!
It was the most beautiful, romantic proposal I could have imagined. I was blown away. Of course, I said yes!
We then spent the week touring the upper parts of the North Island, as I had never been past Matakana previously. It was beautiful. A whole week, mostly alone with my love, to be calm and just enjoy. We experienced the richness of New Zealand’s history in Russell, at Waitangi and in various historical properties around the areas we traveled.
In the middle of our trip, the pregnancy clock ticked over to 13 weeks. Over the past week, I have noticed an improvement in my fatigue. I am still tired, but then I have chronic fatigue so that’s usual, but I am no longer desperately tired from the moment I wake. I no longer crave a nap at 10am or in the afternoon. I am back to afternoon rests (with a book or an episode of a TV series) and I can read before bedtime again! My eating has also settled down. I am still hungry regularly, but I am closer to my usual eating habits, which is great as I have put on a bit too much weight with the fatigue, pain and nausea.
So it is all very exciting!
