Cheryl and the bump!: 16 weeks!

I am now officially 4 months pregnant, whooo! Time has flown and soon enough I will be half way through! Now I am 16 weeks, the baby is starting to get bigger and bigger and is currently about about 12cm long I believe. I have been feeling a lot better in myself the past week (although obviously not working helps!) other than my bad hip pains, I have feeling pretty good. My bump has reached a bit of a standstill but to be fair it is still pretty big. Our early gender scan was originally scheduled for Friday afternoon but I got a call today asking whether I could do Saturday as the sonographer cannot make it to the clinic on Friday. It's a bit pants but I guess it's only one extra day to wait! ;)

Michael and I saw my midwife today for my 16 week check up, all is well with me and the baby and we also got the added bonus of being able to hear (we've only previously seen it on the screen) the baby's heartbeat through an instrument called a Doppler. It took the midwife a good few minutes (baby was shy apparently!) but she really tried and after a few minutes we heard that wonderful sound <3 it was lovely to hear and so clearly too, at 160 BPM it was a nice normal and strong heartbeat.

Now I have a few weeks off work, I have been browsing lots of charity shops for potential bargains and I shared on Facebook that I got this lovely baby bouncer from a charity shop yesterday for £8-it's in very condition and after a good clean will be perfect!

I love the rainforest design and I really do believe that spending £50+ on things like this is just not worth it when you can get it second hand! There are a few things I would like to get new and I have already seen a lovely cot and bedding (boy or girlie style) on a website called Kiddicare. What do you think?

This lovely cot is £59.99 and simple but very pretty!