Switching our Honeymoon for a Babymoon

When we had to cancel our honeymoon to Crete earlier this year we waited until we had the all clear from my surgeon and switched it up with a baby-moon to Majorca instead.

Pregnant nervous flyer over here

I've never been much of a fan of flying I'm not going to lie and the idea of flying with a baby bump made me all kinds of anxious! But after having to cancel our Honeymoon in May to make way for my surgery, we were both very much in need of a holiday.

Body image, baby and cancer

Feeling a dick for thinking I was fat in this picture 

Believe it or not this is one of the trickiest posts I've written so far but it's been on my mind for a while now and in the interest of this blog being all about openness and honesty I thought I'd give it a go.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing

I had a totally different blog post lined up for today but I changed my mind after reading Kris Hallenga's (founder of @coppafeelpeople) Instagram post this weekend about it being 10 years since her first visit to her GP and her cancer misdiagnosis. I was struck by some of the similarities between our GP experience and wanted to share my own struggle for a diagnosis. Only we know our own bodies and we have to trust our gut. I completely put my trust in my doctors for 8 months, ignoring my own body and my symptoms completely. 

Really couldn't resist a bit of a gender reveal!

After everything that's been going on the last few months it's suddenly so nice and a little strange to have things to celebrate again, especially when it comes to this pregnancy. We are now more than half way through what has so far been a pretty stressful pregnancy and suddenly it feels like its flying by.

My Diagnosis and what it means

The most nervous I have been through out this whole process was on Tuesday 5th June. Results Day! After the surgery I had put this day as far to the back of my mind as I possibly could, high on the thought of our new life.

Can I talk pregnancy now?!

With everything that has been going on almost from the very start of my pregnancy I haven't really dared to allow myself to acknowledge that it was actually happening. So much so that I've made it to 19 weeks already!

Prepping for my very first surgery

The last week before the op was hard. My symptoms became more noticeable, I was uncomfortable most of the time and didn't really feel comfortable going far from the house. It was scary because up until now I hadn't really had many symptoms (except for the blood) but that was pretty painless to start with and I'd been determined not to let it stop me living a normal life.

May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month

Our First Proper Baby Scan

Dealing with a Cancer Diagnosis

Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer at 7 weeks pregnant

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