TeamAmpie

05/06/2026

Well this morning has been exciting 🤩

Car seat is fitted, pram is ready to be put together and the bigger car seat will be stored away until needed.

We are just waiting for our bassinet stand being delivered to the store then we are all set for Peanut 💙

It's all VERY real now...

pramcentre.co.uk 😊

04/06/2026

So, the appointment today went well.
Peanut is measuring perfect 👌🏻
Fluid levels around him are looking great and I've now managed to get all my blood sugar levels under control with tablets and diet so I definitely don't need insulin 😀.

The bruising around my stomach is pretty bad thanks to the daily injections and getting scanned today was painful but that's just life.

Everything is still looking set for being induced at 39 weeks unless something happens beforehand obviously, but the consultant was confident that all should go to plan.

We spoke about what I want to happen at the birth (birth plan), if I had any specific requirements etc which was really good.
We were also told Peanut is in a bit of an odd position currently but because he is moving so much they are not overly concerned at the moment. At my 36 week scan they will check him and if he is still in this position they will get me in and try to move him.
Obviously my brian went wild thinking how the hell that was done, but the doctor explained everything. That likely won't need to happen.
I am so happy they seem to really be on the ball which has given me so much relief.

I am obviously still high risk and the entire month of July i will be a ticking time bomb 😂

I will be seeing my community Midwife in 2 weeks though, just incase I have any concerns etc.

The care I've received at Wishaw so far has been exceptional. All the nurses and doctors we've delt with have been so lovely and genuinely caring. Hopefully this continues 💙

03/06/2026

Tonight was an emotional, surreal and reality check kinda night....I got mine and Peanuts hospital bags packed.

I am well aware i am heavily pregnant. I can see the nursery and all the baby things daily. I know there is a baby coming because i feel him every 5 minutes, yet somehow it still hits me when i am doing certain things that he really is coming, and soon!

I think I've just been so used to dreaming about times like these that they still don't actually feel real, does that make sense?

I have everything packed in our bags ready to go which has taken a huge stress off!

David was a great help tonight while I was packing. He was testing out the chair in the nursery..... apparently it's extremely comfortable.....😂😴

7 weeks maximum to go but I feel like i might have to evict him sooner because my god i am exhausted.🤰🏻😂

Being pregnant at 42 is TOUGH!!!!
Worth it though 💙🥜

02/06/2026

1 whole year ago today... the unknown was absolutely terrifying.
The nerves and excitement of it all.

Then I think of all the set backs we had. How scared I was when i started jagging myself because i couldn't let David do them.
How unbelievably ill I was at the thought of egg retrieval.
The bloat, the pain, the emotions and insane hormones.

I remember the call I received when I was at work telling me only 1 embryo survived and double transfer would'nt be possible.
The sheer agony and pain that hit my heart that instant....

Now here we are 1 year later with our little miracle that fought against all odds.
Our little Number 9 embryo, that was collected, mixed then frozen in a dish in a lab for months.
He is currently the size of a baby racoon, kicking my ribs and making me p*e like 100 times a day... thriving and growing inside me.

It literally feels like a lifetime ago o wrote that post. So so much happened. Would I change any of it?..... absolutely not 😊💙🥜

01/06/2026

Happy Monday 😊

This morning we have decided 100% on a name for Peanut 💙

We have had 3 solid contenders from the beginning. 3 names we both loved but couldn't decide what one we liked better so we decided to just wait until Peanut was born to see what he looked like.

That was until a few weeks ago... this name popped up at the most random time. It's a name i had on my "list" but kind of got pushed away because we loved the other ones so much. Then David said it and we both looked at each other and said "yip, that's the one".

We won't be sharing any of our 3 other names or the name we are stuck on because it's me, and that all might change when he's born. I highly doubt i will change my mind now to be honest though. We are so in love with what we've decided on. It just feels right for him 💙

Picking a name has been tough! We were both on the same page with what we liked, kind of.... but it's so hard because every time I said a name, David was like "Nope, I knew a guy called that through football and he was a d**k" 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Its crazy how a nice name can be binned just because of an experience you've had with that name!
I know we are not the only ones like this!

We said from the beginning that names would be kept between the 2 of us only.
We have shared literally everything from the start so we wanted just 1 thing for us only.
We haven't told a soul, not even our families. We will be keeping it secret until Peanut is here, which is getting closer by the second!!!

Growth scan and med obs diabetes clinic this week so we will see how things are going.
Baby is definitely running out of room in there now. I can feel him moving around constantly and now I can see when he sticks his bum out, or pushes a knee. Its the freakiest thing ive ever experienced 😂 amazing, but freaky!!!

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29/05/2026

The whole point of our page is to show absolutely every part of our journey. The good, the bad and the ugly. We wanted to show people exactly what IVF is like. Emotions, physical and mental aspects... all of it!
We are an open book and happy to help anyone who may have questions about it all.

I only have single digit weeks to go now before our wee miracle baby boy is here and my god am i feeling it now 😂.
Peanut has decided to push all to the front and is now sitting lower than before.
David has to pull me off the couch and help me roll out of bed. I genuinely feel like a beached whale. Point is.... i absolutely bloody love being this size. Its something I've dreamed of for so long!
Looking in the mirror used to disgust me, now I look at myself with pride. Pride that my body is growing a human!!! Its grown a whole organ from scratch (placenta) and all my other organs have rearranged in order to make room for the little life thriving inside this huge, healthy bump.

Every pregnancy is different. Every bump is different. Some have tiny bumps, some don't have bumps at all and some are massive like me, but all are equally as amazing and beautiful!
My advice? NEVER comment on someone's size during pregnancy. The "Oh you are tiny where is your bump?" Could destroy a person who wishes she had a bump just like "You're huge, how much bigger will you get?" Could also destroy someone who dislikes their body.
Being pregnant and having a bump has somehow given me so much more confidence In my body which has amazed me to be honest.

Here's to all these amazing woman no matter what size or shape.... we are all bloody beautiful 😍

28/05/2026

Our last weekend away just the 2 of us. Next time we go away, we will be a wee family of 3 💙🩷💙.

Massive thank you to Nicola for offering us her caravan for a few days. It's very much appreciated.

I've said it before and i will say it again. We are so so lucky to have so many kind and lovely people in our lives and Peanuts 😊

Now it's time to turn off and relax 🥰

28/05/2026

How nice is that ❤️❤️❤️

Our next Jellycat is live 🥳
We genuinely are so excited for this one 🥹
A wee tribute to our pals TeamAmpie
It’s a peanut 🥜
Let’s get this one sold out ASAP 🤞🤞
Sarah Ampleford David Ampleford

https://www.3cheerscompetitions.co.uk/competitions/

26/05/2026

Thank you to Abosede Abby Ameenat Fayoyin and Aleemah for the lovely visit today.
2 humans than never fail to make me smile. They brighten up my day any time I see them. 2 absolute gems in this world 🥰

Thank you both for my HUGE bag of quavers and for my bracelet Aleemah made.
Peanut is honestly going to be the luckiest wee soul, he's going to be surrounded by all these amazing people.

🥰💙🥰