Okay ladies, all updated so far.
Hope you're all feeling okay. I'm getting faint whiffs of nausea starting to creep in. It didn't turn into sickness with Kieran, but I had Hyperemesis with my first lost pregnancy and that was three months of absolute hell, so I pray you all get an easy few months.
Re the food, the only things I really missed when pregnant last year were soft cheese and pate. I was careful with meat and wouldn't have anything with pink in outside of the house, but at home, I'd still enjoy a medium rare steak from our local butcher, but the cattle come from "Uncle John's" farm less than a mile from us and the abattoir and butcher are even closer, so I know it's safe.
I'm currently sat here, catching up on stuff while Kieran is in his jumparoo and wondering if there are any things I can give you as little helping tips.
Sainsbury's own (blue box) is BY FAR the BEST decaf tea you can buy anywhere. Lidl do an amazing decaf coffee as well, will go and look at the label in a bit for you.
If you are craving soft cheeses, have them, but just cook them. Not quite the same, but brie on a pizza or in a panini is amazing. I LOVE Stilton though and it blue veined, but hard, so perfectly safe during all of pregnancy and I practically had it every night last time. That and chunks of parmesan to nibble...they cured my cheese desires.
If you do get sickness, definitely keep some of your favourite biscuits basically EVERYWHERE. Have some in your bag, at work, in your car and most importantly, by your bed. Never let yourself get hungry as that always makes the nausea/sickness worse, but it's bloody hard to eat in the first tri so keep those biscuits on hand. If I had a few before I even took my head off the pillow in the mornings, it really helped settle my stomach.
I have only done this once and am only just shy of 8 months into being a mum, so no expert, lol...but happy to share what I have found works and doesn't and what I've learned off my other mum friends.
It's now starting to sink in that I will soon have two...I have literally NO IDEA how I will cope, lol