I am still here :) I say with a smile...its ok really, never expected much and all I have to keep saying is 'within 2 weeks baby should be here' and 2 weeks isn't long......unless you have chronic back ache, a naughty baby that keeps making you niggle and a lively and equally impatient toddler! 'I want the baby in the tummy!' is what came out of Reuben yesterday! Yes, don't we all!
I don't plan on forcing this baby out though....and I don't believe much can be done before they are ready. No sweeps...and I definately won't bother with the curry which with previous pregnancy made me sweat but didn't even encourage a bowel movement let alone labour! ;) I had the advantage of carrying baby in Spring last time too, so I could have walks everywhere. Laughable concept as the rain rushes down past the window and this time I have a toddler in tow! Although we did have a weird and oddly wonderful morning today. As its 'due' date I thought, doesn't matter about a few drops of rain (!) we can put our wellies on and go for a walk along the prom splashing in the puddles! And we did...a quick walk granted and poor Reuben was less then impressed about the rain in the face! But actually I think us making a mad run for the car (yes a run at 40 weeks pregnant!) splashing all the way and Reubens giggling will be one of those memories I will really treasure....and one of our last we make alone together!
I think..famous last words....by this time next week we will have a baby here, and thats a very odd thought! I very much hope to be watching the X Factor next week with a little one attached to my boob! and maybe for us this week it will be less X Factor and more sex factor! ;) (Bad joke)
xxxx
40 week bump pics can be found here!http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Monday, 19 September 2011
Baby things!
Ive been nesting for what must be 2 months! Or is that just called being a Mum already!?! anyway finishing touches now...just put the washed covers on the baby car seat, packed my beautiful new change bag and sorted out all the babies bathing bits...and even took pictures of it all!
Have also sorted out the towels that can get happily ruined during the homebirth! Now we just need the baby to decide it would like to meet us! Hope it won't be too long!
You can see some some of the baby things here! http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Have also sorted out the towels that can get happily ruined during the homebirth! Now we just need the baby to decide it would like to meet us! Hope it won't be too long!
You can see some some of the baby things here! http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Belly casting!
A strange experience! Cold,sticky, wet, funny, stressful all at once! But the result is a rather lovely one, and very surreal to look at! Still its good to look at a bump minus the stretch marks ;)
Pics are here! http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Pics are here! http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Monday, 12 September 2011
Wet run of the pool!
38 weeks pregnant, wet run of the pool, really glad we did this because its really helped to visualise the birth. I've had a few major wobbles over the past few days, and think this really helped me realise that while I may well wobble what I could have at home is a million miles away from what I had before and that its got to be worth fighting for!
Once we had the pool set up, which only took just over an hour and went without a hitch (wait for the cock-ups on B day!) we got into our swim things and sat in the pool together. We had an ice cream! Yum! and then took the time to light some candles and practise hypnobirthing which I discovered then that its much easier to relax and get into the zone once you are in the water. I also found that it was brilliant for making you feel weightless and you could literally squat for hours in there so its good to know it will support positions well!
Afterwards we drank a little bit of cider! and watched a little bit of X Factor! Well, seemed a shame to waste the water! I chuckled when the first audition song we watched was 'Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!' Maybe a sign of things to come!
The flowers enjoyed their drink afterwards! So the next time we inflate the pool a baby will be on its way! Eek!
Here are some pictures for you to laugh at.... and yes I am enormous now!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Once we had the pool set up, which only took just over an hour and went without a hitch (wait for the cock-ups on B day!) we got into our swim things and sat in the pool together. We had an ice cream! Yum! and then took the time to light some candles and practise hypnobirthing which I discovered then that its much easier to relax and get into the zone once you are in the water. I also found that it was brilliant for making you feel weightless and you could literally squat for hours in there so its good to know it will support positions well!
Afterwards we drank a little bit of cider! and watched a little bit of X Factor! Well, seemed a shame to waste the water! I chuckled when the first audition song we watched was 'Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!' Maybe a sign of things to come!
The flowers enjoyed their drink afterwards! So the next time we inflate the pool a baby will be on its way! Eek!
Here are some pictures for you to laugh at.... and yes I am enormous now!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/?saved=1
Monday, 5 September 2011
The end is in sight!
How many times have I wanted to come on here and write down things I have been doing....just never seem to have the time!
But finally I think I have talked myself into resting and relaxing in these last few weeks, after all, the hard work is yet to come! I feel I have been nesting endlessly for weeks! From crying because I had no drawers to store my babies freshly washed clothes (seriously cried for a day) to crying with sheer exhaustion because I just want to lie down and sleep for a longgggg time but feel guilty or knowing that there is yet more that I have to do! Why is it that when one room in the house gets sorted, ALL the others fall into rack and ruin!
It has been a super busy few weeks. Putting up a new shed, clearing out our bedroom and Reubens room, putting furniture together, more sorting, more washing.....I officially give up (for the minute!) I have reached the stage after a couple of hysterical outbursts over the past few days that my body is (literally) screaming for rest now...and to be honest it fits in with one of my biggest preoccupations at the moment that I am going to feel tired and be rubbish in labour! It would be such a shame after all the blood, sweat and tears we have put into it that tiredness be the thing that gets in the way. I remember it being such a big part of Reubens birth (longggg birth) that I think it can be a bit consuming sometimes.
Baby has been engaged since around 35 weeks now, which I wasn't expecting! I can pinpoint the exact moment when just before yoga I felt a grinding, actual movement of my pubic bone, two little hands pummelling away and two little feet going crazy as if desperate to get to the bottom of the 'pool'! Took my breath away a little bit! Cue standing up and walking as if my entire abdominal contents had fallen into my granny pants! Thankfully baby is still engaged and in a beautiful position :) this I thank both the chiropractor and yoga for!
I also had a lovely maternity shoot http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/ which was tiring but I am so thrilled with the photos. I also created my birth preferences (better then a plan!) including my 'back-ups' which I have stowed away and hopefully never to see the light of day!
Oh, everything has been rolled in! My house is officially a birth centre! Complete with birth pool and ball, shower curtains and inco pads, entonox (I promise to stay away unless in labour!) and a fridge of drugs! (when I say this I mean Vit K etc not quite heroin or an epidural in there) So I guess everything is ready! As for me I absolutely have moments of being completely ready, and then being completely not! I think this pregnancy has been so super fast that while my body is saying 'Hello, we are heavily pregnant, stand by your beds!' my brain is still at ' Wow, wasn't expecting that blue line yet!' I do feel excited, I also feel a little nervous and conscious that I don't want to let anyone down. Everyone has such a enormous amount of faith, and I have such an incredible support network that it makes me want to rock this birth! From my husband, to my I.M, to my doula and my community midwife actually....everyone is very reassuring and positive about this. For me my preparations are hypnobirthing, yoga and perineal massage/epi-no! Its all proving useful in getting my head around whats coming and I am sure all of it will be of huge benefit.
What else....oh yes, had a baby shower. Grateful for those that turned up, still peeved at those who couldn't be bothered to make the effort. If a new baby on the way isn't cause for celebration I don't know what is! Anyhow, despite the funny turn I had whilst having my indian head massage (thanks low BP, doesn't like me being relaxed!) I had a good day with those that cared enough to be there and some amazingly funky nails to give birth with! Hehehe!
What now? we wait, and I RELAX. I think I have finally given myself permission to be a bit lazy and self indulgent, and everytime I feel the urge to 'do' I will have to remind myself DON'T! I spend a lot of time telling other pregnant friends to slow down and rest, and never worked out that also applies to me.
The last thing I have to do is order my Arnica, and pop the champagne in the fridge ready for B-DAY...which I will do right now actually!
Hopefully the next time I write on here will be from my own warm cosy bed, nestled somewhere between the duvet and my beautiful family of 4 :) xxxx
But finally I think I have talked myself into resting and relaxing in these last few weeks, after all, the hard work is yet to come! I feel I have been nesting endlessly for weeks! From crying because I had no drawers to store my babies freshly washed clothes (seriously cried for a day) to crying with sheer exhaustion because I just want to lie down and sleep for a longgggg time but feel guilty or knowing that there is yet more that I have to do! Why is it that when one room in the house gets sorted, ALL the others fall into rack and ruin!
It has been a super busy few weeks. Putting up a new shed, clearing out our bedroom and Reubens room, putting furniture together, more sorting, more washing.....I officially give up (for the minute!) I have reached the stage after a couple of hysterical outbursts over the past few days that my body is (literally) screaming for rest now...and to be honest it fits in with one of my biggest preoccupations at the moment that I am going to feel tired and be rubbish in labour! It would be such a shame after all the blood, sweat and tears we have put into it that tiredness be the thing that gets in the way. I remember it being such a big part of Reubens birth (longggg birth) that I think it can be a bit consuming sometimes.
Baby has been engaged since around 35 weeks now, which I wasn't expecting! I can pinpoint the exact moment when just before yoga I felt a grinding, actual movement of my pubic bone, two little hands pummelling away and two little feet going crazy as if desperate to get to the bottom of the 'pool'! Took my breath away a little bit! Cue standing up and walking as if my entire abdominal contents had fallen into my granny pants! Thankfully baby is still engaged and in a beautiful position :) this I thank both the chiropractor and yoga for!
I also had a lovely maternity shoot http://www.flickr.com/photos/66954847@N04/ which was tiring but I am so thrilled with the photos. I also created my birth preferences (better then a plan!) including my 'back-ups' which I have stowed away and hopefully never to see the light of day!
Oh, everything has been rolled in! My house is officially a birth centre! Complete with birth pool and ball, shower curtains and inco pads, entonox (I promise to stay away unless in labour!) and a fridge of drugs! (when I say this I mean Vit K etc not quite heroin or an epidural in there) So I guess everything is ready! As for me I absolutely have moments of being completely ready, and then being completely not! I think this pregnancy has been so super fast that while my body is saying 'Hello, we are heavily pregnant, stand by your beds!' my brain is still at ' Wow, wasn't expecting that blue line yet!' I do feel excited, I also feel a little nervous and conscious that I don't want to let anyone down. Everyone has such a enormous amount of faith, and I have such an incredible support network that it makes me want to rock this birth! From my husband, to my I.M, to my doula and my community midwife actually....everyone is very reassuring and positive about this. For me my preparations are hypnobirthing, yoga and perineal massage/epi-no! Its all proving useful in getting my head around whats coming and I am sure all of it will be of huge benefit.
What else....oh yes, had a baby shower. Grateful for those that turned up, still peeved at those who couldn't be bothered to make the effort. If a new baby on the way isn't cause for celebration I don't know what is! Anyhow, despite the funny turn I had whilst having my indian head massage (thanks low BP, doesn't like me being relaxed!) I had a good day with those that cared enough to be there and some amazingly funky nails to give birth with! Hehehe!
What now? we wait, and I RELAX. I think I have finally given myself permission to be a bit lazy and self indulgent, and everytime I feel the urge to 'do' I will have to remind myself DON'T! I spend a lot of time telling other pregnant friends to slow down and rest, and never worked out that also applies to me.
The last thing I have to do is order my Arnica, and pop the champagne in the fridge ready for B-DAY...which I will do right now actually!
Hopefully the next time I write on here will be from my own warm cosy bed, nestled somewhere between the duvet and my beautiful family of 4 :) xxxx
Friday, 12 August 2011
8 months pregnant! Where did that go?!
To many people I suppose this picture will be disgusting, offensive, blah blah blah. To be fair I do have cellulite, wobbly bits, white bits, stretch marks and all the rest but its all natural, its everything I have grown myself :)
I may not look like Demi Moore did in her famous photo, but I have no special lights, no airbrushing, not even photoshop ;) so ner! x
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