Game Day

We would love to know what you think! Which date will our baby be born? Are we having a boy or girl? And what do you think we will call it?

35 Weeks

I am becoming a blimp very fast all of a sudden! I have put on a kilogram in a week!!!! Rob thinks he can see my tum is bigger everytime he sees me. Hope at least this means the baby is healthy. I have been having more episodes of being uncomfortable now. I get tired walking around a mall, pretty much everything that involves standing or sitting gives me a sore back and I wake up every 2 hrs at night to go to the toilet. If I happen to wake the baby up when I go, I can't get back to sleep until it goes to sleep because the movements are so strong now. Luckily it seems to sleep during the night and only wakes up occasionally. I seem to sleep better during the day on top of the doona, maybe better tummy support? I get tired mid morning and mid afternoon so hopefully I will be good at napping by the time the baby comes :) I have told work that I will be finishing at the end of next week. I feel weird at the idea of not working and no school, but I suppose I need to get things finished and rest a bit while I can. I have also started taking Rasberry leaf tablets because I heard they are good for Uterine tone (I think this is supposed to help speed up delivery????) Still liking milk and other dairy and also starting to want sugar ( I know it's bad, no wonder I am putting on so much weight). Weight: 60kg!!!!!! Cravings: milk, sugar.

Nursery Pictures

Since we have finally been able to get the nursery pretty much finished I thought I would post a few pictures of what it looks like.

34 Weeks

I have put on heaps of weight since last week, but I can't tell if it is just the difference in the scales at mum's house so I will wait to see. I am also back to feeling good again so Hooray! Have finally put up the curtains in the nursery & put the stroller together. Getting the breastfeeding chair this week, then I will be able to finish the breastfeeding/book corner & change area. I just have to start to wash everything and pack hospital bags. It is getting so close now, we are both super excited and really nervous at the same time. Any time either of us mentions how close it is we both look at each other and take a deep breath!! I have been pretty thirsty and still drinking milk, but not exactly craving it now. If I don't have some for a while I get a craving, but also causes nocturnal leg cramps if I don't have milk so I drink it every day. Weight: 59.1kg. Cravings: not really anything except milk if I don't have it for a while.

Results Of My Waikerie Sewing Project!

While I was in Waikerie for Rob's TRT I thought I should make good use of my time so I hemmed up some curtains fof the nursery, made a stripey valance for the cot (seen in the photo) and a cushion cover for the breastfeeding chair (seen above & in the cot photo). I have also put in a photo of the floor mat I made.

33 Weeks

Have been in Waikerie this week for Rob's first TRT job. We had to travel back to Adelaide Monday night for our first antenatal class, so Dad drove us and Rob did marking in the back and slept on the way home. Have been feeling really good one day then uncomfortable the next, with more waking to go to the toilet at night and the baby managed to wedge itself into a really painful position one night and stayed that way so that I had to get up to try to dislodge it and get it to reposition itself. It did eventually, but I hope I don't have many nights like that! I have used the time in Waikerie to get my baby sewing done. I found the sewing tired my muscles out with getting up & down all the time so lucky I got that done. Weight: 58kg (on mum's scales). Craving: milk.

32 Weeks

Met our back up midwife this week. She is completely different from our midwife, but also very nice. I will be happy to have either of them at our birth. Wiggly is spending lots of time streching out instead of the traditional tucked up position. Resulting in my breath being taken away occasionally! Wiggly seems to be enjoying the sound of splashing water when I have a bath, so maybe it will be a bit of a water baby? I am feeling really full at night, I get really thirsty, drink heaps of milk, then feel like I will explode! I also keep falling asleep in my hypnosis sessions, hopefully they will sink in subconsciously! Weight: 58.1kg. Craving: milk.

31 Weeks

Am drinking milk by the bucket load. Not much to report other than starting to think about the short amount of time it is until Wiggly actually arrives! Hope Rob & I are responsible adult types ;) Weight: 57.7kg. Craving: milk