So, it's the last day of 2012. Tomorrow will be the year my third baby is born!
My in-laws and my mum know already what we're having, and my Dad is finding out tomorrow...
The baby is happy and healthy, and kicking around beautifully. Last night I was sure there was a football match going on in my belly, the kicks were so strong and frequent. It was lovely to feel and be part of, and Jonathan felt the kicks for definite that time too, the first time he was certain he felt the kicks.
I am on the search for maternity gear with a vengeance now. I had some maternity tops for Christmas, but I do need some more maternity trousers I can wear, as I only have two pairs of leggings that fit me at the moment. Going out and actually shopping for clothes though is a little problematic these days, but I will get round to it soon hopefully! Most of the maternity clothes I wore with Robert and Christopher have been charity shopped/binned (depending on the quality) due to me losing weight between C's pregnancy and this one.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a fantastic New Years - have a drink for me, this is the first this year I probably won't have one (might see about a small glass of Baileys... One won't hurt surely!!) as I've never been pregnant over Christmas and New Year until now...
Monday, 31 December 2012
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
20 weeks and 5 days - tomorrow is the day!!
Well, I've posted a new photo in the belly gallery here. I took it yesterday, 4 days late - doh! Never mind.
The scan is TOMORROW!! At 3.45pm GMT. I have decided that if baby is co-operative and we do get to find out, that we will be keeping it a secret - at least til after Christmas!! So if you do want to find out, and can keep it off my FB wall, then feel free to email me or PM me on facebook and I'll tell you individually. The reason being that we are going to make some cakes - a big one for christmas day, to take to the in-laws, and maybe some cupcakes for when we see my mum, with the appropriate colour inside ;) So, we may well lie (gasp) on FB and say we weren't able to find out, or we might say it's a surprise, I don't know ;) Until we spill the beans publicly after Christmas :) But I do appreciate some of you may be eager to find out before then ;)
The last week has sort of crawled by, but when I think that this time last week I was sitting despairing that it was EIGHT WHOLE DAYS away, and now it's tomorrow, it feels like it's flown by! Isn't that strange!! Anyway I know that little baby is fine, at least kicking away. I do hope there are no medical issues of course. But baby has definitely found some strength and discovered it's fun to kick around and so on, because I get such hard little pokes these days!! It's lovely, even if some of them do take me by surprise! I love the baby kicks!
I also bought myself a new outfit today. I went to Tesco in Northampton while the boys were being watched by my mother in law, in search of some maternity leggings. I didn't find any maternity gear, but I picked out some size 16 regular leggings, which were more comfy than my normal size 16 jeans, and might have a little growth room in, and should also be good for post-partum once I've grown out of them in this pregnancy. I also bought a nice long jumper (which will hopefully hide some of the lumps and bumps on my thighs that the leggings highlight!) and some little mini boots as well. ;) I've got a couple of cardis I can wear over the top of some short sleeve tops in the meantime as well, so all I need now are some nice legwarmers to keep me snuggly in the cold weather, which I've asked my mum to knit for me ;)
That's about it news-wise! I hope to be back with good news this time tomorrow :)
The scan is TOMORROW!! At 3.45pm GMT. I have decided that if baby is co-operative and we do get to find out, that we will be keeping it a secret - at least til after Christmas!! So if you do want to find out, and can keep it off my FB wall, then feel free to email me or PM me on facebook and I'll tell you individually. The reason being that we are going to make some cakes - a big one for christmas day, to take to the in-laws, and maybe some cupcakes for when we see my mum, with the appropriate colour inside ;) So, we may well lie (gasp) on FB and say we weren't able to find out, or we might say it's a surprise, I don't know ;) Until we spill the beans publicly after Christmas :) But I do appreciate some of you may be eager to find out before then ;)
The last week has sort of crawled by, but when I think that this time last week I was sitting despairing that it was EIGHT WHOLE DAYS away, and now it's tomorrow, it feels like it's flown by! Isn't that strange!! Anyway I know that little baby is fine, at least kicking away. I do hope there are no medical issues of course. But baby has definitely found some strength and discovered it's fun to kick around and so on, because I get such hard little pokes these days!! It's lovely, even if some of them do take me by surprise! I love the baby kicks!
I also bought myself a new outfit today. I went to Tesco in Northampton while the boys were being watched by my mother in law, in search of some maternity leggings. I didn't find any maternity gear, but I picked out some size 16 regular leggings, which were more comfy than my normal size 16 jeans, and might have a little growth room in, and should also be good for post-partum once I've grown out of them in this pregnancy. I also bought a nice long jumper (which will hopefully hide some of the lumps and bumps on my thighs that the leggings highlight!) and some little mini boots as well. ;) I've got a couple of cardis I can wear over the top of some short sleeve tops in the meantime as well, so all I need now are some nice legwarmers to keep me snuggly in the cold weather, which I've asked my mum to knit for me ;)
That's about it news-wise! I hope to be back with good news this time tomorrow :)
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
7 days to wait! 19 weeks 6 days
I forgot how anxious and exciting the wait for scans are. And I only had one 8 weeks ago. Our scan is next Wednesday at 3.45pm. It was at 10, but afternoons are better for us now as Robert is in nursery in the mornings, and it's easier to arrange childcare with the in-laws when we don't have to work around nursery. Unfortunately my hospital do not allow children to sit in on scans. But I'm happy with every other aspect of our hospital! I am looking forward to seeing my new little Squish again, anxious to check that all is ok with him, and excited to find out whether we are having our third little boy or our first little girl!
Anyway I hope the next week goes by quickly. Littlest baby seems happy enough in there, I'm feeling little prod-like kicks now on a fairly regular basis - about once or twice a day now. And when I lay down, I can feel my uterus up to my belly button which is where it should be. I feel my tummy every night when I'm in bed, so it never seems to have moved up a huge amount, and yet I do remember when it was barely above my pelvic bone so it must have, of course!
Hormones are well in play, I have my good days but also my bad days where things aren't tolerated very well! Hopefully though it'll settle down a bit because I've also been ill recently and on the tail end of a 2 week long cold. Fingers crossed that once I'm fully over it, I'll feel much better and ready to take on the world!
Anyway I hope the next week goes by quickly. Littlest baby seems happy enough in there, I'm feeling little prod-like kicks now on a fairly regular basis - about once or twice a day now. And when I lay down, I can feel my uterus up to my belly button which is where it should be. I feel my tummy every night when I'm in bed, so it never seems to have moved up a huge amount, and yet I do remember when it was barely above my pelvic bone so it must have, of course!
Hormones are well in play, I have my good days but also my bad days where things aren't tolerated very well! Hopefully though it'll settle down a bit because I've also been ill recently and on the tail end of a 2 week long cold. Fingers crossed that once I'm fully over it, I'll feel much better and ready to take on the world!
Thursday, 6 December 2012
19 weeks - shift in view
I'm 19 weeks today! NINETEEN!! Can't believe it, it doesn't seem that long ago since we were still TTC. It seems crazy to think that had I not miscarried in April I'd be due a baby this month as well.
Belly has grown loads since the last belly picture I took at 15+4. But I'm going to wait til 20 weeks to take another! Less than two weeks now until the anomoly scan. I'm hoping all is ok because I feel a little like I'm not feeling baby as much nor as often as I should be. Hoping I've just got a laid back baby this time!! I know last post (not including the belly gallery) I was hoping for a girl, and that another boy would be second best. Well, a girl would be nice, but for some reason, I'm now REALLY excited by the possibility (probability??!!) that the baby is our third boy :) And not just because of the bed, although that's super cute and funky, but because.. I don't know!! I just am! Really hoping we'll get to find out anyway, and that baby isn't too shy. Can't believe it's less than two weeks now!!
Anyway. On the home front, the kitchen is almost finished and ready to move into! Just a couple more days and it'll be ready to decorate, and get lovely new blinds (thinking wooden venetian ones to match the work units!), and fill up all the cupboards, not in that order though!! Oh how lovely it will be to have a working sink, and a working oven, and be able to use it in the daytime! Oh and a washing machine!! We went up to see my brother at the weekend, and took a load of washing with us, which has been handy as we've been without a washing machine for almost 2 weeks now. Managing just as I caught up fully prior to the kitchen starting, and also been re-using tops and trousers that aren't actually that dirty *blush*
Anyhow, all the work units are up, the work top, tiles, hob and oven are in, but I *think* the oven still needs to be wired in. Today the plumbing will be finished, so sink and washing machine tonight hopefully! And the tiles will be grouted. Then tomorrow will be the silicone edging for the tiles and the sink, cupboard doors, and edging in the doorway on the floor, and a few other loose ends.
Belly has grown loads since the last belly picture I took at 15+4. But I'm going to wait til 20 weeks to take another! Less than two weeks now until the anomoly scan. I'm hoping all is ok because I feel a little like I'm not feeling baby as much nor as often as I should be. Hoping I've just got a laid back baby this time!! I know last post (not including the belly gallery) I was hoping for a girl, and that another boy would be second best. Well, a girl would be nice, but for some reason, I'm now REALLY excited by the possibility (probability??!!) that the baby is our third boy :) And not just because of the bed, although that's super cute and funky, but because.. I don't know!! I just am! Really hoping we'll get to find out anyway, and that baby isn't too shy. Can't believe it's less than two weeks now!!
Anyway. On the home front, the kitchen is almost finished and ready to move into! Just a couple more days and it'll be ready to decorate, and get lovely new blinds (thinking wooden venetian ones to match the work units!), and fill up all the cupboards, not in that order though!! Oh how lovely it will be to have a working sink, and a working oven, and be able to use it in the daytime! Oh and a washing machine!! We went up to see my brother at the weekend, and took a load of washing with us, which has been handy as we've been without a washing machine for almost 2 weeks now. Managing just as I caught up fully prior to the kitchen starting, and also been re-using tops and trousers that aren't actually that dirty *blush*
Anyhow, all the work units are up, the work top, tiles, hob and oven are in, but I *think* the oven still needs to be wired in. Today the plumbing will be finished, so sink and washing machine tonight hopefully! And the tiles will be grouted. Then tomorrow will be the silicone edging for the tiles and the sink, cupboard doors, and edging in the doorway on the floor, and a few other loose ends.
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Belly Gallery! (baby number 3)
Here's my long awaited belly gallery for my third little one.
5 weeks: (well, actually 4w 6d after I found out my due date)
10 weeks:
15 weeks (and 4 days):
20 weeks (and 4 days)
5 weeks: (well, actually 4w 6d after I found out my due date)
10 weeks:
15 weeks (and 4 days):
20 weeks (and 4 days)
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
18 weeks tomorrow!
Well I'm 17 weeks 6 days now. This pregnancy really is flying by. It seems an age ago since I found out I was pregnant, yet it's going by so quick! I can't believe I'm 18 weeks already (well, tomorrow).
The little blob seems to be growing well. I'm still not feeling MANY kicks, I think because I don't have the time to just lay down, relax, and concentrate on them!! I've had my last midwife appointment until the middle of January now, when I'll be almost 25 weeks. I have just three weeks to wait til my next scan, which while I'm itching for it NOW, I'm sure those three weeks will whizz past just like the previous 14 weeks have (since I found out I was pregnant). And I really REALLY want to know the sex of baby this time round!! Yes, I'm hoping it's a girl. But I'm not holding my breath, and I am thinking it is most likely a boy. But if it is a boy... then I'll get to one day, get this (or get it made) for all three of the boys...
And plus the boys will have another brother to share their fun with and grow up with :)
There is just so much on lately. I am trying to fit in more housework. Which is very much needed. I so badly want a tidy clean home. And I know the best way to do that is to gradually work it into my routine to do more around the house.
In addition there is decorating, and also work has started in our kitchen. We are three days in, out of a maximum of ten days work. The old cupboards, oven, sink, etc are all out. The horrid lino has gone. The new laminate tiles are down (and look lovely!!). The plumbing and electrics have been adapted to accomodate the new position of the sink and the addition of a dishwasher. The new kitchen is all in, in boxes or ready built in the case of the floor cupboards. The floor cupboards are all roughly in position. That is roughly where they are up to at the moment, and tomorrow I am expecting him to make sure all the floor cupboards are fixed in, and to start on cutting the work tops. It is all exciting seeing it all come together. :) And very much looking forward to it all being done and having a brand new shiny kitchen! Once the kitchen is finished, we will have 12 days til the scan. And, it being December, will mean we are focussing on getting Christmas preparations done. And before long it will be the scan, then Christmas, and then comes the next part of the preparations, that is emptying out the old study, and sorting out that room.
I like having projects, seeing things getting done in the house. It makes me feel like I am accomplishing things, and that breaks up the daily monotony. Things certainly are moving forwards, and I'm looking forward to what the future holds. :) Another precious child, fun family times, making our house our HOME finally, making it uniquely ours and painting this blank canvas :) And keeping this house as somewhere pleasant for all of us to be proud of, and enjoy!
Oh! I almost forgot! Most of you will know this as you have me friended on facebook, but for those of you who don't... I am not diabetic this time round :D Over the moon!!
The little blob seems to be growing well. I'm still not feeling MANY kicks, I think because I don't have the time to just lay down, relax, and concentrate on them!! I've had my last midwife appointment until the middle of January now, when I'll be almost 25 weeks. I have just three weeks to wait til my next scan, which while I'm itching for it NOW, I'm sure those three weeks will whizz past just like the previous 14 weeks have (since I found out I was pregnant). And I really REALLY want to know the sex of baby this time round!! Yes, I'm hoping it's a girl. But I'm not holding my breath, and I am thinking it is most likely a boy. But if it is a boy... then I'll get to one day, get this (or get it made) for all three of the boys...
And plus the boys will have another brother to share their fun with and grow up with :)
There is just so much on lately. I am trying to fit in more housework. Which is very much needed. I so badly want a tidy clean home. And I know the best way to do that is to gradually work it into my routine to do more around the house.
In addition there is decorating, and also work has started in our kitchen. We are three days in, out of a maximum of ten days work. The old cupboards, oven, sink, etc are all out. The horrid lino has gone. The new laminate tiles are down (and look lovely!!). The plumbing and electrics have been adapted to accomodate the new position of the sink and the addition of a dishwasher. The new kitchen is all in, in boxes or ready built in the case of the floor cupboards. The floor cupboards are all roughly in position. That is roughly where they are up to at the moment, and tomorrow I am expecting him to make sure all the floor cupboards are fixed in, and to start on cutting the work tops. It is all exciting seeing it all come together. :) And very much looking forward to it all being done and having a brand new shiny kitchen! Once the kitchen is finished, we will have 12 days til the scan. And, it being December, will mean we are focussing on getting Christmas preparations done. And before long it will be the scan, then Christmas, and then comes the next part of the preparations, that is emptying out the old study, and sorting out that room.
I like having projects, seeing things getting done in the house. It makes me feel like I am accomplishing things, and that breaks up the daily monotony. Things certainly are moving forwards, and I'm looking forward to what the future holds. :) Another precious child, fun family times, making our house our HOME finally, making it uniquely ours and painting this blank canvas :) And keeping this house as somewhere pleasant for all of us to be proud of, and enjoy!
Oh! I almost forgot! Most of you will know this as you have me friended on facebook, but for those of you who don't... I am not diabetic this time round :D Over the moon!!
Saturday, 17 November 2012
16 weeks 2 days
Well... I feel like I don't have much to say on here anymore. I don't know why. Anyhow, here's some stuff that's been going on.
1. I've been feeling some kicks - very light, and not as often as I did in the 14 week mark. I know there's nothing I can do, but wait for little one to get stronger before I'll feel his kicks more, as I know I'm probably busy when he is kicking.
2. Heartburn is here. Only occasionally so far, and not so bad I need gaviscon. But yep, seems to be a thing of mine in pregnancy, loverly heartburn!
3. Had my glucose tolerance test. Went and had it done Tuesday morning. Going to get the results next Friday, which also is Robert's 4th birthday, but he'll still be in nursery all morning, so that leaves me free to go and see what the news is.
4. I have been taking belly pictures - but got none online yet. I have a 5 week, 10 week and 15 week to go up.
5. I am definitely packing on weight - I just don't know if it's belly weight or just flab :S I fit in my size 12 jeans pre-pregnancy. I am now starting to get uncomfortable in the size 16 jeans I had kicking about. I have practically zero maternity clothes, due to me getting rid of most of them when I lost weight. Tops I'm not so worried about, although some winter ones would be good, but I definitely need a few trousers/skirts (hah, skirts, me??!!).
6. I am definitely able to feel the baby this time - physically through my skin I mean. With my last two pregnancies I was already obese at my booking appointment, this pregnancy I was, with a heavy cardi on, just a smidge into overweight. Sometimes I seem to "lose" the baby, I'm assuming maybe the baby is laying against my back. But at the times when I can lay in bed and see a bump, I can feel a hard lump, find a smooth line for the back, although I can't distinguish the head from the bum! This morning, baby was laying quite high up, on the right. I could feel the back running along the right hand side, crossing over my belly button which I found quite unusual for this gestation!
7. The study is decorated (minus a few finishing touches - a few patches on the ceiling mainly! Carpet is in, and the computers are down, but the upstairs ex-study is still a junk pile, with lots of stuff needing sorting out!
8. Kitchen has been ordered, with work starting on the 26th November. It'll be continuing for 2 working weeks, hopefully with it being functional after 1 working week.
9. Hormones have been raging! I had one HORRIBLE day last week, where I felt unloved, friendless, useless and so on. I've been feeling much better since, so I'm hoping it was simply hormones!
1. I've been feeling some kicks - very light, and not as often as I did in the 14 week mark. I know there's nothing I can do, but wait for little one to get stronger before I'll feel his kicks more, as I know I'm probably busy when he is kicking.
2. Heartburn is here. Only occasionally so far, and not so bad I need gaviscon. But yep, seems to be a thing of mine in pregnancy, loverly heartburn!
3. Had my glucose tolerance test. Went and had it done Tuesday morning. Going to get the results next Friday, which also is Robert's 4th birthday, but he'll still be in nursery all morning, so that leaves me free to go and see what the news is.
4. I have been taking belly pictures - but got none online yet. I have a 5 week, 10 week and 15 week to go up.
5. I am definitely packing on weight - I just don't know if it's belly weight or just flab :S I fit in my size 12 jeans pre-pregnancy. I am now starting to get uncomfortable in the size 16 jeans I had kicking about. I have practically zero maternity clothes, due to me getting rid of most of them when I lost weight. Tops I'm not so worried about, although some winter ones would be good, but I definitely need a few trousers/skirts (hah, skirts, me??!!).
6. I am definitely able to feel the baby this time - physically through my skin I mean. With my last two pregnancies I was already obese at my booking appointment, this pregnancy I was, with a heavy cardi on, just a smidge into overweight. Sometimes I seem to "lose" the baby, I'm assuming maybe the baby is laying against my back. But at the times when I can lay in bed and see a bump, I can feel a hard lump, find a smooth line for the back, although I can't distinguish the head from the bum! This morning, baby was laying quite high up, on the right. I could feel the back running along the right hand side, crossing over my belly button which I found quite unusual for this gestation!
7. The study is decorated (minus a few finishing touches - a few patches on the ceiling mainly! Carpet is in, and the computers are down, but the upstairs ex-study is still a junk pile, with lots of stuff needing sorting out!
8. Kitchen has been ordered, with work starting on the 26th November. It'll be continuing for 2 working weeks, hopefully with it being functional after 1 working week.
9. Hormones have been raging! I had one HORRIBLE day last week, where I felt unloved, friendless, useless and so on. I've been feeling much better since, so I'm hoping it was simply hormones!
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