Firstly, I have to apologise for being slack and not writing a blog for last week. I have found myself much more mentally and physically tired over the past few weeks and unfortunately, as much as it pained me to not do the blog, something had to give. All in all there wasn't that much to write about last week anyway, the highlights were . . . having my cousins son for the day and friends over with some of their kids. Although tiring keeping a two and half year old with a very active brain occupied it was lovely to look after him and have some human company during the day, as there's only so much dog talk I can manage! ;-) I also had a bright idea to have about 30 friends over for a BBQ on Sunday so spent a bit of time preparing for that, including last minute supermarket sweep Sunday morning before they all arrived. The first friends turned up at about 2:15 with the last leaving at about 22:30 - it was lovely having everyone over but as usual when you're hosting these things you don't find enough time to actually catch up with everyone properly, so that was a shame. Caterers and cleaning staff next time is the way forward I think!
So onto this week . . . Monday I was exhausted not having slept much the night before and getting up for the toilet at least every hour. I'd also felt a bit sick and generally un-well (similar to one night last week) so Monday morning I did the things I had to get done and then went back to bed for a few hours early afternoon before my midwife appointment. This is when I found out that my blood pressure (of which has been spot on perfect through my whole pregnancy) had gone through the roof, doh! Just when things were so close to my due date and I was keen as mustard to be able to test out this new midwife-only unit they've opened at the hospital! High BP was certainly going to put a stop to that and possibly even the water birth I've been dreaming about all along . . . the good thing though was that the baby is still engaged, moving around and her heartbeat is still fine. The consensus was to pop to the hospital in the morning to check my BP again and go from there, so in preparation I woke early Tuesday morning to listen to my hypnosis CD in an attempt to get super relaxed for my appointment. Whether it was this or yesterday was just a blip after doing too much Sunday I don't know, but thankfully all was back to normal and I'm all set for a water birth in the new unit all being well between now and D-Day! I've taken the high BP as a bit of a warning to me to slow down so begrudgingly I've had much more of a relaxed week, with longer lay-ins and a few extra soaks in the bath during the day. I have had one more night with regular bowel movements (like Sunday and last week) and feeling sick but feel fine during the day and the other nights in between so it can't be a bug. I have heard that your body can have a good clear out (sorry folks!) just prior to the babies arrival so I suppose this could be it and she'll be with us very soon . . . let's hope so!
Two friends had their babies this week, so I am even more excited about the prospect of us being next. I can't imagine actually having the baby in my arms and not having this bump, along with all the aches and strains that come with being heavily pregnant. I really feel like my body will never feel like it used to again, although I'm sure it will after a while and with a bit of exercise etc. I'm planning on joining the cult that is Zumba once the baby has settled in, so that should be a good test!!
So as I type this blog I am 38 weeks and 3 days pregnant, with just over a week and a half until my due date. I'm trying my hardest to prepare myself for the latest possible arrival date but it's hard when I feel like I'm getting symptoms, twinges, a dropping bump etc etc etc. She really could come any day now and with our 6th wedding anniversary tomorrow and my Mum, Sister and Step-Dad all away in York for the weekend I do have a feeling that it could be more than imminent. Mum has promised that she won't be drinking alcohol so that she can drive them all back if it comes to it as is determined to be here should I need her, which is very sweet but it's only a three hour drive back and it's not like they'll be able to come to the hospital with me so I'll probably hold-off on letting them know if it does start tonight or tomorrow until I know how quickly things are moving as it could take until their back to come to anything anyway. If she did arrive tomorrow though, what a fab anniversary present that would be!!
My bump is forever growing so here's some photos of it at 38 weeks . . . (who knows they may be the last bump photos I publish!)
So onto this week . . . Monday I was exhausted not having slept much the night before and getting up for the toilet at least every hour. I'd also felt a bit sick and generally un-well (similar to one night last week) so Monday morning I did the things I had to get done and then went back to bed for a few hours early afternoon before my midwife appointment. This is when I found out that my blood pressure (of which has been spot on perfect through my whole pregnancy) had gone through the roof, doh! Just when things were so close to my due date and I was keen as mustard to be able to test out this new midwife-only unit they've opened at the hospital! High BP was certainly going to put a stop to that and possibly even the water birth I've been dreaming about all along . . . the good thing though was that the baby is still engaged, moving around and her heartbeat is still fine. The consensus was to pop to the hospital in the morning to check my BP again and go from there, so in preparation I woke early Tuesday morning to listen to my hypnosis CD in an attempt to get super relaxed for my appointment. Whether it was this or yesterday was just a blip after doing too much Sunday I don't know, but thankfully all was back to normal and I'm all set for a water birth in the new unit all being well between now and D-Day! I've taken the high BP as a bit of a warning to me to slow down so begrudgingly I've had much more of a relaxed week, with longer lay-ins and a few extra soaks in the bath during the day. I have had one more night with regular bowel movements (like Sunday and last week) and feeling sick but feel fine during the day and the other nights in between so it can't be a bug. I have heard that your body can have a good clear out (sorry folks!) just prior to the babies arrival so I suppose this could be it and she'll be with us very soon . . . let's hope so!
Two friends had their babies this week, so I am even more excited about the prospect of us being next. I can't imagine actually having the baby in my arms and not having this bump, along with all the aches and strains that come with being heavily pregnant. I really feel like my body will never feel like it used to again, although I'm sure it will after a while and with a bit of exercise etc. I'm planning on joining the cult that is Zumba once the baby has settled in, so that should be a good test!!
So as I type this blog I am 38 weeks and 3 days pregnant, with just over a week and a half until my due date. I'm trying my hardest to prepare myself for the latest possible arrival date but it's hard when I feel like I'm getting symptoms, twinges, a dropping bump etc etc etc. She really could come any day now and with our 6th wedding anniversary tomorrow and my Mum, Sister and Step-Dad all away in York for the weekend I do have a feeling that it could be more than imminent. Mum has promised that she won't be drinking alcohol so that she can drive them all back if it comes to it as is determined to be here should I need her, which is very sweet but it's only a three hour drive back and it's not like they'll be able to come to the hospital with me so I'll probably hold-off on letting them know if it does start tonight or tomorrow until I know how quickly things are moving as it could take until their back to come to anything anyway. If she did arrive tomorrow though, what a fab anniversary present that would be!!
My bump is forever growing so here's some photos of it at 38 weeks . . . (who knows they may be the last bump photos I publish!)
Another great blog update... Worth the wait.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary to you and James xxxx