Are we nearly there yet?
Not quite, but getting closer every day! 36 weeks and 2 days into the pregnancy, less than a month to go until Jade's arrival! Although I have a strong feeling- that she will be arriving the first weekend in December, as long as I don't go into labour until 30th November then that's fine as then Matthew will be able to get home in time!
We had a bit of a scare the other weekend, had niggly pains on the Friday night, Sat morning and then came back with a vengeance on the Sunday night just as Matthew was due to drive up to London to go back to work. Rang the oncall midwife - ended up being passed from pillar to post until local midwife rang me back to say that she didn't think it sounded like labour at all and to just have a bath and go to bed. Needless to say she was right as here I am still feeling like a beached whale!
That particular night I was only 35 weeks and not worried about giving birth at all, just about the fact that the baby was a bit early and the idea of a home birth was starting to fade into the distance. But thankfully, due to this amazing link I have with Jade, I explained to her that it was too early for her to come and that for us both to have the experience we wanted from this, it would be best if she would consider hanging on for just a few more weeks - luckily she agreed as the pain and braxton hicks stopped fairly soon after that :o)
That's one thing that I have really noticed the last few weeks is how in tune Jade is with me. When I sleep, she sleeps. When I have fallen asleep on the settee and wake up a few hours later, she stirs just after I do. She lets me sleep through the night (although I have SPD which makes turning over in bed really uncomfortable) and even lets me get through the night without needing the loo - which is a miracle in itself if the stories from my friends on the baby forum are anything to go by. She is sometimes really active if I have been busy during the day, and other days just seems to sleep when I am having a lazy day. Really hoping this continues after the birth! I can tell what kind of mood she is in by the way she kicks, if she is head down and knocking my cervix (which is not comfortable in the slightest!) then I know I'm squashing her a bit - this usually happens at night, still occasionally forget that I mustn't lie on stomach! Her favourite party trick at the moment is to kick whichever cat happens to be on my lap at that moment :D Though I believe one of the cats sits on me just to get kicked! The others prefer to stay on my lap whereas this one cat climbs up to the top of my bump to get the best prods from Jade, and Jade happily obliges :D
Jade loves music, anything with a strong beat gets her dancing around the womb! Thought we had a mexican wave going on yesterday she was moving so much! Her bottom seems to go from one side to the other and then I get kicked either in the ribs or in the side (seems to have really long legs to reach that far round!). Right now this moment she is sitting on my stomach - heartburn really bad!
That's one thing I have found funny since being pregnant, the biology lessons really come to life! You can pinpoint exactly where your stomach is and your bladder, and then where your cervix is (unless you're a male of course!) just from where the baby is lying :o) I think I have learnt more about where everything is in the last 8 months than I did in any of my biology lessons!
I'm looking forward to the birth, getting my birth pool this weekend hopefully and Matthew is frantically putting up baby furniture each weekend! The baby clothes are washed, but I seem to have lost half the nappies - so really hope Jade doesn't make her entrance until after 24th November as that is when I am buying the nappies - would prefer not to use disposables unless they are compostable ones (can get ones that only take 6 weeks to break down in your garden compost bin! How cool is that!?) but understand that if Jade arrives before the nappies do then I have to use something (and it was the only way I could get the cool changing bag from Boots, by having to buy a pack of Huggies). Think we have nearly everything we need, still have to get a changing mat and nappy bucket and top n tail bowl (though don't remember my mum ever having one of those, she used to use a pudding bowl!). Want to buy an electric breast pump but that will have to wait for a while as our funds are rapidly fading this month! And we still have to buy Christmas pressies! What exactly do you buy for a newborn? Was thinking we should buy more for 3months plus as Jade's birthday will be so close to Christmas she won't have much of a chance to get presents for being six months old etc. So the stocking will be filled with teething rings and cuddly toys :D
We had a bit of a scare the other weekend, had niggly pains on the Friday night, Sat morning and then came back with a vengeance on the Sunday night just as Matthew was due to drive up to London to go back to work. Rang the oncall midwife - ended up being passed from pillar to post until local midwife rang me back to say that she didn't think it sounded like labour at all and to just have a bath and go to bed. Needless to say she was right as here I am still feeling like a beached whale!
That particular night I was only 35 weeks and not worried about giving birth at all, just about the fact that the baby was a bit early and the idea of a home birth was starting to fade into the distance. But thankfully, due to this amazing link I have with Jade, I explained to her that it was too early for her to come and that for us both to have the experience we wanted from this, it would be best if she would consider hanging on for just a few more weeks - luckily she agreed as the pain and braxton hicks stopped fairly soon after that :o)
That's one thing that I have really noticed the last few weeks is how in tune Jade is with me. When I sleep, she sleeps. When I have fallen asleep on the settee and wake up a few hours later, she stirs just after I do. She lets me sleep through the night (although I have SPD which makes turning over in bed really uncomfortable) and even lets me get through the night without needing the loo - which is a miracle in itself if the stories from my friends on the baby forum are anything to go by. She is sometimes really active if I have been busy during the day, and other days just seems to sleep when I am having a lazy day. Really hoping this continues after the birth! I can tell what kind of mood she is in by the way she kicks, if she is head down and knocking my cervix (which is not comfortable in the slightest!) then I know I'm squashing her a bit - this usually happens at night, still occasionally forget that I mustn't lie on stomach! Her favourite party trick at the moment is to kick whichever cat happens to be on my lap at that moment :D Though I believe one of the cats sits on me just to get kicked! The others prefer to stay on my lap whereas this one cat climbs up to the top of my bump to get the best prods from Jade, and Jade happily obliges :D
Jade loves music, anything with a strong beat gets her dancing around the womb! Thought we had a mexican wave going on yesterday she was moving so much! Her bottom seems to go from one side to the other and then I get kicked either in the ribs or in the side (seems to have really long legs to reach that far round!). Right now this moment she is sitting on my stomach - heartburn really bad!
That's one thing I have found funny since being pregnant, the biology lessons really come to life! You can pinpoint exactly where your stomach is and your bladder, and then where your cervix is (unless you're a male of course!) just from where the baby is lying :o) I think I have learnt more about where everything is in the last 8 months than I did in any of my biology lessons!
I'm looking forward to the birth, getting my birth pool this weekend hopefully and Matthew is frantically putting up baby furniture each weekend! The baby clothes are washed, but I seem to have lost half the nappies - so really hope Jade doesn't make her entrance until after 24th November as that is when I am buying the nappies - would prefer not to use disposables unless they are compostable ones (can get ones that only take 6 weeks to break down in your garden compost bin! How cool is that!?) but understand that if Jade arrives before the nappies do then I have to use something (and it was the only way I could get the cool changing bag from Boots, by having to buy a pack of Huggies). Think we have nearly everything we need, still have to get a changing mat and nappy bucket and top n tail bowl (though don't remember my mum ever having one of those, she used to use a pudding bowl!). Want to buy an electric breast pump but that will have to wait for a while as our funds are rapidly fading this month! And we still have to buy Christmas pressies! What exactly do you buy for a newborn? Was thinking we should buy more for 3months plus as Jade's birthday will be so close to Christmas she won't have much of a chance to get presents for being six months old etc. So the stocking will be filled with teething rings and cuddly toys :D
posted by Kate at 1:50 AM
Written by: Kate Whorlow - Angel Therapy Practitioner (trained and certified by Doreen Virtue Ph.D.)
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