Week 29

Gross gross gross. Haven't been so sick since I quit smoking. I took last Friday off work because I had a sore throat and thought a day off would fix me up. I was even worse by Sunday, had a completely stuffed head & even though my nose was blocked it wouldn't stop running. it got chapped because I was wiping it so much - I couldn't blow it. My eyes were leaking too, just too much pressure in my head. So I took Monday off & went to the doctor. He told me that as long as I could still feel movements the baby was fine. Apparently all my antibodies go to protect Rex & leave me with no defenses. So he prescribed panadol and 3 more days bed rest & if I didn't get better he'd start thinking about antibiotics. Yeek. So I chucked up the first panadol & decided it must not agree with the bub so I'd have to brave it on my own. Have spent pretty close to 6 days in bed, thankfully my head is all better but now I have a disgusting cough. Hopefully that won't last long. Moral to the story: Don't get a cold while you're preggers!

On the upside, Rex has had the hiccups twice this week. Cute! : D

I thought it was a pulse in a weird new spot until I figured out what it must be. It was just too regular for normal kicks. Poor little blighter.

Back to 58.5

Week 27

I've just hit the 3rd trimester (yay!) & I've had some contractions already! They started last weekend but I really only noticed them on the weekend after my midwife pointed them out. I haven't had any since then so I guess things are settling down a bit. My new little niece is due in a month too, so it's all happening.

Also, we've been renovating the house again... I hope it's all ready for when Rex appears! I'm actually really excited about setting the room up with the cot and everything. Moda found a change table at Aldi for $50 so hopefully there are some left! They're apparently not on them for very long anyway and that's so cheap! I also bought a cheap maternity top from KMart that looked really pretty on the hanger. Silly me, I didn't try it on. The b**bs bit is just too big for me, even with the extra weight I haven't really changed cup size yet. I just fill out my b's a bit better than I used to! So I gave it to another preggo girlfriend & hopefully she has more luck than me. Bring on the voluptuousness!!

Week 25 and a half

So my belly is enormous and my belly button is almost flat. I've been having lots of wild, colourful dreams and some nights I sleep well, other nights not so much. I had a few kicks in the bladder over the weekend but thankfully that seems to have just been a temporary phase. It's just an uncomfortable sensation - a little shock that makes you want to pee right away, whether or not you need to. Other than feeling huge (and getting a number of comments that I'm looking quite big at the momen) I'm feeling fine. I'm probably eating a bit too much junk.. I bought fruit on the way home for some healthier snacking but it's all looking quite sad and expensive. Probably because of cyclones and floods and things. We're very busy at the moment, what with part-time school, full time work, house renovations and yoga once a week. Tomorrow is a glucose test (to see if I have gestational diabetes) and then a midwife appointment. I'm really looking forward to mid-May because school will be finishing up for the semester and I'll be going on maternity leave too. Moda is still nesting far more than I am. Cute!
:)