Week 24

Where is the time going?? Moda's pregnancy app that he's set up on his phone says there's only 114 days to go :)
So, what's happened lately. We spent a fantastic last weekend in Tassie for a friend's birthday & I had a very emotional time, two bouts of embarrassing crying and couldn't stay in the controversial mutilation exhibit of the new Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart. If you're not preggers I'd totally recommend that place - it was amazing. If you are, I'd avoid the bottom floor and certain parts of the top floor... And the life-sized patchwork woman titled "birth". It's all amazing work, but I really felt quite traumatised and drained at the end of it. I've had some trouble sleeping this week, Rex has been up doing aerobics at weird hours. I think I'll have to start having nana naps in the afternoons to catch up on sleep. I've always been a light sleeper & that doesn't seem to be doing me any favours right now. Gorged myself on pasta and chocolate last night, so I suppose that could possibly have had something to do with it. I want to eat smaller meals more frequently but everything tastes So Good at the moment. Oh yeah! Also, (I'm a bit distracted at the moment thoughts going every which way) I find I'm tearing up at love songs on the radio. I know not everyone considers "You make my dreams come true" by Hall and Oates a love song, but I think it's one of the most romantic songs of all time.

Week 21.

Moda brought chicken curry home for dinner tonight. Delicious!! But oh so spicy. I'm getting a few kicks now, Rex either loved it or hated it. If I eat dinner early (and also a small dinner) I don't seem to get heart burn. Makes sense!
I should say though, that (especially with the aircon in the office at work) I am feeling really good at the moment. Not really any nausea, bit more energy and being able to feel little movements in my belly. That last one is the best bit. I also like the way I look at the mo, my tummy is round; I'm obviously preggers, but my bum hasn't tripled in size like I expected it to. Unfortunately neither have my boobs but I guess you can't have everything ;)
Even Moda can feel a kick everynow & then when there's a big one.
The last few days have been insanely hot. We bought an evaporative cooler last night & it's great if you're sitting right in front of it. Otherwise it doesn't seem to do all that much. 15% off though, so can't really complain.
Before we bought it I was filling the bath up with cool water - not cold - and just getting in every 1/2 hour or so to try & cool down. Today we had a little storm so I'm hoping that gives us a break from the stifling heat for a few days.
Those poor Queenslanders are copping it again with Cyclone Yasi. First the floods & now this. And we just had massive bushfires in WA, I wonder if we're building up to something even bigger. What's left? Earthquake?
Hmmm.
......Zombies?
With this bump, if I crane my neck out Moda thinks I look like ET. Now that's glamorous.
56.5 in the nuddy.

Week 20 part 2

Had our 20 week ultrasound today! Baby Rex is fine. Phew! We saw the little heartbeat again, and watched it turning and tumbling around. Gorgeous. Also may turn out to be a karate expert like its Dad.. Check out the awesome high kick! Teehee!

I'm picking the results up at 4:30, but the doctor indicated that everything looked good as far as she could tell.

We asked her to keep the gender a surprise, but at the beginning we thought it was probably a boy, then after 20 mins we were sure it was a girl. Odds are pretty even I think!

So we are now officially half way. I got heart burn last night, which is new. I really need to start eating smaller meals. But food is just so delicious at the moment it's kind of difficult to cut back!
My boss has been very understanding and generous, and when I indicated that I'd like to go on leave at 8 months he was fine with that. So that's really only 3 and a 1/2 months away. Cool! Then i will get to set the house up & get it ready for the big arrival..

Week 20

Ultrasound tomorrow! I Can't Wait. Rex has been really active the last few days, it's lovely to be able to finally feel something in there.

A girlfriend sent me the following link to a website for breast-feeding modesty screens today: http://www.bebeaulait.com/ some very pretty ones in there! It does make me want to find some fabric that I like and make my own though, can't possibly be too hard :)

We've also received our order from the States - a car capsule and two brackets for it to fit into (one for each car). For some reason the pram order didn't go through so we'll have to try again. We wanted a pram that the capsule can click straight into. So we're looking at the Peg Perego ones. It's pretty scary how many different kinds there are..

We also bought our cot from Target during the end of year sales. We figured by the time the EoFY sales come along, we'll already have a bub so we might as well get one now. 1/2 price which is great, but unfortunately they only had painted ones left. I kinda like the plain wood ones better. Never mind, the kid will never remember what its cot looked like anyway :D
56 kilos.

Week 19

Only a week to go until our next ultrasound! Yay! So my hubby has been saying "labour is like running a marathon. You wouldn't run a marathon without training up for it would you?".. well he's right, but he's not very good at encouraging me to exercise. All he's managed to do so far is make me feel guilty for not exercising. I know it's just an excuse, but I think morning sickness really affected my ability to exercise and since I spewed again this week, I don't think my morning sickness is officially over. However, being the devoted good little woman that I am, I have just walked to Kingston & back on my lunch break. Far out it's hot out there! I brought a great sun hat but forgot about sunscreen & now my impulse is burning my armpits. And I'm sweaty anyway. Perhaps next week I should bring a change of clothes to walk in....
But good news is that Moda has felt the baby kick for the first time! That's exciting!
I'm still burping & hiccupping like a demon but at least I don't have heart burn.
Also! We found my pregnancy diary so I'm writing in that more regularly too.
I'm about 55 kilos now.

Week 18

Finally started feeling little kicks this week - just lovely. I was starting to get a bit nervous because the doctor & midwife were both saying "you'll feel them any day now" from week 16.
My tummy has popped out too; a few people asked me this week if I'm pregnant.
I'm putting on a bit of weight but not too much, I don't want to stress about it, but it's kind of hard not to especially considering that I'm hungry All The Time.
No weird cravings, just need food. Any kind of food. I'm still having a snack at 3am, if I miss it I get kind of nauseous.
Have also just found my pregnancy diary (YAY!) well actually hubby found it so I'll copy all of this into it & I'll try to keep up both the hard copy one & the online one.
We spent the last week on holiday in Bellingen. It was sooo hot - I had singing lessons in a stuffy old church & kept having to go outside & pour my water bottle over my head. Only had one dizzy spell so that's not happening much at all any more.
20 week ultrasound is all booked in - can't wait. I still don't think I want to find out the gender. Will see if I change my mind over the next fortnight..
55 kilos.

Week 16 and a half

Well, I've lost my lovely new pregnancy diary so I haven't written in it for about 3 weeks. Poo. Thought I'd better start making entries somewhere else so I can update it when I find it again.

My belly is starting to get a little bit bigger, which is great. I'm finally starting to look preggers. I've put on about 3 kilos so far. My digestion isn't fantastic - I'm burping & hiccuping a lot but that's about all. We had a 37 degree day here last week which really knocked me about. I think I was a bit dehydrated. I had a couple of dizzy spells & felt quite sick but I feel much better now. Had a rotten night's sleep last night even with my magic pregnant lady pillow but I don't know if I'm still recovering from the heat or it was just sleeplessness because I came back to work today after a whole week off.

Moda wants me to do some exercise since the labour at the end will be like running a marathon and I'll need to be fit for it... But I just don't feel like it at all!
I s'pose I should get into a routine now as it's only going to get harder. Oh yeah - I'm also peeing like a champion at the moment.

The last time I was actually physically sick was boxing day (twice). It's always after an event! Day after John Farnham concert, day after exam, day after xmas etc. I just need to take it a bit easy. From memory that's about 14 spews so far, but I'll need to double check my diary to make sure.. when I eventually find it!!

I have a doctor's appt coming up this week to get a referral for a 20 week ultrasound. I thought it was a gyp that I have to go in again (why can't I just take my last ultrasound results? They know I'm really pregnant!) so I asked my nurse friend and she said it's simply to keep the GP in the loop. There's no internal methods for hospitals or clinics to update the GPs on their patients so we keep having to make new appointments for them so they know what's going on. Hmmm. Seems like a sneaky way to get extra money from unnecessary consultations to me...
53 kilos.