Well, I guess I haven't been as good at blogging as I was hoping to be this year but it is only March so I have some time to make that right and I have a fairly good reason...
We are having another baby!!! Baby number two will be arriving in late September! There will be 21 months between our first baby and second baby.
We are very excited but I think I will enjoy it all a bit more when I stop having morning sickness. I forgot how yucky morning sickness was, I guess that happens so you actually have more kids huh!
So when lil 'O' has been having a sleep so has his Mama which hasn't left a whole lot of time for blogging...
I have been up and down at the idea of having two little ones under two - of course we want this little baby so much so that's not the issue, I think just because I have been feeling so tired and sick it makes me start wondering how I will cope with two. I also have been thinking a lot more about how hard it is to have family so far away, my family in England and then SP's family 4 hours away. I have been a littleysad about this over the last month or so, I see Grandma's walking their grand-kids and really wish that was mine or SP's Mum with 'A'.
But I guess we are not doing it by ourselves we have a great God who gives us all we need to get through, and we also have a wonderful new church family around this time so that will be a great support and already is...
We had our first scan a few weeks ago and there was a strong little heartbeat - one heartbeat!!! We go back next week for our 12 weeks scan where hopefully we will see a little bit more of our new little family member!
Anyway I really wanted to share with you on blogger before I mentioned it on Facebook in a one sentence status update.
Please pray that this yucky morning sickness would leave me soon and that this little one might grow safe and healthy in my tummy!!! I can't believe I am on this pregnancy roller-coaster again but I am thrilled and excited to enjoy the ride - once the morning sickness is over that is!
Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Monday, March 08, 2010
Thursday, November 20, 2008
'cankles'
This is yet another symptom that you can get during the last few weeks of pregnancy, where the 'calves' and the 'ankles' become one and the where you should normally be able to see your calves go into your ankles but that is no longer recognisable - they now blend to become 'cankles'.This is something that over the last couple weeks I have noticed that I get now and again especially when I am standing for long or sitting for long. Yesterday for instance a 3 1/2 hour trip in the car + 4 hours sitting at dinner in an uncomfortable chair = cankles!
The only real cure for this is to sit with feet up - it's tough but I guess I can do it
Monday, November 17, 2008
time to update
Well, I have just started my third week off since finishing work and I have not even sat down to blog or read blogs - you would have thought I would have soooooo much time to sit, read and write, which I kind of do but I have just been doing other things with my time. And with an impending arrival that kind of takes a lot of your thoughts and energy, particularly at this stage.
I am officially 36 weeks tomorrow and had my 36 weeks check-up today and all is well with little Squiggly other than they have decided not to engage into the pelvis yet. This is meant to happen at about 36-37 weeks, the OB is hoping Squiggly engages soon but isn't too worried at this stage - I guess if I get to 39 weeks and Squiggly is still not engaged then we will need to chat about what to do! From now on I go tot he OB every week so at least we will be keeping a good regular check up.
Today I got to see our little ones face for the first time in a while - saw a nose, eyes and little cheeks it's hard to see everything now as I have one big baby inside me. At this point baby is about 2.7kg (5.5lbs) and measures about 45cms ish. No wonder I have trouble breathing sometimes!
Anyways - I thought it was time for an update. Will try and knock out a few more this week too in my free time ;)
I am officially 36 weeks tomorrow and had my 36 weeks check-up today and all is well with little Squiggly other than they have decided not to engage into the pelvis yet. This is meant to happen at about 36-37 weeks, the OB is hoping Squiggly engages soon but isn't too worried at this stage - I guess if I get to 39 weeks and Squiggly is still not engaged then we will need to chat about what to do! From now on I go tot he OB every week so at least we will be keeping a good regular check up.
Today I got to see our little ones face for the first time in a while - saw a nose, eyes and little cheeks it's hard to see everything now as I have one big baby inside me. At this point baby is about 2.7kg (5.5lbs) and measures about 45cms ish. No wonder I have trouble breathing sometimes!
Anyways - I thought it was time for an update. Will try and knock out a few more this week too in my free time ;)
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
sore back = not happy
Since I have gotten a lot bigger I have been struggling with back ache. After morning sickness this has been the thing that has bothered me the most. I go some days where it's totally fine and I have no problems and then I have other days where it is just miserable.The last few days have been miserable - I haven't been able to get comfy and sitting at my desk really doesn't help. I try to get up and walk around but not long after I sit back down it's sore again.
SP gave my back a rub last night which was nice, I put a heat pack on and also tried some of my pre-natal yoga poses but it was still really sore. Thankfully I managed to get a good night sleep.
I think I might need to book myself in for another pregnancy massage!
Monday, October 13, 2008
nixter is......
trying to kick her 'one muffin a day' habit.Any suggestions for a healthy alternative that will fill me up as I am starving!
apples and oranges just don't seem to fill me up!
I think I am having muffin withdrawals!
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
my 2nd trimester
As I wrote here about my first 3 months, I thought it was only appropriate to write about my 2nd trimester (weeks 14-27 apparently), according to my calculations I just split the 9 months into 3 but it doesn't work like that as you still have some weeks left over ;)
So last week I entered my 3rd trimester (28-40 weeks). The last leg of the pregnancy race.. Not that I am racing anywhere at the moment - think more waddling!
My 2nd trimester has been a lot nicer that my 1st:
No nausea - hooray!
My relationship with food is back on the straight and narrow - horray! Although coffee is still not as appealing as it used to be - but I do have myself a decaf hazelnut latte now and again.
Baby brain - I also seemed to have a little reprieve from baby brain - although you may want to check that with my husband, family and friends as I could seriously be deluding myself about that one. But honestly it didn't feel quite as bad at times.
Junk food - the junk food obsession calmed down too.
Chocolate - don't worry ladies my love of chocolate has come back with avengence - I am eating even more than I was before pregnancy. Snickers anyone?
My body - my body still feels as if it has been hijacked and taken over - I am still a walking host organ.
So what's been new in this trimester....
Feeling baby move - this is a pretty special one and one that has evolved during this whole trimester. I first felt the baby move around 17-18 weeks like little flutters. SP felt the baby kick for the first time at 20 weeks when we were on our Babymoon, this time it was quite a strong kick. That was a pretty exciting time. Since then the movements have gotten a lot stronger, I get kicked all over the place, the ones in the bladder and ribs aren't so pleasant. Apparently this will slow down from now on as the baby gets even bigger. I can even see my belly move when the baby moves - think Aliens!
The BIG scan - at 19 weeks we had our big scan to check how everything with the little one was growing and all looked good and well. Praise God. We even found out if we were having a little boy or little girl ;)
Hello belly - from about 21-27 weeks I popped BIG TIME. I more than doubled the weight I had put on in the first 21 weeks in just 6 weeks. I was impressed! My belly is now sticking out and proud.
Back ache - because of the above point I have had a pretty sore back, this has probably been one of the harder things for me during this trimester. I went for a pregnancy massage last week which was lovely and have encouraged my hubby to give me a wee massage in the evenings which has helped.
Sleeping - say what? No really I have been able to sleep but it certainly isn't as comfortable as it used to be and I wake up a fair bit. I almost need a forklift truck to turn me over during the night*. Plus I am normally a 'on my belly' sleeper, I think if I lay on my belly now I would be almost touching the ceiling*! It's worth investing in one of those super long maternity pillows. *slight exaggeration.
Return of the baby brain - this has also come back with avengence. I walked out into the middle of the road the other day when it wasn't even a green man, thankfully I saw the car and quickly got back on the pavement. Poor Tracy and Denis were with me and looked on in amazement and shock! WARNING: pregnancy can be dangerous to your health!
Glowing - I thought this would never happen as I felt so awful at the beginning but I have had some lovely comments from people saying that I look like I am 'glowing' and that I look well.
Sore ribs - because my bump is quite high I get really sore ribs, they almost feel bruised - I don't imagine that's going to be getting much better until baby starts to drop a little.
I think my expectation of pregnancy and the reality of pregnancy were quite different, it's been harder than I thought but I wouldn't change it for the world, to have a little life growing in you and feeling them move is priceless. The 2nd trimester has certainly been a lot better. So be encouraged ladies that if you have a rough time at the beginning it does eventually get better.
So last week I entered my 3rd trimester (28-40 weeks). The last leg of the pregnancy race.. Not that I am racing anywhere at the moment - think more waddling!
My 2nd trimester has been a lot nicer that my 1st:
No nausea - hooray!
My relationship with food is back on the straight and narrow - horray! Although coffee is still not as appealing as it used to be - but I do have myself a decaf hazelnut latte now and again.
Baby brain - I also seemed to have a little reprieve from baby brain - although you may want to check that with my husband, family and friends as I could seriously be deluding myself about that one. But honestly it didn't feel quite as bad at times.
Junk food - the junk food obsession calmed down too.
Chocolate - don't worry ladies my love of chocolate has come back with avengence - I am eating even more than I was before pregnancy. Snickers anyone?
My body - my body still feels as if it has been hijacked and taken over - I am still a walking host organ.
So what's been new in this trimester....
Feeling baby move - this is a pretty special one and one that has evolved during this whole trimester. I first felt the baby move around 17-18 weeks like little flutters. SP felt the baby kick for the first time at 20 weeks when we were on our Babymoon, this time it was quite a strong kick. That was a pretty exciting time. Since then the movements have gotten a lot stronger, I get kicked all over the place, the ones in the bladder and ribs aren't so pleasant. Apparently this will slow down from now on as the baby gets even bigger. I can even see my belly move when the baby moves - think Aliens!
The BIG scan - at 19 weeks we had our big scan to check how everything with the little one was growing and all looked good and well. Praise God. We even found out if we were having a little boy or little girl ;)
Hello belly - from about 21-27 weeks I popped BIG TIME. I more than doubled the weight I had put on in the first 21 weeks in just 6 weeks. I was impressed! My belly is now sticking out and proud.
Back ache - because of the above point I have had a pretty sore back, this has probably been one of the harder things for me during this trimester. I went for a pregnancy massage last week which was lovely and have encouraged my hubby to give me a wee massage in the evenings which has helped.
Sleeping - say what? No really I have been able to sleep but it certainly isn't as comfortable as it used to be and I wake up a fair bit. I almost need a forklift truck to turn me over during the night*. Plus I am normally a 'on my belly' sleeper, I think if I lay on my belly now I would be almost touching the ceiling*! It's worth investing in one of those super long maternity pillows. *slight exaggeration.
Return of the baby brain - this has also come back with avengence. I walked out into the middle of the road the other day when it wasn't even a green man, thankfully I saw the car and quickly got back on the pavement. Poor Tracy and Denis were with me and looked on in amazement and shock! WARNING: pregnancy can be dangerous to your health!
Glowing - I thought this would never happen as I felt so awful at the beginning but I have had some lovely comments from people saying that I look like I am 'glowing' and that I look well.
Sore ribs - because my bump is quite high I get really sore ribs, they almost feel bruised - I don't imagine that's going to be getting much better until baby starts to drop a little.
I think my expectation of pregnancy and the reality of pregnancy were quite different, it's been harder than I thought but I wouldn't change it for the world, to have a little life growing in you and feeling them move is priceless. The 2nd trimester has certainly been a lot better. So be encouraged ladies that if you have a rough time at the beginning it does eventually get better.
Friday, June 06, 2008
my first 3 months
Don't worry my blog isn't going to all be about the baby from now on but as I have been keeping a lot of it all in for such a long time (believe me 2 months is a long time when you have such big exciting news.) I thought I would share some of the things I have experienced over the last couple of months and it is also a great way to remember this special but sometimes hard time. Note to self: don't read this post before trying to conceive again!
Warning: This blog may contain some 'over-sharing', some of you may not want to read on ;) Actually I just read it back, it's really not that bad!
My body - has totally been taken over, I am no longer controlling what it does or how it feels. How can something so small make so many weird, wonderful and not so wonderful things happen to a fully grown human being's body - in this case ME? As Kaz Cooke describes it in her book 'Up the Duff' - I am now a walking host organ.
Nausea - so far this has probably been the worst of all my symptoms. Early on it was pretty bad and it has only now really started to ease and it certainly hasn't gone completely yet.
When I was living those nightmare weeks of intense nausea I told SP that I think I would prefer to give birth 3 times than have nausea. He suggested I say that to someone who has ACTUALLY had a baby, so I did. They said they would talk to me at the end of December (post baby due date ;). But many women I have spoken to who have suffered terribly with morning sickness (what a joke - who made up the name 'morning' sickness - try 'all day' sickness?) said they would take labour pains over nausea any day. I rest my case!
My relationship with food - I love food and I think food loves me but man I never expected that my relationship with food would take such a turn for the worse. For a long time I have been wondering if my relationship with food will ever be the same again! Case in point: food courts, we have not been friends for sometime now, although I think that our relationship is slowly healing.
In the last 6-7 weeks I haven't drank coffee SHOCK HORROR, I have only had about 2 cups of tea SHOCK HORROR, I have only now started to be able to eat some chocolate SHOCK HORROR.
Junk food - the exception to the above is junk food, namely Pringles, Chips, Hot Chips and Oportos. Salty foods = good! Interestingly I have lost 3 kg's (6 lbs) since being pregnant and not put on weight. How is that fair when you DON'T exercise and you DO eat lots of burgers, chips and yummy food you lose weight, any other time when I DO exercise and when I DON'T eat as much junk food I find it extremely hard to lose weight. Hey ho, them's the breaks!
Exercise - has gone out the window due to the nausea but I am hoping to pick that back up in the next week. My OB said I can play most sports just not contact sports, I guess I will have to give up the wrestling and the cage fighting - I can pick them back up once I have had the baby!
Muscles - with all the 'special' hormones come the relaxing of the muscles, this doesn't do great things for the bowel - enough said I think!
Brain - brain, where art thou? It seems when I got pregnant my brain checked out of my head and checked in for a long vacation, I believe it's gone for about 9 months? Yes folks while before pregnancy I could be a bit of a ditz, this has now been magnified. I guess the positive of this is that I now how an excuse for otherwise 'normal' behaviour, but in my defense it has got a LOT worse.
Pregnancy Books - can be scary. I learned from last time that some of those books aren't for light past time reading before you go to bed! 'What to expect when you are expecting' isn't or at least wasn't for me cover to cover reading material, for someone who can be, let's say 'a little paranoid at times' it wasn't helpful. Last pregnancy I tried reading it cover to cover and it FREAKED.ME.OUT this time I have just used it more as a reference book and that has been much better. Instead I have been reading the very funny 'Up the Duff', it makes me giggle but at the same time let's you know what to expect from the growing one inside you and also of the things that you are going to be feeling/experiencing!
Despite the tough things that you go through in those first few months I wouldn't change it for the world, to see the little one growing inside you is so worth it and is such a gift from God. I struggle to see how people can't believe that there is a God when they look at the creation of human life - it truly is a miracle!
Roll on the 2nd Trimester - isn't that when you bloom and get 'good,nice hormones'? Bring it on I say!
Warning: This blog may contain some 'over-sharing', some of you may not want to read on ;) Actually I just read it back, it's really not that bad!
My body - has totally been taken over, I am no longer controlling what it does or how it feels. How can something so small make so many weird, wonderful and not so wonderful things happen to a fully grown human being's body - in this case ME? As Kaz Cooke describes it in her book 'Up the Duff' - I am now a walking host organ.
Nausea - so far this has probably been the worst of all my symptoms. Early on it was pretty bad and it has only now really started to ease and it certainly hasn't gone completely yet.
When I was living those nightmare weeks of intense nausea I told SP that I think I would prefer to give birth 3 times than have nausea. He suggested I say that to someone who has ACTUALLY had a baby, so I did. They said they would talk to me at the end of December (post baby due date ;). But many women I have spoken to who have suffered terribly with morning sickness (what a joke - who made up the name 'morning' sickness - try 'all day' sickness?) said they would take labour pains over nausea any day. I rest my case!
My relationship with food - I love food and I think food loves me but man I never expected that my relationship with food would take such a turn for the worse. For a long time I have been wondering if my relationship with food will ever be the same again! Case in point: food courts, we have not been friends for sometime now, although I think that our relationship is slowly healing.
In the last 6-7 weeks I haven't drank coffee SHOCK HORROR, I have only had about 2 cups of tea SHOCK HORROR, I have only now started to be able to eat some chocolate SHOCK HORROR.
Junk food - the exception to the above is junk food, namely Pringles, Chips, Hot Chips and Oportos. Salty foods = good! Interestingly I have lost 3 kg's (6 lbs) since being pregnant and not put on weight. How is that fair when you DON'T exercise and you DO eat lots of burgers, chips and yummy food you lose weight, any other time when I DO exercise and when I DON'T eat as much junk food I find it extremely hard to lose weight. Hey ho, them's the breaks!
Exercise - has gone out the window due to the nausea but I am hoping to pick that back up in the next week. My OB said I can play most sports just not contact sports, I guess I will have to give up the wrestling and the cage fighting - I can pick them back up once I have had the baby!
Muscles - with all the 'special' hormones come the relaxing of the muscles, this doesn't do great things for the bowel - enough said I think!
Brain - brain, where art thou? It seems when I got pregnant my brain checked out of my head and checked in for a long vacation, I believe it's gone for about 9 months? Yes folks while before pregnancy I could be a bit of a ditz, this has now been magnified. I guess the positive of this is that I now how an excuse for otherwise 'normal' behaviour, but in my defense it has got a LOT worse.
Pregnancy Books - can be scary. I learned from last time that some of those books aren't for light past time reading before you go to bed! 'What to expect when you are expecting' isn't or at least wasn't for me cover to cover reading material, for someone who can be, let's say 'a little paranoid at times' it wasn't helpful. Last pregnancy I tried reading it cover to cover and it FREAKED.ME.OUT this time I have just used it more as a reference book and that has been much better. Instead I have been reading the very funny 'Up the Duff', it makes me giggle but at the same time let's you know what to expect from the growing one inside you and also of the things that you are going to be feeling/experiencing!
Despite the tough things that you go through in those first few months I wouldn't change it for the world, to see the little one growing inside you is so worth it and is such a gift from God. I struggle to see how people can't believe that there is a God when they look at the creation of human life - it truly is a miracle!
Roll on the 2nd Trimester - isn't that when you bloom and get 'good,nice hormones'? Bring it on I say!
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