So much to write, but will need to assimilate thoughts, and there are more important things to do first.
Just to say this: labour was 1000 times worse than I could ever have imagined, but parenthood is 1,000,000 times better than I could ever have wished.
So the due date is officially 12 days away, but the books say “any time now!” The pregnancy is considered full-term.
However, I just saw the midwife – mine’s on holiday so I saw a different one. She was much more scary and really really rough. The way she handled the baby – I [...]
Well, the 20-day countdown has begun. I have finished at work, where to my surprise we got a £35 gift voucher for Boots, and a “Baby’s keepsakes” box to put all the pics, and locks of hair and footprints etc in, from everyone!
Today we were going to walk around Whitlingham broad, but when we [...]
So everything is still going well. The baby’s heartbeat is still strong at 126 to149 bpm. My blood pressure is still normal for pregnancy: 95 over 60. The fundal height is 36cm (this is from my pubic bone to the top of my uterus, and, as my favourite colleague pointed out, after [...]
Well, now in my final 4 weeks of pregnancy and I’m supposed to be having vivid dreams, particularly about babies and birth… I wish! I can’t believe anyone manages to stay asleep for long enough to get some REM sleep at this stage!
Well, I’ve tried to look this up on the web, but I’ve only found one mention of a pregnant woman loving the smell of musty basements. It’s getting pretty bad now – David even brought an old boot into the lounge the other day so that I could get a regular fix while watching [...]
So we are getting very excited about the imminent future, and I’ve been looking at the sort of things that people do with these new creatures…
I had been planning to join this: waterbabies.co.uk which looks really good, but someone has also recommended this: merbabies, which is a bit cheaper, and also looks good. I [...]