Monday, 30 May 2011

3 days to go

Youch.
So tired.
She's getting her feet right under my ribs now and pushing.
We want her out. We were hoping she'd make an appearance on Marks 30th bday, but yesterday came and went. Nothing.
I've been napping every afternoon. Marian's been protecting me ;)




Saturday, 28 May 2011

Awake.....and Mark's bday.

4.50am. "I can't get no sleep"
Ooh. That's a good song.

So. 4 days til due date and it's Mark's 30th birthday today.
I was really hoping Lilly would come today. Maybe she will later, but I dunno. I don't feel anything other than her moving occasionally.
No cramps, pains, nowt.
I am just generally sore tho. Back and hips mainly.
I woke up an hour ago at 4am ish and I really don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep again.
Eugh.


Oh. I knitted some clown type booties for baby. They look cuter in real life. Gonna put buttons or pom poms on the fronts.


Anyway. I'm gonna try sleep. X

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

So tired

Mark and I just took the dogs up to The Downs for a walk (gorgeous little country paths, fields and woodlands) The weather's amazing today. So bright and not too hot.
We're off into Sutton to get a few bits now. I have to post something to my friend in the states, and I want to get a few tops I can wear if I go out and I need to breast feed (when she decides to arrive) but I just got SO crazy tired I feel like I could pass out and sleep for 5 hours!
I'm 39 weeks tomorrow. A week til she's due, but no sign yet.
Come on Lilly. Mummy's sore.

Update: been shopping etc. Now in O'neills getting some food. I feel like I've been kicked hard in the coccyx and that someone's tried to snap my pelvis in half :(




Sunday, 22 May 2011

Wemake craft classes

Anyone fancy learning something crafty like cake decorating or embroidery or......well lots of other things! Have a lookie here:
http://www.wemakelondon.co.uk/page26.htm

It's the guys who run the craft fair I had a stall at Christmas before last.
Might be worth going to a few.
Sign up quick tho :)


PS. No Lilly news. Thought my waters had broken but I don't think they have :-/

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Weird

Had a dream I was marrying a fat man I didn't really know. I certainly didn't fancy him but we were there about to tie the knot. Standing in the isle with my wedding dress on, thinking is 'oh god. I don't love this man!!! I don't even know him. I KNOW I'll be getting a divorce immediately!!'
I was completely overwhelmed by guilt and confusion.
I woke up and for a split second I thought that it wasn't a dream, then I looked over at Mark and I'm pretty sure I've never been happier or more in love at 4am.
PHEW!
:-D




Friday, 13 May 2011

Zzzzzz

It's about 3.50am. Woke up at 3.30 with really bad acid reflux and a tummy ache.
I'm so tired and sat here in bed, propped up with Mark fast asleep next to me.
I'm really nervous about actually giving birth to Lilly. She's wiggling round in my belly all happy, and although I really want her out now, every time I get a cramp or something that's uncomfortable or a bit painful it gets me thinking about just how bad the birth pain and contractions are gonna be.
Eugh. This heartburn/reflux is making me want to be sick....



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I feel crappy today.

I seem to have a bit of a cold this morning. Snotty nose, annoying cough. And I slept terribly again.
My tummy, ribs and hips kill when I try to move in the night. I'll wake up with heartburn or needing a wee and have to move super slow, using the slatted headboard of the bed to pull myself round or up. Even then I'm in agony.
I keep expecting to stand up at night and for my waters to go.
it feels like my rib and hip bones have been put in a vice, and it hurts to walk now too.
Boo.
Come on little Lilly-bear.

UPDATE:
Feeling better now, well, kinda.
Anyway, off for Chinese! Not a take out either! We're eating in! Whooo! Yummy.
And mark has the weekend off :)


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Monday, 9 May 2011

12!!!

Just ate a whole pack of Jaffa cakes. 12 of them!
Oops.
*Burp*

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I <3 Kay

Kay is my Osteopath.
Poor woman saw me for an appointment today, hairy legs, bikini line, stinky feet ;) the lot.
What a hero.
I felt amazing for about 10 mins, but now I feel like I need a rest. Lilly is doing something painful to my hips. Maybe it's just that she's H U G E.

I have to go to Morrisons now to get stuff for dinner. Spag Bol tonight.

Oh and Shadow hurt his front left leg somehow this morning. He was so lame on it :(
Poor little guy. I hope he's ok.

Ooh. Scan tomorrow.
10.10am then specialist appointment at 11.15am.


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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Oop!

Just seem to have spent £30 odd in Morrisons on heartburn tablets, ice-cream, nail varnishes and biscuits.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

So much going on!

We had the meeting with the specialist at the hospital about birth options yesterday morning.
Basically it just gave us a chance to ask any questions about c-sections and stuff. She also did a check on Lilly. She's head down still and her heartbeat is good.
We have another scan on the 10th, which is Tuesday. If my placenta hasn't moved, or not moved enough I'll be booked in for a caesarean in my 38th week.
(I'm 36weeks tomorrow.) So I'll know by Tuesday what's happening. We might even have a date!
If my placenta is still low, I have a c-section and everything goes well, I'll have to stay in for 3 days.
If I go into labour before the booked in date, I have to go to the hospital immediately and I'll have to have an emergency section.
You never know, it might all be fine by Tuesday and I can have a natural birth.

We have an anti-natal class today. I'm an idiot and got the dates wrong so we missed the first two of them :(
Then we're off to my dads to speak to the architect about doing the house up.

Tomorrow I have a midwife appointment, Friday I'm going to see Anna (I really can't wait!!!) and Saturday we have the maternity ward tour.
It's never ending! Then it all starts up again next week.
I'm just counting down the days til the scan.

Ah, thanks to Michael Leckie I've had some retouching to do, tho we still don't have the Internet so getting hold of the pics was a mission!
Fingers crossed Sky will deliver the wifi box thing this week.

I hope you're all well.
Girls from work, I miss you all loads. Don't forget me!!!
Xxx

Sunday, 1 May 2011

This week.....

So on tuesday we had the 34 week scan to see if my placenta had moved. We didn't get any scan pics. I think Lilly was too big. From the measurements, they think she's (about) 6lb 10oz already and the lady who did the scan said she has hair and long legs.
Placenta hasn't moved much. I'm booked in to discuss birth options this tuesday in case it hasn't moved. I've also been booked in for another scan on the 10th may to see if it has moved. If not it'll be a caesarean.
Scan lady seemed to think I'd need one as placentas don't move much this late in pregnancy.
She is head down tho, waiting, bless her.
Oh and she double checked, she IS a girl :)

Things are getting a lot harder for me now. I have lots of appointments and things to do and remember. I'm huge. My feet are still massively swollen and sore and I'm not sleeping. Probably about 3 hour stretches at the most.
The dogs are driving me mad, living with Marks family. They haven't really settled and Marks mum worries and fusses about them.
Things that I'd deal with normally, or that wouldn't even be an issue before, I'm reacting to completely differently because of his mum.
It's hard.

Yesterday Shadow pulled me over in the park. I was on a bit of a slope and the grass was slippery. I fell on my hands and knees and it really shook me up. I hate that I'm finding things hard to deal with that weren't a problem before. I've also found I'm really nervous about anything hurting Lilly-bump and I'm extra careful when I'm doing things.

I miss people.
I've found that without the Internet I feel really isolated. I've wanted to visit people or do things but actually doing them is another matter.
It'd mostly mean leaving the dogs, and I don't like putting that burden on Marks mum. Plus I'm huge and tired and sore. I just can't be travelling everywhere.

I'm sure there was more I was going to write.
It's 9am and I've been awake since 5.30am just laying here and before that I didn't really sleep much, so my brain's not right today.

Look at this beast of a belly!!