24 weeks

So bub is the length of an ear of corn. Hmmm

And my uterus is the size of a soccer ball!! Yikes!

And my belly button is slowly making its way outwards.

Nursery mobile

So to occupy my time not being able to nest immediately, I have decided to make a mobile for the nursery.

I have 2 ideas, both I found inspiration from on the internet.

Idea #1 Pinwheel mobile (inspiration and left image c/o Mamax2 on Etsy).

Not sure if my pinwheels are that good. I'm making them from fabric and felt and not paper. Still have to think about this idea.

Idea #2 Fabric origami cranes (inspiration and left image c/o Makikoko on Etsy)

I like this idea better, although more time consuming. Again I'm using fabric and not paper.

I had fun rummaging through the fat 1/4s at the patchwork store looking for the right, bright colours at least!

A cold

Yuck.

Runny nose, sneezing.

Went to the pharmacist and all they could offer me was a saline nasal spray with eucalyptus. I thought it was worth a shot at seeing what my options were.

And actually, the nasal spray did wonders. I might just use that from now on instead of resorting to cold and flu tablets (they just make me high sometimes!).

Oompa Loompa

I'm still getting used to this growing body of mine. The belly I don't mind, the other bits I'm not too fond of.

Ah.

I'll get used to it! Just saying.

Better ease off on the vanilla slices. Mmm... vanilla slice...

First buy

I went to Baby Bunting to prep myself for the shopping list ahead.

Wow is that place huge.

Everything you could possibly need is all there. So it was a good opportunity to have a good look around and make little mental notes. It was daunting to think how much we have to get.

I'm not just talking the big ticket items, which really isn't all that much. Its the things like bottles, nappies, wraps, onesies, manchester, thermometers, etc.

Not having access to the room to decorate and not knowing the sex of the baby hinders the planning somewhat. Although there are plenty of non sex specific decorations available. Lots of neutrals.

Well I didn't go away empty handed. My first official purchase! I'm sure my chiropractor will tsk tsk me, but the Peanut Shell sling was on sale, so I just had to buy it. I saw it in a baby mag and thought it would be something I would like to use, despite the apparition of my chiropractor on my shoulder saying "that's not good for your back!". I chose a neutral colour so Hubby won't feel self conscious using it too.

It has whetted my appetite to buy more, but I have to pull on the reins a bit as I really don't want to accumulate too much that will just have to be moved to the new house.

Which reminds me, I should start doing some packing really, while I am more agile.

Classes

Antenatal full day workshop: booked.

Breastfeeding workshop: booked.

Just for Dad's workshop: booked.

All systems go.

23 weeks

I'm still eating more than usual. And Cheezel is kicking and stretching a lot, but still in the same transverse position, head on the left and kicking apparatus on the right side.

Last night I was lying on my right side in bed, and I could feel the feet pressing against my hand. It was quite amazing, like he/she was standing on my palm.

Never ceases to amaze me.

Bump into a small hill

Hubby is shocked at the amount of food I am consuming! I'm not going crazy or anything, its just that he is so used to me eating like a bird before, now I'm helping him finish his meals! Ha!

And I am slowly losing sight of my lower regions as bub and bump are growing! That's why I'm eating so much, I have to keep up with the growth!

22 weeks

Just weighed myself on the Wii...

I am now just a titch over 50kg (I used to be 47kg) so a slow and steady weight gain.

Can't believe how much I'm eating!

Just had for breakfast:

French toast with 2 rashes of bacon, a whole banana with maple syrup.

Ate it easily, with a cuppa.

Before I would have struggled!

Feed me ~ says Cheezel!

Hubby is home

and he has felt his first kick from Cheezel.

Nice to have him home!

21 weeks

This is a spaghetti squash, or a winter squash. I have never heard of this vegetable before in my life, but apparently it is the size of Cheezel now. That's around 20.23cm.

My squash has feet and arms and thumping the inside of my belly!

I've been trying to work out what that sensation feels like. If you have ever cupped both hands to hold and cover a mouse, and the feeling you get when they wriggle around your palms trying to find a way out, is the closest I could come to an analogy. Or if you have ever caught a goldfish and done the same, cupped it in your hands and the wriggling against your palms is a similar feeling.

Anyway, its really like nothing else except the feeling of a baby in your belly at the end of the day!

Belly growth

Wow. It seems my belly has blossomed in the last week! I really look pregnant now!

Hubby will be shocked when he gets back in 2 days time.

Mum's Day

I received lovely flowers from grandparents to be this morning.

So nice.

This year I'm really missing my mum, for obvious reasons: be it hormones, becoming a mother myself, or both! Wish she was here.

Happy Mother's Day.

xx

Walk cut short

Today was surprisingly sunny and still. Perfect for a nice, long walk along the bayside with my pooch. So I get ready to go, put my walking shoes on, and harness the doggy.

100 metres down the street and I have a stitch on my left side.

Great.

So I slow down, find a park bench and stretched it out a bit.

Nup.

Ok, so maybe if I just keep walking it'll pass.

So we walk along the canal (our usual walking route) on the way to the beach.

Nup.

It wouldn't go away. I had to press on the left side to mask the ache as I walked.

I find another park bench and thought I would just take 5 minutes to let it pass and sit down.

Nup.

Ok, abort mission. Head back to base. *sigh*

Such a lovely day wasted.

So I get home and plonk on the couch. I have a rub of my tummy and I feel this lump low down above the pubic bone. What on earth is that? I push on it a bit and it goes away.

Surely its not the baby's head? Cos the feet are on the right side.

I read somewhere that if you push against a lump, and you feel a lot of movement, then its the bottom or legs. And if the lump moves but you hardly feel anything, then its the head.

So according to those observations, it was the head. Surely that can't be comfortable!

Anyway, after 10 minutes on the couch not doing much, the stitch totally went away and I was right as rain again.

I guess baby didn't feel like much of a walk. Oh well. My poor dog will have to get used to being 2nd priority, sooner than expected!

Burp

I feel like I'm always eating! Lucky I don't look like it yet!

Bigger

Went and bought D sized bras today. I thought I'd never see the day! From small Bs to Ds! Woohoo! Hubby is excited. LOL

Ahhh...

Just sitting here, on my warm couch, watching tv, with my hands on my belly.

OB check up

Well, nothing to report. Blood pressure is good, baby's heartbeat is good, uterus is growing to schedule, and the scan was good. Next milestone is the glucose test in one and a half months.

20 week scan

Everything is going as it should be. Cheezel is on track at 20 weeks.

10 fingers and 10 toes, 2 brain hemispheres, 2 kidneys, 4 heart chambers, etc. All good.

Cheezel was a bit camera shy and kept its face hidden with its hands, but we managed to get one little picture.

We did not find out the sex, but we have that information in a sealed envelope. So when Hubby gets home, we may or may not open it and find out. Teehee. Nice to have that option tucked away anyway. I had him on speaker phone so he could hear everything that was going on, and we have the DVD so he can watch it when he gets home.

The main thing is, all is going well. Textbook as they say.

20 weeks

Technically half way now. Time has flown. Feels like my belly is getting bigger by the day!

So Cheezel is the length of a large banana. Having the 20 week scan later today; stand by for new pics of little bub inside, and a more accurate length estimate than 'a large banana'.

And Cheezel is now technically a person, according to Australian standards.

"Hello little boy or little girl!"

Well I'm glad to say...

That there will be a house (that we own in conjunction with the bank) for Cheezel to come home to after the hospital. We finally bought a house and we will make it our home for the next 20+ years.

Nesting will now be better planned and will start in earnest from July.

to know or not to know part II

Went to my god daughter's 15th birthday tonight, and most people there were actually pro finding out. Interesting, so its balances all the nay sayers from previous discussions.

Doesn't really make up our minds really. It will have to be a gun to your head moment on Monday at the scan I think!