March Hares and all That Jazz!

I can't believe I have been off work now for 4 weeks! Also I can't believe it is the 1st of March tomorrow. Where is all the time going?

Update wise in regard to Emily, there's nothing much to report. It's just over two weeks until we go to Great Ormond Street again for our date with the super computer, so we are mainly looking to that for our next information overload. My midwife Lesley has been coming every couple of weeks and is coming to see us on Thursday so I shall be measured. So far all my bump measurements have been spot on :-) Although I seem to have grown from nowhere in the last week or so! Maternity clothes that I bought which were too big for me two weeks ago are now too small!!! I'm going to get Ian to take a weekly bump picture from now until the end so we can see how much it grows each week. In fact as I am sat here typing this on my iPad, it's wobbling around from where Miss Milly clearly doesn't want to be sharing her space and keeps attempting to kick it off balance, cheeky :)

We've finished off the nursery now :-) looks uber cute! We have built the cot too, it looks so comfortable.... My naughty Kiki cat seems to think we have have bought her a special bed and I have to keep shoo-ing her off when she sneaks in to the room :-) Also have plenty of cute outfits for Emily and I must not buy any more ^_^

Hmm, what else have we been doing? I've still been baking quite a bit and made some cakes for our friends children last week :)
Tonight I'm going to bake some muffins and make some Potato and Broccoli soup.
Last week I met up with a few friends and had a lovely time. I went to the cinema with Kerensa and we were planning to see quite a girly film but by the time we arrived they had all sold out so we ended up watching The Fighter, which was awesome.
Also saw my lovely friend Lainey for a coffee later in the week and she bought Emily a gorgeous little outfit from Monsoon, which is now hanging in the wardrobe awaiting it's time ^_^
We've been taking the dogs out a bit, Sam loves mud and Kai loves biscuits (: We've mainly been relaxing... Ian fights xbox wars and I read or bake or make stuff. It's good having the time to chill as soon it's all going to change!

I guess I have been feeling a little more scared again the last few days. I have a massive list of questions for the Dr when we see him on the 11th! We've been starting to pull together bits for our birth plan, which has provided a few giggles when I think of some scenarios that could occur.... In particular Ian fainting ;) however I reckon he'll be fine, he did watch when I had the amniocentesis and told me all about how awesome it was to watch the massive needle go in me and to see how it went in on the ultrasound screen.... Glad someone enjoyed the experience haha!

I've worked out that as my tummy grows this equals less sleep :) So generally I seem to be quite tired at the moment, Ian is alright though and can sleep through me fidgeting trying to get comfy, super lucky!

All in all, things are good. It's lovely having so much time together (: I have had a few wobbly days but I just tell Ian and he makes me feel better and then if he feels rubbish he tells me and I make him feel better.

Right better go, cottage pie and some yum veggies for dinner :)

xx

February!

I'm now 28 weeks pregnant, 3rd timester. It's not so much fun. I feel as though all my energy has just drained out of me! Have been getting a few headaches and not sleeping so well, but figure I'll make the most of what sleep I do get as it's only going to get worse over the oncoming weeks.

We've had good amnio results, all of Miss Milly's chromosomes appear to be present and correct, so thats a weight off of mine and Ian's minds! Other than midwife appointments we have no more scans or hospital until the 11th of March when we head to Great Ormond Street again for a fetal echo and to see Dr Sullivan and Helen our Cardiac Nurse. It seems a long way away yet and a little scary to think that I will be 33 weeks by then. I guess that at this appointment we will find out choices for delivery and be able to make a decision. Seems scary that following that appointment I could be induced from any point 4 weeks after it.... Maybe the 11th March doesn't seem so far away after all!

I've now finished work! It is quite a strange feeling. I've only been left a week and already I'm finding it hard to keep track of what day it is. This week is nursery week! There's a little bit of painting to finish off so we should get that done and then I have some nice bits which I have bought ready to put in/up. It's going to look lovely. Work gifted me some John Lewis vouchers as a maternity leave present which was lovely of them and so I have been and bought a beautiful lampshade for the nursery, it's just dangly daisies :-) only problem is, whoever attached the last lampshade tightened the fitting up too much and we can't get the stupid thing off! We also bought a cute little chest of drawers for Emily's things, I am going to wash all the little bits I have bought for her this week and then put them away in the drawers. Also Lynne who I worked with bought Emily the cutest Jemima Puddle Duck cuddly and rattle, so I'm planning to get a few more Beatrix Potter character things for the room :-)

All in all, we're having a pretty lazy time (other than the mad cleaning sprees I seem to go on every other day!) It is nice though being able to relax and feel at the moment that there is not too much to worry about.

xx