Midwife Appointment Today (& a couple of bump pics)
Today I saw Paquita, another lovely midwife that I’ve seen once before. Julie had spoken to her briefly about my wishes and she mentioned it to me, making sure I still want a homebirth and zero drugs. Everything’s still normal and ok, well apart from one very minor thing but I’ll get to that in a minute.
My BP is normal, Indi’s heart rate is also normal and strong. I remembered to record his/her heartbeat on my mobile phone today, the quality isn’t very good but you can definitely make out the thump thump thumps! Then Paquita had a feel of his/her position and said… “It seems to be back to back”. Oh no!!! I knew it! She suggested doing the hands and knees position to try and ease Indi into anterior and I mentioned visiting Spinning Babies. So you can imagine what I’ve been doing all afternoon and night!!
Just as we were about to leave Carol came into the room (Carol was my original booking-in midwife who has been away for the past four months on another job). Unbelievably she recognised me! She couldn’t believe how big I’ve gotten and then went straight into talking about my opposition towards any drugs and the fact that I want to birth my own baby and have as little intrusion as possible! It seems the midwives have been talking about me… I must be a freak or something, haha! She didn’t have any aggresion, just wanted to make sure that I was sure, all the midwives have been totally cool about letting me go it alone and I’ve reassured them that I do want their presence ‘just in case’. It was nice seeing her again and even nicer that she remembered me, perhaps in a town like this it’s not easy to forget the hippy girl with a long haired husband, 17 cats and a dog! I told her that if she ended up being the attending midwife that we now have two rooms downstairs instead of one and that the animals will be kept seperate from her… much to her relief!
Anyway, all in all it was a good appointment. I’m glad Paquita told me the baby’s position, now I can work at trying to move him/her. Of course this may not work but I have to give it a go!
Oh, and just for kicks here’s two pictures Jeff took when we went for a walk with Skylar yesterday - 39 weeks today (well it’s 2am, that means it’s Thursday now!).
32 week bump pictures!
Just a quickie tonight to post a couple of photos…
I’ll have to do a comparison thread soon to see how big I’ve gotten!
My book says that baby weighs about 4lbs now! If s/he is big then it’s at least 4lbs!
29 Weeks Today! Bump Pic…
I decided to take a picture tonight purely because I had my strongest Braxton Hicks contraction so far! I can see why my Mum thought it was just wind when she went into labour with me!
Please excuse the strange look upon my face, I was whistling or humming along to a song :), oh and that little lump just before my top ends is my bellybutton, hee hee!
Bump Picture Number 2
Here’s my pregnancy book’s Week 26 summary…
“Your baby measures about 9¼ from crown to rump and weighs almost 2lbs!
Your baby’s lungs are sitll maturing and he still has some growing to do. His spine is getting stronger and more supple to support his growing body, and a friend may be able to hear his heartbeat just by putting an ear to your abdomen. Your baby can inhale and exhale. His eyes have completely formed. His pulse quickens as he reacts to sounds; he’ll even move in rhythm to music. Studies of fetal brain activity show that your baby can now respond to touch.”
Isn’t that amazing?!
This is what I did yesterday… the purple is a bit darker in real life.
Baby’s first tie-dye! Hee hee!
Here’s my new bump picture, I’m going to wear the same clothes for each picture for as long as I can! I can see a slight difference, perhaps I’ll do this every fortnight instead of weekly…?
I can’t believe that’s me! That’s my belly growing and there’s a human being in there! We thought this would never happen. After getting our hopes dashed each month we gave up, and then BOOM! I’m pregnant! And I KNOW it’s not a case of “If you just relax, you’ll get pregnant”. I was ‘relaxed’ for the first four years that we were letting nature take it’s course, and many times over the next year and a half I was ‘relaxed’ and had to just forget about it for my own sanity! I don’t have an explanation for it other than our bodies decided to work together for once!
It all still feels like I’m going to wake up from a wonderful dream any moment. That’s not something I’ve said before, heard people say it many, many times and now I know how they feel. I feel like I’m faking it!!!!
Anyway, that’s your lot for tonight. I’ll be back on Sunday with my stats unless something else happens before then.
Bump Picture Number 1
I’ll take a new photo once a week to see how big I’m getting.
And here is a picture of our little baby at 19 weeks, 4 days!
