‘TMI’ Post
For those of you not in the know, TMI means too much information - usually of a bodily sort when related to pregnancy.
And for this reason I have seperated this entry. Those who can stomach reading about my bodily functions may proceed and hit the ‘Continue Reading’ button… those who can’t - are related to me and/or are male (this means you, Dad) can happily go about your business safe in the knowledge that you still don’t know much about my bodily functions!
Right, with that out of the way…
Is This The Start Of Something?
I hope not, I’m only 35 weeks!
I’m going to write what I posted on Baby and Bump -
Since I got out of bed this morning I’ve felt like crap.
My mid to lower back is aching, keep having BH’s, I feel sick and absolutely shattered and I don’t know whether my body is flushing itself or if I’ve got a stomach bug. I’m almost positive that baby desended into my pelvis at some point yesterday and is having a jolly good time down there! And he’s (yes I think it’s a boy) turning and twisting around reeeaallly sllooowwwlllyyy and it’s making me feel seasick!! One of my cats was on my lap earlier watching my belly moving, that was quite funny!
And DH is going around the house cleaning and tidying and I feel guilty as hell ‘cos I can’t help (although, he’s much better at housework than I am!).
Well, I’ve been doing some research on early labour signs and I’m ticking nearly all the boxes. Most sites are saying it could be a matter of hours or a couple of weeks. Baby has most definitely descended (spelt it right this time!) as my pelvis is feeling heavy, I feel flu-ish and I’ve had a tiny, weeny bit of a show. My belly keeps feeling tight so I’m guessing the BH’s are getting me ready for the go.
I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and I’ve been moaning about how I’ve been feeling the last couple of weeks but you know what? I feel like crying! I’m not ready for baby to come right now, I want my homebirth dammit! Of course Mother Nature cannot be stopped and if this is it then there’s very little I can do about that! I’m feeling a little bit scared now, which I assume is totally natural and I’m feeling a bit miffed because I haven’t had time to do perrenial massage, I’ve barely touched my hypnobirthing breathing exercises, I haven’t drunk enough RLT and worse still we haven’t really chosen any names!
I really hope that I’m just having an off day and that I’m a little bit sick. Baby is still very active so perhaps this is just all a figment of my imagination… But part of me wants this to be it! Oh I’m such a contradiction!
Watch this space!!!
UPDATE Feeling much better now! Paranoia must’ve gotten the best of me I think, still feeling tired but that’s to be expected. Found out from Mum earlier that there is a virus going around and then Jeff told me his brother hasn’t been well either, so I guess I picked it up from somewhere. I’m still keeping a close eye on how my body is behaving though, perhaps this is the start of something that will happen in a couple of weeks? I feel a bit silly now, haha!
