waiting waiting

A niggle here and a niggle there and I can’t help but think is this it! But they are just niggles so far. I am still glad to have them! Something is going on. Keep at it! How does the tiny one know when to start the process? This is a mystery. Did you know when babies are being born they kind of help buy kicking/pushing against the top of your uterus with their feet. So helpful at such a young age. 

At the moment the baby is so self-contained and happy, being fed and rocked at all times. Gravity is no issue for her, lying there upside down, wriggling away on some of my bones. She is all developed and is currently just adding fat that will be useful for when she is born and will have to learn how to feed. 

So here I am waiting for this wee girl to decide when to come into the world. It is the beginning of a lifetime of it not being all about me. I have been trying to learn this for a while but I think that the tiny mewling, fragile infant may be another steep learning curve on that road!

Cam and I (and friends and family) are back to the “I just can’t wait to meet you” phase and that is pretty lovely! What will she look like? How heavy will she be? Does all that squirming now mean anything for her personality? Wait and see, wait and see. Not long now?!

Here is a video of the squirming and my dashing husband’s squeals.

Here is a photo of the baby visibly making her way down.

high expectations

I am 40 weeks pregnant now! Or ‘40 and 1 today’ is how they say it.

Oh I started so well. Now I am going to try and finish well! You hear that baby?  That means you start well OK? We all want to be good at what we do. I wonder if this is felt more keenly than the desire to be a good parent. This starts right at conception. There are new rules on what to eat, what not to eat, how much to eat, how to look after yourself, stretches and exercises to do, what sports not to take up. Also babies recognize rhymes and songs from the womb so you can grow their brains more while they are in there. Sheesh! This baby is keeping me busy and providing opportunities for guilt already!

It has been discovered that an exercising mother makes a healthier baby. Makes sense. Like I said I started well; baby yoga, walking, stretching and those annoying pelvic floors. In the past few weeks when I haven’t been in a classroom I have been aiming to walk about 40 minutes everyday. Does it sound impressive or lame? I don’t walk particularly far in 40 minutes. Also once I fell over. Balance is challenging with loose ligaments and a bowling ball between your legs. Well almost. I haven’t done too badly actually and the walking really improved the weird leg cramps I was getting. I thought about cutting down on sugar too but I have been rather enjoying my new sweet tooth.  It doesn’t seem too detrimental at the moment, apart from the baby developing a sweet tooth, I hear that is pretty likely with children. The question is will I be able to curb my sweet appetite later?

We have completely finished our to do list for the baby, including the little touches decorating the baby room. Even to the point that nobody knows the name we have chosen but we have bought some letters to put up in her room after the big arrival. We felt pretty sneaky trying these out then hiding them away again. I'd say we are ready! Waaaaaah! It is a good feeling.  My to do list is now filled with slightly silly items but that are no problem, I should still do those wee annoying things. Something to pass the time while waiting!

Dropping a bowling ball anyone?

baby shower

Well thanks to the fine weather, fine food and some fine friends we had a successful picnic last Sunday. I was rather relieved as we cancelled the earlier date on day before and then it turned up perfect picnic weather that day, how embarrassment! Admittedly our suburb was crawling with urbanites wanting to get their hands on the wood chopping, sheep petting action at Ambury Farm day so the postponement turned out best in the end.

Since then I have felt rather ready for our wee bundle to arrive. I love my 'to do' lists and I have been slowly working my way through the things to buy, wash, read, organise etc. Not too quickly either, as I enjoy having a few small errands to run even at this late point. Officially today I am 38 and 2 so baby can come any time! This readiness allowed me to do another few days of relief work at AGGS too, a great top up to the coffers.

Here are some pics of the fun!