34 weeks

Wow time is flying, although I am waiting for the dreaded dragging last 5 weeks!!! I think it is because you get asked at least once a day 'how much longer do you have to go?'!! Today we went and had a tour of the hospital where I will birth. It was fairly basic not that there is much there to sell you about!! I was interested to learn they have a bath, not that they do water births but it is more a comfort thing. Sounds nice to me!! I have written up my Birth Plan and I think it is complete!! Just some minor adjustments to make after the tour today made me re-think my wording!!!! I have generally been well I am told I am popping out now!! About time!! lol Bubs is in the move still. Yesterday I had a boost juice and it was quite cold which I think bubs wasn't that impressed about!!! There was loads of squirming and massive kicks up in the rips to the point I almost had to pull over the car! Little rat... the consensus so far has been a girl, Mum is dead set it is a girl!! I am not 100% either way yet.. i was edging towards a boy in the beginning but now I am just neutral !! Cannot make the call yet. When I had Kai I made the call in theatre during my c-section just seconds before they got him out!!! and .... I was right. Massey had Kaitiaki suss from the beginning it was a boy all along! This one he is sure is a boy too so only time will tell! Yesterday we held the rally at Frankston Hospital it made state and local media which was a bonus. Unfortunately the weather wasn't fab but I thought the turn out was good considering. It was a bit of a shame more people didn't get behind it but there will be more opportunities as we are not going to let down.!!!!!!! http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21477456-2862,00.html I was interview and aired on channel 9 news last night and Kai was stoked to see mummy on TV!!! lol He thought it was great!! Not a great deal else going on the midwives have been happy over the last couple of appointments. The baby's room is coming a long, I got the change table back I lent to my Auntie and Uncle and also got a better bassinet stand for the bassinet, much more sturdy as I was using the bath stand and it was too high but also allowed the bassinet to move if you pulled it. We got it at a garage sale around the corner for $5 .. what a bargain!! I got a great rug on eBay for the room also which will make a great difference in winter to the floorboards. Just been gathering some supplies, I have got 2 lots of huggies boxes when they were on special and wipes etc. I think I am almost organise, oh except when i go into Pumpkin Patch and I NEED this and that!!! lol I am trying really hard to wait until after bubs is born as then I can get boyish or more girly things!!!! I saw the new Avent steriliser in the chemists' catalogue it takes more bottles and less time than the one I had for Kai.. I am planning on breastfeeding but it does the breast pump also and it was $79 on sale for $39. I went in locally but they said they weren't getting any in. So I rang another chemist a wee drive away and they had them and saved one for me yay!! Mum went and got it for me during the week and it is a ripper. It comes with 2 bottles, teats and a dummy awwwww!! This is my new Nappy Bag I am just in the process of packing it for hospital... such a tough task and my bag isn't even started yet as I need some of the clothes as not a great deal is fitting me at the moment!!!! Stella has been in disgrace lately she has been up to really puppy mischief. Last week I bought a Zoo Pillow from a second hand baby shop quite cheap, I was in a hurry and popped in home put it on the couch and raced out the door. I got home about 15 minutes later and she had got her paws on it, she tore it open and there was filling everywhere. Luckily she had just ripped under the ear and ripped it open at the seams .... whew was still a mess with 2 bags of filling.!!! Mum, the sewer extraordinaire fixed it like new for my so it is sitting nice and high at the moment. Then on Thursday night I was having an Enjo party and guests where arriving at 7pm, I was making a dip and realised I forgot an ingredient it was about 2 hours till guests started arriving so I shot down the supermarket quickly with Kai. And knowing her track record of late told Stella 'don't you get anything' hmmm should have known better ...... This is what we came home to .................................................................. She trashed my belly bag ... my pregnancy bean bag with the hole in the middle so I can lay on my belly.... hence we are not friends at the moment and when I go out she is outside or in the laundry if it is raining!!! She also got a whole 8 pack of toilet paper in among all the beans. And YES I am still finding all the beans coming out the woodwork after I thought I got them all!!!! ahhhh It took so long to clean them all up and the poor Dyson got a real work out with all the beans grrrrrrr Little Shit... It is her 1st birthday next week - 3rd April and at this rate she will not make it!!!!!!!!!!!!! So thats it not long to go now yay on the home stretch I have had a Doula offer to come to he birth so if I still cant find anyone I will take her up on it, she lives about 40 mins from the hospital so I could just meet her there. FACTS Your baby has grown to be about 46 cm long (18.1inches) and approximately 2,350 grams in weight (2.35 kg or 5lb 3oz). During the next 6 weeks or so, your baby's main task is to gain weight and grow a little larger, as well as build up their immune system, which is obtained from you passing blood antibodies through the placenta. Many women start to notice a tingling sensation or numbness in the pelvic region or pain as they walk. This may be caused by the pelvic joints loosening, ready for labour.

Rally against Rosebud Maternity Closure

32 weeks 1 days

okay been slack at posting again!!! Can you beleive 7+ weeks to go OMG!!!!! So I've just been cruising along nicely again the insomnia seems to have calmed down a little bit although Kai and I had a sleep this afternoon so hopefully that wont affect me too much! The indigestion is still around and is showing no signs of disappearing! Last Friday I read news about the Rosbud Hospital closing their Midwifery lead care unit which was a real blow being only a couple of minutes from my house. As much as I was not 'aloud' to birth there because I am having a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Ceasarean) I was going to transfer back there as soon as I have had bubs, just as I did when Kai was born. I feel you the relief I felt when I arrived back at Rosebud was amazing! I wont go into the horror stories or Frankston but I do realise that most of the staff are totally under pressure and it is such a medical model of care they only can offer what they know and the hospital offers. I could go on and on about this but will get to the point!! After reading about it again in the local papers this week http://www.morningtonpeninsulaleader.com.au/article/2007/03/09/11358_mlv_news.html and talking to other expecting mothers and past patients at Rosebud the overall consensus is that the decision is quite dangerous and making women, up to an hour or more away 50+kms in flowing traffic and closing the unit in just 4 weeks. I feel that a first time mum being put in such a situation where she has had the care of Rosebud throughout and now being told that in as little at 5 weeks expect to birth in a completely different environment is really sad and must be terrifying. As I say I could go on and on. I have since been in touch with some wonderful women who I discovered at the Maternity Coalition and they are being extremely helpful in setting up and supporting some lobbing and generally getting the word out as consumers we disagree with the move and more so if the government wont realise the dangers that it is imperative that the Rosebud Hospital Midwife Lead care continues with the Frankston Medical Model as is being proposed. So I will keep the details coming on here and if anyone is interested let me know and I can get in touch with you regarding details etc. I am sure this is going to keep me busy for a little while, I feel quite passionate about it and also as a Doula it is important for me to keep birth as natural as possible and if this is done at a hospital where some women feel more comfortable the midwife lead approach as opposed to the medical model is the one to fight for. Here are some pics of the babys room as it pregresses!!! Quite funny when I was pregnant with Kaitiaki, I think the entire room was organised and ready to go!! This time I am quite calm about not being entirely organised. Also I think because we decided bubs will be in the bassinett in our room for a little while so the nursery doesnt have to be entirely finished. I have to go and pick up the layby which has the cot and didnt realise until today that it was actually due to be collected and completed today... oopss better get onto it!! I am doing some research on getting a belly cast done, I have seen some fantastic insirational ones. I am into getting one done and then scrapbooking some black and white pictures onto it, which is one I have seen and it was very effective. I am still catching up on blogs and comment when I get a chance.. Also I have had a go at digital scrapbooking and here is my first attempt.... My sister helped me get into it she has opened a website if there are interested digital scrappers lurking go and check it out Colorline Design okay and at 32 weeks this is where the bubba and I are at.... FACTS Your baby is about 44 cm long (17.25 inches) and approximately 1,900 grams in weight (1.9 kg or 4lb 3 oz). Your baby's sucking and swallowing action (required to drink milk) fully coordinates between 32 to 34 weeks. Some babies have a head of hair already, others have only a few wisps. Thick hair at birth doesn't necessarily mean thick hair later on but children with fine hair in childhood usually have thinner hair in adulthood. You're probably gaining a pound/ 450 grams a week, largely because your baby is likely to gain more than half his birthweight during the seven weeks before delivery.