37 weeks 4 days (16 days to go!!)

Ok so I am counting down!!!! Couple of things first, Had a lazed Anzac Day nothing too stressful!! Although we did remember and stop for those who fought for our country. Also a HUGE congratualtions to Shontie on the birth of their beautiful baby boy a couple of weeks early, hanging to hear the birth story!! Also with just over 2 weeks to go if you are interested in getting a guess in as to what sex, size etc the baby is go here So I THINK!! all things are organised, Kai is organised for somewhere to go, originally I was thinking to get mum to met us at the hospital which is rather closer to them but on second thoughts I don't know how Kai would cope in the car with me for 40+ minutes labouring!!!! So my gorgeous girlfriends Bree and Lynne have put their hands up for a possible call through the night to come and get him!!!!!!!!!! The cot is set up and the capsule is in the car!!! I have finally opened the nappy disposal unit and a bag of nappies OMG they are tiny tiny!!! and from memory they actually swam on Kai for a couple of weeks till he packed the weight on!!!! I couldnt help myself again in Pumpkin Patch and had to get another unisex outfit!!!! I am thinking by the time we know the gender I am going to be well and truely over unisex stuff!!! It is all getting so exciting and I am mostly excited to find out if it is a boy or girl!!!! We have FINALLY chosen a name and like Kaitiaki it is a unisex name but I think I will wait to reveal it I am big on suspence huh!!! hehe Not much else going on, still got an active baby and loads of braxton hicks this is my belly as of today 37 + weeks.... FACTS Fetal size: crown-rump 35 cm (14 inches), crown-toe 47cm (21 inches). Fetal weight: 3.1 kg (6.8 pounds). Your baby's head is now cradled in your pelvic cavity -- surrounded and protected by your pelvic bones. This position clears some much-needed space for her growing legs and buttocks. Many babies now have a full head of hair, with locks maybe around one inch / 2.5 centimetres long. But don't be surprised if her hair isn't the same colour as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes taken aback when their children are born with bright red or blond hair, and fair-haired couples likewise can produce babies with dark hair. And then, of course, some babies don't have any hair at all. Speaking of hair, most of the downy coat of lanugo that covered your baby from 26 weeks has disappeared, and so has most of the vernix caseosa, the whitish substance that also covers her. Your baby will swallow her lanugo and exterior coating, along with other secretions, and store them in her bowels. These will become your infant's first bowel movement, a blackish waste called meconium.

36 weeks

4 weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could just sleep through the next 4 weeks!!!! Although sleep itself is a difficult manoeuvre at the moment! I am still suffering some insomnia but I think it is all preparation!! The reminder of sleep deprivation is all coming back to me!!! Thankfully Kai was a gem of a baby and slept through by about 6 - 8 weeks but who knows what will be this time!! I have my swaddling cloths ready though, I know that much! This little bubs is all arms and legs so he/she will be getting wrapped like poor Kai was at sleep time! I say poor Kai but he ended up loving being wrapped and slept so well and still does!! We had a great Easter as you will see at Kaitiaki blog we had a yummy Hangi that Mass did it was delish. I am generally feeling well, the past couple of days have had a cloudy feeling come over me and thought my blood pressure must be low. I went to Nans as she has a monitor and it came up relatively normal. I have been 130/75 and today it was 114/68 so I don't know really how much of a drop would affect me but seem to have come good this arvo. I am told I have really popped out now I feel like I don't have a spine anymore as I feel as though I just cannot stand straight as much as I try! I am almost over it now though and know the last 6 weeks are the drag so thankfully almost halfway through it!! haha Thanks Jules for your suggestion I am onto the Raspberry Leaf Tea and got the Bach Flower packed ready to go. I took Arnica tabs after my c-section with Kaitiaki and I think it really helped and I was satisfied just to have panadine for pain relief rather than morphine, which I wasn't keen on at all. So I must get down to the health shop and get some more. So the bags are packed yay, that makes me feel a bit better and I am going to put the capsule in the car tomorrow as the midwife keeps reminding me about!! Because I am transferring back to Rosebud as quickly as I can (they say the earliest is 4 hours) I have to have the seat in the car ready to go!!! Our birth plan is all done I gave a couple of copies to the midwife last week as I have some alternate options I want such as minimal fetal monitoring and VE's also I don't want a managed 3rd stage I want to birth the placenta naturally without the routine syntocinon injection. Obviously I wont put the baby or myself in any danger but I really want my body to facilitate the birth not drugs and artificial hormones. (at least be given the opportunity to anyways!) Here is a grea guide I have been going over a lot I got it from A Labour Of Love website .. which is by the author of the book I love to read!! Check it out!! http://www.alabouroflove.com.au/loveimages/CALM%20CHART.pdf Only 2 weeks till Bree and I go and see PINK in concert!!! yay... Bree will be 16 weeks I think??!! and I will be 38 weeks!!! oh dear!!! Should be all good, hope bubs enjoys it!! hehe Well that's it... Here are a cpl of pics as I have given the camera rest over the past cpl of weeks... This is my latest phase, I wouldn't say I have had craving but phases and the past couple of weeks it is fish and salad!!! Here are the drawers filling up!!! There is a bit of pink and a bit of blue in there!!! Bree and I are off to Frankston shopping tomorrow and my famous last words 'I don't really need anything' will wear thin when I walk into Pumpkin Patch I am sure!!!! And here is one of the change table filling up with supplies!!! FACTS Your baby has grown to be about 48 cm long (or 18.9 inches) and weighs approximately 2,850 grams (2.85 kg or 6lb 5 oz). Your baby is now in normal proportions. Up until about 36 weeks their head size is larger than their belly size, but at 36 weeks this equalises and from now on, their belly grows larger than their head! At 36 to 37 weeks your baby's lungs are fully mature.