The last day of the year

Ok I admit I have been insanely slack in keeping up to date with my blogging bad bad bad. One of my New Years resolutions will be to keep more up to date with my blog, I also plan to be a lot more organised with keeping my friends and family up to date with my news, especially when the baby arrives which I am sure is going to feel a lot closer in the new year.

The last few weeks have been fairly busy but very good, I have had the last week and a half off from work which is exactly what I have needed, I have caught up on a lot of sleep which feels great and where pre-pregnancy I had no problems getting up at 7.00am most mornings I am not quite good at sleeping in until 9.00am and taking nanna naps in the afternoon on top of that, you gotta love it.

Christmas was pretty quiet but thats exactly how I like it. DH and I spent the day with my family for lunch and then DH's father and step mother came up from Devonport to stay with us for Christmas night. I do admit to having a lovely glass of sav blanc but as long as I drink it slowly or mix it with soda water I think it is ok, I am a big sav blanc fan and I don't think a glass here and there will hurt.

Baby G is getting a lot more active now which is amazing yet sometimes at night when I am trying to get to sleep frustrating. Baby G seems to be spending more and more time upside down so the last few days I have felt a few interesting kicks to the ribs. Most of the time baby G prefers my right side and kicking the buggary out of my bladder so one minute I will be fine and the next I am busting to go to the toilet.

My BF is due in Feb so I am also finishing last minute plans for her baby shower which will be on the 10th January. I am looking forward to it so I hope it all goes off without a hitch. I have organised baby gift bingo which I am hoping will make the opening of the gifts quite interesting, guess her size (the old toilet paper around the belly number), guess the baby food combo (I have been nice and selected mainly fruit combinations but I did throw in what looks like a tempting lamb number). I will think up one more game as a reserve as I am not sure how many you would usually play and I guess it will depend on the mood of everyone at the time.

Anyway, I am off to do a bit of last minute cooking for a dinner DH and I are going to tonight for New Years. I hope everyone has a lovely one

Work blues

I am so over work at the moment and can't wait for holidays and maternity leave. I know I will miss it when I am gone and I really do enjoy my role but its days like this when I am completely over working. I think I am just feeling worn out at the moment and by the end of the week I am ready for a weekend of sleep which for me seems like a massive waste of a good weekend.

Anyway, I have a week at the beach in January so that will be brilliant and then its only a few months until maternity leave. I have so many little projects I want to get stuck into around the house and baby related, I love the idea of being a house wife. Of course the little one could put all my plans on hold until I work out what to do with him/her but I am hoping that doesn't take the full year.

17 week scan was A OK

Why do I worry about these things so much, I should trust my gut instincts and go with the flow. I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be leading up to the scan actually but it was fantastic seeing baby G on the screen kicking away and attempting to suck his thumb. So cute!

I have loads of scan pics which I will post as soon as I can get organised, we dont have a computer at home and its almost impossible to do it at work.

Anyway, baby G was awesome and I will call him a "he" because I just feel very strongly that we are having a boy. The ultrasound tech said everything looked great, my placenta was sitting quite low but they will watch that and I will have one final scan at 33 weeks to double check it. Baby G tried to suck his thumb quite a few times and had the hiccups which was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Mum came to the scan with DH and I and it was great she could be there and see it all because they never had scans back in her day.

The best part is I can feel baby G kicking now, it is pretty regular when I sit in my office chair and feels a little like gas or bubbles popping - I know its not gas because nothing comes out the other end if you know what I mean. Its so exciting feeling kicks for the first time and very reassuring to know he is in there having a nice little party for one. The next stage will be for DH to feel them, I cant wait.

Long Weekend Fun

DH and I had a very rare weekend off together which was great. We never planned to go away which was a bit of a bugger but we finally got a chance to order some baby furniture and ended up getting a red strider (pram), cot, change table and car seat so at least we have all the BIG items organised and have 3 months to pay off (we will need it).

On Sunday we went for a picnic which was beautiful and Monday I had a me day and just got the house organised and did a practice run at making cupcakes for my best friends baby shower in January (which turned out really well if I do say so myself, even the pretty pink icing was a winner). DH was thrilled that I am back in the kitchen experimenting as he gets to eat the final product.

I have my 17 week scan today, I am sure everything will be fine especially now I can feel baby G kicking away but I still get nervous about these appointments and I don't think I will ever really look forward to them. I will be fine when I see baby G bouncing around the screen, not so much the "going to burst at any moment" bladder feeling.

DH has decided he doesn't want to know the sex and I figure he only gets the opporunity to make one decision in this pregnancy so it might as well be that one. I don't mind either way but I am glad a decision has been made.

Could this be baby?

I am 16 weeks and 3 days and I am sitting at work when all of a sudden I feel 3 or 4 little twiches/taps very low in my tummy. I guess it could be anything really but my first thought was maybe it is baby kicking?? I will be so excited if it is but I am not sure if its a little too early to feel baby while I am sitting.

I have to say that I am feeling a lot better this week than I was last week so I think finally the morning sickness is going. I do get very tired, especially at the end of the week but I am making sure I have a little walk and then early to bed every night.

We are off to my cousins wedding next weekend which I am really looking forward to. I haven't been to Melbourne for ages and none of my cousins/aunts have seen me pregnant yet so it will be lots of fun. I love weddings and cant wait to see Penny walking down the isle, she is my favourite of all the cousins so it will be very special.

15 week progress report

So I was really hoping that morning sickness would be gone by now but I keep having days where I am completely exhausted and feeling very sick. Yesterday (Tuesday) I had a shocker and was basically on the couch all day sleeping and practising the art of doing didly squat. I don't think being stuck in an office all week helps so I think if the morning sickness continues I am going to have to go part time at work come January.

I thought I would do a bit of an analaysis of my morning sickness paterns to date:

Week 5 - week 9 felt absolutely terrible and struggled to get through a full day of work so went to part time hours.

Week 9 - week 12 felt a little better during the day but horrible in the afternoon when I would often need to throw up.

Week 12 - week 15 feeling a little better again, have stopped throwing up and have gone back to work full time. By the end of the week I am struggling for energy and feel a lot sicker and I think the two go hand in hand so tiredness = nausea. I am feeling great on the weekends and not so great at work.

Thursday. Is it Friday yet?

I am just so sick of work at the moment. Its starting to warm up outside (finally) and I just want to lie out under a tree for the afternoon but no such luck, I have to go and type up crappy letters and sit in front of a computer for another 3.5 hours.

My best friend and I are trying out aqua aerobics tonight so that should be interesting. I was forced to buy a new pair of bathers becuase me every expanding tummy won't fit into any of my old ones. I hate trying on bathers, the entire activity should be outlawed in my opinion and we should be allowed to wear bra's and undies in the pool.....then again that would look pretty hideous also.

I had the yummiest tuna and salad sandwhich today at lunch, I know tuna is technically not allowed during pregnancy but I figured that a little bit surely cant hurt?

Anyway, better get back to work - yuck! Bring on the weekend

Pregnancy - The Story So Far

This is my first official blog so I am a bit excited.

My husband and I are expecting our first child in April 2009 so that makes me 14 weeks today. Everything is going really well so far and I am finally starting to feel somewhat normal after 7 weeks of terrible morning sickness (vomiting everyday and feeling exhausted and useless). It is a huge relief to know that feeling that crap does not last forever but it did make me wonder at the time what we had actually got ourselves in for.

Having a succesful 13 week scan made all the hard work worth it and I was so excited to see our baby wriggling about for the first time and looking like a proper little human as opposed to a scary lizard.

We have lots to get done and need to start buying everything from scatch but I personally am really looking forward to that.

I am not planning for this blog to be all about baby of course but more a general day to day or week to week update on where I am at and what I want to be doing in the future.

Until next time.