04-14-12

38 weeks

Bebe has started to ‘drop’, so after a few weeks of having a really big belly, I’ve started to get smaller again as he changes position.

I promised myself I would try to enjoy these last few weeks of pregnancy as much as possible, because I know I’m going to miss it. I love my belly, and I love how being pregnant creates this real sense of connection to other people.

Like today, when the electrician who was here to install our new hot water service had a sweet moment telling B. all about his son. Or when grandparents see my belly and excitedly pull out all of their grandchildren’s pictures to show me. It’s like being a part of a special club ♥

That said, I am already feeling very impatient and I am SO ready to meet this baby boy. We’ve set up the cot, the carseat has been installed, and I have crossed off everything on my list (including finding winter boots, yay!). So he is welcome to come whenever he wants. I’ve had some intense Braxton Hicks contractions here and there, I’m hoping that’s a sign things are moving in the right direction!

I guess it’s up to him to decide which day he’d like for his birthday~

04-08-12

A little bed

We used part of the Easter weekend to move around some furniture to make space for Bebe’s arrival. Somehow we both imagined that our bedroom was much bigger, but in the end everything fit and the room feels much fresher with a new layout~

The nursery corner still needs some finishing touches, and I can’t wait to see how it will look once there are pictures on the wall, and the little mobile I plan to make has been finished. Right now it feels very strange to lie in bed and look across to see a cot! Strange, but nice too.

04-03-12

Maternity leave

I can’t quite believe it is April already. We’ve been keeping organised this year with a big ‘month to a page’ calendar from Kikki K. Every month we sit down to fill it out, and it was kinda strange to get to the 27th of April and write ‘Felix’s due date’… eep! Although of course due dates don’t really mean much and he could be here before then, or even in May, if he’s fashionably late…

I started maternity leave this week, and as much as I had been looking forward to this time off, I felt really emotional on my last day of work. Maybe because it is such a big change, and something that means I am about to have an even bigger change soon. But I’m feeling better now and looking forward to this new season in life.

My work gave me the sweetest goodbye present too ♥

I shared my Autumn goals a little while ago, but I’ve also been making a little pre-baby list over the last month as I daydreamed about starting my maternity leave. I want to…

• Get my hair cut (mostly just my fringe, which needs serious help) and dyed.
• Finish my birth announcements and start making a baby mobile
• Set up the nursery corner in our room
• Go on lots of little dates with B.
• Do some last minute shopping that will be difficult with a baby (like my search for boots!)
• Have quiet time on the couch with movies and books and my laptop, and just generally be lazy~

My next midwife appointment is tomorrow so I am interested to hear how things are going. I feel so blessed that I’ve had such a wonderful healthy pregnancy so far ♥ I hope I can keep doing a good job growing this baby boy during these last few weeks.

03-21-12

35 weeks

Today I:

• Celebrated the Autumny weather by pulling out one of my new knitted jumpers (even though it doesn’t quite fit at the moment…)
• Made some progress on a baby hat I am knitting
• Started packing my hospital bag, eep!
• Learned how to fold our pram without hitting myself in the head
• Really wished I had some coffee gelati~

Over the past few weeks I’ve had a nice sense of this pregnancy journey coming to an end. I already feel so nostalgic thinking about the excitement and anticipation I had in those early days. But now I’m looking forward to starting a new stage of life as a Mama, and as a little family of three ♥

My body is really telling me to slow down and get lots of rest. I’m finding that I can’t do a lot of things as easily as before, like powering through when I’m feeling tired, getting out of bed quickly, or eating a normal-sized meal without feeling very full. I am so glad to be finishing work next week! And I’m hoping the Autumny weather sticks around because right now all I want to do is be cosy on the sofa with a quilt and a big cup of tea.

03-17-12

Nesting time

I think I’ve started to ‘nest’~ We’ve been putting off making any big preparations (like building the cot) until I’m on leave, but I really wanted to do something baby related.

I set up our pram all ready for newborn carrying duties… When I was trying to unfold it I somehow hit myself in the head with the handle part… So I think I need to print out some instructions and practice folding it and doing all the adjustments. It’s funny because I’m sure one day I will be able to do it all so easily, but at the moment B. and I kinda look like the monkeys in 2001, a Space Odyssey while we try to figure out how it all works :3

I made some little blankets from some vintagey material that I have been saving. They were in a cupboard left over from when I was little- I think I had some pyjamas made out of the blue deer fabric. So cute!

And I washed all of the 0-3 months sized clothes and our cloth nappies. We’ve been gradually collecting things here and there- I bought a bulk lot of clothes on eBay and then we picked up some things at the end-of-Summer sales. But this was the first time I saw it all properly and piled up together. Eep! It was so exciting that I just wanted to stand in front of the washing machine clapping excitedly until the cycle finished. So many tiny socks!

It’s so strange that even after this, I still can’t quite believe that we will soon have a little person to wear these clothes, wrap in the blankets, and push in the pram. It’s so surreal ♥

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My webhost had some issues over the past week which meant my blog was reset to an older version, so much stress! I’m so glad it could all be restored to normal *whew* And I’m going to make sure to back up everything regularly from now on…