Two days left of my old life before my new life begins. I think it’s finally sinking in and I’m glad I’ve had some time to prepare myself for the procedure and get excited about finally meeting my new baby. It takes me ages to adjust to change, I’m terrible at doing new things and…
Spring colours swap
Here’s the parcel of goodies I’ve prepared for my partner as part of the Spring colours swap on swap-bot. We had to send 5 items in green, light blue and pink colours so I’ve chosen felt squares, stickers, buttons, beads and some handmade items too. I hope she likes them! We met up with our…
External Cephalic Version
Yesterday was spent in the labour ward at the hospital having the external cephalic version or ECV. We arrived at 8.30 and finally left at 3.30 and the procedure only lasted 15 minutes! I couldn’t find much information about the technique and I’m glad I didn’t otherwise I don’t think I would have gone through…
Restless
Dare I say I’ve felt a bit bored today? I feel like I’m in limbo with no work but no baby either. I had great plans to spend these few weeks making bibs, baby quilts, taggies and nesting but a strange kind of ennui has come over me. Instead I spent the day watching terrible…
Week 37
Eek, week 37 already! This morning consisted of a midwife appointment, a scan and a consultation with the doctor. Fortunately my placenta was fine, it wasn’t low lying at all so no danger of placenta praevia. Phew. But I wish we had asked for a second opinion at the time or just rung my midwife….
Pincushion swap
Claire is hosting a fun swap to make a pincushion sent with a couple of small haberdashery style items. Make sure you sign up before the 14th March if you’re interested. I’ve already been planning what to make for my partner. We’ve had a fun weekend trying to get the house tidy in case of…
Having a clear out
Today was my first day of maternity leave. I only worked two days this week and after our bad news on Tuesday I decided to finish work yesterday instead of today. But how to spend this in-between time? Baby not yet here but too tired to go anywhere or do anything. I decided to ebay…
Bad news
This afternoon I was booked in for another scan, I thought to check the growth of the baby. I had a lovely sonographer but her English wasn’t great. So when she said things such as ‘there’s a lot of fluid’ I asked for clarification. I was referred to the doctor who was eventually able to…
Easter craftyness
Today was the second day of our NCT ante natal class. It was much better than last week and we discussed pain relief, how to wash a baby, how to change a baby’s nappy and how to put a baby to bed and how many layers to use. I especially liked the part where we…