Saturday, June 11, 2011

The final countdown

In 3 weeks time, I will be in hospital having just had my first night with our little bundle of pink :) She is due to come on the 1st of July and I am so excited and cant wait. Of course there are nerves, but they aren't about whether or not I'm going to know what to do with this little person etc. My nerves are more about how I am going to juggle my time and energy between Emily and a  new baby.  I know that sounds silly, but that really is my only worry. Having been lavishing all of our time and attention on Emily for the last, almost 3 years, it is very weird trying to think about how this will work. Admittedly in the beginning the baby will spend most of her time sleeping.... because that's what newborns do right.... So we'll see. I know that everything will change naturally and before we know it we'll look at our little growing family and be astounded and how much we've grown and changed together.

We saw the doctor on Thursday and we are both doing well. Baby is growing well.... according to the doctor I have a "good oven" as he puts it sweetly! Her head is well in place, and as we saw on the scan it is her right foot that is giving me bruised ribs! I can't wait to have that relief once shes out - that's for sure! My sugar is all fine, its amazing what a couple of daily blood sugar tablets can help accomplish! I really  am glad that I started taking them and I think I will continue to take them after the pregnancy. That is if I can take them while breastfeeding. I have put on 7kgs in total so far and am sooooo happy about this! of course I cant take all the credit - one of the side effects of the meds I am on, is weight loss, which in my case, because I am pregnant, instead of making me loose weight, has just helped to keep my weight gain at a steady pace.  So I figure with 3 weeks to go, I'll maybe put  on another 1,5kgs and that will take me to just over 8 kgs.... that's if it goes according to my plan of course... I might be sheepishly eating my words in a couple weeks :s 

That's it from me for now. Emily is sitting next to me patiently waiting for her tea and I have 
 promised to get it now now... Duty calls! 


Bye, have a great weekend everyone! Do something that's just for you!

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