Under 2 weeks to go.
Well the braxton hicks have now completely stopped. So my previous thoughts of an early birth are now not as much of a reality.
Had an appointment with the midwife on monday. She told me that the baby is 2/5ths engaged - in terms that most people (including myself) understand that means that the baby has made it down into the birth canal up to her eyebrows. Timing wise this means nothing as she will push herself further down as fast or as slow as she feels so this is no indication of her due date butat least i know she is in the right position and heading the right way.
I also found out that i am anaemic which as i understand is very very common especially in the last few weeks. I simply have to take iron supplements and increase the amount of green veg & red meat in my diet. I have been taking the iron tablets for 3 days now and discovered a strange side effect today. They can make your stools turn black, quite shocking at first and then i realised why this was.
Anyway this is my first full week off work and i am soooooo bored. I keep finding jobs around the house to do but i overdid it yesterday and ended up having to have a long hot bath and an early night to try to stop my back aching. Annoyingly i am still waking up at 3.30 am and actually getting out of bed around 7am. I am trying so hard to make the most of this time and catch up on sleep and general rest but it is really hard. Its like my body has it in-built that i no longer need to sleep like its properly preparing for the arrival of the baby.
Had a dream the other night that when she was born she turned out to be a HE! The scary thing is that this is very possible! It wouldn't be the end of the world though but i would feel bad for all the pretty girly things people have bought and knitted for me.
Anyway i must get back to my daytime television (yawn) as i have vowed to properly take it easy today.
May speak to you next week (if she doesn't arrive in the meantime)
Mum to be
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Well the braxton hicks have now completely stopped. So my previous thoughts of an early birth are now not as much of a reality.
Had an appointment with the midwife on monday. She told me that the baby is 2/5ths engaged - in terms that most people (including myself) understand that means that the baby has made it down into the birth canal up to her eyebrows. Timing wise this means nothing as she will push herself further down as fast or as slow as she feels so this is no indication of her due date butat least i know she is in the right position and heading the right way.
I also found out that i am anaemic which as i understand is very very common especially in the last few weeks. I simply have to take iron supplements and increase the amount of green veg & red meat in my diet. I have been taking the iron tablets for 3 days now and discovered a strange side effect today. They can make your stools turn black, quite shocking at first and then i realised why this was.
Anyway this is my first full week off work and i am soooooo bored. I keep finding jobs around the house to do but i overdid it yesterday and ended up having to have a long hot bath and an early night to try to stop my back aching. Annoyingly i am still waking up at 3.30 am and actually getting out of bed around 7am. I am trying so hard to make the most of this time and catch up on sleep and general rest but it is really hard. Its like my body has it in-built that i no longer need to sleep like its properly preparing for the arrival of the baby.
Had a dream the other night that when she was born she turned out to be a HE! The scary thing is that this is very possible! It wouldn't be the end of the world though but i would feel bad for all the pretty girly things people have bought and knitted for me.
Anyway i must get back to my daytime television (yawn) as i have vowed to properly take it easy today.
May speak to you next week (if she doesn't arrive in the meantime)
Mum to be
XXXXXXXXXXX
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