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 any news at our midwife and can appointments tomorrow. We went to John Lewis and finally ordered some fabric to be made (by my mum) into curtains for the nursery and ordered a tumble drier. We also went for lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe…
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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 some items I’ve had hanging around. So, if you have a burning desire to own some Orla Kiely or Cath Kidston items check out my auctions. Tonight we went to a waterbirth information session at hospital. I’ve been planning a waterbirth for so long that…
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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 explain that the baby was breech and there was more amniotic fluid than expected (which is why I look bigger than I should). We agreed to try an ECV next week to try and turn the baby. The doctor then noticed that my scan showed…
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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 split into two groups after lunch. We discussed what to pack in our hospital bags, leaking, cutting, tearing and whether we should purchase sieves and mirrors for childbirth, whilst the men discussed post natal depression. There was a great moment when one of the men…