WOO HOOO!!!!! I've made it into my 3rd trimester! now baby has a chance of surviving even if I give birth now! Though baby is being told in no uncertain terms that she is to stay exactly where she is. Coyote's first child was actually born around now, so in some ways as I'm getting calmer and more reassured now we're far away from the danger of miscarriage, he's getting tense again because his son came so early. But it is making me worry a little again about the very occasional tiny amounts of spotting I keep on getting, because apparently spotting and bleeding, or even a tiny amount of pinkish discharge can be a sign of pre-term labor and bleeding earlier in pregnancy can put you at greater risk...great, just when I thought my worrying days were over...
I've been looking into things like buying a pram and a new cot mattress (we have a 2nd hand very good cot, we just need a new mattress for it), and I'm starting to realize just how *Bleeping* expensive lots of baby things are, I've seen prams for anywhere up to £350, which is just ridiculous. We probably are going to go the route of getting a lot of baby things 2nd hand, especially things like new born's clothes, because they only get worn for a handful of months at most, so spending a fortune on them seems stupid. Though very very kindly my wonderful little sister gave me a voucher for baby things for Christmas, which should make a nice chunk out of some of the more expensive items (Thank you Sophs!!!). And apparently I could be eligible for a grant from the government which, if I can get it, will really help us out. Though I am feeling overwhelmed by the kindness of some people, someone I don't even know has knitted us a baby blanket!
I am now looking a lot more pregnant and a lot less just like a fat person, I'm also really feeling like a pregnant lady, I waddle when I walk, and I have to walk a lot slower than Coyote, bending down is become tricky, I can't really see my toes any more and my belly button is sticking out more and more! I would complain, apart from it is kind of wonderful. I read a thing saying that scientists looked at whether increased blood flow to the skin could account for the whole 'pregnant lady glow' thing, and they found that it's not true, another, perhaps more plausible explanation for the pregnant lady glow, is more simple...lots of women are very happy to be pregnant, and all that smiling and contentment makes them...glow. On that basis, I am absolutely blooming.
You can now see my stomach move when baby kicks! which does look really quite strange, it isn't at the point yet that you can make out hands and feet moving in there, it looks more like...well...like someones prodding me from the inside. Coyote says it looks like I have an alien inside me. It makes me feel all warm on the inside feeling and seeing my baby move. Though it does make me wonder...when I look up pictures of what baby looks like right now, in some of the pictures baby is all squidged up in a...well, a fetal position, in other pictures baby looks more relaxed, stretched out...this makes me worry, is baby all cramped in there? I want her to be comfortable (I know, I know, I really do think too much).
I'm still waiting to see if I start making any milk, a couple of times there's been a teeny tiny amount of moisture that seems to be coming out of the nipple, but not even really enough to show up of a dry tissue, so it probably doesn't count. Apparently some women just don't make any milk until after baby has arrived, so we'll keep on waiting to see if I'm one of them.
(we bought a new born Tigger outfit, just couldn't resist it!)
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