The countdown

WOO HOO 39 weeks pregnant! My TENS arrived on Friday so I'm ready for bub's to arrive. I went and got the carseat checked at Kidsafe (for free, how cool is that) and hubby did a good job of installing the carseat. I just had to buy this $5 carseat hook thingo so the seatbelt stays tight.

I am feeling heavier in the pelvis since my midwife appointment so maybe bub's has dropped a little more. Have no idea when bub's will arrive but I'm generally feeling comfortable during the day so I'm not wishing away the last of my pregnancy. Sleeping sucks though. Because the baby is on my left hand side I feel like Im sleeping on a rock! And sometimes sleeping on my right hand side isn't very comfortable either. I am desperate to sleep on my back or tummy again. So over sleeping on my side.

I sent hubby out Saturday to pick up our pram so that's all assembled now. Even pushed it around the loungeroom for fun. We ended up getting the mountain buggy swift in red with the carrycot as well.

My nesting now means that I am sick of how much crap we have (boxes left over from moving)!! So can't wait until our new tv unit and DVD storage arrives. At least that will get the TV off our desk. We sold our old fridge and freezer yesterday so thats less crap we have in the house now!! So pleased. Sick of just having stuff around the house that we don't need. It's really annoying me LOL. Now just to sell our old desk. That would make me happy.

And my enemy is back ....... constipation !!! Oh dear God I was nearly in tears this morning (TMI!!!) I have started on Iron tablets every 2nd day and now it's gone and blocked me up. Definitely the last thing I need so close to labour, that and dermatitis on my nipple!

Anyway that's enough of the oversharing for one day. Here are our 39 week belly pics

39 Weeks

Just ignore the nice scratch marks on my belly.

Trust me to scratch right before we took pictures. Oh the joys of dermatitis

I've been Slack

I have been a very slack blogger as of late, and really I have no excuse :-) I have been lazing around the house, sleeping in, nesting and pottering and cooking. It has been a lovely relaxing lead up to the birth of our little baby.

People keep asking me if I'm over being pregnant and the truth is I'm not. Now that bub's is no longer wedged up under my ribcage I'm feeling pretty good. Sleep is extremely hard to come by though. Not sure whether it's my body getting me used to the broken sleep now, or the constant toilet stops through out the night.

I'm feeling pretty zen about the whole labour thing. I have just ordered a TENS machine and express posted it down so that should be here early Friday morning, and I have my fingers and legs crossed bub's doesn't make an appearance between now and then as I've just paid $89 for the machine hire! C's parents rang on Sunday night and told him they have a feeling I'll go into labour on Thursday (no idea why they think this) so cue hubby running around like a mad man trying to get stuff organised. We have only just put the furniture into the baby's room. And I now need to pack all the clothes etc into the chest of drawers.

Hubby has also decided to be Mr Bossy and has ordered me to pack my hospital bag. I feel like my hospital bag is massive and I only have half the stuff in there so far. I also think I'm in denial too. Less than 2 weeks to go but I'm still pottering along not really stressing about the fact that we'll have a baby soon!!

I have been getting more twinges/back ache/period type pain etc so hopefully my body is preparing itself. I haven't gotten any BH contractions so I have no idea what a contraction feels like. I'm sure I'll know when I'm in labour though?

I had my first ever pedicure yesterday (my god daughter gave me a voucher for my bday way back in April) and I must say I'm hooked!! I had to focus on keeping my eyes open otherwise I'm sure I would have gone to sleep. Only problem is I wore closed in shoes so a few of my nails got smudged. Oh well there's an excuse to go back and have another one once bub's is born.

Now because I've been so slack I have 2 weeks worth of bump pics for you... ENJOY!! And yes that's the same shirt, oh the joys of a maternity wardrobe :-)

37 Weeks

38 Weeks

(And no that's not my bellybutton sticking out it's just my thumb!)

Hello Winter

Well winter has well and truly hit here in Canberra. It's only meant to get to 10 degrees today! Team that with a ferocious wind and dark threatening clouds and I'm sure it feels even chillier than that outside.

Life is going well for Squirt and I. Just on the count down to the big day. All this waiting and thinking and anticipating can really do a person's head in though. 'Will the baby come today?' 'Will my waters break at home?' 'Can I really achieve the calm birth that I pray for?' So many little questions and doubts and niggles swirl through your head when you're home alone and nesting.

I've been trying to keep busy though, well as busy as hubby will let me be since I have high blood pressure and the midwife has told me I should be resting. I have baked many sweet treats (chocolate slice, yum yum balls, jam drops, apple and cinnamon muffins) and I have written a list of things I should pack in my hospital bag. I have slowly gathered said hospital bag items and placed them on my chest of drawers..... where they have sat...... waiting for me to iron them.

I'm not that keen on ironing. But I'm even less keen on wrinkly crinkly flannelette pajamas. I can not sleep in flannie pj's that have not been ironed. Call me crazy (as hubby does) but it just drives me mad!! I also have shirts and other bits and pieces to iron.... maybe that could be my task for tomorrow. Stop procrastinating and start ironing. Bub's will be classed as full term Sunday so I really should be prepared.

We went and bought a 2nd hand moses basket on the weekend. We were originally going to just have bub's in the cot. But I stumbled across this little basket and it just was too cute to pass up. Just imagine a little newborn bub's all wrapped up and snug as a bug in a rug in this little basket..... cluck cluck!!

Bubs, hubby and I had some professional maternity photos taken on Sunday and I can't wait for them to be ready to pick up. I'm so glad we ended up getting them done. It was loads of fun, and now we'll be able to send some decent photos of the bump to family interstate instead of my headless belly pics in my pjs. Poor hubby's grandparents have gotten no bump pics because they've just been too boring to warrant sending up. Hopefully the professional ones will be super amazing and we'll just send a few of those up.

Well must keep pottering around the house. I hear the dishes calling my name!?

36 Week Bump Pictures

Soup, glorious SOUP!!!

I'm not that keen on winter. It's windy, your lips get cracked, the days are shorter, it's cold..... honestly I could go on. But the one thing I LOVE about winter is soup!!! There's just something so comforting and soothing about a nice warm bowl of soup on a chilly winter's night. So I thought I'd share my lentil soup recipe with you. Try it this week, you won't be disappointed :-)

Lentil and vegie Soup

2 small or one medium onion

3 cloves of garlic (or less if you're not keen)

some ginger (I only add this if we have it in the house)

1/2 medium sweet potato

2 carrots

Pumpkin if you have any

1 medium zuc

a handful of beans cut into chunks

a handful of brussell sprouts cut into quarters

1 cup frozen peas and corn

2 tins of brown lentils

2 tins of canellini beans (You can use whatever tin beans you like)

About 3 cans of tin tomatoes (I used a BIG tin of tomatoes and a smaller tin)

2 stock cubes dissolved in water

So you pretty much just cut all your vegies into equalish sizes so they all cook at the same time. Add a little oil to a big saucepan, add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook until the onion is soft. Add the hard vegies(s.potato, carrots and pumpkin) and cook until just softening. Add all the other veg except for the peas and corn. Cook those until they are just soft. Then you add in all the other ingredients except for the peas and corn. Add enough water to cover the whole thing. Simmer until all the veg is cooked. Stir in the peas and corn and season to taste (You can also add some herbs if you have any. I add some dried mixed herbs but it's lovely with some fresh parsley). Serve with some crusty bread :-)

Stay tuned for some more tasty soup recipes. In the mean time here's the latest belly pics, enjoy!

35 Weeks and 2 days (1st June)

(My stupid belly button has decided to stay half innie half outie!)

A Woman of Leisure

That will be me in less than a week WOO HOO!! Only 4 shifts to go and then maternity leave. Can you tell I'm really very excited :-)

We had our 2nd birth class last night which was nice. A mumma who gave birth the day before came and shared her story, and even bought the little guy along. 2.8kg of tiny bubba goodness. So darn cute. And he made this tiny little crying noise I don't really learn anything new from the classes (since I learnt most of it at uni) but I think its a definite eye opener for hubby.

Our cot and change table/drawers arrived yesterday. Stupid toys r us only have 1 delivery guy so he couldn't carry the stuff up the stairs so it's been dumped in our kitchen. Hubby had something cut out of his back the other day so he can't lift anything too heavy. So I lugged the cot up to baby's room this morning and we're setting it up tonight. We don't even have a mattress for it, but at least it's a start. I go through periods where I feel like birth is AGES away but then I realise I'll be 33 weeks pregnant on Sunday!

Bub's has been rolling now for quite a while instead of the kicks. But I think over the last week or so bubs might have turned head down (fingers crossed) as I have heaps more room up near my ribs, my belly feels soft up there now and the rolling feels different. That and the hiccups I feel are now in a different spot. I think bubba might be having a growth spurt because I'm hungrier than usual and sleepier than usual (though that could be just due to tossing and turning all night )

I have been thinking of labour a lot lately. Part of me has this 'can do' attitude where I truly believe I will be okay with the labour process. I am attending birth classes, I'm reading my calm birthing book and I've spoken of techniques to use with hubby so we're both on the same page. But then self doubt creeps in and I think 'who am I kidding? I can't DO labour!!' I guess the only thing I can do is think positively, arm myself with as much knowledge as possible and cross my fingers and toes that all goes well. I know labour is no walk in the park, but woman have been giving birth for many many years and if they can do it I can too :-)

32 Week Bump Pics

My 'basketball'

Today - 32 + 5

When it rains, it pours

For most of my pregnancy (except the first 14 weeks when I was spewing and spewing and spewing and lost 7kgs) I have felt great. Granted, I never really did get that 2nd trimester 'energy kick' I have heard so much about, but I have been loving my body and loving growing this little person.

But over the last week or so my body has been SCREAMING at me to slow down. It all began last Sunday when I ended up on the maternity ward. I thought about what I could do to ease the stress and decided to change my 12 hour shifts back to 8 hour shifts for the rest of my roster.

Then I found out last Tuesday that the left side of my pubic bone is sitting higher than my right so the physio pulled it and tried to drag it back to the same height as the right side. He tried 3 times and it's still out of wack. He's a good looking physio that used to work on my ward!!! I was so embarrased. I had on a hospital gown and just my knickers. At least I'm getting used to not having any dignity now. Preparing me for the embarassment that is labour. I was due to go back for more torture session today but I still have a cold and didn't really want to infect people with my germs so have had to reschedule.

I Went to my GP yesterday as I woke up with an awful pain in my right calf. Now I have had leg cramps before and have just massaged the spot and they normally go away. Well not this time. This one has decided to stick around. Just to be on the safe side I am off to have an expensive ultrasound of my leg this afternoon.

And if that wasn't enough my blood pressure is high and the doctor is worried about pre eclampsia. Only good thing is there was no protein in my urine, which is a good sign. Will just check my BP weekly until I see the midwife and see what they want to do in a couple of weeks. I have my fingers crossed that the pain in my calf turns out to be an extremely nasty cramp and that once I go on maternity leave (on the 21st May WOO HOO) my blood pressure returns to normal.

In other news our weekend was great. It was nice seeing the inlaws again and go out for a special dinner. They were super excited to see me pregnant and got to feel the baby move around a bit which was special. I was very sad to see them go yesterday. Makes me realise how lonely I am down here sometimes, with only DH and a few friends. Hopefully in a few years time we can move back to QLD and be a little bit closer to them. I think it's important for bub's to know his grandparents.

Well better go shave my legs for my ultrasound. Don't want to shock the sonographer with my gross hairy legs!

31 Week Bump

30 weeks

Woo hoo!! The countdown is on. Less than 4 weeks until maternity leave and (hopefully, fingers crossed) less than 10 weeks until I have my gorgeous bubba in my arms. I'm grinning from ear to ear. It's all down hill from here :-)

I ended up on the maternity ward Sunday night because I thought I was going into labour. I had constant cramping/spasms really low in my abdomen. Plus I hadn't felt bub's move in ages. Went and got monitored and all looks well. Bub's is breech and transverse so hopefully he/she decides to turn in the next 9 or so weeks! Bub's is measuring perfectly size wise too which is a load off my mine. I have decided to give 12 hour shifts the flick. I think that's what the problem is. That and another UTI!!

Squirt has been wiggling heads lately. I keep getting nice headbutts under my ribs, especially when I'm sitting and my posture is quite poor. Poor thing must be getting it's head squashed! And because of bub's position I'm getting nice kicks down low! Sometimes it feels like bub's is stretching out it's legs in some funny kind of way because I get mammoth movement on both sides simultaneously. It's an amazing, slightly strange feeling.

We have finally started looking at baby stuff. We ordered a cot and drawer/change table combo from Toys r us last weekend because they were half price so hopefully that should be here in the next 2 weeks or so. We've finally decided on a pram too now the only problem is they are out of stock of the pram here in Canberra and they won't be back in stock until June, which considering we are due early July is cutting it a little fine. But as long as we have it before bub's is born.

My in laws are coming down from QLD this weekend which should be lovely. They only saw us at the very beginning of pregnancy (around 6ish weeks) so they are excited to come down and see us again before bub's is born. Hopefully the baby behaves and they'll get to feel lots of movement while they are here.

Well better go have a shower before it gets too cold. I think the Canberra winter has started already. It was only 1-19 degrees down here today. Lucky we just bought a little oil radiator heater for bub's. Might have to turn it on tonight though and test it out :)

30 Week Bump

No I don't wear my wedding rings on my right hand,

it's just because I took my photo into the mirror :-)

I'm Back

Well it's certainly been a while since I've been in the world of the web. Things were so darn hectic with the packing of the rental, cleaning of the rental, moving of boxes into new family home, unpacking of boxes in the new home that we've only just got the internet connected (after much drama..... thanks Telstra!)

Soooo much has happened in that time it's kind of hard to think of where to begin! All went well with our move. The townhouse still isn't 100% set up but is slowly getting there. We are trying to find a new TV unit to fit in a particular spot between two windows, it's driving us batty trying to find something appropriate!!

We haven't even started looking at baby stuff. Though I did see that Toys r us are having a sale on cots so the husband and I are off shopping tomorrow to hopefully find one. At least we've finally decided on a pram. The mountain buggy swift. Hopefully in red with the bassinette attachement. Husband wants the green one but I'm liking red more.

I'm certainly on the count down to maternity leave. I'm hating work at the moment. I went home early the other day and just sat in my car and cried my eyes out. No one at work is helping other people so it makes it hard to give good nursing care. I feel mentally and physically exhausted and so can't wait to leave, only 4 weeks to go. Our new boss is a big creepo and has made a few inappropriate comments about us pregnant ladies!! And also told me he wants to have a hip replacement so he can have more sex!! What the hell!!

I've recently started physio for a back injury I sustained at work so hopefully I have that sorted before labour I got up last night to go to the toilet and my back had seized up. I couldn't walk. Just had to stand and massage my back until the pain dulled enough for me to walk. Oh the joys of pregnancy!

But I better say that I am enjoying pregnancy (I just read my post and it sounds like Im just a whinger ) It's so lovely to feel bub's wriggling and rolling around. Bub's is my personal alarm clock. Every morning at around 5am it'll give me a kick in both sides to wake me up I'm loving growing this little human being.

Every person it seems wants to comment on the size of my belly. Some say its big others say its small. I'm getting a little sick of it. Being a first time mum I have no idea if Im 'big' for this stage of pregnancy or not so these comments while I'm sure are meant to be harmless are starting to freak me out and make me worry about bub's size.

Belly Pics 

You can tell when we moved :-)

No belly pics between week 25 and week 28 as I couldn't find my camera!

25 weeks

28 weeks

28 weeks

28 weeks

29 weeks

29 weeks

29 weeks (my belly button is trying to be an 'outie')

A close up of the outie

A Hard Week

This week I have found out my not quite 15 yr old sister is pregnant. To say I'm disappointed and upset would be an under statement. They live in another state so I can't really help/do much from here. The most upsetting thing though is apparently she's excited about it. I don't think she realises babies are not little dolls you can dress up and hand back when they are crying/upset etc. Having a baby is a life time commitment.

Apparently the father is some 'one night stand' that'll 'be there for her' YEAH RIGHT!!! I just know now the life my sister will have if she has this baby. She probably won't finish yr 10 (baby is due in October) so will have a hard time finding a decent job having not completed yr 10 and having a small baby/child. She is very immature for her age (being the youngest of 3) and definitely lacks motivation. I honestly can't see her going back to school to finish year 11 and 12. Far out, so disappointed. I guess I was just waiting for the announcement considering my mother let her stay at a boyfriends place at 13..... but no they werent having sex right!? Some people are so naive.

I think it's especially upsetting as the husband and I planned our bub's and wanted to make sure we were as financially and emotionally ready as we could be before deciding to bring a baby into the world. My childhood wasn't the easiest or most enjoyable. We never went on holidays like other families did and that is something I don't want our bub's to experience. I'm not talking about a fantastic 5 star experience. Even something as fun and basic as camping for a week in the summer holidays.

My sister sent me a message saying ' Being pregnant and keeping it is all my choice. Mum is supporting my wishes like I thought you would. How would you feel if people were telling you to give up your baby. I don't care who supports me through this, but the people who do I know care and love me.'

I just don't know how to support her when I think it's selfish to bring a child into the world when you're not financially and emotionally ready. Growing up in a single parent household surviving week to week thanks to the government was not fun and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. So how do I support my sister when I think she's not making the best decision?

Squirt and I

Squirt at 22 Weeks

* Squirt weighs about 430 grams, measures just over 27 centimetres long from crown to heel.

* The lips are distinct and the eyes are formed, though the iris (the coloured part of the eye) still lacks pigment.

* The first signs of teeth appear in the form of tooth buds beneath the gum line

Mumma To Be

Loving

* feeling Squirt kicking and moving around

* my ever changing shape

* the excitement people get when they rub my belly

Loathing

* being woken up in the middle of the night with leg cramps

* itchy flaky belly skin

Bump Pics

21 Weeks Baby

Things are full steam ahead at our place. The rental looks like a bomb has hit there. There are boxes and boxes stacked everywhere ready to be taken to the new place and extra boxes thrown on the ground ready to be filled with all our junk. You honestly don't realise how much you accumulate until you have to pack it all up.

I have the joyous task of going through old uni textbooks/assignments/study notes this afternoon. BORING! But considering all I did last Saturday was give words of encouragement to the husband as I watched him pack up our bookcase I guess it's my turn to pack a few things.

Everything is going well with Squirt and I. It's been nearly two weeks since we found out bub's is probably a boy and I must say I'm so freaking excited! I think I just had to come to terms with the fact that my mother's intuition was way off. I did have a dream the night before our scan that bub's was a boy and we called him our favourite boys name. So who knows, maybe it was Squirt letting us know his sex early!?

Squirt at 21 Weeks

* Squirt now weighs about 360 grams.

* From crown to heel bub's is approximately 27 centimetres long.

* The eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed and the fingernails cover the fingertips.

* Our little baby can now hear our conversations. EEEK scary thought. Better make sure it's lovely words that come out of my mouth :-) Though I do put my angry voice on when Squirt is kicking like mad and it's sleep time. Doesn't do me much good though!

Mumma To Be

I've had a terrible few days at work so I'm so glad I'm on days off now. Sometimes I worry that the stress of my job is not good for our baby's health. I think I just need to remember at the end of the day I can only do so much and must put my health and the baby's health first. I have applied for my maternity leave (WOO HOO!) so my last day at work will be the 24th May. I am lucky and get 18 weeks paid maternity leave and 7 weeks of annual leave a year. I plan on taking all my leave at half pay so all up I'll have just under a year of leave at half pay. Pretty cool indeed.

21 Week Bump

Well I hear my uni textbooks calling my name. Must feed Squirt lunch and start the awful job of packing.

Half Way!

Wow! 20 weeks yesterday. I can't believe I'm halfway through this pregnancy. Time really is flying. There's so many things I need to do: book glucose tolerance test, book pregnancy yoga, birthing/parenting classes, move into our new house, clean old rental. It's crazy how things can pile up.

I think I'm finding it difficult to get excited about having a son (I know, that sounds bloody ungrateful.) I guess part of it might be because the scanner was so hesitant when she announced the flavour (she said 'for some of the scan I thought boy and for then at times I thought girl.) Then bub's wasn't cooperating and she 'thought' she saw the testes etc I just worry that she rushed us at the end because it was taking too long.

I think if I knew 100% (or at least a little bit more definate than what the sonographer appeared) I could be excited and start buying all the lovely little boy things. But because she appeared to not really know I can't really get excited either way. It's honestly like we don't know what we're having gender wise but are now leaning more towards boy if that makes sense.

Part of me actually wanted/wants a boy because I grew up at home having 2 sisters (my 3 brothers lived with dad so only saw them at school holidays etc) and I know how bitchy we can be. So having a boy would be something new and exciting and it's like the husband and I are on even playing fields. He's never been a baby person and is freaking out about it etc. Where as I've always been around baby girls and thought "yep bub's is a girl I'll be okay at this" Now I think 'i know nothing about boys' EEKKKK!!

I guess this last 20 weeks I was thinking bubs was a girl and then to find out it's probably a boy I guess it's kinda thrown me a little. I spent months imagining what we'd call our daughter and what lovely girly things we'd do together as mumma and daughter that I've now got a new reality to think about. Not that we aren't happy that bub's is healthy it's just hard readjusting my thoughts to bub's is a boy. I know it's common for parents to feel this way. But it's so hard. I feel so awful.

20 Week Belly

Morphology Scan

We had our scan this morning and everything looks lovely. Squirt was mostly co-operative until we went to look between the legs!!! Fairly certain though that bub's is a ........ BOY!!

The sonographer managed to capture a frame showing the testes and scrotum.... hopefully she's right and knows what she's talking about/saw. I don't really think you can mistake those kind of bits! She said she thought it was a boy after scanning for 5minutes at the very beginning of the ultrasound. So we'll stick with boy for the moment. With her being so indecisive though makes us not want to rush out and buy all boy things.

Bub's is measuring 2 days ahead and was so playful. Had it's thumb up it's nose and refused to show her one of his feet and hid behind my belly button whenever she tried to look at the foot!! I'm in awe that the husband and I have created someone so perfect. Can't wait to meet our bub's and get to know them.

Considering I'm 19weeks and 4 days today I won't bother with a 19 week update. I did take some belly pics at 19 weeks though.

Belly Pics

Hello Hump Day

This week is going by super fast. I guess when you work three 12 hour shifts in a row half a week goes by pretty quickly. Everyone at work is amazed I'm continuing on with the 12 hour shifts instead of dropping back to 8 hour shifts. But I love having four days off in a week. It's like a mini holiday every week. Except when I'm busy like crazy (like today) and have a million and one things to do.

We handed over $1000 for the townhouse today and filled in some paperwork. Now we have to find a solicitor, look at house insurance and contact our mortgage broker and kick his bum into gear to get all the finance stuff started. Our landlord wants it all happening ASAP because the longer it takes for the settlement the longer the place sits vacant and he's paying mortgage repayments on an empty property (it used to be one of his rentals).
Speaking of the landlord. The bloody guy .... we ended up paying another $3500 for the property because the one that we turned down sold for $15 000 more than we were offering to pay for his place. I was very very pissed off **insert pregnant lady hissy fit here**. He was the one who said we could have his preoperty for the same price we were offering for the other place. It wasn't our fault it sold for more. He rang the husband and said 'the property you turned down sold for $15000 more than you offered. I've left the key at the townhouse for you to look around again. Once you've done that call me and let me know if you think you're ripping me off!!' WTF!!!!!

His attitude was very offputting and we were thinking he would want another $15 000 for his property, which we absolutely can't afford with me going on maternity leave shortly. But in the end he was reasonable (I guess) and we just paid for the new carpets and paid for the painting to be done (all the things he was doing to the place anyway). But we love the place and can see us and bub's there. And it's only going to get more expensive to buy a property. May as well get into the market now.

Everything is going well with Squirt and I too. Bub's is still wiggling like crazy and doing it pretty frequently now. Still not moving hard enough for husband to feel but fingers crossed it won't be too long.

What's Squirt up to this week: Week 18

* Bub's is approximately 14.2 centimetres long from crown to rump and she weighs about 225grams

* The chest moves up and down to mimic breathing but baby's not taking in air, only amniotic fluid.

* The hearing is now functioning and Squirt is listening to my heartbeat

Belly Pics

A late 17 week update

Why hello there! Remember me?

Sorry I haven't been around much. I went back to work on Sunday so things have been busy busy. It's always hard to do my weekly pregnancy updates on time (Squirt's new week begins on Sunday's) as I tend to work Sunday, Monday and Tuesdays for 12 hours a day.

I think I'm growing a weird baby. Bub's moves like crazy when I'm at work! Non stop wiggles, it's very very cute. Husband still can't feel bub's from the outside yet, but we're hoping it won't be too much longer. I really want him to feel bub's moving around.

We still haven't heard back from the landlord yet about the townhouse. Things are taking a while longer because of the public holiday. Fingers crossed all goes well though. We're thinking of going around to the townhouse again after measuring a few things and seeing if they'll fit. We have a massive 'L' shaped lounge that we're not sure will look okay in the new lounge room.

This week has been a fairly quiet week so I'll leave my update at that. I'm just counting down until my midwife appoitment on Feb 5th. I really want to know whether I can get a filling done. I had a really scary dream about the dentist the other night. I think it's my body's way of telling me I've put off the dentist trip long enough. Gosh I hate dentists. The rooms smell icky and I hate having someone stick their fingers in my mouth.

And we're also looking forward to our morphology scan on Feb 11th followed by a trip to Sydney on Feb 12th to see the cricket..... exciting time ahead!

What's Squirt up to this week: Week 17

* Squirt is now 13 centimetres long from crown to rump and weighs approximately 140 grams

* Her skeleton is mostly rubbery cartilage, which will harden later.

*A protective substance called myelin slowly begins to wrap around the spinal cord.

Mumma To Be

* Slowly feeling more energetic. I wouldn't say I'm full of beans but I definetly don't want to fall in a pile and sleep all the time (Just in the afternoons when it's nanny-nap time)

*My belly button is changing shape. The skin at the top is being pulled tight and my belly button is getting a little bigger. I think my uterus must be close to my belly button now

* My skin is starting to improve a little. WOO HOO!! Might get that pregnancy glow yet.

17 Week Bump Pics