Well, I hit the big scary 8 month mark tomorrow, I feel like a beached whale and look like I've eaten one; so I thought it was time to get on the blog, as I've been crap the past few days.
News in brief, still in Bromsgrove but moving Wednesday; went to a rather jolly gig last night in Birmingham (causing much confused looks at the sight of a very heavily pregnant woman standing at the front of the crowd at a Rase/Black Fangs/Them Is Me gig!); and feeling a bit better after a massive I'm-sick-of-feeling-so-crap-and-fat-and-tired wobble that had been building throughout the week, and finally 'burst it's banks' in the early hours of Friday morning. I still feel like crap - I'm exhausted, huge and have a million and one ailments, but after some crying and asking Al if I could give up, I'm at least a but more positive about feeling like crap!
My current 'obsession du jour' is my size. Everyone is back to the old record of 'are you sure there's only one in there?' and 'not long now... your due January 4th...really?...blimey!' It's not helped by the fact my fundal height measured 36cm last Saturday, and 38 on the Monday. 36 was just on the upper acceptable limit at that point, 38 put me waaaay over. I can't stop fretting about it, but I don't want to start contacting my midwife and looking like a panicker (which, of course, I am!) I was hoping my hospital referral would come through, so I could ask them, but no joy. Looks like I'll have to wait a week and ask Ros, my midwife.
I'm just terrified at what's going to happen if he's huge - will he come early? Will they induce him early? Will it increase my chances of a c-section? Aaaaaaaargh! Panic, panic, stress, stress, worry worry.....!
Right, time to distract myself from my unending worrying with a touch of Bump Watch catch up!
24 Nov 2009
"You may have been told you could be in line for a cesarean section, because of the way the baby is lying, or because of the shape or size of your pelvis. If you feel uncomfortable at this suggestion, then ask for another opinion." No mention so far, thank god....
25 Nov 2009
"By now you'll almost certainly have noticed some slight (at least) colostrum leakage – it dries as a yellow patch on your nipples. Just wash it off with plain water. " No sign so far, thank god...!
28 Nov 2009
"The layer of hair that covered your baby's body up until now has been shed completely. The fat the baby stores and the greasy coating covering the skin –called vernix– provide better insulation." He's eaten his beard then! Lovely, that hair will all be eaten and will be sitting in his bowels now, waiting for that lovely first meconi-yummy nappy change!
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