The Sarcastic Journalist- I'm not a b*tch, I'm pregnant!

I love the sarcastic journalist articles- they always make me giggle :)

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There were four words that drove me nuts every time I heard them while pregnant: How do you feel?
I know, I know, seems simple enough. Someone wants to know how you are feeling! How nice! Those words, although simple enough, seem loaded during pregnancy.
How do I feel? HOW DO I FEEL? I���m pregnant, my belly is stretching, I have cravings for peanut butter at 3 o���clock in the morning and my husband has affectionately nicknamed me ���Pudgy.��� How the heck do you think I feel?
The people who asked me this question always did with such concern. They���d place a hand on my shoulder, lean in and utter those four little words, much like I���d expect a doctor to say ���It is malignant��� to a patient.
My pregnancy hormones usually had a role in the way I answered. I���d have to bite my tongue not to reply something horrible about how I really felt.
How do I feel? I feel like shoving my foot up your butt if you ask me that stupid question just one more time.

Weekend Away

Well we have just been to Buxton for our last weekend away alone before Toto arrives. We really had a fantastic time, but home and back to normality now. I went to give blood today and made more appointments etc. I can't belive how many you need! Blood today, doctors checkup on Friday, double midwife in four weeks etc etc.

I am still feeling well. Loving being pregnant bar a little heartburn which I have NEVER had before and problems getting comfy at night but all in- feeling great!

Oh and Toto is kicking the cr&p out of me! OUCH! He is now apparently the size of a watermelon- no wonder I am feeling a little awkward! He is fully developed and can open his eyes, yawn, suck his thumb etc. He is just busy building fat to survive once he appears. The most amazingf and freaky times are when he jams a leg or arm out the side and you can see the lump under my skin and feel it sticking out. Its the most odd thing but so totally amazing!!!

Baby Group

Just wanted to post this, as I have just got back from a lunch with my lovely Baby group... It consists of Myself- 29 weeks pregnant, Michelle- 32 weeks, Kerry- 32.5 weeks and Becky with her twin girls Mia and Neve who are 11 weeks old.

It is so nice to share stories, problems, worries etc with such a lovely group of girls and I hope we will all keep meeting for a long time to come!

Love you all girls!!! x

Nic and Myself are off to Buxton in the Peak District this weekend for our last weekend away alone before Toto comes along. My fab brother is dogsitting for us so it will be just the two of us. We have a B&B room booked which sounds lovely, right on the market square in Buxton. We are hoping to visit Bakewell (for the Tarts)! Chatsworth House and lots of other places and generally enjoy each others company and just CHILL! :)

Presents!

Yay! We met Dad and Karen last night and they gave us a present. A BEAUTIFUL teddys wash day Moses basket, with some sheets, bedding, a gorgeous wooden rocking stand and goodies too including: Soothers, baby bathtime wash, baby shampoo, bibs, vest suits, baby wipes and more! It was such a sweet, kind and thoughtful gift and me and Nic absolutely LOVE it! It will have pride of place next to our bed for little Toto to snooze in xxx

Sorry it's taken so long!

Sorry it's taken so long to update my blog. I have been so busy with various stuff I just haven't had the time to get on here. Also TBH not much has really happened to report!

I still feel really well. My belly continues to expand every week and with the hot sunny weather we have been having I do feel the heat this year more than ever before! Nic has puchased a mini swimming pool for he back garden. It is just 10m big but nice and deep and cooling! We have also done some work in the garden with the huge help of Charl and Kerry. It's looking really nice and I love spending time out there now. I think I will be using it as a place to relax a lot through the final three months of my pregnancy especially with the new sunlounger and table set I brought- thanks Nic ;) xxx

Each week I try to read the websites about Totos development. If he happened to be born now he woud actually be 'viable' which means the hospitals would have a good chance of saving him. Of course the longer he stays safely growing inside the better! I still feel him moving a huge amount. Even while I sit here and type I can feel him squirming and wriggling. He is very active. I find it quite reassuring as every single day and least every few hours I feel him move and kick. He is most active once I have gone to bed and am relaxing... bodes well for after the birth NOT! tee hee. Both myself and Nic still love feeling him move around. It is also perfectly visable from outside aswell. You can see my belly bounce when he really kicks and you can see when he moves accross close to the surface aswell.

Every now and again I get a huge panic shock. It is usually when he is churning about and a moment of terror spreads through me, thoughts like: How will the birth be, will he be ok, will I be ok? Will he be healthy, will he have disabilities? How will we afford him, how will our lives change... it goes on. The thoughts only hover for a moment, always to be replaced by excitment and happiness but they are there. Talking to friends, this is pretty common really! It's so lovely to have friends pregnant aswell!

I have just over twelve weeks left now before our little lad is due to arrive. I really do hope to continue this blog, but as I also am going to try keeping the business running and dogs cared for and Toto brought up I wonder how much 'me' time will actually exist...

Oo myself and Nic have booked a weekend break in Buxton (Peak District). It is just outside the village of Bakewell (yes where the pies come from) and we love this area of the country. We have booked a little room above a restaurant and are just going alone. My lovely brother is going to dogsit for us! Our last weekend alone before the baby- I can't wait!

Ok that's all for now. I have peppered this post with pictures of how our baby should look at around this point and added a photo of our garden- enjoy! x