Yes week 27 has finally ended for me and to be fair after last week it was a nice calm and relaxed one.
How am I feeling? On top of the world! Well my appetite is back and I am finding I am able to eat most things I used to now although that smell of garlic sauce is now really getting up my nose . My senses seem to have lightened immensely this time around and I am not sure it is a good thing when something you really enjoyed smells terrible now. With the water infection all cleared up now , I feel so much better and by the feeling of it , so does our little bundle as he seems to be moving a lot more than usual. One of the new things I am not enjoying is the fact that I am getting what is sometimes known as spider crawl , which is basically the feeling in your legs of cramp or bad circulation and I am constantly feeling the need to over stretch my legs which results in pulling a muscle (not that I have many) or trapping a nerve. I am so pleased that I am on my final trimester, the final run to our surprise baby arriving and I still have to admit that it feels like the quickest pregnancy out of all my previous ones. How is baby? I am not due any checks until next week when I go to see the midwife so I am unsure on how our baby is growing exactly but I do know he is still stretching , wriggling and growing in there due to the size of my tummy expanding and also the non stop jitters my stomach does. I now have no need for belly dancing lessons, this little lad has it all covered. It is strange to think that our little baby could be sucking his thumb and although not ideal, if our baby was to arrive now , he would have a great chance of survival as his lungs are functioning but would also still need some help from special care. I am hoping our son keeps his butt warm in there until the time is right. It is said that baby is around the size of a cauliflower head now and I have to admit it definitely feels like it. Our babies brain is finalising its final tunings and his taste buds are also at high alert so when I eat a curry or something bitter or sweet, he is going to more than likely taste it too.
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So yesterday was my last day of week 26 and wow what a week it was. Firstly let me share with you an event, this also explains why I was late in my last post. Events - So week 25 seemed to be fine but it seemed the first day of week 26 I woke up feeling a little uncomfortable when I had the morning toilet break . I immediately knew it was an infection in my urine as it felt like I was straining to wee and there was a very painful pressure as if my insides were bruised . I stupidly thought I would do what I would normally when not pregnant and just take it easy and drink lots and lots of water. I woke up the next day feeling a little better and so thought it was working and so carried on drinking more water in the hope it would totally disappear. The pain dissolved but I started to get a slight pain in my right hand side of my waist around my kidney area and simply decided that at 9pm I should take myself of to bed and hope it would be better in the morning, if not I would call the doctor and go see what could be done the next day . What an idiot I was, I instantly feel asleep and within two hours I woke up in absolute agony. I could not lie on any side I tried, I tried sitting , squatting and leaning in all which ways but eventually the pain became just to unbearable to cope any longer and officials had to be notified and informed that an ambulance was needed to take me in. I felt so scared that my stupidity of not seeing someone sooner had done harm to our baby but fortunately he was perfectly fine kicking me through the whole ordeal with no care in the world while I struggled with even breathing and getting comfortable. So after only 24hrs of the slight uncomfortable feeling , I had ended up in hospital . I had to sit in the ambulance when it arrived to have my bloods checked , blood pressure checked and 50 thousand questions so they could try and find out what was the full matter of my pain. When we arrived at A&E at 12am it took only 10 minutes until I saw someone in a side room where they asked for a urine sample and asked many more questions then was sent back to the waiting area where we sat until 3am to be told it was in fact a water infection , gave me antibiotics and hurried me on my way . After 3 hours , I was exhausted, I felt an idiot for letting the infection get so bad and in reality nearly putting myself and my unborn baby at risk , I honestly thought I was doing ok with just drinking water but in fact when you are pregnant , infections seem to spread or become worse more rapid and therefore I actually made things worse by leaving it so long. Knowing that I needed to take it easy and take each tablet to ensure the infection cleared I did so and in all honestly this week has left me feeling so drained up until today where I feel well enough now to get back to enjoying the rest of the pregnancy. How is baby ? Baby is feeling very wriggly this week, he is most certainly trying to find his comfortable spot and I am finding him in so many different positions I have to feel around my tummy to see where he is at that time . It is interesting to hear that my baby is now opening his eyes . My baby is growing so fast now that it is important that I must eat plenty fruit and vegetables , I never tire from eating these anyway but I am trying not to over do it with the sauces. At this time our boys testicles are beginning to descend into the scrotum to and he is now around 14 inches from head to heel. As well as growing well , he is also beginning to practice to use his lungs. How am I feeling? This week I made a discovery (or should I say my husband did) after I had a sudden urge to eat some cold left over pork I had made for our Sunday roast . As I dipped the pieces into a jar of horseradish , my husband informed me I should not be eating it and because it is one of my most loved meat sauces I thought he was just saying it because he in fact hated the stuff as he does this sort of thing with things he does not like ( like for instance, salad cream , he can not even stand begin in the same room because he thinks the smells is so bad). After him baffling my head I took it pon my self to look into it as I had no knowledge of horseradish being bad for you during pregnancy and never even seen it on the list of foods not to eat you get from the midwife. It took no time at all to discover he was perfectly right and in fact , horseradish has been known to cause miscarriages. I immediately felt sick knowing I was shoving the huge dollops into my mouth and ignoring my husbands words and immediately threw the whole thing in the bin with no more thought . I have never heard of this , I knew certain sea foods and raw eggs and a few other things were sometimes best avoided but never thought of horseradish being one to be wary of. So after the terrible experience of the infection and the shock of finding out I have been eating something I should not have been , my careful pregnancy took a turn this week into something I can only describe as no fault but my own due to not being careful . Apart from the terrible decisions I have made I am loving the sight and feeling of my baby move now.
I can see my tummy moving and sometimes actually able to see what part of his body it is. If there is one thing I have learned this week it is the fact I need to be more careful and take note of the changes in my body more closely. No matter how small I feel a pain I know next time to get it seen to after the bad choice I made with the infection which left me in terrible pain so from now I will be . First of all let me please apologise for the very late post as this is a whole week behind and so my 26th week will be following pretty much instantly after publishing this one so check it out by the end of the day if you have not already as it may give you an insight as to the reason why it is so late .
Events - This week we had no major events or experiences except for the fact my baby girl Drew turned 9 years old but as for baby bump , he seems to be quite content and to be fair quite quiet too. There has been a change in my baby and which position as he is kicking me in a different direction to what he has been the past few weeks. I am feeling a little more heavier in the lower area of my tummy now and the kicks are now higher in my tummy than they were, meaning I have this distinct feeling that baby is trying to get himself comfortable to be ready to start going head down although not just quite yet. How is baby doing? I have no idea on the measurements for sure as I am not to be measured by the midwife until another three weeks but by the looks of my tummy he is growing and at around this time it is said that they are around 35cm in length . The size these baby's grow inside your tummy still amaze me and he still has quite some way to go yet . Our little Prince feels stronger each day with his kicks and he is recognising mine and his daddies voice when we talk to him . Baby bump is now gaining weight and he is going from a lean bean to a nice plump baby , shaping out to look more like a newborn. How am I feeling? Ok I am going to be honest , the weight is becoming a little uncomfortable but I do not seem to be struggling unless walking long distances . I am finding myself drinking so much more water to hydrate myself and becomig rather sick of the sight of the forever bottles in my fridge and covering my bedroom or sitting room table. I have noticed my hair is growing so much faster than ever before so and I am loving it as I did want to grow my hair very long but if your not one for long hair it could be a great time to use the excuse for a pamper at the local salon which is what I have done with all my other pregnancy's thinking short hair would be easier to manage . I am feeling more and more tired and unable to do as much as before without stopping for breaks which is quite annoying but again I am going to keep using this as my excuse to just take it easy and enjoy the moment . I am becoming a little anxious in knowing it is getting closer and still I have the pram to buy which is my biggest worry at the moment. I am flipping between so many different brands and types that it is making it hard for me to choose which to buy , I simply feel paying £600 - £1000 and sometimes even more is way to much and am looking for something at a lower price that will be able to be used from birth to toddling which is why I am looking for a suitable 3 in 1 pram with car seat, any ideas please let me know . As for this weeks thoughts, I think the change in direction of which way baby is now lying is now making me feel like I am starting to get ready for the long 15 weeks ahead , he definitely feels a little lower and a lot bigger than before . Again! Where has this week gone?
It has come to the end of the 24th week already. Events- Why does these last few weeks seem to be flying way to quickly . I went to see midwife this week and it was the most exciting part to hear baby bump again through the doppler. As with all midwife visits, I had my blood pressure checked and we listened into hearing our baby's heartbeat . I still wish for another scan due to the fact I am so inpatient for waiting for his arrival. How is baby? As they do not start measuring me until the next visit which is another 4 weeks time , I have no idea to how the growing is going but his heart is beating very well and the midwife was happy to feel him moving while she checked where he was lying too . She said as she was rolling the doppler over my tummy he was kicking at it . I was told that I am carrying very low but baby is lying with bum and body to my right side and kicking his legs over the left . She said that if I feel any swelling in my nether regions it is to be expected with carrying low but I do not feel this is happening to me yet. Supposedly though , baby at 25 weeks will be measuring at around 30cm and filling out , looking more plump and baby like. How am I doing? Yes the belly is getting bigger , in fact it feels and looks about the size of a football and my uterus is now above my belly button . I have only had one ache this week which is the fact that my ligaments are causing me some pains but nothing I can not manage. They only seem to be causing me grief when I do the school run (well waddle). Other than I am feeling great again this week. My energy feels at its best and I most certainly do not feel as though the mood swings are heightening as they have been . I feel rather calm actually and the house seems a little less stressed . I have found shower trips a nightmare and actually asked for a bath to be fitted as I can no longer deal with standing showering and shaving for a long length of time and I am sure it will become more uncomfortable later on as I become larger. Sleeping is great, I tend to be sleeping more comfortably at the moment , more of a deep sleep to which means I wake better in the morning. My clothes are getting tighter and even those trusted stretchy pants and trousers have now become too tight to wear. Looks like new underwear and leggings are needed otherwise I am going to be living in maxi dresses until October. I have had an increase in breasts leaking and the movement from baby is now constant now. It most certainly feels real and I am enjoying every moment now. For the 24th week of this pregnancy it seems that my husband, children and I have become a little more closer to our bump and we seem to becoming more aware that he is actually in there having his own little party. Only 15 weeks more to go now Being mum to 7 gives me very little time to myself but having them all in full time school now , it means I have more time on my hands than I can sometimes handle and sometimes its pretty lonely after being used to all the noise and commotion I have had to deal with for so long.
I am not alone no more though! Baby bump is growing and it wont be long before he makes his arrival , 15 weeks if you want to count them up and for me it is flying way to quickly . My worry is one I had when I initially took the choice not to have any more children before I found out I was expecting again. How am I going to be able to take time to bond with this baby especially when there are so many others that take up the other load of my time?. The answer is I already am! So many people ask me ''How do you cope, how do you manage''? My answer is always the same , ''I'm a mum first and that is my priority''. Luckily for me , I have a husband and although he is not at home all day , I still find him to be my rock in the mornings and nights when I feel he does try his hardest to share his time with them to and also take a load of my strains if ever there is one and believe me , each day is not as rosy as some may think. Being such a large family is chaos and crazy at times and there are days when I simply want to run away or close the door but I think my past helps me overcome the battles of each event and chaotic moment because deep down I truly know how blessed I really am to have a family in the first place . So let me share with you what our average school day is like. Here is a little of my routine of each day-
See , the day is not so hectic , pretty much just the same as everyone else but we have more family included. With organised washing machine routines and larger cooking pans , it means our family have a well organised routine and I think routine and a very good communication between me and my husband has to be our key to making it all work . I get my own space each day while they are school and in bed and although I spend that time on my blog , I spend my time this way because I enjoy it and it is not every day. Sometimes on days when my husband has a day of , we go for a drive out to the shops or where ever we need to go and so it means I am still going to have the time to be mum to a new born , what choice do I have? We have to make time, I said the same when I only had one child then two and so on. At the moment , bump is already getting so much of my time and attention. Each morning I wake up with wriggling in my tummy and I have a little stroke then when I get back from school and sit down I sometimes play lullabies to him as he really likes to listen to music . All the children especially Kaiden and Drew spend as much time stroking and talking to their baby brother while in between their routines of the day and at night time me and my husband have a little connection time with bump together . We play music, stroke, massage , talk to bump and dance it is all we can do until he arrives . At weekends my husband ensures that he is not working and so we use this time to take trips out or spend it as a family and in summer it is our most relaxing time as we can get out to beaches or national parks more. Last week , we ended up going on a last minute drive to Washington for my husbands Fathers Day gift then to Sunderland for a walk around the shops and some dinner then ended up in Toys R us giving the kids the task to finding a toy each with a strict budget each and of course we bought bump something to ready for his arrival from the Babies R us section (I love that place , I get to enjoy being a child and mum all in one place ). It is costly having so many children, my husband works hard so we can do and have the things we have and because we do not get weekends out as adults with friends or holidays abroad due to the fact they cost so much and we can not find somewhere that caters for us all in one hotel as well as quitting smoking , we do tend to get to enjoy at least one or two weekends out and about . It is a very rare occasion that my husband and I get our time with out the children , our last one was last September for our Anniversary . We prefer to spend our time as a family and I know our routine will be knocked upside down when little one comes along but once again we will find time to fit everything in and each child will still get their own time with mum and dad and each other. Most of all we will always love each and every one of our children and our time will always be spent doing what we can to ensure each child is loved and cared for , even if it does mean our home becomes an even longer conveyor belt for showers and bathroom visits, our connection to our children will still be as strong as it was when we held them for the very first time. |