Oh Hello Insomnia

Why? It's not like I slept a whole lot last night and did nothing all day. I had a busy 6 hour shift at work and felt tired by the time it was 10pm...now it's 3 am and I'm wide awake.

I went to bed around 12 and just could not fall asleep. D came about an hour ago, and fell asleep in 10 minutes, I'm so annoyed, but I couldn't stay still and kept turning, so figured I'll just get out of bed, before I wake him up as well.

And now here I am in the living room, reading what to pack for your hospital bag and looking at make up ??? 

I do follow a few blogs myself, I say follow, I kind of look at them every now and then. But I've noticed they all seem to pack so much for their hospital bags...am I missing something? Am I meant to pack 700 creams and outfits for the baby and thousands of other products...am I staying there for 2 weeks or 2 days. 

Honestly girls, it's not like you're going to die when you don't have that third face cream.

Anyway I think over packing is completely stupid, I'm always in the mindset that if I have the necessary things then everything else can be brought to me or bought from the freaking corner shop for all I care. I'm not giving birth in another country so it won't be hard.

Even with travelling...as long as I've got my wallet and passport, I'm set to go. If I forgot my toothbrush I WILL BUY IT. 

Obviously I know the hospital is not a shopping mall :D But I just don't get the need to over pack, I mean the most important thing is that you come home with a healthy baby. All these girls will probably even not use half of the stuff they packed, but now they've got a little screaming bundle of joy and 17 bags to unpack...no one has time for that :D

ANYWAY....RANT OVER

Another reason why it's not that great that I can't sleep at the moment is that I actually have to get up quite early tomorrow, because we've got the parent education class in the hospital. We are taking the whole day one, where they will try to cram every knowledge possible in your head in 6 hours. And 6 hours is a long time...excpecially because it's looking like I will get a maximum of 2 hours of sleep tonight. And don't even try to say something in the lines of ''it's practise for all the sleepless nights'' 

For 12 years I went to school and had to get up early morning around 6-7 am and in those 12 years not once did I feel like ''Oh it's fine, I'm use to it now, so I won't set the alarm'' Sleep and waking up is really not something I can control :D Sometimes I get up early for no good reason and sometimes I sleep 13 hours straight. It's not something you can practise I don't think.

So I won't be practising 2 hour sleep nights any time soon, because I know it wont do me any good. 

And the last reason why it really really sucks, that I can't sleep that I'm actually exhausted. I feel tired and I just can't go to sleep. It really is the worst feeling :(

Here's hoping tomorrow wont be anything like today. Actually tomorrow is already today.....

35 Weeks Pregnancy Update

You guys are just going to have to deal with the pj photos, because I've forgotten to take any better ones during the week :D But I wanted to get them up here, so there is a comparisement with week 36 photos :) 

Messy bed and no make up...let's all concentrate on the bump :D

How far along : 35 weeks

Gender : Boy

Total weight gain : It's a total of 20 pounds now I think. I chug a lot of water these days, and when I say water I have squash, because water does nothing to me taste wise :D Also since I know I only have 5 weeks left, I feel like I can actually let go a bit these days and have that extra piece of chocolate if I feel like it  ( I say piece :D I mean actually another chocolate bar :D) 

Cravings : Chocolate obviously. I think that's about it though. 

Sleep: Sleep is not very good. I wake up around 2 am for my first toilet break and find it really difficult to go back to sleep after that. I get cramps in my feet and also palms of my hands....it's really weird. D told me it's because the way I type...is this some kind of a weird blogger thing :D 

Stretch marks : NONE. So happy 

Movement : He is moving so much and his little foot is constantly sticking out on my right hand side :D so I sometimes have to give it a little push for him to pull it back a bit, because it does get a bit painful sometimes. Other than that I think he's quite comfortable. The midwife confirmed that he is head down but sideways which is why I only feel kicks on my right hand side...because that's where all his limbs are :) The thing is though, that because he is head down, he sometimes pressures my bladder, so I feel like I'm going to pee myself :D it hasn't happened yet, but only because I try really hard to empty my bladder as often as possible.

Signs of labour: I'm getting period like cramps every now and then. And pain in my lower back after I've been standing or walking a lot. That's all normal I guess. I shouldn't really be on my feet hours in a row and I know that, but I can't stop myself. I do put a chair for myself at work though, so I can sit down every now and then :D I only have 2 shifts left. That head down position  that he is in now and the feeling of pressure down there actually has a name and I think it's called the lightening of crotch. Then again this should .mean that he is in the right position and has nestled himself for the birth, but sometimes he definitely goes sideways and moves around, so I'm not quite sure if I do have that :D 
I don't know which way is better though, him being head down, but pressuring my bladder, which is uncomfortable but not painful. Or him being sideways and I actually get to go about with my day, without having to go to the toilet every 10 minutes. But the sideways position is a bit painful at times :S because he is stretching and it kind of hurts my skin??
I don't know...

Things for the baby: Taking this one off the list now, because there is just so many things now. I'll let you guys know once we get the pram though :) because that is the last thing we really do need. I have to say that I'm so lucky to have the friends I have...the amount of things I got today at the baby shower was just insane. I'll do a post on it next week. 

Thoughts :  I think all I want to do is sleep on my stomach and walk up a flight of stairs without loosing my breath :D I honestly just miss the most simple things. It's not alcohol and things I'm not allowed to have, it's the little things in life that just annoy me now :D So what they say about it getting harder at the end is true. It really feels like these 5 last weeks will just drag :S Maybe I shouldn't have taken the maternity leave so early (30 days before the due date) just so I would be occupied with something to make the time pass...Maybe I'm just being stupid and the last 5 weeks will just fly pass :D Plus, I get tired walking to work (I live 15 minute walk away...takes me 30), let alone working sometimes 8 hours, so I don't see myself doing it for much longer. 

And people don't really understand, that everything is so much harder when you're 8 months pregnant (in technical terms I'll actually be 9 months next week) Just being on my feet for an hour is hard work for me. I mean I work 4 hours and I feel like I used to feel when I had done a 16 hour shift :D it's no joke. I still try to be as efficient as possible, because I don't want to look lazy, but I just need to sit down every 10 minutes, and it's annoying me so much. Also my uniform at work is not very flattering, so people don't even realise that I'm pregnant, so there is no sympathy :D I just keep thinking that everyone just thinks I'm a chubby woman with no stamina, so when I was expecting the tips to get better, they actually haven't gotten better at all :D I have noticed that I'm nicer to people though :D 

Notes: Completely off the name Adrien now. Once someone mentioned that people might start calling him Aids, the name lost all of it's appeal. So now our baby boy is without a name once again....any suggestions?? anyone??? is anyone even reading this, or am I just fooling myself into thinking someone cares :D 

Big Baby Haul

Hello my friends :)
I know it's been awful long since my last post, but I haven't done much.

I had a mare of a pedicure appointment on Tuesday, and on my way home I though about writing an angry post, but then I had some food and calmed down :D 
Basically the pedicure was really bad. It lasted for 2 hours and I had leg and bum cramps and my back started hurting...it was just really bad. The massage I was hoping was going to relive my leg cramps lasted all in all maybe 3 minutes ? And I still have tough skin on my heels...so At One Day Spa in the Western Arcade can suck it. I am never returning there.

But this post is not about that experience, it's about all the things we have accumulated for the baby boy this week. It's mostly been D I have to admit and a few things I got for myself for the after match of labour :D (also I ordered quite a few items from tesco direct (clothes) but they will arrive tomorrow, so I'm not able to take photos.

Anyway, pictures speak louder than words, so enjoy them :) 

So this is the part, that is actually for me. I ordered this Essentials Maternity pack from MamaBloom. I had a code from Bounty, so I got it for 16 pounds.
It includes bed mats, breast pads, maternity towels and also disposable briefs. 

D ordered diapers and wipes from amazon, which according to my friend who has 2 babies, will last us for about 2 weeks (we thought we're good for a month :D) we got loads of wipes and 3x74 size 1 diapers. 
Also got some more casettes for the Tommee Tippee Nappie Disposal bin.

And today we got the delivery from Mothercare. That's all that D ordered :)

This cute teddy

Some flat sheets for the co-sleeper.( I also got some new Matthew Williamson bedsheets for our bed today, but D doesn't like them, because they have flowers and birds on them :D you can kind of spot them on the swaddle blanket picture)

The rattle. It looks really cute :D and t has different bold colours and fabrics and things.

This is the fan I mentioned in a previous post. I didn't realise it actually looks like a  childrens fan, so I'm probably not going to be taking it shopping with me :D But it will be perfect for the baby boy :)

This bed mobile. I really like that it's not all like soft blue and green and it's actually quite colourful 

He also got a swaddle blanket. The picture below :D it looks like a mess, but it actually is a swaddle. And also the sleeping bag. It's not very thick, so It's good for the summer 

And then a top and tail bowl. For the first weeks until the umbilical cord stump falls off, you're only meant to sponge bathe him, so it will come in handy. Also one of my friend is getting us a baby bath as a gift, so we're all sorted for the bath times :) 

And that's about it :D More to follow later, after my delivery gets here and also I have girls coming over for the baby shower on saturday, so I'm sure we'll be picking up a few things :D