37 Weeks

How far along? 37 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 11kg gain 

Maternity clothes? Still just maternity pants or stretchy banded pants and stretchy and lose tops!

Stretch marks? YES! It’s like they have popped up from nowhere!! I was gloating about what a great job I’ve done not to get any – than bam I look one morning and they are all starting to form on the lower half of my belly! Boo hiss boo! Went out and got some Bio Oil and other creams so now I lather myself in them all!

Sleep: Sleep once again has been my enemy! There is no way I can lay on my back anymore it is just way to uncomfortable so now I just rotate between the left side and the right side. The problem is my legs go numb and start to ache if I lay in one position for too long! The only good thing is I haven’t been getting up to go to the loo in the middle of the night still so at least when I wake up I don’t have to get on of the warm bed.

Best moment this week: Best moment this week is pottering around the house and setting up the nursery. I have been putting it off until I started maternity leave and now that I’m on it I can start doing all these jobs that I had been putting off till now.

Miss Anything? As weird as it may sound I miss going to work! This is my first week on maternity leave and I have been totally lost as to what I should be doing, I potter around for a bit but then I sit down and I feel so guilty for lounging around watching telly, plus every time I do that I start to feel tired and want to nap! I think I need to keep myself busy with tasks to keep me occupied during the day when I’m home alone. I find myself clock watching when it gets close to Keegans home time just waiting for him to come home so I have someone to talk to. I’m sure once I get use to it I’ll love it but going from being really busy to nothing to do is very hard transition for me!

Movement: HEAPS! He/she sure loves to rock about in my belly!

Food cravings: Anything and everything

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not a thing!

Have you started to show yet: That would be a YES

Gender: It’s a Mystery…
Labor Signs: I;ve had some pelvic pain and my midwife told me last week that it means that baby wells is trying to get into position for birth! Wooo hoo!  
Belly Button in or out? Out!!    

Wedding rings on or off? Still on although I should take them off, my hands randomly swell up sometimes!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy Happy Happy! I just can’t wait to get this little nugget out of me and meet him/her!! With only 3 weeks to go I find myself just waiting waiting waiting for the big event to happen!

Looking forward to: Meeting baby wells!! I really don’t want to go over and have to be induced so I have convinced myself that I will have baby wells in my arms before 31 May! Let’s hope I’m right!!  

Now I know I missed my 36 weeks post BUT I have been amazingly busy!! I finished my last week at work which was quite hectic I didn't get much time to do anything else really! I really wanted to complete all my half finished jobs so I didn't leave it with someone else to have to do! I think i succeeded....just! It came right down to the wire on the Friday arvo though! But I left with a good feeling that I could walk away and be happy with what I had done!

Also I have been nursing our poor little Basil cat back to health after his little dice with death. Keegan laughs at me how much I worry about this little cat of ours that I'll be the same with our child! Nothing wrong with that I don't think! I have to give Basil medicine twice a day and clean and look after his "half"tail and he has weekly check up with the vet. He has a cone on his head so he can't lick or bite at the stitches BUT I just discovered the other day that he can in fact get to his stitches and have a go at them! I was wondering why his tail wasn't mending as well as I thought it should be, so I called the vet up and now he has a massive cone around his head and there is no way he can get to that tail of his! Fingers crossed he is on the mend now! One less thing I will have to worry about! We also had our maternity photo shoot on the weekend with by Megan Bourne Photography (see photos above) we have only had a sneak peak of them so far but I can't wait to see the rest! I also can't wait to have newborn photos done with her!

Keegan put the car seat capsule in for me the other day, he thought he did a great job, but I didn't think it looked quite right, so I went into RACT and they actually fit them in for you and just like I thought Keegan hadn't put it in quite right so I'm happy that is all done properly now and little bub will be safe and secure!

Next job on the list is packing the hospital bag which i have been saying for weeks now that i was going to do, but i have actually got the bag out and it is sitting in the baby's room ready for me to do! I WILL do it today....right after I go grocery shopping!

One last thing - It's mothers day this weekend and I am wondering if Keegan will surprise me with a little something...although I'm not a mother yet technically I think I am! So I can't wait for Sunday to see if something appears! Lets hope! I'll let you know next week!