37 Weeks and 6 days Already

OH MY GOD i do not have long. Two weeks until my due date and I really am starting to get scared. I am so uncomfortable. With all the trips to hospital I can not wait until its all over. I haven't updated my blog much in the past couple of weeks because I have not been able to focus on something for more than 30 minutes. I haven't been up to much I got to go to Enfield fireworks with Steve and got to go and see my cousin Kelly yesterday. Kelly had bags and Boxes of clothes for me to look through. She gave me so much. The nursery wardrobe is so full. Steve and I are so grateful. We just cant wait for him to arrive now.

34 Weeks What a week

I turned 34 weeks the 14th October. What a horrible day. It was raining and cold. I decided to get out of the house for a while I would go for a walk with Steve and the dogs. We headed up to the river and I started to feel pains. I just thought it was all the walking so we decided to make our way bk but not rush. When we got home I decided because of the amount of pain I was going to have a bath. By the time I had got out of the bath I was having tightening's every 10 minutes. After about an hour and a half of pain Steve and I decided we should ring the hospital and see what they say. They asked us to come in to make sure everything was OK.
On arrival at the hospital I went to MFAU. I was placed on a machine and told I was having tightening's every 2 minutes and the doctor was going to be called. The doctor that came to see us decided because the tightenings were coming every two minutes, that they were going to have to give me steroid's for the baby's lungs. The doctor was thinking the baby was on his way. I was rushed up to delivery and put on a machine for the night. I was given tablets to try and stop labour so I could get round to 7 o'clock for the second steroid injection. I made to 7 o'clock and was told that I was going to be moved to Lady Mary Ward so I could sleep.
When I was moved to Lady Mary Steve was told by the head nurse he had to go home and sleep and if anything happened he would be called. I slept from 11 o'clock to about 14:30 as soon as I woke up the pain had started again. I kept an eye on the pain and told the nurse. By the time Steve came back in at 19:00 I was having tightenings again every 5 to 8 minutes. We informed the nurse who called the doctor. The doctor came and checked me and told me I was dilated 1cm. The nurse then decided to transfer me back up to delivery unit. I spent another two nights on delivery and nothing happened. I had no infection and all tests were coming back negative so the doctors couldn't work out what was making my uterus tight. I was then transferred back to Lady Mary on the Friday. For the next 4 days i was put on the machine to check the movements of the baby and what my uterus was doing. I was checked a couple of times by doctors. By the Monday I was told if I had a comfortable night sleep and the trace looked OK and I wasn't bleeding I was aloud to go home on the Tuesday. The doctors decided that I was aloud to go home. Which i was happy about because I was missing home and Steve a lot.

33 Weeks

I am now 33 Weeks and feeling uncomfortable more often. This picture is awful but its nice to keep pictures of what I look like. Bump looks like its getting bigger. Not long not looking forward to the pain.

WOW the nursery looks great

Mum, Dad, Steve and Myself converted the old study into this beautiful Nursery. Dad and Steve removed the fitted wardrobe they looked knackered once it was pulled out. I painted the walls with Mum and Steve's help. When we had finished painting Dad put up the jungle themed wall paper. When the decorating was complete we all helped with putting the furniture in. Steve and I enjoyed putting the animal stickers on the painted walls. We are now just waiting on the baby. It looks great for a little boy. All I can say to Mum and Dad at the moment is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

What a silly thing to do.

Monday 29th September I started to empty the room beside mine and Steve's so we could start getting it ready for the baby's arrival. I moved a box and put it beside the unit in our bedroom. I then decided to sit down for 10 minutes and when I stood up I forgot the box was there, walked a couple of steps, you can guess what happened next I went arse over tit right onto my belly on the floor. Yes me being clumsy once again. I landed more on my left side and god it hurt. Steve ran straight towards me rolled me over and called the hospital. They advised for the safety of the baby I was to come in and have a trace done.
The baby hadn't moved and by the time we got to the hospital I was trying to stay relaxed. I was put on the trace for 45minutes and told that everything was OK. The attitude of the midwife did not convince Steve or myself that the baby was OK.
The following morning I woke up in pain from all the bruising and my tummy was so sore. I spent the day with mum and relaxed did little movement because I was hurting. By 16:30pm I realised the baby hadn't moved much all day and when he did it felt weak. I called the hospital back and explained what I was feeling, the fall I had, the fact I was uncomfortable and hadn't felt that the baby move much. They advised once again to come in and have a trace done. I was on the machine for 30 minutes and the baby had not moved and his heart rate had dropped below 100bpm on a couple of occasions. The midwife calmly asked for the doctor to come and check the trace and he looked a little concerned. He decided to keep me on the machine for another 20-30 minutes and in that time the trace started to look better and he had started to move. The doctor then felt comfortable with sending me home.
Now 32 weeks and 1 day I had my community midwife appointment she checked the heartbeat and where he was laying. The heartbeat was good and the baby is laying head down. She could still move the head so he is not engaged. She also measured my tummy and I am measuring at 33 weeks. Its all getting so close now.

False Alarm

31 Weeks Tuesday 23rd September I decided I wanted to go for a walk with Steve on the way round I started to get pains. We got home and I slowly wondered around the house. I started to feel sick and really did not want to eat dinner but I was encouraged by everyone. I then went for a bath to see if that would help with the pain. It felt like really bad period cramps and my tummy would go rock hard. Definitely not comfortable.Whilst I was in the bath Steve rang the hospital and they asked him to get me to ring them back once I got out of the bath. When I rang MFAU they asked me to ring straight through to the delivery unit. Whilst I was on the phone to them I felt as though I was leaking. I stood up and there on the towel was a round circle of water. After informing the midwife she asked me to come in.
When I arrived at the hospital they put me on the trace and was told I was contracting but they were not in regular. The heartbeat was nice and strong. Watching the painful ones on the monitor were funny. After being check I was told I was closed. It was so reliving. After being on the delivery unit for 3 hours they decided to transfer me to the ward. That night was so uncomfortable. I got hardly any sleep but the nurse on was lovely and I didn't feel as though I was all on my own.
Now home and the baby hasn't arrived but I am to take it easy. I have the odd sick feeling and getting a lot of cramps but none as bad as the other night.
I am really getting excited now and everyone thinks he could be early. Lets hope he doesn't and when he does come he is 100% ready.
He just isn't aloud to come whilst Steve is away.

30 Weeks and 4 Days

I look HUGE. I am 30 Weeks and 4 Days in this picture. Not long now about 10 weeks until due date. Its so exciting. Baby is moving well and enjoys kicking me in the bladder.