20-8-2009 - Week 36

My mood while writing this blog: Excited!

Hey everyone,

Week 36 & time seems to be slowing down for me (boo) but I'm not complaining as I feel well & life is good for me. Had an appt yesterday to have blood taken & the midwife I saw (I never see the same one) was the midwife I would want to deliver my baby, she very much looked like an old school matron & was very much of the opinion that having a baby is not an illness & she seemed quite stern but I liked it, when I am in labour I would rather someone like her be with me & when she came in to take my blood she apologised for being ten minutes late but she had just delivered a baby & she went on to tell me that the lady that had just delivered (2 rooms down from where I was & didn't hear a thing) only used gas & air & that it was a peaceful birth & it only made me love this woman more cos that is exactly what I want - a non stressful birth!

I have gotten really big & I now have 5 stretchmarks (but that I also can't complain about as they are not massive or ugly looking & think I've done quite well to have lasted this long without them) I thought I would of been horrified when I first saw them but in a strange way I like them as they make me think that she is growing lots . She moves around most of the day & my ribs are hurting a little now as i think she keeps booting them & when I eat I feel like I am going to explode, especially as I am eating everything in sight.

Me & Marc are also getting on really well & have been spending a lot of time together, nights in front of the tv & going out for dinner & we have talked loads about the baby, what we are most looking forward to & how it will be scary - he will be a good Dad & I know it & all the way through he has been great & stepped up to the mark when I first found out & had given him the option of being able to walk away but he didn't want to & find my feelings growing more for him each day - we agreed to take it slow & thats what we have been doing & it has been a while since I managed to be honest & open with a man like this & it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling (sorry to make anyone feel sick but I am sickeningly happy & after the year I've had it feels good)

Well thats it for now, nothing more to say except hope that everyone is doing ok.xxx