UPDATES ON MY BLOG ...

19th June 2008 ( Grace is 5 days old )

Well .... Things are a lot easier third time round than before ... Breast feeding is going really well and my milk came in 2 days ago .. Grace feeds like a baby monster and has a suck on her like a hoover .... She seems to take a while to settle at night but I know that will settle and try a have naps throughout the evening . she is changing everyday and has regained all her weight ..... still in shock over the quickess of the birth and still reliving it ..... Glad I did it but never again without pain relief .... hope every new mummy out there is coping with motherhood and I m more than happy to give advice on anything if you feel it well help ..... even down to the nitty gritty stuff you may not want to ask anyone else ...

14th June 2008 03.05am

Well for the past 6 hours I ve been in labour been at home and contractions are every 6 mins lasting 50 secs going to see if I can hang on til 6am before going into hospital but that may change ...

Hopefully by this time tomorrow I ll be holding my baby in my arms YIPEEEE !!!!

12th June 2008 (39 weeks & 2 days )

Been to the hospital and after a while of searching on the scan the baby is 3/5 head down so will have to wait to go into labour naturally .... baby is so active that its getting very uncomfortable now .just hope its sooner rather than later .....

9th June 2008

Update just been to the midwife and she now thinks the baby has flipped back in to the breech position .... so going for a scan on thursday at 13.00 to check to see if it is and could end up having a C section this weekend ....... I was breech up to 36 weeks but had a scan then and it was head down but it has been doing flips galore all weekend so I won t been surprised if it is breech to be honest .

I ll update again when I can ...

9th June 2008 ( 38 weeks and 6 days )

Well still here and got all excited on saturday evening lost my plug and started having mild contractions but nothing came of it .... just hoping little one will come soon as my hips are really playing me up now and dont think i can go another 3 weeks if I go overdue ... Tried everything to get things moving and I can honestly say NOTHING WORKS .........

Only thing I am happy about is the about of weight I ve not put on i m actually thinner round my hips , thighs , legs and arms and face than I was before I was pregnant so with breast feeding I hope little one will suck out the rest of the fat flab round my belly before to long ..... So long to get in my size 12 jeans again ..... only in size 14 now but you know what I mean jeans that button and zip up ......

3rd June 2008 ( 38 weeks )

Well baby is very low and 4/5 engaged now .. been having lots of soft contractions as I put it then it goes off .... Doctors thinks the next 5 days as baby is very very low in the pelvic area ...... had a cold sweat on sunday when it came to me that this thing got to come out of something so small lmao ......... but I m ready for this baby now and so is my two other kids so hopefully by the end of this week I ll have a baby in my arms ....

Good Luck to all the other mums to be waiting in week 38 .....

21st May 2008 ( 36 weeks 1day )

Well baby has moved into the head down position so I m doing a VBAC again .... just hope my hips can take another few weeks ..

Video taken today of unborn trying hard to get my tv control off my belly ..

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6th May 2008 ( 34 weeks )

Looks like my baby will be born at 38 weeks still in breech and more than likely that I ll be booked in for a C Section on the 3rd June .... Hips and pelvic pain is getting worse and just walking is tricky too .... 4 weeks and counting can t wait to get my body back .....

29th April 2008 ( 33 weeks )

Today I ve felt utterly and totally exhusted and fed up or the 3 F's fat flumpy and fed up ... I ve been yelling at my two other kids today for the simplest of things and feel guilty as hell and just wish I can shake it off ..... Hormones are the worse things ...

Baby now lying head up feet down and very active still not helping with trying to get to sleep ....

Hope everyone else is doing better than me today .... same day different crap at the end of it tomorrow is a new day ...... and a lot of making up to my two kids who I ve given hell to today for no reason ......

29th March 2007 ( 28 weeks and 5 days )

Well may little baby is Breech ..... i am hoping so hard that it will turn before 34 weeks .... I ve had frozen cool fannels and frozen peas wrapped in towel to move the baby been on all fours and nothing ....it will not move .... getting the kicks down there is very very uncomfortable I can tell keep thinking its little foot will pop out ...... Hips are not to bad mornings are the worse just as I get up ... but over all everything is going to plan

Baby is very active and boy can it stretch my skin to see how far it will go my two otherkids laugh there heads off and the baby does it even more .... Trouble maker in there me thinks lol

23rd March 2008 ( 27 weeks and 5 days )

Had my 4d scan today and WOW amazing thing to watch .. 90 minutes flew by and baby was a little tinker and had its hands and feet up in front of its face til we managed to get the pictures ... Baby very active and I m getting big ..... After today its really set in that I M HAVING ANOTHER BABY IN 12 WEEKS TIME .......... Lol

15th March 2008 ( 26 weeks and 5 days)

Well What a week .... On tuesday my little boy fell in with a bug ... so had the day off to look after him , on Wednesday my eldest Daughter is throwing up in the evening only once but that was bad enough and on Thursday morning I wake up throwing up every hour on the hour and boy I couldnt keep anything down .. so at 6pm I took myself to the A&E as I hadnt eaten or drunk anything for 16 hours and was a little worried about my unborn .... I was admitted to the labour ward and my Urine was very high with Ketones and I was put on a IV drip for 16 hours and had blood tests galore .... I was only allow home if I could drink plenty and eat and keep it down and if the ketones fell ...

Got a call this morning back from the hospital to say they was glucose in the blood test they took so now I ve got to check both blood and urine everyday to make sure it settles back down to normal as I had the Norovirus this can make your body go into overdrive and produce to much inslin ..... I ve got myself a freestyle mini and first reading was 7.9 this afternoon and this evening back down to 6.0 just hope my morning sample of wee will be normal ... and the ketones have fallen even more ..... Spent the day cleaning everywhere with bleach to make sure the norovirus is wiped out and even putting the stuff in the dishwasher on 65Degrees ..... Baby still very active and makes sure I know its there but I so dont want to have pregnancy diabiates as I cant have a baby over 7lb 4oz in weight overwise I ll have to have a C section ....Hope everyone else is free from all these bugs and virus going round must be the weather ....

Take care all xxxx

26th Feb 2008 (24 weeks )

Well things are going well ...except for this blinky cough thats has come back .... seems to be doing the rounds .... Baby is very active and will not settle once I go to bed so I m up most of the night ..... 21 week scan went well everything going to plan and only 1 baby in there ... I ve hardly gained any weight just 6lb over my pre pregnancy weight ..... Midwife very pleased with me ..

Going to see my consultant tomorrow to discuss the labour as I had a C section with my first 9 years ago and a VBAC 4 years ago and will have to decide how to go with this one .... I know I m not allowed to go over my due date as I cant be induced so really its up to baby in there to make the choice ....

Hope everyone is having a easy pregnancy and taking it all easy ... Cant quite believe that I ve only got 16 weeks to go and I ve got nothing for the baby yet I dont like tempting fate .. I ll go out a month before hand and get everything I need which wont be much as got lots from my last pregnancy .....

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I got a fetal doppler today and heard my jellybeans heartrate 157 ..... such a relief .... this pregnancy has knocked the wind out of me ... the other 2 where a breeze where I had no M/s nothing ...this one had everything M/S , Heartburn , really tired most of the day really sore boobs and showing already .....having my US on the 11th December I ll be 13 weeks by then ....this one is also due on my little boys birthday who was born on Fathers Day in 2004 .... bye for now S x

22/11/07

Well I listened to the doppler again last night with my OH and the look on his face said it all ... " proves something in there then " .... I feel like a huge whale already and I m only 10 weeks but it is my third pregnancy nothing fits and I may have to go on ebay and get some clothes .... Peeing more this week than I have before must mean the womb has got bigger and the heartburn is getting on my wick any tips girls on how to reduce the BURN !!!! never had heartburn this early ! I havent told any family members yet not even my parents as we want to tell everyone on christmas day when i ll be about 15 weeks gone .... should be a present and a half lol.....

Pregnancy Survey

About You
Name: Shani
Age: 33
Height: 5ft 10 inches
Pre-pregnancy weight: 80 kgs

About The Father
Name: Darren
Age: 37
Height: 6ft 4inches
Are you still together: Very much so married 13 years togeather 19 years

About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy: No Third
When did you find out you were pregnant: 17th Oct 2007
Was it planned: Very much so
What was your first reaction: YESSSSSS !!!!!!!!
Who was with you when you found out: On my own
Who was the first person you told: My darling husband
How did your parents react: Haven t told them yet
How far along are you: 11+4 weeks
What was your first symptom: sore boobs
What is your due date: 19th June 2008 ( Day before Georges 4 th birthday )
Do you know the sex of the baby: No
If so, what is it:
Have you picked out names?: No
If so, what are they: Harry for a Boy and Gracie for a Girl
How much weight have you gained: 6lb
Do you have stretch marks: Yes from last 2 pregnancy
Have you felt the baby move: I think so ???
Have you heard the heartbeat: yes 157

About the birth
Will you keep the baby: For sure
Home or hospital birth: Hospital
Natural or medicated birth: Natural
Who will be in the delivery room with you: husband and daughter
Will you breastfeed: Yes ( did with last 2 babies Rose 12 months and George fed for 19 months )
Do you think you'll need a c-section: Hopefully not
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time: Yes for sure
What's the first thing you might say to him/her: Oh sweetie
Would you let someone videotape the birth? No way
Are you excited about the birth, or scared: Excited

29/11/07

11 weeks and 1 day

I feeling very good today I heard the baby heart beat for real ... as I was nt really sure what I was hearing but I heard it last night and went to sleep very happy >O)

Still feeling sick most of the day and cant seem to face dinner most nights but do as I know its important for little one ... the rate was 157 and I m sure I m having a girl as its causing me nothing but hassle LOL .... I m I right in saying that if you hear a good strong heartbeat your out of the woods for a miscarriage ??????

My two other children still haven't guess I m pregnant yet and considering the size of me I m surprised !!!! I think I must be carrying twins as I was 'nt over weight before hand ... I would wet myself on the 12th Dec if they say " oh I can see two heartbeats " My OH would faint ..........

I hope everyone else is enjoying they pregnancy I know I m going too as much as possible as this is my last one .... Cant wait though to breast feed again and have a little human needing me in everyway ....

11 weeks and 4 days

Morning sickness has gone YIPPEEE " well sort of " I can face food with out the feeling of " oh oh " ... counting daown the day til the scan one week wednesday 9 days and counting ...... No one has guessed yet ..... I m good at hiding the bump already ......... but cant wait to let everyone know then I can show off my bump .... My SIL is currently 28 weeks pregnant and I look the size of her mad mad mad ........

12 weeks tomorrow

Ok dont know what happen but woke up this morning and my belly is HUGE !!!! and I really look 6 months pregnant .... I wonder if it twins as its in the family and this is my 3rd and I m in my 30's ... Oh well fine out next week .....

12 weeks and 3 days

And feeling great ....sickness really died down still get it first thing in the morning but its not 24/7 .... boobs really sore and my pelvis is starting to hurt now ... I had SPD in my last pregnancy and looks like I m getting it with this one ... NICE !!!!!

hubby told me I m looking flushed is that his way of saying I m blooming ??

Kids still havent worked out I m pregnant yet and neither have Parents and Parent s in law ... 2 of my closest girlfriends worked it out but have promised to keep quiet til after christmas day ......

I m trying to work out whats the best way of telling my two children on Christmas day ...... Shall I get the Scan picture I m having done this Wednesday blown up and have written across it hows it hanging big bro and big sis !!!! or shall I write them a card each from this little one ????

12 weeks and 5 days

Scan tomorrow in the morning and really looking forward to seeing this little bean .....

My Pelvis is causing me some hassle I had SPD in my last pregnancy and looks like I ve got it again ..... time to dig out the bump belt !!!!

Feeling good still get feelings of nausea but havent been sick .... heartburn a little more bearable just looking forward to christmas day just so I can stop sucking my tummy in when I see my parents LOL !!!!!

Wednesday 12th December 2007

Well I went for my scan this morning and everything is super baby doing really well was waving like mad at us ........ very long legs for sure .... I m a little bit further than what I though so I m already 13 weeks and 1 day today so my due date is now the 17 th June 2008 ..... I m bursting to tell me two kids but I must wait til christmas day .........next scan on 6th Feb 2008 for my 21 weeks scan and I ve booked myself in for a 4d scan for when I m 27 weeks gone ....