Antenatal appointment

I had an antenatal appointment with my GP today (who i am doing shared care with my midwives). All is fine. Bub seems to be measuring right on my dates which is strange for me because i am usually around 3 weeks ahead and have 9lb babies. Hopfully this is a sign of a smaller bub but i doubt it lol. My blood preasure was a bit low at 101/65, it is usually 120/70. When i came home i suddenly felt really light headed and had a major headache and felt sick. Had a lay down and i feel a bit better now thankfully.

Last night i felt Bubbles kick from the outside! I tried to get Jacob to feel too but bub kept kicking away from his hand lol. Cheeky monkey!

Changed care provers

On Friday i told my current midwife at the Birth Centre that i was having a homebirth and have hired a midwife for it so i'll no longer need their services. Although i am still on the hospital's books incase of transfer.

I have an appointment with my GP (who also has an OBGYN qualification) for tomorrow (Monday) and i'll be having shared care with her and the homebirth midwives.

I'm also 20 weeks today! I can't believe i'm now half way.

I have been thinking about things to buy for Bubbles lately. We need a few things, like a change table, new pram, baby capsule, more clothing, more modern cloth nappies and a sling to carry bub in.

We are getting the change table off our lovely doula Emma.

I've been looking at the Peanut Shell slings and they look great. Plus you can breastfeed in them which is fantastic.

Here's a pic of one. They have many colours and patterns available.

Available at www.thepeanutshell.com

And here's a pic of the baby capsule i want. It's the Safe n Sound Unity capsule.

More inspiration

Here's another video of a baby born in the caul(bag of waters) under water.

Inspiration

I was looking at water births on youtube and thought i would share some of the ones that have really inspired me.





And an absolutely gorgeous twin water birth!

Scan update

My scan went well. Bubbles has gown so much! Looks like we're going to have another tall one too!

Heartrate was 134bpm.

I have a low lying placenta but hopfully it's not going to cause any dramas. I have one with Charlie and all was fine.

The lady said she had a quick look at the sex. She said she thinks she knows but cause bub is tucked away into my back it was really hard to tell. I'm not going to say what she said but i'll be getting a 4D scan done in a few weeks and hopfully then they can tell me for sure.

Anyway, i am happy. Bubbles is healthy and all is fine.

Here's a couple of pics from the scan.

Face

Feet

Oh hurry up!

It's only about an hour until my ultrasound and i am hating the waiting! I'm not nervous at all, just very very excited and want to see bub so bad. Hopfully i can get a CD full of all the pictures they take or even better a DVD of the scan.

Ultrasound time!

My morphology scan is this afternoon at 3:45pm. I have decided to take Lily in with me as she loves babies and knows there is a baby in my belly. She has already named the baby too lol. She calls it Lily Baby. And she thinks it's a girl. I hope she is right!

I am still struggling with finding out the sex or not. I keep saying, yes, no, yes, no! Just have to see how i feel at that very moment i can ask.

Getting bigger

My tummy has grown so much over the last month or so. I can't fit into any normal clothes now but i am having a hard time trying to find maternity pants that are comfy and look good.

Here is my belly at 14 weeks...

17 weeks...

& today at 19 weeks...

Midwife appointment

I met my homebirth midwives today, Linda and Cathy. They are really lovely. I'm even more excited now than ever. We talked for nearly 3 hours, it was great.

I heard bub's heartbeat too on the doppler. I love that sound.

They've given me a few books and dvds so that'll keep me entertained for a while!

I don't seen them again until around 35-36 weeks but i will be seeing my GP for the rest of my antenatal appointments, so all is good.

My scan is on Tuesday. I can't wait to see bub again and see how big s/he has grown! I'm not worried at all because i have been feeling Bubbles move every day now and even more so in the last few days, it's great.

I can't believe i'm 19 weeks today! Wow! I never thought i would have made it this far! :-)

Made up my mind

I've decided not to find out the sex of bub. As time goes on, the urge to have a surprise seems to be a lot stronger than finding out if it's a boy or not.

I've also seemed to have popped a lot. I have a nice round belly now.

How to decide?

My scan is next Tuesday and i don't know if i wanna find out the sex or not. I'm really torn up about it actually. I really want another girl and would like to know if it is a boy before the birth. But i also think it'd be way cool to have that huge surprise at the very end and give me something to strive for, if you know what i mean? Sometimes i think, just accept what you're given and be happy about it. But i really do want another girl and i won't deny that. But it makes me feel bad. Also Jacob doesn't want to know. He won't be with me in the scan and he said he doesn't mind if i find out or not. I can easily keep the secret too. I just don't know! How do i decide this? What if i regret my descion one way or the other?

Update!

Thought i better update this lol!

Well not much has happened really to be honest. Being 17 weeks, i'm not feeling the energy of 2nd trimester. I'm still so tired, it's hard to get up in the mornings. And i can still only eat 1 meal a day as i have no appetite. But on the plus side of not eating much i haven't gained any weight yet! I have lost about 6kg though.

I changed care providers a while back so i can still have a homebirth. Because the other one changed their protocol and said i'm now too far away to have a homebirth with them. Apparently i'm out by 5 minutes, how fair is that?!

It tookme a while to find an independent midwife because there are none in my area. But i finally found one that lives approx 3 hours away. I'll be meeting my new midwives on 14th of this month. I'm so excited. Their names are Linda and Cathy.

This pregnancy is going so fast for me, it's scary. I'm already 17 weeks! My morphology scan is on 16th Sept. I have decided i want to find out the sex of bub because i really wanted a girl and if it's a boy well i would like to know now so i can get over the shock. A healthy baby is all i want but i think i might still be sad if it's a boy, god that sounds horrible!