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1月23日 Test Results and ScanIts been a busy week with appointments and scans. I had my glucose challenge test (diabetes) on Saturday. The glucose drink they make you drink is horrible. I got through the hour wait afterwards and managed to have the blood test but when I got home i threw up. I'm glad I didnt throw up before the blood test or I would have had to repeat the test. The good news is that I dont have diabetes. Yay ! Considering mum and most of my family have diabetes I guess I've been pretty lucky in that respect.
Today I had another scan of the baby. The baby looks much bigger now and its getting harder to see. They told me that the baby is now 1.2 kilos which I'm pretty happy with because that was how big Alex was when he was born at 32 weeks and considering I am only 29 weeks this baby will be bigger than Alex. Apparently he/she is in the 30th percentile so although that worries me the ultrasound technician tells me its perfectly normal and there are no growth restrictions according to her. I think that todays scan may have been my last before the baby is born unless my ob has reasons for concern. Oh I forgot to mention that baby is currently breech (no wonder I can feel feet so low down !) but there is still time for baby to turn in next few weeks. Thats the least of my worries. If anything, if baby is breech then at least my decision about which type of delivery to have will be made alot easier. We also saw that the baby has hair already as it was quite visible. When I finish this post I will scan the photo to put up here, I still think it's a boy but the technician is so good at giving nothing away !!
After our scan today, I took the rest of the day of work and we went shopping for some retail therapy. We went to baby bunting and bought things for the baby such as clothes, blankets, dummies, wipes etc. It felt so good to finally feel like we could. On the weekend we plan on going again to buy some of the big things like a pram, car seat and maybe even a cot. I hope we arent jinxing ourselves. I'm still pertified of what the future holds but i'm determined to take this baby home.
No other news for now. My back is aching so I will leave it here and scan some photos before I head to bed. I need to catch up on emails and my favourite blogs but I dont even have the energy to do that so it will have to wait until tomorrow.
Jenny  1月10日 HelloI hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. I know I've been missing for quite some time now. I have several reasons for it though. My Aunty and Uncle are staying with us at the moment and its not always easy to get access to the computer because its in the room my uncle is sleeping in. Its also becoming more and more difficult to spend alot of time in front of the pc as I am getting quite big now. Ive missed blogging though and especially the blogging friends I have made so Im going to try amd make more of an effort to update more regularly even if they are short posts.
As of today I am 27 weeks pregnant. The pregnancy hasnt exactly been smooth sailing but I'm taking each day as it comes and just hoping and praying that I get as close to 40 weeks as possible, Alex stopped growing at 27 weeks so the next few weeks are pretty scary for me and although I dont want to compare pregnancies it's hard not to. At my last appointment my ob said she wanted me to have a scan within the week to check on the placenta and the baby's growth, She wrote me a slip so that I could get it down at the hospital that very day which automatically made me assume she suspected that something was wrong during my examination. I can't tell you what a mess I was having to go back to the hospital I had Alex in. The place I had to go was on the 5th floor only doors away from the NICU. I even saw one of Alex's doctors but he didnt see us and I was so upset to be there that I didnt try to approach him. There were mothers with that same look of tiredness and stress that I had during those 3 weeks with Alex. I could hear their conversations and it just brought back all of those horrible memories. Anyway they looked at the blood flow between the placenta and the baby as well as blood flow from the uterine arteries and everything was fine for this stage of the pregnancy. I have another scan booked in a couple of weeks which I am dreading. As yet I havent found out the sex of the baby because it's just not that important to me. I am so sure that I'm having a boy though as is everyone else who sees me so I'll be in for a real shock if its a girl. I still can't bring myself to buy any baby furniture yet. We also havent really decided on any names. It feels like we are just trying to get through each day and it's almost as if it hasnt really hit us that we are actually having another baby soon.
I must admit that although I'm petrified I love being pregnant. Despite the morning sickness, the sleepless nights and the 10 kilos Ive put on, when I feel the baby moving I know it's all worth it. This baby seems to move constantly and the kicks are getting stronger each day. I feel so heavy and awkward and my back is killing me but I dont mind at all because I know what's it taken to get here and I will never take that for granted.
I cant believe that its almost Alex's 1st birthday. Sometimes it feels like yesterday since Alex was born and other times it feels like a lifetime ago. I am really going to struggle to get through the next few weeks which is why Ive decided to start posting again because I need all the support I get from all you wonderful people I have come to know through here, You dont know how much you all mean to me. Your emails and messages of support are what help me get through. People in my life dont understand why I havent moved on but you guys understand why I can't.
I am still working full time and it's tiring. The work isnt too bad because I have a desk job and I get to sit most of the day (although crouching over a big belly at a desk is sometimes just as hard) but the 45 minute drive to and from work is a killer especially when the weather has been so hot. It was 36°C today and tomorrow is even hotter at 38°C. Everyone keeps asking me when I am leaving and again the part of me that is trying to deny that all this is happening again makes me tell them that I'm just not sure yet, I am thinking the start of March but that's what I was saying last year and I barely made February. I still have heaps of stuff to tidy up before I leave but I'm trying hard not to think too far ahead. Initially I was going to leave start of February but I realise now that it might be better that I keep occupied that month. I will take the 7 February (Alex's birthday) and 27 February (Alex's angel day) off work but if I am at home from the start of February I will have too much time to think of things and become depressed, Much better to keep busy and try to get through that very difficult month.
Ok I think I have rambled enough tonight and my back is aching sitting here so time to end it here,
Jenny
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