9 months!!!!

I am currently sitting on the sofa, in my pyjamas.  It has been my look for the past week or so.  I sit in them until I have to leave the house - yes I am lazy.  But I don't just sit and do nothing, oh no! there is so much to still do before little Skittle arrives on the scene.


Did you know that I am studying?  I'm currently in my final year of university.  I study Psychology with the Open University.  I found out I was expecting Skittle after I had applied for, and received my funding for this final year of study, and with my history of miscarriages I wasn't going to pull out.  So at this time of the year, with this module, I am currently in the position to write up the study that I am doing - basically it is my dissertation.  It is due at the end of May so I am attempting to get as much of it done as possible so I can enjoy being a new mummy again.

A lot of people have asked me how I've been feeling recently, and when I looked up google to see what other mummy's wrote about their third trimester it made me giggle and made me feel happy that I wasn't alone.  I will say that the major part of me has loved being pregnant.  I get to sit in bed before I sleep and watch my stomach move in the weirdest of ways.  I love it.  I 'play' with her by touching my tummy where she has pushed out from and she responds to me by pushing back.  It really is fascinating to watch the movements.

The past few days I have felt that she has moved down slightly which is easing my breathing slightly - not much - I still get times when I am gasping for breath and have to adjust my positioning.  Most of the time I, with some position changes, can  be back to normal in five to ten minutes. But there have been a few times when I have been panicked by it because it takes longer to sort itself out.  I don't like it, it scares me but my cardiologist let me know that it is just because of the extra pressure on my body with being pregnant and it will go back to rights once the baby is born.  

Apart from my breathing what else has been going on?  I have the usual heartburn, I still have nausea with the occasional vomiting, my sciatica and pelvic girdle pain are in full swing too - oh and a really pleasant one ... the skoots!! It is seriously not fun.  I have been having braxton hicks most days too now and a new one that started around 35 and a half weeks.  Intense wind! so bad that I am doubling over in pain sort of wind.  Apparently this is just baby's head engaging and getting ready for birth.  Which is very exciting! It shouldn't be much longer till we get to meet the little lady who is causing all the havoc with my body.


This week I packed my bag for the hospital.  It's funny because my towels actually take up the most space.  I have all the essentials for Skittle.  I let Master Fairy choose the first outfit that she will put on and to choose the blankets I am taking for her too.  He wanted her to have the ones that he had in the hospital when he was born.  I could only remember the one - it's a crocheted one that my granny made for Master Fairy when he was born.  It's so special that both will use this blanket that she made because I asked her to make it.  I have made one too but it is more of a floor blanket for a while because it is far too big for her at the beginning to be wrapped up in.  I probably put in too many baby grows for her and vests but I don't know how long I will be in the hospital for and I wanted to make sure that she doesn't run out.  I've loved looking at how small all the wee bits and pieces are! I can't remember Master Fairy ever being that size - but he must have been because some of the clothes are his.