Progress?

At my health check-up today, I was told that my belly is the perfect size so I don’t need to worry about my mum’s comments about still looking small. I had to give three tubes of blood again for diabetes, iron level and antibodies tests. Hopefully, all will come out fine.

In the meantime, it shocks me to realize that even though I do half the amount of exercise/dancing I used to do before becoming pregnant, I get as – if not more—tired. I just hope that I will still be fit and able when the time comes for my last dance show, which is in a couple of weeks, before delivery.

Yesterday, I drank a juice and later I realized that it has kola nut and liquorice in it! I googled and found out immediately that both ingredients are extremely dangerous for babies and ever since I cannot stop worrying. How could I make this mistake? Normally I try to be extra careful about what I eat and do. I really hope that nothing I eat, breath in or do is harming my baby in any way.

Baby Shower II

Taking advantage of my mum’s visit, we decided to host a baby shower where we live to celebrate our first baby with friends in this country. It was a lovely afternoon tea party and my mum’s cooking went down really well.

My husband may be suffering from some sort of baby blues though; I guess the idea and responsibility of fatherhood may unconsciously seem a bit daunting. But he is extremely sweet and accommodating to my and the baby’s needs. 

Too Big or Not Too Big?

So my mum is visiting this week and disinfecting the entire house to get it ready for the baby. She is also cooking wonderfully nutritious and delicious food, which I like.

She told me that my belly is not as big as it should be at 6 and half months and this was very upsetting for me. She claims constantly that I am not eating well and taking good care and that’s why my belly is small. I was so incredibly down yesterday because of this comment.

My fellows at dance class though made me feel slightly better saying that I don’t show it because I have good posture. Maybe they were just trying to make me feel better but at least it worked. 

Boy or a Girl?

Lately, I am hearing a lot of guess work about the gender of my baby. It is overwhelmingly girl. Some say it is because of the shape of my belly (it is said that if you are having a girl, you become much bigger – so this must mean that I do really look fat), others, namely my best friend keeps having dreams that it is a girl.

I, on the other hand, have been guessing that it is a boy from the beginning. I know that it is cliché to say so but in all honesty, I do not care at all about the gender. I really only care and pray for a healthy baby. 

At Last...

I spent the last couple of weeks worrying about a possible infection, which could not be confirmed 100%. I was going back and forth to the doctor’s office with no concrete answer to what they were finding in the test results.

I have been extremely worried about an infection affecting my baby and/or having to take antibiotics.

Today, I finally got the clear from my latest test result. Phew!

In the meantime, I discovered that my baby really enjoys yoga. The baby moves non-stop and intensely after my yoga sessions. This makes me really happy.