Now too small?!

I had a scare at my last midwife appointment where it turned out my belly shrunk by about 3cm! The midwife referred me for a growth scan. I've been so worried about the baby's development, whether the placenta has been functioning properly and hoping that it is just the baby's positioning.

I had the scan today and thankfully everything measured within the scale and the baby's weight seems to be 2.99kg at the moment. It's such as relief! i just hope that the baby keeps developing and gaining weight normally. She is still positioned sideways, so that might be the reason for measuring smaller. It is actually quite strange since I feel like a whale!

On the other hand, I am  so exhausted, I had to stop working earlier than planned. My second one (20 months old now) is getting off his bed at night and seems like getting into a phase of terrible twos. Great timing really!

Work work work

I need the money but I can't get the motivation. I have work and yet I feel so tired, I can't be bothered anymore. I don't know if it is because my 20 month old son has already started jumping out of his cot, which makes me so anxious for his safety and of course disrupts my sleep further. Just in time before the new baby arrives!

Last week, our next door neighbour's builders were using some sort of strong smelling glue for their new kitchen roof. My goodness...our entire house smelled like a chemical factory. I just hope that it didn't affect the baby in anyway. 

Ready, set, go?

With only 6 weeks left, I think I am pretty much ready for the new baby. My hospital suitcase is packed, her room, cloths, sheets, bottles are cleaned and ready. All this puts my mind more at ease, especially considering I have taken on a new work project for the next few weeks.

The baby is quite a mover, which is excellent. I hope that I will never forget this feeling of life growing and moving in me.

My eldest is so sweet, she has already started making gifts for her sister, she calls them "ripping papers", so that the baby can rip them as she pleases.

My middle one, my son is only 19 months so he doesn't know what's going on and I do really wonder how he is going to react to the big change in our lives but mostly his!

Travelling while Pregnant

We have decided to take our last holiday before the baby arrives with the two kids. Given I am at a late stage, we only travelled by car to a family friendly holiday camp 2 hours away from London.

Whilst the change of scenery is nice and the kids are well occupied with all the child friendly activities, it is quite difficult on me and my husband to be on our feet and watch out for two little ones at the same time.

Meanwhile, given there's little time left, I am trying to sort out the remaining bits and pieces such as stem cell and blood cord collection.