6 weeks to go!

Starting to get a little nervous now as the countdown begins for real!  I have been keeping mainly well, although I have slowly been getting slower & slower & less and less energy.  I decided to finish school 2 weeks out from the end of term because of my tiredness & losing focus on actually teaching!  It was a good move & my body benefited from it, especially with the build up to camp & then the week on camp.  It was a bit of a struggle & I really missed being so involved with camp, in fact I found it rather boring & not as exciting as usual because I didn't spend a lot of time with the kids -- the part I really enjoy!  The past week or so, she has been moving A LOT -- which you can see on the video below, but also I have found it almost impossible to sleep.

We went to the midwife today & she told me that the baby is not in the right position -- her head is down, so she is not breech, but her back is at my back, which is not ideal.  So she wants me to get her to move, so I have to spend 10 minutes twice a day on my hands & knees (which is actually really sore) to try & get her to come around. I am hoping this may ease my un-comfortableness & help me to sleep better.  Apparently she still has quite a bit of room to move, so this shouldn't be a problem.  She is at the moment still quite a small baby -- I have only gained about 8-9kg since I started going to the midwife at week 12.
I have started thinking about getting nappies & other things sorted for her & got a list of things to try to purchase or get somehow.  Jon is also working hard on the babies room.  It actually is starting to become an imminent event on our horizon...and we can't wait to meet her :-)

6 weeks to go!

Last third...

Now being over 25 weeks, it means I am now about to enter the third trimester!
I am feeling pretty good & heaps of people tell me I am glowing -- whatever that means & not that I can see it myself!!
Tiredness is really my best friend at the moment, along with not sleeping all that well -- I seem to wake myself up every time I have to turn my wine-barrel body over!  I feel as though I have swallowed a gold-fish bowl & there is a small little "Dora the Explorer" roaming around in there!
I am definitely getting bigger & bigger (it seems each day!) and it is starting to get uncomfortable -- such as getting up out of the chair, or thinking I will just run & grab something.  Yeah funny joke! O well I guess I have bigger to go & am just having to learn to slow down a little.

She is very active & kicks A LOT!  I am wondering if she will be like me & walking at 8-9 months!! Jon went to listen to her heartbeat the other day (with a toilet roll inner to his ear) and got a good boot for his efforts -- he said it was rather loud!  

The babies room & things to be bought have kinda started, but not to much extent.  I think I will really kick into this once I finish school & my days off start in earnest.  Rather looking forward to that :-)

Last third...

20 weeks

Well time seems to be both flying by & also dragging!
I am now over half-way through our pregnancy now and I have a little tummy to show for it, which seems to get bigger each day!  I am also starting to really feel the tiredness kick in.  I am aiming to finish work at the end of this term -- looking forward to that! :-)
In the holidays we went for our 20 week scan.  We were hoping for some 3D images and a video but were disappointed & also not that impressed with the staff at the Radiology centre.  O well, we still got to see our little one & were again blown away by the amazing ness of the technology to see & even more than that the little creation that God has allowed to grow within me.
WARNING SPOILER ALERT!
We found out we were having a little girl, which came as a bit of a surprise!  They measured everything and pointed out the different parts -- I think for me the feet were the cutest, measuring just 3cm & so perfectly formed.  But it was also interesting to see the blood pumping through the 4 heart chambers and all the other parts.  The head measured quite small for her age, but we were assured that it was probably just because of the position she was in.
Here are a few photos -- see if you can figure out what is what!!

20 weeks