24 weeks and 2 days

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but...

 

 

this is how big my bump has got, not huge but it's slowly getting there. Judging by the amount that I'm eating now the baby will start piling on the pounds soon.

 

Things that haven't been brilliant... I have started getting a little bit of heart burn, but it's not too bad. The worst thing are the calf cramps that I keep getting. I had them really badly the other night and since then my calves have been really tight, Gregory has been massaging them but it's not enough. I think I need a long hot bath...  

Things that have been brilliant... The baby is SO active now! It moves all night and morning long, when I'm at work it settles down. Fortunately I have been so tired in the evening that the kicks have not kept me awake. It is AMAZING feeling and seeing the strong kicks. The baby even responds to touches from us. We cannot wait to see it, not long now. I've also been swimming in the school pool at the weekends, which is lovely in the hot sun. Topping up my tan and stretching out my muscles. I plan to go to pre natal yoga classes in a few weeks, when my arm is fully recovered, that is if I make it out of school early enough.

 

Some more EXCELLENT news is that Braeburn has changed out health insurance provider so the birth will be covered by our insurance! It will save us a lot of money that we can put toward the baby once it is born.

20 weeks and 6 days scan

Went for our 20 week scan today. Was amazing to see the baby opening and closing their mouth and sucking their fingers. It looks really big now and the sonographer said it weighs 409g! The experience wasn't as nice as the first time as the lady didn't speak for the first bit, which made me worried, and then she wasn't going to give us a photo.

But we got one and as you can see it has a VERY Kenyan face: small nose, pronounced jaw and big mouth! Just like Gregory.

I have been feeling really run down this week and I decided to go to the doctors this evening. I have got some infection, she wasn't sure what (not a UTI which is ususal). So I am on antibiotics and am not allowed to go to work for 2 days, which is really annoying as there is so much to do. I tried to persuade her to let me go in but she reminded me that I have someone else to think about now.

20 weeks

We went for our 20 week check up yesterday, decided to go Kenyan stylee, which is cheaper than visiting a gynaecologist and just as good. The trouble with Kenyan style, as with anything Kenyan, is that you can't be in a rush!

We arrived at the clinic the moment its doors opened, 1pm, hoping to beat the rush as Tim (my Head) had advised me to get there early and we'd only be waiting for perhaps half an hour to forty five minutes. 2 hours and 45 minutes later I had been weighed, had my height measured and my stomach felt by a doctor and we were done.

As this was the first appointment at the clinic I couldn't book but I have booked for the next visit, I do wonder, though, whether this will speed anything up. We shall see.

18 weeks and a kick

On Thursday 23rd August I was 18 weeks pregnant and not much seemed to be happening... until this morning. 18 weeks and 2 days pregnant and we finally felt three gentle little kicks! Woo hoo.

12 week scan