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Sunday, May 01, 2005
31 Weeks down. Al is still doing well, although has just started feeling some back ache. Right through the pregnancy so far people have remarked on how well she is looking.
Been a very busy week. Out roleplaying last Friday night, visiting Friends of Al's out of the city, a wander around a nearby swamp, friends dropping around home, and then an extremely busy week at work. We got another skip this weekend - to basically throw away all the cardboard that came wrapped around the baby products we have been purchasing. Yesterday spent the afternoon and evening on a bucks day out. Enjoyable in a tame way. Also cleaned out the walk in robes - where I discarded over half my clothes because I no longer wear them. All this neatening and organising is making us both feel more comfortable and prepared.
Posted by Doug at 8:48 PM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
(Email to Irene.) In general I've still been feeling really well most of the time, just tired here and there. Had a really sore lower back for about a week a couple weeks back, but that was helped a lot by sleeping with a pillow between my legs. I am now only getting a little back pain here and there now.
Had a pregnancy massage last weekend that I enjoyed – I decided it was high time for a bit of pampering! My OB has told me in the past couple of visits that my weight gain has been excellent - exactly what was expected and I haven't put on anything additional. (In reality I think I have put on a few extra kgs, but not too much, and I will worry about that afterwards at any rate!) He also commented it was obvious I was looking after myself. My latest visit was yesterday, and he told me that the baby is already down in position, which I didn’t expect this early, but he said it may still turn and move in and out of position so he wasn't concerned. He told me that I seem to have a contented baby, which is what we have been thinking as well, so that was also nice to hear. Just hope it continues that way after the baby is born!
Quite a few people have told me I am glowing and looking really well, so it's nice to be getting so many positive comments. There is an ad on TV down here presently talking about the glowing skin of pregnant women, and a few people have told me I look like the people on the ads - not sure if that ad is being shown in Canberra (for some moisturiser or skincare product I think). So everything continues to go well thus far and still very happily pregnant and enjoying the process. Feel happier as each week goes by, as my only concern now is that the baby goes to 'full term' and don't end up with a prem baby with the related health and developmental problems.
I keep telling myself I should slow down as I'd hate to bring on a prem baby by not resting enough, but we continue to be really busy and while I'm feeling fine, fitting everything in now so I can relax in last month, and just trying to rest where I can on week nights, and in between things we do on weekends.
Started our ante-natal classes last week, so that's been good to get a better understanding of the hospital process, when to go to hospital, birth stages and what to expect, pain relief options, etc. Also nice to meet a few other couples at similar stages as us - there are 9 couples altogether and we are about middle of the age range. Will be interesting to see if any of us are in hospital at the same time (we have earliest due date after being pushed back to this class after the previous class was full).
Posted by Al at 11:36 AM
