Baby Lambs Room

Just a quick update for anyone interested. The baby room is now done, paint wise anyway. We have decorations on the way such as pictures, curtain ties and cot mobile. We decided to go with the Millie and Boris theme, which is from mamas and papas.

The room what already decorated in the beige colour you can see on the back wall. The ceiling is the same colour too with glow in the dark stars that are just too cute.

This is the changing area. The shelves need re-arranging but otherwise the unit is built into the wall already.

This is the boarder. The colour in the background is called moonlight white. This is the colour we went with as the previous owners had places a massive bright pink Disney name display. It was the one thing that made the room girly and needed covering.

The rocking chair is for when I breastfeed, the draws on the left are full of goodies and clothes from the baby shower and on top, the hamper that mother-in-law put together for me, full of baby toiletries.

32/33 weeks

Today I am 33 weeks pregnant which now means I have 6 weeks to go, until I am full term. 6 weeks?? Really? It feels like just yesterday that I found out I was expecting.

Baby size:

Week 32: Squash. Average size: 15.2- 16.7 inches, 2.5-3.8 lb.
Sleeping and waking cycles are establishing now.

Week 33: Durian Fruit. Average size: 17.2-18.7 inches, 4.2-5.8 lb. Babies bones are hardening.

Sleep: Thankfully my sleep is going very well at the moment. I have at least 1 bad night a week, but other than that I'm sleeping great. Admittedly I'm not comfortable very often but that doesn't seem to be stop me. I do wake up sometimes too hungry that I can't sleep, so I venture down to the kitchen and have milk and a biscuit. If the cat was quiet all night or Deryck didn't get up to go to work I'd sleep right through from 10pm at 10am.

Movement: Baby Lamb is moving all the time pretty much. He/ she is most active when I'm either in the bath or when I've just got out. I will sit on the bed for 20min straight before the baby calms down. It’s an amazing thing to look at your tummy when it's moving and warping. Very surreal.

Food cravings/aversions: A new one this week, I could eat cornflakes for Britain. I think it's the whole crispiness of them and my obsession with milk too. Either have a massive bowl in the morning or two small ones.

Pregnancy symptoms: Just normal aches and pains in my back, legs and tummy muscles. I pee all the time too.

What I miss: I will miss being on band in church. Both my husband have decided to take a break at this time, with so much coming up and going on we've decided to focus on baby and getting ready for that. So whether it’s a couple of months or maybe a year, I think it's going to be needed.

What I'm looking forward to: My baby shower (that I shouldn't know about) on Sunday. All I know is that it's taking place but nothing else. Very excited to have everyone that I love together, helping me get ready for the massive adventure that is about to begin. The other thing I am just too excited for is the arrival of baby. I keep thinking that I just want to meet the baby and have him/her in my arms! I'm sure the time will fly by!

Milestones: The further along in the pregnancy I go the happier I am that the baby has more of a chance of surviving if anything unexpected where to happen. The longer baby is inside the less risk of something going wrong. Ideally baby will go to full term. I have a sneaky little feeling this little one may just keep us waiting a while longer than we want too J

Best moment of this week/Pregnancy moments with hubby: Talking to my husband for hours about baby and what he/she will be like. We are like a pair of excited children waiting for Christmas morning to arrive. Probably wasn’t a good idea to do this just before going to sleep, as when it came to actually trying to sleep, I couldn’t. Too excited! 

Week 30/31

Sorry that this has fallen over a two week period again. We ended up moving last week and life's been nothing but busy.

Baby size:

Week 30: Cucumber - Average size: 15.2-16.7 inches, 2.5-3.8 lb.

Week 31: Pineapple - Average size: 15.2-16.7 inches, 2.5-3.8 lb.

Sleep: Sleep was getting rather hard but now we are back in our own bed, which is orthopaedic and I've been sleeping a lot better. Still generally uncomfy and there is no room for any pregnancy pillows or anything being back in a double bed (we had two single beds pushed together before), the extra pillows just end up on the floor now.

Movement: Movement is happening big time. Think the babies trying or getting ready to turn. I know his/her head is under my ribs at the moment but nearly every day I can feel their head pushing down and trying to go south. It really hurts when it happens but I know baby needs to keep trying. Eventually and hopefully he/she will turn.

Food cravings/aversions: Same as it has been, not much change. Sweet things, crunchy and crispy foods I still love. There are certain herbs that I can eat fine, but then for the rest of the day I just feel sick, almost like my stomach can't digest them properly or easily.

Pregnancy symptoms: My legs keep locking and cramping in the morning when I wake up. Every few days I feel rather sick and nothing makes it pass except sleep. The baby has been pushing my rib up and up and sometimes I feel like I simply cannot breathe. Other days I feel either a hand or head pushing one of my lungs which causes a lot of pain. Again lying down seems to ease this on most occasions.

What I miss: I find this such a negative question, and I don't like moaning because having a baby is such a blessing. There are of course some unpleasantries but nothing that won't resume its self once I have had the baby. E.g. being able to eat what I want without feeling sick.

What I'm looking forward to: getting the baby room finished. Now we have the baby room decorated and ready to set up it's such a relief. At the moment it's full of stuff for the spare room, which has just been finished paint wise, so I need to Deryck to help me move the stuff in to the right room and then I can get cracking on the baby’s room.

Milestones: 8 Weeks to go! 2 months and we will have our baby Lamb! I'm so nervous, but so excited too.

Best moment of this week/Pregnancy moments with hubby: Moving into the perfect house that fits our every need. We are beyond blessed.