Em...

Jill · Em...

Hey there,

Just wanted to see how you were doing...

Thinking of you and many hugs,

Jill

Em

Thanks Jill.

We're ok. My hands are getting worse and I've been told it's not carpal tunnel but pregnancy arthritis... Who'd have even thought such a thing existed?? I am here, just unable to post as much. Takes a long time!

My household has also come down with a nice stinking cold, so already, in our first year of married life, we're sleeping in separate beds!! ;) Getting up 8 times a night to pee and then trying to fall asleep with snoring like a jet plane (and coughing and spluttering but asleep thanks to Night Nurse!) is too much and I couldn't take any more.

To be fair, I don't leave a lot of room in our bed anymore and the fact that I'm about as graceful turning over and getting in and out of bed as a walrus on land doesn't help matters either.

And now today I have to go to the dentist and I hate it. I can't stand things in my mouth other than food and have a really weak gag reflex (another one of my weird little things - I can't eat with big spoons - I have to eat everything with teaspoons!). The thought of hands and mirrors and spiky things in there is enough to make me gag now.

On the plus side, we're 35 weeks + 4 days. In the safe zone, thank goodness. Baby can come out now any time it wants!

Ike

That was a great post lol your funny and you wit has me in stiches !!

Your not a walrus Your pregnant and it's a beautiful thing !!! But you did put it well and made me remember tam pregnant hehe, But loved cuddling up to the bump and i honestly missed it so much ! all though i had the baby to cuddle i still missed it, Anyway ill stop hyjacking

Im so glad your in the safe zone dont forget to txt me the second you think about going in OK ! Hope you all get over the cold and back to full health soon, Ive never heard of pregnancy arthritus !!? Will it be totally gone once baby arrives ?

Love to you sweetie X

Will have to start a daily check in, I'll make a post and everyday you just type here so we know your ok and holding on OK ?

Sherri

Good analogy Em!!! I remember. The peeing at night drove me CRAZY!!!

Glad your're in the safe zone now....my prayers were answered.

Jill

Oh Em,

I am glad that things are going okay and that you have made it to the safe zone!

Your analogies are funny - the gracefulness of pregnancy, right?

Do keep us updated and know that you are thought of a lot!

Hugs

Jill

Tami

Em im so in there with u i hate having anything in my mouth i gag if i have a lolly, so goin to the dentist is gotta be the worst but try and be real brave and breath deeply in though ur nose.

Sleeping does get hard the bigger you get but all you can think about is what you get out of it in the end.

I hope you dont have to hang on there much longer the closer i got the more i just wanted it out and the longer each day gets lol.

Glad your well and the best of luck to you and Stephen and i so cant wait to see a pic of your little bundle when he/she comes xx

Ike

Tami

haha ike u twat

Em

You can tell you two aren't married yet!!!

36 week check today. Everything is ok and baby is now 3/5ths engaged, so it's heading in the right direction thank goodness. I'm hoping we don't have too long to wait now. I am back to weekly checks instead of twice weekly as the risk of complications is now getting very small which is what we want.

Glad you enjoy my posts! I have to have a sense of humour about it all or I'd cry.

I'll try to update each day, though weekends are tough as it's the only chance Stephen and I get to spend some time together and we're trying to make the most of baby-free time.

xx

Ike

Good sounds like it's all going in theright direction !! Ok we will let you off the weekends but do check in so we know whats going on.. NOW enjoy what little baby free time you have left !

Tami

enjoy your baby free time as much as you can, but saying that when the baby is born all they really do is sleep and eat really so you have some suggling up time then.

Is Stephen having time off when the baby is here??

I hope you dont have to wait much longer i no how bugging it is waiting and it seems to take forever.

take care and make sure u check in every now and then xx

phil h

Are delivering a baby or pizza ? Read your post on fb

Stay well .

Sherri

I remember the waiting too, but I wasn't anxious...as Em mentioned, at the time neared, I became terrified of actually giving birth...well she said the needle of epidural, but I got very frightened of the thought of it all.

One night they showed a bird's eye view of giving birth on film, I ate spaghetti that nite, and almost barfed. Im not sqeemish either...but THAT was about to happen to me!

I was thrown out of childbirth class by the way...for laughing...so then I was worried I wouldn't know what to do..

Somehow, it all came naturally...but as Tam advised, enjoy, your baby free time, it's all about to change completely...forever. Not a bad thing, but you are going to become a mother...quite a big role.

Glad ur doing well Em!

Em

Hello,

Just checking in. All is well. We're starting to get the signs that it could be happening in the next couple of weeks, which is good news and actually, the closer I'm getting to the birth, the more I'm looking forward to it. Baby's head moved further down last night - I was having some major back ache and cramps so know thaat's what it is now. I was scared about the birth, but all that has passed now and I'm ready for it. I don't feel anxious or nervous or worried about anything at all. I feel calm and relaxed and ready to deliver. I've watched loads of labours too on Discovery (I like to be prepared) and actually it doesn't freak me out at all! I just figure if those ladies can do it, so can I.

Also, 2 ladies from my NCT group have had their babies this week - one totally natural water birth - 7lb 6oz girl called Matilda and the other an emergency c-section - 3lb 5oz girl born at 32 weeks (supposed to be a Christmas Day baby!) with no name just yet and all of them are doing well, even the tiny one who is apparently very small but perfectly formed and strong for a baby so little and her mum who fell ill quite quickly, hence the emergency delivery. So of our group of 5 who've bonded quite quickly and meeting up and getting to know each other, I am definitely next now for sure as the other 2 left are both Jan babies.

Stephen gets 1 day paternity for the birth. That's it - there are no maternity laws here in Guernsey. He does have a few days of holiday left to take though and has already agreed with his boss that he can have those, so we're hoping if we can time it right, he'll be off for a week with us.

Hands are getting worse and worse and arthritis has set in in my feet and knees too. Not particularly nice. I've also become a huge klutz, just today catching my foot in the hose of the hoover and tripping, opening the back door and taking half my big toenail off and whacking my very sore hand on a doorframe - hence today's update as I've been relegated to bed for an hour at least because everytime I cry out, Steph comes running in case it's labour pains and he's fed up!! He's trying to clean the kitchen and apparently can't get anything done while I'm 'hippopotamussing' (his word, not mine) around the house.

Right, hands are giving up now.

Keep well all.
xx

phil h

Ah , stay sweet and strong Em . Send the baby love and positive vibes of love and how wanted this child is . You are a trooper and along with your great husband you guys are doing great ...... There is an end in sight and a new beginning to follow . Rest , pray and allow God's grace to guide and hold you . Love , phil

Em

Hands now very bad so banned from typing.

I will update Ike via text is anything happens. Otherwise, have a good few weeks and hopefully will be back with some good news and normal, non-swollen/black and blue hands.

xx

Tami

Nice to hear from you Em sorry your hands are so bad that really sucks,

Good luck to you Em and i really hope its an easy labour and enjoy your 1st moments as a family xx

Ike

You got sweetie DONT FORGET Good Luck !XX

Sherri

I know this is a big pain in the bum...at the moment anyway.

As I have told you...you will forget all of this, when you hear and see and hold your baby...

You have such a wonderful, sacred time in your life about to begin. NOTHING will top it...

phil h

Bless you and the hour is drawing near !

Em

Still holding on. Am being naughty on the laptop, but I'm only here for a few mins and then back to the resting.

Midwife check this morning says everything is all good and we're ready to go. Just waiting for baby to get a move on now.

Have a good weekend all.

xx

Shedz

Yaaaay, good luck Em

Sherri

Well Em,

You're braver than I was...I had seen childbirth many times, on TV, at work...but when I was actually going to do it myself, I thought about the measurements...

They told me, from the ultrasound my daughter was going to be 8 pounds.... :smt104 ....lets just say thats a polar opposite of where she was to come out of...WHOAH. It turned out she was SIX pounds 7 ounces...still a big WHOAH.

It wasnt only that, the thought of a human being coming out of my body somehow frightened me...but it turned out to be the most amazing thing I've ever been witness to. There are simply no words.

You have a wonderful attitude, and that makes all of the difference. Having such a wonderful, supportive husband that is interested and participates, is also a huge positive. Seems things are going just as they should. Sorry for your pain...your're almost to the finish line. Best Wishes, Sherri

Ike

Good luck Em i'll be thinking of you

phil h

Love and support in loves outcome of love !