Wow.  What a day!

It began with getting up really really tired from all the night/early morning feeds and getting Summer and I ready for our appointment at 10:30am at the hospital.  To sitting there for 2 HOURS,  only to spend a measly 6 minutes or so with the Gyno!  I can tell you this much,  I am NOT in a hurry to ever take my fat ass back there!  It wasn’t fair on Summer to have to be there for that long,  let alone me.  Then we finally got home at about 1pm and I gave Summer another small feed and then tried to have some food for the first time since yesterday and for both of us to have a bit of a nap.  Well she got a teeny weeny nap,  I got nil.  Then Rick came home.

Then we had to pack the nappy bag and Summer back into the car for our visit to the GP for all 3 of us.  Rick had an earache,  I needed a script and Summer had her 2 month vaccinations done.  And,  well….anyone who has children know that babys and needles do not make for happy campers.  Then we popped round to the MIL’s as they lived just up the road from the doctors we were at and Summer had a feed there.  Then we had to pop round to the supermarket to pick up some chicken for dinner.  So all in all it has been a MASSIVE day for her and I.  And since coming home,  she has been very very fussy.

All I can say is,  who can blame her??  She’s hardly had any decent sleep and her feeding hasn’t been so smooth either.  So now it is just after 9:30pm and I have finally just got her down to sleep,  after much crying and sooking and feeding attempts and hugs and playtime etc.  I think she was overtired.  So I am not in any hurry to put her through a day like that again!  Poor little chickaloo.

Yes that is me to a T right now.
As it is for all mums with newborns.
My little Ted is spending a lot more time awake nowadays and she is quite alert. She would sleep most times in my arms if I could afford to spare them, but of course there is always so much to ‘be done’. Right now she is in my right arm whilst I type with my left.

Finding somewhere dark around here for her to sleep at is really hard, as we don’t really have anyplace that has curtains to make the room dark enough. But I am getting by. I took her to do the weekly shop today and she was a little gem and slept through most of it and didn’t cry or fuss. I have to try n get some photo’s in of her this week, but I have heaps to do and 2 appointments at the Hospital (sigh) this week. And I should prob get myself off to a doctor to collect that pill

I don’t have much else to report on….Summer is growing well and doing well and making more and more little cooing noises everyday. I love her to little bits n pieces. And want to squish her all day…but alas I am soo tired…

Nothing much to report today. Was a nice simple day. Just did a tiny bit of housework and looked after Summer. My parents came in the evening to stay the night and it was the first time that my dad met Summer. So that was nice. Mental Health called and they want to send someone around on Monday. Not really looking forward to it, but I want them off my back. So once they have been and seen for themselves that I don’t need them, they can bugger off!!

Tried a little spot of Breast Feeding today. Might keep giving it a little shot, you never know what it might lead too…..tho I think that the Hospital ruined my chances. Which makes me sad. I am tired. I will be doing the late feeds tonight and Rick will do the early morning one of about 6:30am ish. I don’t know how mothers who exclusively breast feed manage. It is something to admire!

for the baby to come out now.
Bedtime is becoming more and more undesirable, as the quality of sleep I am getting is rubbish. And I don’t even have the baby here yet. I hate it when I hear “it’s getting you prepared for when your baby is here”. That is BS. The reason I am having bad sleep is because I am pregnant and I wake up every 2-3 hours with acid reflux and the water I drink at those times is waking me up also, as I am busting to go to the bathroom. I can’t sleep on my back. I can’t sleep on my right side (my fave side) as it’s quite painful for me. And my hips are really painful every morning now too. I won’t be going through any of those things once the baby is born. I will be going through a whole new set of feelings along with tiredness.

Anyway, there really isn’t anything I can do about it. I am just very lucky that I don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn to get ready for work. I am able to sleep in a little while to try and get a couple of hours of decent sleep in the bed alone.

I will hopefully be seeing an OB this week as well as the Diabetes Educator. I am thinking of asking for another ultrasound to get an idea of how big baby is as I am totally freaking out since my last appointment. As I was measuring quite big. I am also thinking of having some reflexology on my feet done as I have read/heard that it can help bring on labour….. so we will see.

Once Thursday is here I will be happy. I hate not knowing what is happening, when I have so much to organise. I haven’t packed my bags yet or anything, but I have most things that I need to fill them now. Once I know what is happening I will go ahead and do that. And I will get the baby’s room finished too.

I’m hoping to get my boots soled on the weekend maybe as I want to be able to wear them soon. And there is no way I am going to wear them with the possibility of slipping over again….spesh now I am heading for 36 weeks along. I want to take the last couple of weeks easy as it’s going to be the last I will get to myself for a VERY long time and I want to be refreshed and ready to go (as much as is possible).

I find myself going into the baby’s room, just to look at things and to stand in there and imagine our baby in there and to touch her things. I can’t really believe it’s all happening. It wasn’t that long ago that I thought having a baby would be the last thing that would happen for a looong time…..and now it’s just around the corner practically. It’s just so damn freaky.

I am out of breath constantly too now. And sleeping….well what IS sleep exactly?? I can’t sleep on my left side as it hurts me and so I end up on my back half the time and then of course wake up because of it at 2:30am with indigestion/heartburn. TUMS is my best friend now. I’m sick to death of taking blood levels and injecting insulin now too.

well it’s been a busy day…..for once.  Took the car in early for a wheel alignment/balance as it hadn’t been done when we got all new tyres put on.  Then came home did heap of house work,  then popped out to a computer store with Rick and then went and picked up the car again.  Then had our study,  then we went out to Ikea and got some curtain rods and I showed Rick the little chest of drawers I want to get for the baby’s room.  Then we popped over to Spotlight and got some tab curtains.  Purple for our room and Pink for the baby’s.

And last but not least we went to Woolworths and got a few groceries for dinner stuff and bottled water.  And by the time we got home it was already 3pm and now I am totally beat.  We have a big day again tomorrow as we are going to visit my parents for the day.

It is such a gloomy day today,  I really hope that the weather turns around for tomorrow.  I got a donut today.  I really shouldn’t have,  but I was so hungry that I thought why the hell not….I haven’t eaten it as of yet…..prob will this evening for supper.