Tuesday, 5 August 2008

36 weeks

Had a busy but rewarding day yesterday Ste brought the baby things down from the loft and found the box of missing clothes on Sunday. So i spent yesterday washing and ironing. As Abbi has settled in her new room i stripped the cot and cleaned the room and cot. I then made it up as well as the moses basket finally placing teddies brought for the new arrival all ready for him or her. I did get a bit emotional when i saw the clothes that were in the basket of goodies from work and i washed all the new things we had but yesterday seeing all the tiny vest and babygrows socks and scratch mittens it brought things home that there will soon be another person arriving. I cant wait but at the same time i seem less prepared than i was with Abigail on a practical front but on an emotional really seem to be ready. But finally spuds room is ready the cot and moses basket await there new inhabitant the cupboard is stocked with tiny nappies there are still some books of Abi's to move once she has a shelf in her room but otherwise very much now spuds room. The bags are packed one for spud, one for mummy, one for Abigail. Uncle peter is on standby for mackie minding and as Ste has decided he may as well stay at his mums as well a bag is packed for him. We still need to collect the car seat from mums and wash that and the pram. But that Ste job. The only thing i have left to do is sort the freezer out. So yes were ready. Excited and nervous all at the same time.

I headed for the assessment unit today so they could monitor the baby as planned. But there concerned as there is protein in my water not unusual for me and i had it all through my pregnancy with Abi but as i have swollen ankles and have had one raised blood pressure they had to speak to my consultant. The monitoring was fine and unlike Abi this baby behaves and dosent hide when they put the monitor on, as was my blood pressure. So i had to have my blood pressure monitored again for an hour and bloods taken and need to Head back tomorrow to see the consultant. I now there concerned about pre eclampsia and do feel fine apart from feeling very tired on some days and backache. Normal for this stage of pregnancy. Ste is going to come with me the theory being if hes there everything will be normal.

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