Can't believe it's been a week since I've been on here!! Where have the days gone???
Have spent since Thursday playing tour guide for my little sister who came to visit me from Sydney. She's never been down before so it was awesome to have her down for a stay. Just wish it was longer. Was so sad to see her go, and I wish we lived a little bit closer.....
On a pg note, things are still holding out for me which I can't explain how grateful I am for this being the case..... someone really is looking out for me and bub and I can't explain how that feels. So today I'm 21w5d and so only a couple of weeks really until I can relax and enjoy this pregnancy. I don't want to look back and say I didn't enjoy it cause I spent the whole time panicking or worrying, but it's a bit hard not to when things keep going wrong or are on the verge of repeating themselves from my past..... but that light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day, and whilst I fear I will jinx myself, I am really starting to feel much better about the whole thing.
Have my next OB appointment tomorrow. Am still on weekly visits even though the OB told me two visits ago they would be pushed out to fortnightly. Whatever she says is fine by me! I will do whatever I am told to do if it works!!! Tomorrow they will check my cervix again and see how the placenta is going, just to ensure the abruption hasn't worstened. I haven't had any more spotting and am only leaking small amounts of fluid now, sporadically, so I'm hoping that's a good sign to indicate the placenta hasn't worstened. In regards to the placenta praevia, I doubt it's moved up or out of the way yet, but they will check the position again and see if there is any improvement whatsoever. I have a referral for another big scan at 32 weeks where they will again see the position of the placenta and I have everything crossed it has moved out of the way by then.
Plenty of time......
Have now put on somewhere between 4-5kg which is in the healthy range according to my OB so that's good to know. I feel the baby boot me quite a bit when I'm eating or straight after. Make me wonder if all the gurgling freaks it out!!! lol! Am on the look out for some new work pants, or I may just go and buy a belly belt tomorrow as my current pants are only an 8 and are cursing me every time I do them up, as they stretch and strain and groan!!! lol! They fit everywhere else ok, but around the tummy bit, they're just getting a wee bit too tight! That thought makes me happy you know, knowing that bub is getting bigger and is nice and healthy. It's a feeling I never thought I'd ever again get to know..... Apparently bub is just over 30cm long from head to toe now, and DP refers to it as a footlong sub from Subway!!! Poor baby!!! hahaha!!!
I read in a Cosmo Pregnancy magazine last night that once a baby gets to 24 weeks, it can sleep up to 95% of the day. Thank the lord that doesn't happen UNTIL the 24 week mark. If it happened now and I couldn't feel it cause it slept all the time, I would panic so much more!!!!
Lastly, but far from least...... a HUGE hug to my friend GS who I know is doing it really tough at the moment. I wish there was honestly something I could say or do to make the angst and the hurt go away GS, but I know there isn't...... just know I'm here for you...... my love also to RolzBub, Bubbalove, Summa, NanaK, Shel who are soldiering on in this TTC journey...... I still maintain a positive outlook and am keeping my fingers crossed for all of you.... xxx
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