28 weeks

Just a quick update with a bump shot, not much to report other than I'm fat and can't wait til bub is out! Ofcourse so I can meet the little bubba but also so I can lose the ridiculous amount of weight I have gained! I miss wearing normal clothes.

Little bugger is kicking as I type this, how is it possible to love something before it's even born :)

27 weeks 1 day

Wow, 27 weeks! Can you BELIEVE IT!?! 10-13 weeks to go!

Sad thing is though, I've already put on 13kg! Surely I can't put on too much more - but I'm still not showing too much, and bub has ALOT more growing to do!!

Updates -

• Ultrasound, got there, had the ultrasound done on my kidneys, lots of deep breathing in, holding, and letting go. She had a REALLY quick look at Jelly to see the heartbeat. And then when it was done she said she had to go get a doctor to look over it, nothing to worry about and she'd be back soon. 20 minutes later! Gahh! thought something must have really been wrong. Said for me to organise to have an appointment with DR Bull - who was on the referral, I told her I only seen him once in hospital and my GP was Tinker, so she made me send a copy to Tinker and organise to see her soon, then as I left, I remembered Casey (midwife) was going to be looking at the results, and I guess she'd get them off the results sent to Dr Bull, so I am hoping that sending copies to Tinker didnt rule out the copies sent to Dr Bull.
  It also got me thinking maybe something is a little wrong if I have to go see a doctor about the results, but Casey said she'd call if anything was wrong, and I haven't heard from her..




• Glucose Tolerance Test, as soon as I got there she sat me down and brought me over the dreaded glucose drink! It was green, and cold, and fizzy and 50% SUGAR! ahhhh! It was sooo sweet!! and like 800kj+ And what was worse was I had 5 minutes to drink it in!! I really didn't want to drink it too quick because I have had a friend who drunk it quick and threw it all up! But I was fine, then I had the hour wait, but that was ok, as I had the TV remote (ha ha ha to all the other suckers in the waiting room, morning show it is) and I had Facebook on my mobile, then went and grabbed a magazine. The hour went pretty quick. Then I got my Blood taken and that was it, off home! No idea when I get my results for this, I guess, again, if It's bad Casey will call me.

Now, Yesterday, was the last day of the Big W baby sale, and when I went when it first started they had NOTHING THAT I WANTED THERE!! So in my lunch break me and kyle went in to see if they had any newborn nappies so we could grab 2 boxes for $60, but they had none, so I thought I'd have a quick look in the clothing, and lo and behold, they got the jumpers I wanted in! So I grabbed it and ran off to the checkouts like a happy little school girl! haha. They had a few other things I wanted in but I thought it best to restrain myself til the Baby Shower, I VOW to not buy one more thing until then! (lets hope I can stick to it)

And this, Is what kyle wanted, A winnie the pooh clothes hamper, I didnt really think we needed it, but he wanted it and got it, he got this the day his mum came into big w and put like $180 of stuff on layby.

Oh, last night, was the WORST. NIGHT. EVER! Woke at 1am to pee, woke at 4:30am with a cramp in my right leg, woke at 6:30am with a cramp in my left leg!!! Woke up soo tired :( and cramps are so painful!

26 weeks 4 days

So to update on the back pain thing - went to the hospital doctor last friday (who turned out to be an OB), she said it definately would be my kidney (after being told by my GP & midwife it wasn't) and I have a referral to get an ultrasound done next tuesday on my kidneys to compare to the one I had while in hospital.

She brought up stenting... I had NO idea what that was, come home and googled it, and lets just say there is no freaking way I am getting that done! I think I would rather live with the pain til bub is out then get a tube that is 30cm long put into my body. Just have to wait until tuesday I guess. Although I dont know whats gonna happen if they find nothing is wrong with my kidneys... would be nice to know what this pain is!! Although the past few days it hasnt been that bad, today it was actually my belly that hurt!!

The OB also said that if I kept up with the panadeine fort til birth then bub would have codeine withdrawls once it's out :( and that kind of makes me sad.

26 weeks

Okay, so I think it's safe to say I MAY start to be getting a bit of a belly, but still quite small to other people due the same time as me. Although scrolling down to the pic of me in the same shorts you can definately tell that I've grown a fair bit!!

So the outcome of that doctors appointment was to put me on panadiene fort. Which kinda sucks as it doesnt help the pain, it just makes it go away for 2 hours. Don't really want to be relying on pain killers until jelly is born! and I dont think I could cope with this pain until then either!!

At my midwife appoinment I did a urine test, and she came back telling me I am a mystery case as it was clear so it can't be my kidneys. She suggested a massage - which I got this morning. (went way too fast) and put me in to see a hospital doctor this friday. So hopefully I get some answers soon! I'm starting to think it could be a nerve thing. Waiting to see if this massage has helped or not. No full on pains as such just yet, but I did get a mild amount at lunch today.

Also have my glucose tolerance test coming up, most likely take it next wednesday before work, as it's the only time I have to do it.

Last night I was getting kicks down near the belly button but then I was also getting punches right at my side!! (which is right near the pain) so I bet this little bugger is causing it all! haha.

24 weeks 5 days

I'm on a roll, posted this pic on FB and EB so now here, my blog. lol

This pic was taken today... so 24weeks and 5days! Ladies at work are still asking when you're going to show Jelly, so it would be nice if you could just grow out a little bit so people believe you are in there. Kthnxbai!

Haha.

My Midwife called this morning to make our next appointment. She asked how I was, and I told her I was in hospital while she was on holidays - she thought it was the time I went in for the bleed - so I had to tell her about the kidney infection. She asked how I was now, told her the truth, that the pains are back! They started up yesterday with a vengance! Couldnt work properly! was hunched over at the slicer at one stage, took panadol but only lasted 2-3 hours. Worst Pain EVER.
She suggested I go see my GP before I see her unless I wanted to end up in hospital again I was just like OH GOD NO! So I have a doctors appoinment for 11:45am tomorrow. She thinks I may get put on antibiotics again - not that I think they did much but oh well. I just hope it's not something that is going to stick around for the whole pregnancy, dunno how I would cope! ESPECIALLY at work!!

I have a feeling maybe Jelly is growing into my back and ramming my kidneys and thats why they hurt! LOL! and THATS why I'm not showing! hehe.

Anyways, that's about it! Lets hope this pain pisses off soon!

23 weeks 6 days

It's been a while hey, I guess you could say alot of stuff has happened since. But we'll get onto the serious stuff later.

THE FRONT ROOM IS OFFICIALLY CLEANED OUT!!!!!!!!!!! Bar the runners in the windows, they're still gross. But everything is clean!!! Walls, Roof, Carpets, Windows. DONE. Now all that needs to be done is to get rid of the chair and table thats in there and clear out the cupboard!







To celebrate we bought this chest of drawers from chandlers!! wooo!!! and the 3 sesame st pics we bought from the target sale - we decided to put up on the wall already! haha We already put all the baby clothes we already own into the chest too!! :D How exciting!!!!

Last Thursday Kyle OFFICIALLY felt his first Kick!!! :) :) :) and then the day after we saw it kick from the outside!! haha that was weird!!




This is the car seat we got for christmas off mumsy! The fitting for it is in the middle, but if we were to have it in the middle that means both front seats need to be pushed way forward, so we tried it behind the passenger seat, it needs to be pushed up but atleast the car seat fits snugly behind it. We need an extension for the straps and need the hook to be moved to the side so we can attatch it to the car.
But kyle sat in the front with the car seat in and said theres no way we can do long trips like that, so I guess me or him will have to sit in the back with bub... IF theres more room back there. Haven't even TRIED the pram yet lol no idea if that'll fit in the boot lol.
I don't wanna sell bubble :( and I really dont trust Kyles car - which he is quite pissed off about, but it's true, I wouldnt drive it the way it is and I wouldnt want Jelly in there.



And I guess that brings me to the reason why I haven't updated in a while. The night of Jan 13, I woke in the middle of the night to the worst shakes ever, and I was FREEZING cold, got up and put winter PJs on and went back to sleep, woke up sweating my ass off, so ripped it all off, got up and felt fine. Wasnt til after breakfast that I started to go downhill again, just felt like shit. In the afternoon after a call to mumsy I decided I better get to the doctors, as I just felt really hot, and really out of it. Doctor took my temp - 38.8, got a urine sample, and said they found a bug, put me on antibiotics, told me to buy a themometer to check my temps and sent me home....got NO sleep that night AT ALL.
Next day, I was USELESS, layed on the couch all day, had really bad back pains, worst fever ever, shakes returned, and a KILLER headache. Leesha was up spending time with me - well I just layed there dead and she just sat there staring at the wall LOL, I checked my temp again 39.4! Mum had messaged her asking how my temp was, when she found out she was on the phone to leesha telling me to get to the hospital ASAP. I was kinda hesitant to go, because I didnt really think anything was wrong.
Got to the emergency at about 4pm maybe, 1-2 hours later in the waiting room at emergency I finally got in. That time waiting was the worst, as all I wanted to go was lay down.
As soon as I got in, I got one of those things attatched to my hand and was hooked up to a drip. Blood tests were taken, many questions were asked. The whole time I was there they were asking about UTI's and whether it hurt when I pee or if I had been going to wee more often all to which I said no, I think they really wanted to put it down to a UTI lol.
A couple of hours after being in that room I was wheeled to the other part of emergency where everyone else is aswell. They kept checking my temp, asking how I was feeling, changed my drip bag... also got an ultrasound on bub which was REALLY good, but I was freaking thinking she was gonna say "oh your little girl is doing great" or "your little boy is fine" but she didnt lol kyle had a better look at the screen then I did and I told him he better not have seen anything lol.
Kyle ended up staying with me til we knew what was going on.... about 10:30pm
Got Wheeled over to the maternity ward at like 1:30am!!
The night lady was really nice, she was my favourite!
So yeah, I was stuck in there for 3 nights, my fever peaked again on sunday, had the shakes again real bad. Got an ultrasound done on my kidneys. Ate some terrible food, ate some okay food, got no sleep, took a shit load of pain killers, had antibiotics pumped into me every night, woke with back pains every night (which was actually kidney pains) wasnt until monday that I was told it was a Kidney infection which was caused by the pregnancy and somehow my urinary tract is related to it all somehow so I am to drink 3L of fluids a day to wash it out.
I was in the worst section too, the very first room on the left, no door & very busy part of the ward = NOISY FREAKING PEOPLE WALKING PAST 24/7, people stopping and talking on their phones outside my room, and there was a door somewhere that kept opening and slamming shut 24/7 I just wanted to find it and blow it up!
On my last day there 2 ladies got wheeled into my room with their newborns, I was SO glad they released me coz there was NO WAY I was staying with 2 newborns in the room. I was DESPERATE for a good nights sleep, and seriously I was going crazy in there, I missed Kyle, I was lonely, and it sucked not knowing what was wrong with me.

So I am hoping I don't need to go back to hospital to stay UNLESS I am having the bub!

For now I am on antibiotics, one every 6 hours, So I gotta wake myself at midnight and 6am to take one, then take one at 12pm and 6pm. Oh the joys - can't wait til thats over so I can get a full nights sleep.

Anyways I think thats all I need to say for now. Might be back tomorrow with a 24 week bump pic.

22 weeks

Man have I gotten fat! All up I've put on 10kg! and I am only 22weeks!! Hoping I don't put on more than 20kg! eeek!

Anyways... baby updates.. hmmm well I have been getting quite a few leg cramps at night time which sucks, Im up every night around 3am or 4am needing to wee!

The other night I woke at 2am with the worst abdominal pain EVER, couldnt sleep on my side, on my back, sitting up, nothing! so I ended up getting up and going online for an hour googling while I waited for the panadol to set in! then went back to bed at about 3:20am!

I think that same night I made kyle put his hand to my belly just as we got into bed (that's when jelly is most active) and I felt jelly move and said "THERE!!! DID YOU FEEL IT?" and hes like yeah but I didnt know whether it was you or what. HAHA I just told him it was the baby moving! he's so silly!!

Kerry & Bec are organising the baby shower this weekend! I am so excited LOL I started making the guest list, I just hope my baby brain hasnt forgotten anyone!!! It's going to be on March 19! I CAN'T WAIT!!

oooooooooooh and ALSO all my forms are in for Annual and Maternity leave! WOOOHOOOO! Taking hols from March 14 - April 3, will be back at work for a week, then I am GONESKIES! I was a bit confused with the bit where I say how long I will be gone for, I am entitled to 2 years, but I am not sure whether I would want to go back early for a day or 2 a week, so I asked Bel and she said put 1 year because if I put 2 they may replace my position and if I wanted to come back earlier it may be harder for me to get back in, then I went and asked Ruth (she for some silly reason thought I was only taking 6months HAHAHAHA YEAH RIGHT) and she said to put a year because its easier to reduce my leave then to extend it, so I got confused and just put a year, although I kinda want like a year and 8 months, coz if I take a year I'm due back April 2012, and we're getting married Oct 2012, and I kinda don't want to have to fart ass around trying to get time off for the wedding planning, and honeymoon etc... so I dunno maybe I will wait the year, see how I go, and maybe ask to extend it.

Although Ideally I want to get my cert III done and get into admin work when I go back to work...

...Oh, and Kate bought me the pram pandora charm! YAY so now I have a charm to represent my pregnancy! and when Jelly is born I can get the girl or boy baby charm!!