35 weeks

Bump shot! :) I've grown 1.5cm this week! woohoo! go baby Jelly go! Thought seeings how there are only 5 weeks to go I should update with a new pic each week.

I'm officially on maternity leave! woohoo!! Been spending my days doing baby washing, cleaning up it's room, sorting stuff out, adding things to my hospital bag, spending hours online, meeting up with friends for coffee and or lunch, so it's been good! don't know how much longer I will get to do it for alone so making the most of it :)

Got a nasty coldsore at the moment too, I'm not as upset as I normally would be, because I am glad it has come now and not in 5 weeks time, atleast it should be gone by the time bub is here (unless bub decides to come super early)

Also have the curtains put up in bubs room on the small window, bought long ones, that were $10 at spotlight, took them to Jess Jess to cut and hem, lol bless her, one is fine, but the other is longer and doesnt match the length of the other haha, so I will take it back to her place on friday so she can fix it up! crazy lady! :)

And I think that's all I have to update you on this week. Next week I have a midwife appointment so hopefully have something exciting to say then!

34 weeks 1 day

So I am starting off this update with a comparison picture. Where oh Where are you hiding little Jelly? I have almost decided to call you ninja bub as I swear you are so good at hiding! I am soo not playing hide n seek with you when you come out as I will never find you! LOL I look my biggest at 22 weeks! haha. Even though you are hiding in there, my weight tells me otherwise! With the amount that I have gained you'd think I was having triplets! I am sooo not sharing how much I've put on as it is now quiet depressing.


Yesterday at work was my last weekday shift so the store manager Jamie put on an afternoon tea for me. Me and Kerry walked out together with the deli platters (which I couldn't really eat much of anyways) and there was a hamper sitting on the tables out the back for me and a few people were out there who were on their lunch breaks, even Jess H stayed back (she'd already finished for the day) Then they did a PA "All available staff to the lunchroom" A few people rocked up, not many. Jamie then got me to tell everyone why we were out there, and Im like "what I have to tell them??" and he's like "yeah" so embarrasing, so I say "We're all here because I am going on maternity leave" And then he says a little speech saying how well I am hiding my pregnancy and when he looked at all the maternity leave papers he couldn't believe it was for me, and about yes, you're about to encounter the most wonderful stage of your life, we wish you all the best, thought we'd get you something to start you off and to say thankyou for all your help over the years etc etc, then he sat down and we started nibbling on food, the odd people who walked in then left, and it was like really awkward just sitting there with Jamie and Ruth lol didn't know what to say, thankgod kerry, jess and anita where there.


Then the Bakery guy brought over a cake! it was actually a double cake, and could have looked like boobies! LOL It originally said "Have a Happy and Safe Birth" But we ate the 'have a happy and' cake. It was soooooooo light and fluffy and fresh and CHOCOLATE! mmmm Still have this half of the cake in the fridge, waiting for someone to come and help me eat it lol.

At antenatel classes last night we got the tour of the birthing suite, was quite surreal to think I may be in that very room in 6 weeks time! She was showing us all the different ways we could have the bed, all the different positions we could be in, all the different items we could use in the room. The bathroom was alot smaller than I had expected, I thought it would be more open. It's quite confined.
She showed us all the equipment involved with an epidural minus the actual needle. And GOD I hope I DON'T need to have one!!! She refused to show us the pethadine, which sucks because that I am actually interested in seeing.
While we were in there we could actually hear a woman screaming down the halls!!!
I actually already forget how to get down there so I am hoping Kyle remembered the way! LOL.

Today I am off curtain shopping with mumsy!! Hoping we can find something!!!

32 weeks 5 days

So I had my midwife appointment this morning. She spent alot of time talking about what will happen when I go into labour, and how it's better to stay at home until I get 3 "toe curling" contractions in 10 minutes, although I was told I'm not allowed to watch the clock when I get the earlier contractions lol I also asked her what I need to bring in my hospital bag ... which turns out to be not alot...

For Labour I need:

• Juice


• Snacks


• Boardies for Kyle (for if I go into the shower)

In my Hospital Bag:

• 4 old or very cheap undies


• Pj's incase it's decided I stay


• Comfy day clothes


• Toiletries

For Bub all I need is:

• Nappy Clips (as bub will be in cloth at the hospital)


• A disposable nappy to go home in


• A singlet top & onsie to go home in


• A wrap


• A blanket.

So most of that stuff I already have. Just have to get it all together.

Bub's heartbeat has dropped to 130bpm, measuring right on 33 weeks.... and the little bugger is on the posterior side!! Not fully, but enough to be classed as posterior...(For Meeshi & Louise - that means bubs back is aligned with mine which means a harder labour for me!) She told me there is still time for it to move so fingers crossed it does because I really want a nice and easy labour! lol.

Next appointment isn't for another 3 weeks! She's going on holidays again! I told her she's lucky she's doing it now before bub comes! lol. Although last time she was on holidays was when I had my kidney infection so she told me nothing bad is allowed to happen while she's gone again! LOL.

32 weeks 1 day

So much to update on, but I thought first of, we should update with a bump pic. 32 weeks and 1 day!

8 weeks to go, and you still don't really want to show yourself to the world do you Jelly??

On Saturday March 19, 2011 I had my baby shower which Kerry held at her house! (thankyou Kerry!!!) It was so much fun, and SO many people came I was a little overwhelmed!! Was a bit pissed off that it was muggy!! I felt like a big fat turd and no one can tell me otherwise!!

Here are the cupcakes Aunty Meeshi made for us all to eat :) They were very yummy and Jelly you had one of each flavour! lol

Soooo many games were played!! The ones I can remember: There were 4 paper bags, and we all had to feel them to guess which baby products were inside!! There was a brush & comb, A dummy clip, nappy rash cream & a teething chew toy thing, and we get to keep it! There was Guess the baby food game, Pin the baby on the belly, Pin the dummy on the baby's mouth, Guess the Blue Gumballs, Guess the Smarties, Who can dress the baby the quickest, Who can pair & fold socks the quickest, Guess the circumference of my belly ... and I think that may be it.. If I remember any others I will edit and add them in!

There was lots of nommy food aswell! I hope everyone had lots! and that they were full! :)

And here, are all the presents!! MY GOD I got spoilt! Well I should say Jelly got spoilt! I soooo was not expecting that much stuff! I will tell you we got enough wipes, nappy bags, creams, lotions etc to last us til Jelly is atleast a year old if not older! haha

Can't thank everyone who came enough!! THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!!! I just hope everyone else had fun aswell!!!

I didn't send people home empty handed either! I bought these little thankyou bags off ebay! the lady makes the chocolates herself!! I thought they were PERFECT! and they were bigger pieces of chocolate than what I thought they'd be aswell so I was VERY happy with them!! Lucky I ordered too many coz me and Kyle got a bag to ourselves hehe.

And this, this is the rug we bought to pretty up the baby room a bit, it does look a bit lary glary on its own, but it does add some colour to the room, and makes it seem a bit more homely, and complete :)

AND THIS picture, is of the very first load of washing I did that was full of baby stuff!! :) It's all the facewashers, hand mitten towel things and bibs we got!! on the other side is the 3 hooded towels we got too! (but you can't see them! :P)

And that concludes our little update on baby related stuff :) I have another midwife appointment on monday so if anything exciting happens there I will be sure to share! But until then - I'll see ya's on facebook! :)

31 weeks 1 day

OMG so much has happened today! MUST UPDATE! :)

Where oh where to begin... hmm, well I guess with the start of the day! I went to go outside to hang the clothes on the line and there was 2 BIG PARCELS SITTING ON MY DOORSTEP!!! Excitement much?!?

First was something baby shower related so I won't say too much in this post coz I don't want to spoil anything, and the other was a box from Ness!!! Wasn't expecting that at all!! So big thankyou's have been sent her way!! Can't wait to dress Jelly up in the beanies and socks she gave us!!

PRESENTS FROM AUNTY NESS!!!

Then not long after that excitement mumsy came up and we started some cleaning!! I am glad to say that the window railing things are cleaned out! HOORAY! thanks mumsy!! I did try to clean the venetian blinds but ended up breaking one - so now there are 2 broken ones that have fallen down so I stopped doing that!

AND mumsy also brought down THE COT FRAME!!!! So we got that set up as shown in the top left picutre.

Also - The "close and secure sleeper" came! mum showed me and gave me the manual but I don't get it til the baby shower, which is okay!

Later in the afternoon after taking Brandon to soccer practice we went up to the square! SHOPPING!!! Mumsy Bought a matress!! As shown in the top right corner. It fits, but as you can see in the bottom two pics I'm worried there's a bit of a gap, and I'm not sure how much space is too much space...

I also got spoilt with new shoes, A Maternity singlet top (Reduced to $12 - They'll go into the hospital bag!!) new knickies, and 4 maternity bands ($5 for a pack of 2 - they're those things that sit around your belly kind of like material belts, but they're big) I think that's all. But it's always exciting to get new things!

So yeah, all this new stuff today has made me excited! and I am sooo happy the front room is pretty much 100% clean! Will just need to keep vacuuming, and just need to sort out the few things in the cupboard that can probably be placed elsewhere!

UPDATE ON THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE BABY SHOWER!! WOOOOO!!! so excited!!

30 weeks 5 days

So today I had my midwife appointment, which I must say went REALLY well.

Kidney U/S results were just that they were inflammed due to pregnancy - the body does weird things to accomodate for the growing baby, and if the pain was to persist or get worse I would have had to see a specialist and then decide whether or not I was to get the stenting done which I am GLAD it didn't have to come to that because there's no way in hell I was getting that done!!

My Iron levels were good which is great! My Haemogloblins (or however you spell it) are a bit low but she said that's not an issue.

My Glucose Tolerance Test came back good! My sugar levels were 4.6 which means no gestational diabetes for me. If It was up around 7 or 8 then there would have been trouble!!

Then the FUN part, listening to and feeling bub! Heartbeat was around 145-150bpm so it's slowing down a bit. She got it as soon as she put the stick to my belly which was pretty cool!
AND Jelly is head down bum up! Kind of in a C shape. Well a back to front C if you were to look at me. If I look down Jelly is a big C! haha.
All the "limbs" are to the right, head is down the bottom, back and bum kind of arch around the top. (when I look down)

Next appointment is in a fortnight! I will be asking about the hospital bag then!

In other news: JELLY WE HAVE A PRESENT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN UNTIL YOU'RE BORN!!! so hurry up and be born so I can open the present! lol

We got it off Margi at work!!! I sooooo want to open it knowing she'd never know, but it would play on my conciousness!! I won't do it! promise! I can wait!! :)

Baby Shower is this saturday! omg omg omg omg omg omg omg!! Can't express enough how excited I am to see everyone and play games and eat lots of nommy food!!! It has come up so quick!!! Definately taking LOTS of photos!!!

BUT before that, we have antenatel classes on wednesday! I am excited about this also!!! I WILL BE LEARNING STUFF! haha. But the 2nd one Kyle is away on a work trip, So I will be asking if it's at all possible to have a catch up class and sit in on another groups class when they have that one because it is an important one for Kyle to be there for - It's about the role of the support person, pain in childbirth, stages of labour and pain relief! and I don't want to go on my own!

Anyways, I think that's all I have to update you all on for now! But there is going to be lots to be said over the next few days so UNTIL THEN.....

30 Weeks

30 week bump pic... Looks smaller than at 28 weeks :\ ..... my belly measurements have been the same the past few weeks.

15kg all up weight gain so far.

Havent had any appointments to update you on, haven't bought anything.

Bub is still kind of quiet, don't get too many kicks, it's mainly moving around and it feels super weird! lol

Was talking to Fay out in the lunch room the other day about holidays and maternity leave, and lorraine was sitting there aswell, and she turns to me and goes "Are you pregnant?????" and I'm like "yeah!!" and she asked how far along I was and I said "almost 30 weeks" and she just didn't believe it!!
Was the same at the start of that shift when I was telling Rach from office how many shifts I had left, and a checkout chick asked where I was going, and I said Maternity leave and she had the same reaction as lorraine "Are you pregnant!?!" *sigh* I wish I looked preggers! Damn height. They all started joking about saying I'm just eating heaps and getting fatter just so I can have the time off and come into work later in the year pushing around a baby doll... sooo not funny!

Only 7 more shifts to go. On Holidays for 3 weeks starting next week, then I go back to work for a week then GONESKIES!!!!!

Midwife appointment next Monday so I should have something more exciting to say then lol.