pregnancy
Baby Update at 29 Weeks
Resources tell me that my blood volume is now double the normal. That explains the blood noses I’m having at least twice a day.
My belly button now looks like a moon crater with raised edges. I wonder what it will do by the end of this trimester…
On Sunday I had my baby shower. Thanks to my cousin and Ms Constantine for organising things, and everyone who made it there.
Of course I had to make cupcakes and opted for the favourite black forest. I also made a lemon coconut flavour so I could make use of the dessicated coconut that I finally got around to getting (although I only used it on the icing).
Baby shower cupcakes
I opted to ice the lemon cupcakes by using a layer of butter cream and then plonking a giant marshmallow on top. A sprinkling of coconut made them look extra fluffy. Some royal icing helped to cement the teeny fondant flowers on top to complete the baby girl look. Lazy but quite effective I thought. I also learnt that I need to use more butter cream because the marshmallow may look like frosting but doesn’t give the same moistness and finger licking quality as frosting :)
The hubby made some cookies that I put away in Chinese takeout boxes for the guests. Mmm, chocolate cherry, and almond and white chocolate…. He thinks he may have missed an ingredient from the chocolate cherry ones because they turned out rather flat and floppy, so apologies. I think they still tasted good.
The baby shower was great fun. We also got a lot of useful stuff that will help us get started when the baby arrives. Baby clothes, especially girls’ things can be unbelievably cute! Can’t wait to use everything.
We also had our first antenatal class last Wednesday. It’s quite scary learning what is going to happen. My cervix is apparently going to expand to nearly the size of a compact disc and that’s before I can start pushing the baby out!
A Week Wiser
My learnings this week…
- Have tissues handy at all times, especially if you’re sneezy like me and require emergency booger control.
- Have a mirror handy at all times. Especially handy after emergency booger control because sometimes you don’t control it all.
- If you’re 28 weeks pregnant, don’t over indulge in curly fries and rhubarb pie for afternoon tea, even if you think you’re that hungry. You’ll be regretting it for hours.
- Don’t over excite the dog when he’s on the couch. Jumpy dogs and pregnant bellies don’t mix. Ok, I already learnt this from past experiences but thought I would stress it anyway. And the hubby has had a few crushing moments too if you know what I mean.
- Don’t be afraid to move seats on the bus if someone is coughing every 30 seconds next to you. I’m always scared that people will get offended if I move for reasons like this, but in the end, I’d rather offend someone then be infected with a cold (or worse, the flu).
- Remember to put the baking powder into your cupcakes when you’re supposed to. Once they’re in the cases, it takes a whole lotta effort getting them out of the cases just to add baking powder to the batter…
What have you learnt this week?
Tin o’ baby
Apparently, pregnant women tend to have vivid dreams, particularly later in pregnancy.
So it’s no surprise that I had probably one of the weirdest pregnancy dreams last night.
I dreamt that a workmate of mine was pregnant. And when I say pregnant, I mean she was growing a baby – inside of a giant tin can.
She brought it into the staff kitchen and decided she didn’t want the baby anymore, and so to terminate it she had to open up the tin and take the baby out.
She cut a wedge out of the top of the lid (with something or rather), and then opened up the lid fully.
She took the baby out. It looked like a greeny blue water balloon, shaped like a baby (almost like a giant jelly baby). She squeezed at it to fill in the legs and arms and then laid it on the table.
Next thing we know, the baby, still alive, was dressed in baby clothes and being pushed around on a tea trolley.
Ms Constantine was also in my dream. She oohed at the baby commenting on how cute it was. I was there thinking how I was going to tell her that the baby was actually being ‘aborted’.
HmmmMm…!
I really don’t have any explanations for this dream, and it probably doesn’t have any real meaning. I tend to have lots of wacky dreams anyway, especially when the weather’s warmer.
I know for sure that I love this baby growing inside of me and will love it even more when it arrives.
I’ll have my cake
So it’s morning tea time and I go into the kitchen and pop in a piece of fruit toast.
Then I notice there’s carrot cake on the table, obviously a help-yourself situation. (Turns out it was a thank you morning tea from one of the managers for some feedback workshops we’ve had.)
I want carrot cake, but I have boring plain fruit toast on the way.
The result? Carrot cake without the icing, and fruit toast with the carrot cake icing. Yum and yum.
(I also later have a big piece of caramel slice. I was going to take some home for the hubby, but it was not to be.)
Fruit toast with carrot cake icing, with carrot cake on the side
Baby Update at 27 Weeks
The second trimester honeymoon period seems to be over.
Carpal tunnel is affecting both my hands now and I may need a hand brace for each, particularly for sleeping.
I’m getting tired more again. Not sure if it’s because of what’s happening inside, or just because I can’t get a good night’s sleep with the hands and not being able to get comfortable. Bit of both I think.
I seem to get a blood nose every time I sneeze. And sneezing is a pain in itself too!
Ooh, on Friday I went and saw the play Four Flat Whites in Italy, which was two and a half hours long. By the end of it my feet were so swollen they felt tight inside my shoes and it hurt to walk. More of that to look forward to.
The baby is about a third of its birth weight now. That means the baby will triple in weight in the last trimester – yikes! My tummy is going to be ginormous!
On the upside, the baby is moving lots so that’s a good sign that she’s healthy and doing what babies should be doing.
And I don’t look like a total wreck. I’m quite pleased about the “pregnancy glow” that people have been telling me I have. Let’s try and hold on to that for as long as possible.
I also had my glucose challenge test today. They give you a speical fizzy lemonade and you come back an hour later to take the blood test. I went and got a hair cut, and was three minutes late back (slow junior blow drying is my excuse). The guy was not impressed! But at least my hair is now arm pit long instead of elbow long, and one less thing to worry about for a few months.
Pregnant me at the end of 27 weeks
Baby Update at 26 Weeks
I have tipped the scales this week – now 60.7kgs, which is the first time I’ve ever been in the 60s range. To date I’ve gained about 8 kilos.
At least my weight gain is right on track. In the last month I’ve put on 1.4kg, which aligns with the expected 1 to 1.5kgs.
My fingers feel fat too. The carpal tunnel syndrome is only getting worse but only so slightly. I haven’t been able to wear my wedding ring so now I feel like a pregnant unmarried teen, because I look like one!
So I’ve been pigging out on chocolate and chocolate things. Have you ever tried Arnotts Buttersnap biscuits? I like Anzac biscuits and I like chocolate, so I love Arnotts Buttersnaps because it’s basically an Anzac biscuit with chocolate on one side.
I’m writing this post at work, in my lunch time of course, while eating white chocolate. Our broadband at home is painfully slow at the moment and I have to wait until the new billing month starts on the 29th before we get back to normal speed. I apologise for the lack of photos recently, but that’s why.
Anyway, I’ve had a few crampy feelings this week due to my expanding belly. Moving around is getting more difficult because it hurts to do it too fast and I’m constantly avoiding straining my tummy muscles (because that hurts). You should watch me put on shoes, like the hubby does, and just laugh instead of helping. He’s so going to be my personal slave soon… and then we’ll see who’s laughing!
Pregnant Fight Club
- First rule of Pregnant Fight Club – you have to be pregnant.
- Second rule of Pregnant Fight Club – no punching the belly.
- Third rule of Pregnant Fight Club – no punching at all.
Actually, no hurting at all. Pregnant Fight Club doesn’t really work does it…?
Let’s just bake cupcakes – I could do with a snack.
Pregnant fat hand in my hand brace
Eggshell Green shop
Designs on Threadless Tees
Previously on Eggshell Green
Categories
Recent Comments
Tags
Older posts
Blogroll
Other sites
Some of my items...
