Do a little dance, make a little love... Get down tonight!
Woop woop I'm halfway through my 1st pregnancy.
I can't believe I've reached the 20week mark, honestly I didn't think it would come around as fast as this!
It's nearly time for me to finish work and focus on decorating and buying things for the baby - of course family and friends want to help out and that's fine, but there's that little niggling part of me that just wants my fiance and I to chose the Moses basket and the pram ourselves and then let family buy the little things like a bouncer and the toys and the clothes, we've got a lot of family and friends who want to pawn their stuff on to us, they might think they're helping but we have our own tastes and while it's cheaper to have everything given it's also nice to be the adult and buy for OUR baby.
Did anyone else feel like this?!
We had also quite a few changes happening around the house, for months we've been renting and they've been doing some of the outside work but it's taking way too long to have some rooms and our hallway redone. I've been eying up some furniture and just wanting to tidy and get the house looking nice for our little arrival in December, it's not nice to have to wait for others to get stuff done as my baby will be here before we know it and my fear is that the house will not be at a standard as I'm expecting it to be. I had many a temper tantrum at my fiancé for this reason.. Consequently we're actually renting from family and it's proving to be very annoying, while our rent is less than it would be anywhere else, it seems we're forfeiting money for progress of work on the house. As Kurt works away for weeks at a time we're relying on others to pick up the pace!.... #sorryrant
As for the baby I've been feeling so much movement and it poking me and I've noticed little quirks already! My fiancé really wants to incorporate dinosaurs into the baby's room, no matter what if its a girl or boy & it also turns out that the baby responds to his version of the Jurassic park theme tune... I ended up looking at some decorations for girls and boys nurseries with a dinosaur theme on Etsy.. SOOOO much cuteness there!!
Overall after my explosive rant last blog post I ended up doing more research and weighed myself a couple of times to figure out that to be 19/20 on the UK BMI scale I had to only gain 5lbs. That's all. It's minimal. It's worth it as I've got an increased appetite again now so that also means baby is getting bigger and I'm growing in all places accordingly. That information was vital, I stressed a bit too much about being underweight and to only find that 5lbs is the difference between healthy and underweight in pregnancy. I very much would expect a consultant to tell me that!! But of course they won't, or at least in my case they didn't even seem approachable to ask how I might go about adding on the lbs... I felt a little bit cheated with my experience because it's like they scared me, but withheld information that would've changed my way of thinking as well as eating habits. After speaking about it to family and friends I decided the best thing to do was carry on as normal and just listen to the midwife, if she had concerns or if I had questions I would go to them, not a consultant. I was just 17 weeks when this all happened, things are still moving slowly, I wouldn't have gained that much as they'd expect at that time, it's my 1st pregnancy, it's not going to be the same as if I had another child - I'd probably put the weight on more quickly the next time around... I don't think they thought of that really...
How is mum doing?
How far along:21weeks2days
Total weight: 8st.9lbs or 8st.12lbs depending on what I ate!
Maternity clothing: Hello maternity tops & leggings... I am still yet to find the perfect pair of jeans though!
Sleep: I find that I have to switch position rather a lot in the night!
Best moments of the week: 20 week scan! Everything is good! We have more pics!
Miss anything: My hair! I had it all cut off! (see last post!)
Cravings: No cravings, I just love fruit & very sweet things.
Anything made you sick or nauseous: Nope I'm all good now.
Gender: No idea. We're thinking deep down it's a girl...
Symptoms: Varicose veins and leg ache! :(
Belly button in or out: 100% Out!
Happy or Moody: Happy! Sometimes sad as fiance is working away!
Wedding rings on or off: Engagement ring is still on!
Thanks for reading!!
I've been feeling very blessed and I cannot wait for the last leg of this pregnancy! It's going to fly by but it's all so worth it!!
~Ellie xoxox
