Author Archive: Robyn

I Am Rather Frustrated

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I want to put the baby into baby sleeping bags, as opposed to sheets and blankets.  Its suppose to be more comfy for him/her and more peace of mind for me, in terms of SID and such.

Only the differences in price between them is mind boggling!

TK Maxx – £9.99.  But they only have 2.5 tog, which will be too warm, even in Belfast, in June.

Mamas and Papas – £30. YIKES!

Ikea – £20.  But so.very.ugly!

I have bought a few already, but would like some more!!

So if anyone knows somewhere I can get some nice looking, not too pricey baby sleeping bags, tell me, k?

Three More Weeks of Work

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and then I’m on leave.  I can.not.wait.

Not because I don’t like my job.  I do like my job.

But because I am just exhausted.

I know I will be even more exhausted once Little One arrives.  But I won’t have to be at work, interacting on some intelligent level with other people.  I can be at home, interacting at the lowest possible level with baby and Simon. 🙂

Being 40 and pregnant is not easy.  I have asked some women I know, who have had babies in their 20s and then in their 40s, if it was harder in their 40s.  Unanimously yes for during the pregnancy.  Unanimously no for after baby is here.  They all said that they were so much more relaxed about their babies at 40, it made the whole thing easier.

So, still tired, of course, newborns are exhausting, but not quite so anxious laden.

So the end is in site.

And then the fun begins!!

I Remember

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my brother telling me, when he saw the movie Monsters, Inc, that he had a hard time watching it because the little girl in the movie was too close in age with his daughter, and when she was scared in the movie, he felt so worried for her.  And I didn’t get it.

Now I do.

Opening sequence on Fringe tonight had a woman and her baby.  The woman winds up under a subway.  And the whole time, as it was building up, I kept thinking, no, not the baby.  I can’t watch a baby get hurt.

I also had a real problem with the scene in Watchmen where the pregnant lady got shot and killed.

And my baby isn’t even here yet.

They aren’t kidding when they say your whole life will change.

It already has.

Letter to My Baby – Gestational Age 31 Weeks

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Dear Baby

Well, Mummy is deep into the 3rd trimester now and is very very tired, very very achy and still feeling very sad. Thinking about you, and feeling you move, is making her feel better all the time, though.

I got to see you today at my Antenatal appointment.  Very blurry, but I could see you have a nose!  Which is good, noses are very important!

Mummy has also decided to really try to go off her meds now.  She has been weaning herself off of them and not sleeping too badly when she doesn’t take one.  Considering that I wake up several times a night anyway, when you roll over onto my bladder, the meds just don’t make enough of a difference to keep up the risk to you.  So I am going off of them.

According to the book, your brain is getting more and more active.  Don’t know what you have to think about, but you’re thinking about it!  You are about 27.5 cms, and according to the scan today, you weigh about 4 lbs.  I really want to know how they can tell that by a 2d scan!!

Mummy only has about 3.5 weeks of work left and then she’s off for a whole year.  She is very much looking forward to her year with you.  Just me and my baby! (that’s you. 🙂 )

Only 9 weeks to go.

Love

Mummy

Wow, I Did Lots Today!

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Haircut at 9.

Boots the Chemist, Waterstone’s Books, Marks and Spencer’s for food, Sawyers for other food, Smithfield Market for a poke around, Debenhem’s for frying pan and sheets, Tesco for yet more food.  And then home.

I was so tired, I took a 3 hour nap this afternoon and am nearly ready for bed now at 10 to 9.

In other news..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF AND SARA!!

On Speaking The Language

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I was IMing with my mum the other night and she asked me if I used UK spellings by habit or because I knew I had to.  I told her that at this point? Its habit.

So its mum. And cheque. Not mom.  And check.

I also say tomahto, not tomayto.

And cheers rather than thanks.

And ‘what’s the craic’ rather than ‘what’s going on’?

And I think I upset my father when I called the tax form I was asking him about the 2555 E Zed.  🙂

I do live in the country, after all.  I should speak the language!

I Think The Hardest Part of Being So Big

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here in my 3rd Trimester is not the aches or the tiredness, those are normal for me.

Its losing my sense of balance.

I spent 20 years of my life, off and on, training for ballet.  Granted, that was about 20 years ago, but I never really lost my sense of my own balance.  Until now.  I have to think before I move to see if I am centred so I don’t fall over!! Its very disconcerting.

So how big am I?

30 weeks

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG!!!

Letter to My Baby – Gestational Age 30 Weeks

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Dear Baby

Well, look at that!  Truly the home stretch now, 10 weeks to go!!!

Mummy and Daddy went and bought your cot this week.  Now we just need to put it together!

This week has also seen Mummy struggling a bit with her blood sugar, which is totally to be expected at this point.  That placenta of yours is just sucking all her insulin right up, in order to keep your blood sugar under control.  Mummy has also had heartburn return worse than before.  She is not enjoying the third trimester at all right now.  But she knows it will all be worth it when she holds you in her arms.

As for you, little one, you weigh about 1.3 kilos and are about 27 cm long.  These next four weeks you will add lots of fat and fill out a lot, until you really look like a baby!  You are also being very very active.  All.the.time.  Although Mummy still appreciates that you seem to sleep when she sleeps!

Mummy and Daddy are still thinking about names.  Hopefully we’ll have one by the time you make your appearance!

Love

Mummy