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!!

Plan – Lie on sofa and do nothing.

Mission accomplished. 🙂

Blood sugar has gone pear shaped right on schedule.  Not dangerously so by any stretch of the imagination, but out of the ranges they want to see.  So I’ve been on the phone a lot with the Diabetic Nursing staff.  They are really wonderful.  Always listening to my concerns and addressing them.

I know the baby is fine, since its latest trick is to stretch in all directions at once (doing jumping jacks perhaps?) which feels very weird.  But a nice weird!

I can’t believe I am nearly 30 weeks.  Not long now!!

Headed to Boots today to start stocking up on baby things.

I am concerned about skin care, as Simon has eczema quite badly and I had it as a child as well, so we are going to begin skin care with just warm water and cotton wool, no pre-moistened wipes or baby soap.  I did buy some wipes, for when out and about, but made sure they were alcohol and soap free.  Also bought nail clippers, snot bulb and some muslin squares.  Simon was a bit ICK on the snot bulb, but it is definitely a necessity!!

Then we got home and the phone rang.  It was a man delivering our new dishwasher!!  Now, our dishwasher broke about  a week ago, when the bottom spin part kept falling off!  This means the water was not shooting upwards in the correct manner.  We were told they were going to order a new part and fix it that way.  Instead, we have a new dishwasher!

Well, its not 100% new, its re-furbished, but it is new to us and works well so far!  So that was a lovely Saturday surprise.

Next week it is all hands on deck for sorting out the baby’s room.  And we are going to purchase the furniture.  Time to stop letting the room be a dumping ground for the unwanted bits and bobs and turn it into a real honest to god nursery!

This week had a bit of a farce with finding out I am aneamic.  You see, I received a letter from Antenatal clinic saying, you are aneamic, take iron.  Without indicating how much or if I need a ‘script or what. So I call the clinic.  They say call your GP.

I call my GP.  GP calls me back and says ‘but did they mention your B12 levels?’ Um, no.  So I had to go to GP’s office on Friday morning and get blood taken and now I have to wait for the results to come back, although I do have a ‘script for iron that I filled, GP doesn’t want me to take it until the other tests are back.

It is one thing that totally frustrates me about the NHS.  I see OBs and Midwives at the clinic, but I need to go to my GP for meds!  Why can’t the clinic just write ‘scripts? Its absolutely insane!  I had the same issue when I saw a psychiatrist.  Psychiatrist, who is an MD, so far as I know, couldn’t write me a ‘script!

I’m anemic.  Yip…Eee.

I really don’t have anything else to say today.

Except that the baby has been very active today.  Non-stop kicking. I’ll bet it will sleep all day tomorrow and worry me to death with its lack of movement.

Silly baby.