D.I.Y. Amy

... Another day, another adventure ...

finally after months and months of waiting we did put together Amy's bed

(Thank you Mr Mamoon)

and Amy did help with this...

Here is daddy beginning to put the stuff together, very alfa male

I promise it will be done

MMMM daddy i think you need some help with this

Here let me help you with the screwdriver....

Can we fix it? Yes we can (Amy the builder)

Are we sure we did it right daddy???

nooooooooooooooooooo 

it is not right, noooooooooooooo

But in the end it was done, and then Amy had a new bed...

The Season of the Tummy

Well we are due for an update, I have been a bit lazy on the blog side,
I would like to blame work, house chores, husbands, baby to be born etc but the simple truth is i slumped in front of some tv shows or another...

So this week is pregnancy week number 24 or we entered the 25th week, if you prefer.
Feeling great and not being sick constantly has made the time go so fast it is almost scary...weren't we just 12 weeks pregnant a few days ago? What happened to the time????

 Looking at the chart I can see that we entered the second half of the pregnancy, we are almost there there are only 14/15 more weeks to go and then baby is here... are we ready? Of course not, if we really think about it we soil our pants.... if we pretend to think about it we just can't wait and we think it is going to be fun (Yeah Right)



I think the important thing to remember here is that officially we have opened the season of the TUMMY....
I knew it will come, I rejected it, i even refused to acknowledge its existence, but the Tummy always wins; She waited quiet and relaxed until it was time to strike and this week ...BHAM it took control.

The time has come when i won't be able to be as fast, as efficient, as anything as I was before...
I had to acknowledge defeat last Monday when i had to leave work 15 minutes before time as i really, really could not do it anymore.
The tummy had spoken and needed me to rest and lie down; I had to obey.
During the night, just in case i still held on to the feeble idea that i was in control the Tummy woke me up at 2am - 4am - 6am
And i, minion of the Tummy, obeyed.

(Richard says it is just baby getting me ready for the night feeds.... i do not dare to believe in such kindness, i am a slave of the Tummy)

The Tummy will reign sovereign for the next 15 weeks and I, little minion of the tummy, can't do anything but obey;
Eat when she asks you to, sleep when she lets you, rest when she demands it and pee,
... well pee pretty much every 15 minutes to be honest with you guys.

On more mundane news on week 24 our lovely baby should look like this:

"Your baby now weighs more than 600g. She is starting to fill the space in your uterus (womb). From crown to heel she could measure 30cm. Though your baby still has little body fat and her skin is thin and fragile, she's well-proportioned. Her brain is growing rapidly, taste buds have fully developed, and her footprints and fingerprints are continuing to form. Inside her body, her lungs are developing branches of the respiratory tree as well as cells that produce surfactant. This substance will help her air sacs inflate once she reaches the outside world."

 On the mother side i am advised that:

"You may be noticing stretch marks on your belly, hips and breasts". (not a chance yet)
"They are very common at this stage of the pregnancy – about 90 per cent of women get them"
(shall i believe i am in the lucky 10% ... MMM.... i do not think so they will arrive later i think).

"Also, your eyes may be light-sensitive and may feel gritty and dry" (again no, not really)

and Dulcis in fundus  ...
stats say i should have gained between 6 and 8 ks....
well i used to weight 52 kgs and now i am 57 kgs ...
It is clear by now that i am not conforming very well to the stats, but the visit to the ostrich
( ostrich explanation)
this morning has made it even more clear that baby is alive an well
(i had the feeling considering the ballets it does in my tummy)
so i am not going to worry anymore...

And to finish on a happy note, for all of you, horror's lovers a lovely picture of me and the queen
 (the Tummy):

So remember
this is the season of the Tummy
and so as someone very wise has said on facebook:

LONG LIVE THE TUMMY

info about pregnancy are taken form the ever so helpful website
baby centre
thank you for all of the great info

is this a bump?

A girl at work asked me my due date...
"so when is the baby due?"
"26th June"
... she makes calculations with her fingers....
"So are you like 6 months pregnant??"
"No, almost 5.."
"But no, if the baby is due end of June you are 6 months, no?"
"No, almost 5.."
"But doesn't a pregnancy last 12 months????"
"NOOOOOO IT DOES NOT"

Now really, this week we come to the end of week n.20 ... still 18 or 19 or 20 to go; so we can say we almost made it to the halfway mark...

And the internet tells us:
Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel, the lenght of a banana ( runs to the kitchen picks up a banana and puts it against tummy to gain perspective)
He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper
Yuppeeee!!!
Nnow it pees and poos; oh happy moment, I can now prepare to become a poo mum (mums that only speak about their children's poo)

How do i feel? Surprisingly good, still moody as a crazy cow, but not sick anymore
(except on the train on wednesday morning ...sorry fellow commuters i will get a baby on board badge so that you will stop looking at me like if i am the scum of the earth)
- upbeat and chirpy generally
the only thing i am really missing now is a bump ....
i keep on seeing pictures of women on week 20 with shapely bumps, and i do not feel i have one yet....
what do you think? Can we call it bump yet? Do i look pregnant or just a bit fat???

week 20 and still 55KG

now breathe in

and breathe out