Very very excited household here as we countdown to the arrival of our newest addition. At this point bub will be born around October 24th - but is due November 7th. 38week induction thanks to the early arrival of Gestational diabetes again - although it is throwing up some theories for the Endocrinologist that has a file for me at Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital......that's a whole other story....so back to the baby.
It is going to be very different this time round - we kept it quiet for a while due to the fact that we needed to know it was going to stick first....now that's a certainty as I am at 15weeks!!!
We are not finding out the sex....well at the moment its a "we" are not finding out, but I am the weakest link and have good sight for ultrasounds so I may well find out, but I am under strict orders not to tell Matt if I see anything.....therefore nobody else will know if I find out by accident lol. We won't be announcing a name until birth either - which a lot of people do, but I mean nobody knows out names - not even my mum, who I would ordinarily share it with. My mother was not impressed when she found out that piece of news lol.....but fairly sure she should be over it by now. The other difference which is the most obvious difference is that we are doing this without family close - my mum will be here when bub is born and is taking holidays to stay, but that's it....and I am dealing with a regional hospital - which brings me to my next paragraph and my rant against the Bundaberg Base Hospital HATERS!!!
OK so while I think people are justified to have an opinion (sometimes....I do think some people just have an opinion to piss others off and maybe I am one of those people lol) I think the BBH (Bundaberg Base Hospital) haters need to take a hike. I cannot say a bad word about the hospital and I have had experience with about 4 different hospitals - three of them in the city and BBH is well and truly above them in regards to treatment. If you go through my posts in the last 18mths you will see that I have had my fair share of appointments through the hospital for myself and my kids. I am currently classified as having a high risk pregnancy for a couple of reasons - reason one- early onset of gestational diabetes which has seen me on insulin very early - reason two- I have a history of early miscarriage. I have been under exclusive hospital care since week 7 of the pregnancy, I have been to the hospital every week for check ups (mainly for diabetes) and yes it means that I am going to have a long pregnancy with all these appointments, but nobody can fault them on it. I don't intend on staying in hospital for long - if everything is fine - one night and I will be out, cannot be out same day due to monitoring of bub for low sugars, but I won't be in there longer than I need to be, I just don't see the point in it.....the only thing that scares the crap out of me is that I have heard that you are left to labour on ward until you are about 8cms dialated - I don't like this purely because I will feel the lack of privacy being two-bed rooms and all...so fingers crossed there isn't anyone in the bed next to me when I am going through it as I won't go into labour at home so it will be a longish process unless I have a similar round as last time.
General concerns that have come up with being pregnant again apart from the obvious medical ones with me.....it has hit me that it will be 4 1/2 yrs since I have had a newborn - and lets face it that is an eternity - I kind of feel like I am having my first bub again, I vaguely remember how to bath a newborn, I have gotten used to getting a full nights sleep (god help me on this one), we are starting from the start with baby furniture again - so it's remembering what we need?? versus what we want - we don't need as much as we had with the older kids. What can you feed them when they start solids? and more importantly what NOT to feed them lol....I know I remember what my kids ate - but it tends to change every 3mths as to what's good and what isn't.
Hayley and Charlie cannot wait for their baby to arrive - it has taken some convincing for Charlie to finally realise this is not just my baby, but it's his baby too. Now he comes up to me all the time and says "mummy can I cuddle my baby" this is so incredibly cute it nearly brings tears to my eyes. Every night now he comes up and kisses my belly and says "I am kissing my baby good night mum", he has become obsessed with babies from the moment we told them we are having the bub. Hayley on the other hand is quiet about it, she will ask questions every so often and was concerned with how sick I was to begin with, but otherwise all that she has really said is " I hope it's a girl", I am sure once we can feel the kicks outside of my stomach she will be more involved and I just know she wants to help with bub. Charlie will be a little mummy I can see it now - he is so maternal. It is making me more aware of how grown up they both are, I just want to bundle them up so they never grow up and have to deal with the adult world.
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