Tuesday, April 26, 2011

IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN . . .

Yesterday I hit the 30 week mark! I am down to the last quarter and the final countdown until my little miracle is in my arms. My ticker is now counting down in single digit weeks instead of double! Woohoo! I'm both excited AND terrified. The littlest things are currently causing anxiety and I think it's my perfectionist tendencies that are haunting me as I feel like everything has to be just perfect before he arrives and of course, there is only so much you can do to prepare and the rest you just have to take as it comes. I find myself lying awake at night worrying that I have too many 0000 (newborn) clothes, that the rail in the nursery that seperates the blue paint from the white was placed too high and the pictures will look funny when hung on the wall, that we don't have the mattress yet, that I haven't packed my hospital bag, that we have a credit card to pay off, that I have NO IDEA what to do with a baby . . . I think I just need to take a deep breath and put those things to the back of my mind!

In brighter news, the baby is back to his usual squirmy self after a few quiet days last week and I have another midwife appointment tonight so looking forward to hearing his little heartbeat again and checking he's still head down. I told the HG the other night that apparently if you rest you head on the pregnant belly at this stage you can sometimes hear the heartbeat. The HG was very enthusiastic about this prospect and did as instructed only to promptly get a big boot in the head which gave him a hell of a fright! He didn't hear a heartbeat though. Hehe.

To finish up I just want to give a shout out to my dear friend Ants at Making Baby Giraffes who is getting her BT results from her first FET after her first IVF cycle today. Please keep your fingers crossed for her!

8 comments:

  1. Woohoo The Final Countdown!Are you rocking out to that song in your head now?Cos I am! Oh my gosh that's hilarious that HG got a kick in the head lol! Hope the midwife appointment goes well tonight, and thanks for the shout out! Mwa, xoxo

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  2. I can't believe how quickly your PG has gone by! I seriously need to get your virtual baby shower sorted before he jumps out! I know what you mean about freaking out. I was simialr and wanted everything done perfectly, but there is always something to be done or corrected. C also came out a bug bub so the 0000's only fit him for a few days.

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  3. The advise my 'mothering mentors' repeatedly provide is you have to let go of things, if he doesn't fit 0000's you cannot stress, there are so many other things to should focus on. I didn't need my hospital bag for the first 24-36 hours (HG can gather it together as required).
    I was totally clueless when my daughter arrived, she lay in a dirty nappy for hours before a midwife pointed it out. Just try to survive hour by hour, and within a couple of weeks you will be the expert on your boy. All the best

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  4. My girl came out much smaller than anticipated, so she swam in her 0000's... And she survived, despite the fact her early photos are quite comical!

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  5. Oh, not long to go now Haidee! Don't worry, you still have time to finish those final jobs- don't stress! Thinking of you and getting excited for whats ahead for you guys!

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  6. So excited for you and your little one to arrive!! Everything will fall into place just as it should...so no more worrying! You are going to be such a GREAT mommy!!!

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  7. Haidee, none of us know what to do with a baby!! We got home and put him in the rocker and we both looked at each other and said "what do we do now?". And I got quite a few 0000's for B too, and he was 3.5kg and was in them for a while, so its not like they will go to waste. Isn't it good that you worry about hanging pictures now, how life has changed. Its a damn change and very welcomed! You do have the quickest pregnancy, Im with Athena on that point! Sooo exciting and bit Congrats to Ants on her pregnancy announcement!

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