Midwife appointment at 23 weeks

So I saw another different midwife today. She seems nice and has said that I can stay with her now rather than seeing someone different each time. She was actually pretty shocked that I'd seen different people each time.

I asked her about the possibility of a home birth. She was really excited about it! She said that none of her ladies are having home births at the moment and that she likes them. This really surprised me because everyone I've spoken to and most things I've read on the internet say that midwives aren't a fan of home births. A pleasant surprise then - she even said that it was the best way to get one to one care during the birth! Phew, I'm now relieved. All we need to do now is figure out how to afford a birthing pool. It may have to be born in the bath teehee! Just kidding. I said that to Simon and he nearly died. Hahaha...

We're off to America for 18 days tomorrow. I'm nervous about all the travelling. The trip was planned before we knew about le bump so will see how it goes. I'm sure it'll be fine.

Post Germany

Simon and I went to Germany for a friend's wedding the weekend just gone. I didn't plan the return very well! We got back quite late last night and so I've taken today as extra holiday to catch up on travel sleepiness!

Ute (friend who got married) is also pregnant and expecting at the same time as me. It was really nice to be around someone who is in the same situation as you. I got sooooooooo tired at the wedding party, we didn't get to bed til gone 2. It was great to see her so happy though - and in a dress!!

Pregnant, married school friends!

Some of her wedding guests bought her baby stuff like a push chair/travel system thing. It made me realise that we haven't bought anything for our baby yet. At all. I have a list of essentials and some stuff we're having from my Mum's house (changing table/chest of drawers and a mirror). It was Mum's when she was little and I had it when I was a child and now it's going to belong to Pie mini. Dad's going to get the family crib from Uncle Mike's in the next few months. I'll feel better when we've started to get stuff together. It's creeping up faster than I thought it would; we haven't even decorated the nursery yet! We are agreed on what colours we want, which is a start. The plan is to get on the case when we're back from America - the next hurdle! (Financial and physical).

21 week pregnant bellies!

20 week scan!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! I love scans. I appreciated that bump doesn't really like them, but they're bloody wicked! It sounds incredibly cheesey and everyone says it but it really is true: there aren't words to describe the sensation of seeing the development of your unborn child.

We got 2 pictures (seems to be what they do at the hospital instead of just giving you 1) and this is the best one. It's more clear on the actual image, scanning always seems to lose clarity. It's so much more advanced than it was before - it actually looks like more of a human now! We decided to still not know if it's a boy or a girl so it remains an it until birth. I could tell that Simon really wanted to know, but we stuck by our original decision which I'm pleased about.

Not so keen on the scan lady this time, she kept poking it and got quite irritable with it when it didn't lie how she wanted. I get that she needed to get certain measurements etc, but hey!

Anyhoo, we're both really excited now!