♥~♥such fragile moments we share♥~♥

And I am still pregnant! I am very sorry to see that a few of you were wrong with your guesses cause I really think it's about time he comes out!!

But we have made some progression as last night at about 6:30pm I felt my first contraction or something that felt a little stronger than what I have been referring to as Braxton Hicks.

It’s really hard to say cause really you don’t have anything to compare it to your first time through and no idea what you are really in for during the rest of the labour process. So in all reality as I tell Kenny; I don’t think you know what to call it until I have been through the whole process…then I can tell you if they were real contractions. Which he informs me will be too late to be of any use. He is right!

Later while having coffee with friends around 8:00pm a second contraction came just the same as the first, it didn’t really hurt but seemed to be the right length of time. It was kind of a pulsing sensation and after I felt very much cramping. I would call it uncomfortable.

Then later while in the shower at 9:30pm a third contraction. This one was a lot more uncomfortable than the previous and I started to think that maybe I should be trying to get some sleep just in case. So we went to bed. And I guess the contraction fairy did too! I don’t think much else happened I mean I did wake up a few times in the night but I am pretty sure it was just cause I had to pee.

So it’s late afternoon and nothing has changed. Still there is nothing. I don’t think today will be the day but I kind of wish it would be. He really needs more space than I have to offer at this point. I have however got a few things done today. I haircut and even a dash of colour added to it. Some laundry and some groceries. Now I have earned a nap!

The nap was good but I really didn't sleep. It's after 9pm now and still nothing. Looks like he isn't going to show up today...that's ok there is always tomorrow!

And I am still pregnant!

We have had a pretty lazy day so far and I can’t see that changing. Hubby is still in bed right now. It seems that after breakfast he felt the need to go back to sleep. It’s damp and rainy out anyway and the humidity just makes it a nasty muggy mess. I don’t think we will be doing much today!

And I am still pregnant! Not that I really thought that I wouldn’t be, but just wanted you to know.

I would like to thank Mother Nature for her sense of humour right about now. It’s early morning and it’s 25*C and feels like 30*C. Not only did I have to be at my biggest and sweatiest during my pregnancy right now but it’s been and will continue to be about 30*C here for the next few days, feeling like 40*C with the humidity. I have to admit that nothing much for excitement happened yesterday because of the heat. I cleaned the house a bit and after climbing into my little wading pool that felt more like a hot tub I climbed back out and headed back into the house to the air conditioning.

And I am still pregnant!

My OB appointment today was a little disappointing cause he told me that there is really no progression. Well he said that the cervix is starting to soften, but nothing noticeable. I was hoping for something, maybe even him telling me that I was like 2cm dilated and that I had no cervix left so I should go to the hospital at once. Oh well. I guess little Chuck needs to bake some more. It was my first internal exam since I have become pregnant. It feels a lot different now, close to a PAP but with a lot more pressure. I tried to relax but I was kind of scared that with all that pressure that I was going to pee on his arm. Wouldn’t that have just been too funny?

Speaking of peeing, I am now a pro at hitting the pee bottle perfectly without getting nay on my hand, and it only took to the end of my pregnancy to get there!!

I have a bit of an ear infection and so he prescribed me some antibiotics that I will take to relieve the infection in my ear. I wouldn’t have said anything but it has almost been a week and it bothers me a little here and there when I cough or sneeze. Feels like my head is going to burst sometimes. He said that they are ok to take and with the stronger acid reducing pills, which he said I could take, should make my last few days a bit better.

Last night the little bugger wouldn’t stop moving around, enough that I really wished that he would just get out! It was really uncomfortable and too much for me to even think of going to sleep. I laid there and in the light from the TV watched my tummy rage like a mad ocean. It was like he was playing a game of soccer with himself or trying to find out exactly how much room he really had in there. It wouldn’t have been so bad but it was for like 2 hours straight. Finally at about 1am I had had enough and I ate something and for some reason he stopped. Guess he was a little hungry?!

The average baby is about 20.5 inches / 51 centimetres long from head to toe and weighs approximately 7.5 pounds / 3.4 kilograms at birth, but anywhere between 5 pounds 11.5 ounces and 8 pounds 5.75 ounces / 2.5 and 3.8 kilograms is a healthy range for newborns. But remember according to my thoughts my baby weighs 60lbs and is about 3’ long at this point. Your amniotic fluid, once clear, is now pale and milky from your baby's shedding vernix caseosa. Yummy! The outer layers of skin are also sloughing off as new skin forms underneath. Double yummy!

In TV soaps, labour always begins with the waters breaking -- in the middle of a crowded room, of course -- just before contractions start. In my life my husband figures that my waters will break in his Magnum all over the drivers seat and it will wreck his car. If you've been worrying that this scenario will happen to you, you can stop. I will have to tell the hubby to relax. Membranes rupture in less than 15 per cent of pregnancies and when it does happen, the baby's head tends to act like a cork at the opening of the uterus. (If you lie down, however, you may notice fluid leaking.) Well then how the hell are you supposed to know? You should stay calm -- it may be hours before you feel your first contraction -- and call your doctor or midwife right away. Ha ha ha, I will be calm but how calm would Kenny be? Your body will produce more amniotic fluid until the baby is born, so your carers may suggest you wait at home until contractions are under way or may suggest an induction. Induction sure sounded good last night!

And I am still here and still pregnant!

Do you remember when we did this countdown until the day that we got married? It was a little easier cause I was sure that was the day that I was getting married. This one is still a bit of a guessing game isn't it!

I got everything that I wanted to do yesterday done but today I can’t seem to get myself to do much. I really should finish off the bedding that I started for the crib but part of me wants to be out in the pool. Then again it was just filled so it will be mighty cold, but the sun is horribly hot so that might be a good thing. Speaking of the sun it’s funny this year cause I don’t seem to be too allergic to the sun anymore. I figure that it's because I am pregnant. I mean that is why everything else is weird with my bosy. The rash that I got for years from the sun has yet to show up this year and in it’s place I have what I would call (for me) an amazing tan. I suppose that will change once I have the baby as well.

On the baby front I felt funny this morning and have figured that I am progressing with my Braxton Hicks but haven’t quite hit labour yet and who knows if I am anywhere near that stage. I have read that you can be that way for days and sometimes weeks. For a few hours this morning I was fairly uncomfortable, with some different pains happening that I really can’t describe. I wonder again if they were gas (yet again) cause I did have to go to the bathroom fairly bad a few hours later after I awoke from my after Kenny goes to work sleep. I am sure that some days you wish that you didn't have to read some of these things but remember it's almost over. That is what I keep getting told. It is weird how this baby thing has my body so messed up and I can’t wait for that part to be over.

So I went to visit Eva yesterday and got to see baby Anika Grace (pronounced un-ee-ka) with her eyes open. She is just the cutest thing and so long. I am sorry to say that I did not get any more pictures of her as I forgot my camera. It turns out that my fear of handling babies that are just hours and days old are now gone, which I am not surprised since I am so close to having ours now. I just walked in and scooped her up without hesitation.

Food has started to taste different again. Like it did in the beginning of the pregnancy. Sunday we went out for supper to The Keg after visiting with Eva at the hospital and we both ordered the prime rib. I could smell Kenny’s beer across the table, as suddenly it became something that I needed; to have a sip of beer with my meat. I don’t drink often and I really don’t like beer but I was drawn to have that taste of beer in my mouth with that meat. Weird I know! So anyway today I am watching TV and they have some new stuff at KFC that is rather Asian inspired. I feel I have to try it. So tomorrow night when we have my mom over for supper I think we might order out if it’s in the budget!

Ok so we are now down to a single digit countdown which at times seems so weird cause really it feel sometimes like just yesterday that I was in the hundreds for days left before Chucks arrival. I was told that the pregnancy would go by fast. In some areas it has but in most it has been really slow. I just find it hard to believe that I made it as far as I have, and in as good spirits as I have. My husband might say different about the last few weeks, as I have been a little moody but I think it’s the lack of sleep and the fact that I can’t get comfortable.

I am starting to get a little excited, but I figure that I might as well relax cause I can’t see myself going before my due date. I figure that this week wouldn’t be a good week anyways cause at home I have the comfort of my wading pool and the air conditioning and with the temperatures predicted to be in the high 20’s and low 30’s (of course that is without the humidity) it might be best not to be in that hospital giving birth. It’s a really old building and I can’t see the air conditioner working all that great or for that matter at all. Although on the other hand the acid in my throat that has been keeping me up at night would go away and I could finally see my bundle of joy.