I can't believe it's been 4 weeks since I last blogged. Time really is going fast - the due date is 2 weeks tomorrow, amazingly. Very much hoping Pot stays put until the due date, or at least very close to it - I have NCT girlie lunch on Wednesday plus midwife, we have Marky and Sandra's wedding on Saturday, and the whole NCT crown coming over on Monday for bra and beer night, so really don't want it before then. Plus it's our anniversary next Tuesday... must get N something!
So, what have we been up to. Well, firstly there were all the NCT and NHS antenatal classes. Loved the NCT ones. Our instructor, Ruth was a slightly hippy-ish type, but was quite funny and very down to earth, and obviously knows her stuff. It was really detailed, and helped us work out what we want to happen at the birth (obviously we know it can all change, so it's more a wishlist than anything else. Hope the birth pool is free when we arrive!) And the people were lovely too - have made good friends we think. Tori and Ian live about 20 mins away and are really nice - I went for lunch with Tori a couple of weeks ago, and N and I went for dinner with them both last night in Great Yeldham, which was great fun, and we didn't get home until after midnight - positively rebellious of us! So they're nice, and all the others are lovely as well, so hopefully once we've all met for lunch on Wednesday, and again the following Monday, we will all become reasonably good friends. Must try to meet up with some people from work, especially James, as he's expecting just 3 weeks after us, so would be nice to meet Mel. Anyway, I digress...
The NHS classes were not so great in terms of meeting people, though everyone seemed nice enough - but it was great to go through the specifics for the hospital we'll be at, and to get to know a couple of the midwives better, and also just to hear it all again to remind us of what to do when. Very handy, and only 3 evening sessions. All done now, we must be qualified!
Other than that - well, when Nick's mum and dad came to stay Nick and his dad put the laminate flooring in the nursery which is cool. Just waiting for Paul now to come and finish it off with the woodwork painting. The kitchen is done from CK's perspective, though we still have some painting etc to do. We went swimming a couple of weeks ago which was nice, though because the pool in Haverhill is closed at the moment we had to go to Bury, which is a lovely pool but a long way to go for an hour's swim. Also went to see Dark Knight aa the cinema and went for dinner afterwards which was lovely. Good film. And today we went to Linton Zoo! It was rather a last minute idea of Nick's when we woke up this morning, but it was gorgeously sunny and was great fun. Nice little place, not massive, but some good animals - lots of birds and monkeys and things, plus lions, leopards, tigers, snow leopard, zebras, giant tortoises, tapirs and so on. Got some fab photos too.So that was fun. Will probably have a relatively relaxed rest of the day - maybe put up the bedrooms shelf but other than that don't plan to do a lot.
And then there is the lovely Pot. Had 36 week appointment on Sunday 24th, (the day of our biig bbq, which was also brilliant fun!) Apparently Pot's in just the right position, and 4 5ths engaged - I thought that meant almost entirely, but it means 1 5th of the head is in the pelvis adn 4 5ths is still outside, but it's going the right way and hopefully when I have the next one on Wednesday s/he'll move into the right place.
It's funny at the moment - I still can't really believe that we're really having a baby, that this is it, forever. We can't wait, yet I think we're both nervous. Perfectly natural, of course, but still. The birth is a scary prospect - my friend Lucy just had her baby and had a horrendous time of it, and Helen had hers too and was fine. You just don't know how it'll go - I'm trying to stay positive and imagine it all going well. If I can avoid the epidural I'd really like to, but we shall see. We're both having funny, and very vivid dreams at the moment, often about birth. Just hope it all goes OK. Can't wait to find out whether POt is a boy or a girl... and then there are the names...! All very exciting.
Anyway I have rambled on long enough for now. I'll try to write more before the baby comes, but who knows. I must try to do some writing as well - I've done nothing on it so far. But hey - when I'm ready, it'll still be there.
So - here's to labour being bearable, and to both Pot and me coming out of it pretty unscathed.
More soon...
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