Maybe this will be the last ‘bump update’ I do before she’s here, who knows!
Any time between now and in 4 weeks, I will meet my little love.
Her daddy will be here in 4 days and I will then be drinking all the raspberry leaf tea that I can get my hands on 🙂
We’re so close now! I’m spending a lot of my time preparing my mind and body for this birth with relaxation techniques and lots of morning dancing. The happy hormones I am getting from both of these things are oh-so-addictive!
We are so disconnected from nature that we forget we are animals. We forget that we are a design of mother-nature and that the female gender is here to grow and nurture life.
I am a vessel for life, and it can be difficult to really comprehend that at times, due to being conditioned to believe that our species is so much more superior to everything we share Earth with.
This pregnancy has humbled me in a way that I didn’t think was possible. I feel no more or less important than any other female mammal and it’s a fantastic, magical feeling to have that ability. I am able to see myself as a true part of nature. It gives me the biggest sense of confidence and leaves me with no feeling of doubt or fear for mine and my girl’s birthing day. My womb is full, for now. Exactly the way nature intended. I am her first home. My body feeds her and nurtures her without me even knowing it, because I do not need to know. It is automatic and it is beautiful, just as her birth will be.
My best friend gave birth to her little girl last night, so I am officially the last member of the first-time-pregnancy club out of everyone I know who has spent 2016 pregnant. I have 19 days until my due date, but I could be pregnant for another 5 weeks, who knows! I’m happy as long as she waits until her daddy gets to England (on 20th).
I have my birthing pool now, I just need to get a few things for the front lounge room of my parents house where I will be giving birth to little one if all goes to plan, which I am very positive that it will! But we are so close to being ready for her to arrive, and I am so excited to meet her finally. I LOVE being pregnant and growing my little human, but I know that motherhood will be the most amazing adventure of my life and I get to go through it with the best husband in the world. Lucky me. 🙂
I was looking at the date 2 days ago and noticed that it was 28th November, and I realised that it was exactly a month until my due date. It’s such a bizarre feeling, knowing that I will meet my first born child in approximately a month. That my life is about to drastically change forever.
I am doing my HypnoBirthing practices several times a day now. I will find any excuse to practice my breathing and I am constantly going over the scripts in my mind. It feels almost like I’m rehearsing for a play.
My little girl is growing so big now. She is becoming increasingly uncomfortable as she runs out of room more and more, and finds that she is most comfortable with her head pressing down on my cervix and her feet up behind my ribs. If I lay down now, I have to have a pillow between my legs or else after maybe half a minute, my hips and my pelvis feel very achy and sore. I feel excited every time I feel any sort of discomfort though, as I know that it’s just my baby growing bigger and stronger and preparing for her grand entrance!
I am missing Matthew very much. We are dealing with a lot of stuff regarding Ian and it has made us both very stressed out, but I feel like we finally have some answers about how to manage with our troubled, beautiful dog. So currently, we are both feeling very happy about that and very excited to potentially FINALLY be getting the help that he needs.
I see Matthew in 20 days and I can’t wait for him to see how much our baby has grown and to be with him again!!!
Getting to spend time with this beautiful creature is such a blessing. She is such an incredible companion and I missed her so much. She is perfection in dog-form.
I’m in England!!!! We’ve been planning this for a month or so now and I couldn’t say anything because I was surprising my best friend, Jess, with my arrival. She is pregnant too (due in less than 2 weeks :O) so it’s really lovely that we get to be together for this time!
I will be here for 3 months and it is going to be so beautiful to have my family’s support and love during this special time. I am planning on a home birth and I am so excited. Matthew is still in USA for now but he will get here a week before babe is due (cutting it close, I know!) and will stay for 4 weeks after that.
Stella will have to take over from here, sorry Ian! 😦 😦
Or mum. Whoever, I guess.
At this point, I’ve forgotten what it’s like to not have to wee 1000000 times a day.
I have managed to get through my pregnancy with no stretch marks, no sickness, no swelling in hands and feet, etc. There’s still time, but I highly doubt that much is going to change.
Our last Hypnobirthing class is on Saturday, and I feel sad about it as it has been really great and much needed bonding time with my husband, but I’m feeling pretty ready for my birthing day, thanks to the sessions! 🙂
Puppy mama duties.
No, you read that wrong. I’m not talking about the typical, cliche, ‘am I ready to be a mother?’ In fact, I feel very ready. I am not scared for that at all, as I have complete faith in my capabilities to love infinitely and in my instincts given to me by Mother Nature herself.
I am unsure of whether I am ready for her to leave my person, my womb, where I have kept her safely hidden from the world for the past 7-or-so months. Where I have given her all of the nutrients she has needed, and the incredible abilities of my female body has given her everything else automatically, without me even knowing about it. Together, my mindfulness and my body has grown this tiny tadpole-alien like thing into a fully functioning little human with eyes that blink and hands, feet, arms and legs that flex and squirm. Within me, within Utero, she is safe. She is protected and warm and she receives everything she needs.
In around 7 weeks, she will run out of room and decide that Mother’s womb just isn’t cutting it anymore. She will be ready to make her journey down the birth canal and she will make her way Earth-side. I will meet her and I know it will be the best day on my life. But am I ready for her to come into this unsure world? Although still completely dependent on me, she will be separate from my person. She will eventually learn to walk, talk, listen, and she will understand things that go on in the world. Good things, beautiful things, all of the things that have made her mum and dad happy and thankful people. But she will also learn that the world inhabits evil too, and sometimes evil can be powerful. It will brainwash the weak and she will witness that with all kinds of different people. That, to me, is absolutely terrifying.
So I will teach myself to cross that bridge when we come to it. I am happy with where she is now, still growing bigger and heavier. I am at peace when I watch her movements and feel her jabs in my ribs, and her sweet, fast, rhythmic hiccups. I will continue to fall more in love with her as each day passes. And for this moment in time, I know I am keeping her so very safe.
HELLO, CONSISTENT HEARTBURN! Definitely not the worst thing a person can get as a side effect of pregnancy, but it ain’t pleasant. I still consider myself very lucky to have had such a wonderful, beautiful pregnancy (so far).
I’m now at that point where my pregnancy has stolen my abilities to do very basic things. My puppy very kindly and thoughtfully leaves bits of toys everywhere for me to clean up every day, and it is SO much easier to get down on my hands and knees and crawl about picking up all the little bits, rather than bending down over and over again. It’s easier to pick up my clothes from out of my drawers with my toes. And my shoes, that’s where Matthew comes in very handy now to help me put them on. And who knows if I’ll accidentally wee myself the next time I sneeze.
It’s just easier to stay in PJs. 😉
Ian has got some calming drops to put in his food, to lower his levels on anxiety. It’s helping a lot with him worrying about everything and everyone all of the time. It’s all natural herbal remedy stuff, and I’m getting really into learning about herbs and the affects they can have on people and animals. I will definitely be using herbs as a way to make my daughter’s birth even more beautiful.
3/4 of the way through. I’ve noticed the bigger my baby gets, the stumpier she makes me look.
Ian has, after a very long time of being terrible at it, began learning to catch much better. Although I didn’t manage to capture any of his skilled moments.
These last 11 weeks are about to get really crazy.
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