At this point in my pregnancy I was still commuting to Hemel Hempstead most days for work, and in this particular day I nearly didn't take a photo as it took me 3 hours to get home from work. I could have cried. And obviously so most of the journey I needed to pee :( But at least it was summer and it was still light when I got home. There was definitely no hiding I was pregnant now!
I think this is one of my favourite pregnancy photos! I was so proud of my perfect little bump (which my sister always said looked bigger in real life!) This was a special day as we finished the baby's nursery. I literally could not stop going in there and pottering around - it's my favourite room of our house.
On the 15th July we made the hard decision to put our boy cat to sleep. He was extremely poorly and was not in a good way. He had problems with constipation and he struggled to go even with medication and resulted in him getting very poorly. The vet said it was the kindest thing to do but it absolutely broke our hearts. I still cry now when I think about it. He died in my arms, I hope he knew how much we loved him. We love you Moosh x
God I was hot and swollen here! My poor little legs and feet were no longer little. I resembled the elephant man :(
What a sweet day! I finished work!! No more commuting! I just couldn't hack it anymore! I took all of August as annual leave with my maternity starting at the beginning of September. I worried about what I was going to do with my time. But it flew by and I loved every second. I have always worked and had a job or been at college, so to have time off for myself doing NOTHING was a new experience- one that I wouldn't never get again. So i recommend it entirely.
Lovely leaving presents!
My wonderful team took me for lunch, and showered me with beautiful gifts for me and the baby, so lucky.
1st August- I was getting the hang of this maternity leave malarkey!
But on the 3rd August it was a different story. I went for a midwife appointment and I felt so poorly. Sick, shakey, really unwell. The midwife detected protein in my urine and suspected I might be developing preeclampsia. So off to the hospital I went. I was hooked up to a monitor and they took some bloods. Much to the worry of my parents who took me to the hospital and my terrified husband who met us at the hospital. Turns out I hadn't developed it and I was fine. I just had a virus and that's why I felt so poorly. Sent home to rest- I was getting good at that!
At this point I knew I was going to have a big baby!!
Another day another hospital visit! My mum came with me to this one. From about 20 weeks I had been getting pain in my ribs, they had ruled out preeclampsia but the hospital wanted to do a scan on my liver to make sure all was ok there. Turns out it was fine. And it was baby R causing me issues as she was pressing on my insides causing me all sorts of pain! Even wiping the work tops hurt at this point! So glad I was no longer driving!
Guess what? Another hospital appointment today! This time it was a scan to locate my placenta. As at 20 weeks it was low and there was a possibility that I might need a c section if it didn't move out of the way. But it had! So I was going to have a natural vaginal birth. Baby R has gotten so big we didn't get to see her face! Not long now. Just got to play waiting game seen as we wouldn't be getting a planned c section.
I made an effort and did my hair and make up and everything to go out for dinner with my husband to celebrate our anniversary. I felt fucking humongous! Especially when the husband joked Oh blacks not that slimming is it! RUDE!!
I took 2 photos at 39 weeks as I swear the bump looked different from the morning to the afternoon. I also did serious amounts of gardening that day in a bid to get things moving. But no. I had the midwife booked for a week today for a sweep, I was really hoping I wouldn't need it!
Yep, still pregnant. Happy birthday to me! At least I wouldn't be sharing my birthday haha! But I did have some twinges that I thought might have been contractions. But they never materialised into anything.
This was the day before my birthday, my Bump had dropped!
Birthday Bumps!
I was massive! This was taken on the 13th September at 1pm, I washed my hair, shaved what I could reach and relaxed all under the supervision of Molly. I must have had a premonition as the next morning, my waters broke!
Jx
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