I'm a Scrubber!

Well, of sorts at least.....my pregnancy cleaning exploits reached an alltime high this morning when I got out of the shower to grab a scrubbing brush to scrub the bathroom tiles - whilst having a shower! 
I can't deny that I am pleased with the results but it's at times like that I can't help but feel my body and mind have been kidnapped.  I admire each freshly cleaned part of the house with wonder and have to remind myself that it was in fact me who scrubbed it.  Maybe it's a subconscious way of blocking out the sheer horror of cleaning and leave only the satisfaction and lovely smell. 
Officially hit the 29 week mark this morning.  Now that I'm a lady of leisure, time has finally sped up and the days are whizzing by......baby will be here in no time :)
I hope we get the snakes set up in their new homes in time.....my front room now looks like a pet shop:

Baby will occupy the bottom left vivarium.  Of course I'm joking - a baby needs at least a 3ft viv!!
Right, off to get out some pork chops for tea and then sit on my arse with a brew and some dunking biccies :)

Best Monday Ever?

Well, I ventured bleary-eyed into work this morning having been poorly last week, (at one point the pregnancy constipation made me weep...where's the epidural when you need it), and was not feeling up to an hour at my desk let alone eight of the buggers.
You can imagine, therefore, the enormous relief and sheer confusion when my employer asked if I would benefit from staying at home - on full pay- until my maternity leave starts at the end of November.  I think my exact words were, "That would be fu**ing awesome"!  Half an hour later I'm back at home trying to convince myself that it was real and not some lovely dream.
So, there it is.....I can now officially take it easy.  I'm hoping the next 11 weeks will fly by :)

Sleepy Rock.

I found this rock on a MASSIVE pebble beach in Wales.  I put him back down and decided to leave him there but couldn't sleep that night as I knew I had to have him.  I spent about an hour the following day and it's a miracle that I actually found him again.
This rock makes me smile every time I look at him :)

Greetings October!

Well, I can hardly believe that October is here...still feels like forever until the baby is due *hurumph*.
I'm beginning to feel rather uncomfortable now and there are still over 11 weeks to go...yikes!  My recent lack of blogging is due to being off work last week, I felt exhausted with spatterings of nausea, heartburn and constipation....hoorah!  Still, baby is fine though.  He is a champion kicker and had a mega strong heartbeat at my 28 week check up last week.
I realised that I never did post any photos of the nursery upon 'completion'.  I use that word lightly as it's now full of boxes of clothes and packs of nappies!!  I ended up going for plain and simple in the end....the fabulous underwater scenes will have to wait until he's a bit older.

I'm so lucky to know lots of uber-crafters who have knitted, crocheted and sewn all sort of amazing pressies for Baby.  By the way, that's a can of Sprite in the photo despite looking suspiciously like a can of lager....haha!  Although, after finally getting the walls painted I really was in need of a beer....roll on December!
Right, this bloody chair is making my belly all scrunched up....baby is kicking in protest and I have to move.
Time for a brew and a couple of biccies xxx

Luscious Lashes.

I don't exactly recall where I came across the concept of eyelashes for cars.  Had I merely read about the topic I would have scoffed at the chavvyness of it all and sworn myself to hate them for all eternity.  Fortunately, there was a photo of said lashes and for some reason I absolutely LOVE them!

I forgot to look online for them last night though so my car remains lashless until further notice.

I am constantly fighting off sleep at the moment, my energised self is slowly ebbing away as my enormous bump grows ad infinitum.  The second I get home after work I have to 'go Go GO' like hell to get some housework and zookeeper jobs completed before I'm flat out on the sofa.  I'm finding it very hard to get comfortable in bed at the moment which doesn't help much.  I still wake up in a panic having turned to lie on my back whilst sleeping.....fortunately I remember just in time that I mustn't turn too quick which sends pain shooting through my stomach muscles. 
I must check with the midwife about sleeping on my back.  The books lead me to believe that this will harm the baby but surely my body (or the baby) would tell me if I was causing the baby discomfort?  I just don't know.  I've stopped reading books about pregnancy now...they are the devils work!

What a Charmer!

I have received two e-mails from my partner today.  They had the following titles:

- I've just had a massive poo!  (In reference to finally overcoming the post-op side-effects of morphine).

and

- No more stinky Kerry. (He's fixed the shower).

Who says romance is dead?

13 Weeks To Go!

Baby is 27 weeks grown today.....seems like only last week that I took that pregnancy test, (all 5 of them).
I have a rough idea of how big the baby is although different books tell me very different things and it can get rather confusing at times.  I don't understand why the measurements are given from head to bum, what about his legs - don't they count too?
13 weeks still feels like such a long time.  At every stage of being pregnant people insist that it will fly by but it really hasn't.  I have been sooooo excited about having a baby that time seems to have stood still.  A side effect of this is that I haven't given a lot of thought to birth plans etc.  In my head it feels like planning something that will happen in about 2 years time but the reality is that it's almost here. 
I booked my ante natal classes last week too.  I'm not going to the fancy-pants ones that you must pay for just the good old NHS ones.  I begrudge paying someone to show me how to bath a baby!  I'm mainly going along to socialise with other pregnant ladies and mums, I've tended to avoid them in the past due to being wildly jealous of their bumps!  I remember attending a baby-event with Usborne Books back in April and everywhere I looked were pregnant women, (funnily enough).  It was like torture for me.  Little did I know I was actually pregnant at the time...life is strange sometimes!
I am unclear with the protocol of mum and baby groups though....is it ok to go along and say hello before you have the baby?  Just the thought of it instantly transports me back to school days where my place in the world as a social outcast began! 
I just hope that motherhood brings out my sociable side!!