So, it’s finally on for young and mum. The TENS machine has been hired, the bassinette has been bought, the cot has been set up in Boy’s room, the birth partners and Boy-minder are on standby and tomorrow I am officially full term (meaning 37 weeks). Part of me can’t wait to meet my daughter (and get rid of this enormous, wriggling, bulging, misbehaving bump), and part of me randomly bemoans Oh my God, what were we THINKING? I’m trying to enjoy the last few weeks (or few days as the case may be) of this pregnancy though, because it will definitely be my last. Two children are more than enough for me (no offence to all those superwomen out there with many more).This pregnancy has been completely different from the last. More morning sickness for many more (almost seven) months, much less weight gain (though who didn’t do the whole I’m pregnant, pass me the buttered popcorn and family sized chocolate block thing first time round, right?), my upper back has been killing me, whereas with Boy is was my lower back. I went off chocolate for the first time in memory.
Boy was born in Sydney, and the system there is slightly different than the one in Melbourne. I was able to get all of my ultrasounds done in the hospital rather than having to find an outside clinic, but on the other hand, perhaps because I was a first time mum and went with the labour ward rather than the birth centre, appointments at the hospital took hours, rather than minutes.
And now, it’s all nearly over. We’re bunkered down, and the hurricane is about to hit. Truth be told though, I'm not afraid of a little strong wind: this house is fairly sturdy and I’m looking forward to it.
You're right it is a little tricky having two (a mild understatement!). But it does get easier and easier, especially by 6 months. I'm really chuffed we did it now, cos the kids love each other so much, and I can really see that however frustrating it might be, it's worth it for Max to learn a few lessons about life as well. My pregnancy and birth were really different too; check out my blog posts about it oneday when you get a chance.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with it all, can't wait to see the arrival of the new little one!
p.s. did you know it's really tricky to comment on your blog from something like an ipad? We need the option to just add a name and url, I can't get it to recognise that I'm logged into wordpress or something like that. Just thought I'd mention it, cos you know how tricky it is as a mum to comment sometimes, and any barrier will stop us.
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