Low and ready to go...

5 days to D Day!! 

As of 2:30am last Sunday morning, this is officially my longest pregnancy ever! James was born at 39 weeks exactly! I've actually given up on expecting to go into labour any time soon, this baby boy is either going to be my trouble maker or my lazy one... Or both!! 

Yesterday was by far my worst day of SPD! I could hardly walk! I broke down into tears throughout the day, and simply could not cope with the pain. It's not necessarily better today, but at least it's less painful when I sit (which yesterday it was not)! 

As previously stated I haven't particularly had an easy pregnancy with any of my babies. With James I was young and suffered with Pre-Eclampsia (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Pre-eclampsia/Pages/Introduction.aspx). With Tomas I suffered with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction for the first time, however was not diagnosed until gone 30 weeks and therefore Tomas's pregnancy was probably my easiest. This time I have numerous pregnancy related issues, I feel like a midwifery text book as I reel them off - SPD (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/pelvic-pain-pregnant-spd.aspx), 

hideous swelling to my hands feet and face, 

low iron levels, 

borderline high blood pressure and 

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/carpal-tunnel-syndrome/Pages/Whatisit.aspx). 

I also have an anterior placenta, and the baby is laying right into my back I've been told. That should explain why my SPD is so severe at times!

I am so far from the "Pregnancy Glow" that I fear I will never glow again!! 

After seeing the midwife yesterday I was very pleased that she could tell me he is very low and in the right place to go go go! My hospital bags are ready, we are just waiting on baby boy now! So it's all ball bouncing and pineapple eating today... 

Returning & Ready to Give Birth....

So my blog is slow, I do apologise.

Upon my husbands return from his overseas exercise my life went upside down, but I believe we have turned full circle now, and I'm feeling more content in all aspects of my life. I cannot return to that dark period to explain the past 3/4 months to you all, so please bare with me as I get back into this.

The good news is... I am FULL TERM and baby boy is due in just 10 days! This pregnancy has not been easy, but then again I've never had an easy one!! My SPD has progressed and it is becoming increasingly harder to walk, or even manoeuvre in bed! My husband has returned to his army barracks, meaning I'm flying solo in pain looking after my boys! The light at the end of the tunnel is visible though, and that's all I'm focusing on.

Braxton Hicks are becoming my arch enemy, teasing me on a daily basis with unnecessary pain! If only it was the real thing and baby boy was on his way! This one isn't as eager to arrive as Tomas, as if he was he would have been here last Saturday! Maybe he's waiting for the weekend, waiting for daddy to come home! Only time will tell!

Birth planning : I'm extremely anxious about the birth, one anxiety being whether my husband will make it in time if he is in work when Baby H starts making his way into the world, and my other anxiety is the baby being big. I am not carrying big (on the 50th centile), however I just have this feeling he's going to be a chub and that makes me very nervous! 

I am still under midwifery led care, meaning I can give birth at the midwifery led unit at my local hospital. This makes me very pleased, as I had Tomas in the midwifery led unit and it was a fantastic birth. I am hoping for a water birth, however I know labours are unpredictable. I wanted a water birth with Tomas, but got out of the pool to push. This time I would like to give birth in the pool. Fingers crossed!! 

Glad to be back to blogging though, and hopefully my next post should include a new bouncing baby boy...