I'm counting the days until the gender reveal, 24 weeks and of course my due date.
I went through a stage of not wanting to think about labour, the concept terrified me even though previously I was a bit more "Bring it on!". Now I'm starting to feel calmly resigned to my fate and am trying to read into what labour involves in terms of stages and what is happening and how it might fell so at least I will be expecting it.
I've also started looking into DIY inducement because I would really like the baby to come on or before it's due date so that it can be a Capricorn like me and James. I probably make myself sound like a fan of mystic meg, but I never actually check my horoscope. It's just that it also categorises personality and me and James are very similar in so many ways that its a bit strange, so I'd just feel more assured that the baby would be like us if it was a Capricorn too... Even as I type it, I'm rolling my eyes at myself but that's how I feel :P
I actually came across a rather disgusting fact about the gel that they use to ripen the cervix during medical inducement is actually sourced from cow, pig and human SPERM! A random variety of mammal sperm is administered up your vagina - it's just not right.
In conclusion, James will be crying rape if I haven't gone into labour by 39 weeks. Im not ingesting the stuff like recommended for maximum uptake though. I've tried that before and nearly puked so never again. That's probably tmi but I'm not very good at identifying that, so I'll assume not.
I got my first maternity hand outs today from a friend. Ick. It's a nice thought but I don't do seconds, especially when I know the giver. Maybe she's trying to tell me something though...
I also bought my first maternity leggings! I was so super excited but they are HUGE. My normal size but the legs are waaaaaaay too long and there is this panel at the front that just flaps forward but there is no way that I'm ever going to fill them even if I was having quads! Such a disappointment.
The baby is still wiggling away, but I've noticed it's less so when my clothes are loose. I do have my moments now where I get frustrated at any reduction in movement but I am trying to get a grip.
I had a bit of a scary thing happen yesterday. I had an orgasm (tmi?) and my uterus went rock hard, like it is first thing in the morning but this was at night. I found it really scary for it to have such an immediate and obvious impact on my pregnancy and although nothing bad has come of it I don't think it'll be happening again.
Weight wise I'm up another 0.8lbs which is better than after last weeks gorging, but still isn't great overall. I'm upto 11lbs now and I should probably have a few no gain weeks to be honest to get me back on track.
Symptom wise they are none existent. I have my bump and I guess my joints, particularly my knees, burn a bit sometimes but that is more weight related than pregnancy related.
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