dreaming

Last night I dreamt that Chris and I were in a health food store, and that we managed to knock over a large stand with hundreds of little pamphlets, and we had to scramble around trying to pick each one up. Now I’m glad that my anxiety dreams aren’t always obviously connected to the pregnancy, [...]

Another day, another doctor’s appointment

My weeks these days are no longer being punctuated by weekends. They’re also being measured by how many doctors appointments I have, and how far I have to travel to get to them. This week was fairly heavy on the doctoring, I had two appointments: one with my endocrinologist out in Eastwood, and one was [...]

It’s official

I discovered last night, while talking to Chris over the low wall to our kitchen, that my belly is bigger than my boobs. I guess I’m starting to look seriously pregnant!
But apparently it’s all normal. We had our monthly check-up with the obstetrician and midwife today. I’ve got to say, our midwife seems like an [...]

Just the facts, mam

I’m at the 23 week mark today. My weekly emails tell me that the baby is now about 28 cm long from head to toe (or 11.2 inches) and approximately 600 grams in weight (1 lb 5 oz). Developmental milestones this week are: the baby being able to rotate his/her head, and hiccups. Fortunately I [...]

Labour pains

So the pre-labour anxiety has started already (and no, I’m not talking about Kevin Rudd’s ascendancy to the Labour party leadership). On Saturday night I had this very vivid dream in which I was talking to Clare about her labour. She told me that she said, “It went okay, but I needed lots and lots [...]