Mmmmmm..... ICE CREAM!

Who said a stable diet can't consist of at least one serve of ice-cream a day? It's got dairy... that's good for you, right? And chocolate is part of any good ice-cream, and we all know how important chocolate is.... especially to an 'overdue' pregnant woman.

Nod and agree people; just nod and agree!

41 +

OH MY! I'm over 41 weeks now... which means inducement is on the cards now. So one way or another, very soon Gert will be on the OUTSIDE!

YAY!

Okay! Now it's just plain ridiculous...

Okay, I know it can't be much longer, logic says that. Gert can't stay inside me forever.... but freakin' $#!^ this is just getting so uncomfortable and exhausting. Every day feels like a week, and my emotions are so off the scale it's even starting to freak me out! At any given point I might be angry, happy, quiet, sobbing my eyes out, jovial, pleasant or full of rage at something as small as a cup left on the bench! OI!

Come on Gert..... GET OUT!

Another week!!!!

40 weeks! Now I am completely FULL TERM, ain't no doubt about it. It's all getting rather uncomfortable now. I know it can't be much longer, but why is it that these last days now feel like weeks?

Ever closer...

Figured that now was a good a time as any to update... 39 weeks, and it's anyones guess as to whether I last another full week. (I'm hoping NOT)

Had a burst of nesting, fixed up the bub's/study/spare room and I'm much happier with the layout now. Cleaned up the car port, and even washed out the rubbish bin... I'm a bit tired from it all now, but I feel rather pleased with myself.

Here's to meeting Gert soon!

Not Long Now! (I hope)

38 weeks, which means I'm 'officially' considered FULL TERM... and theoretically could "go at any time now".
However, Gert hasn't 'dropped' and is still enjoying life on the inside, and hasn't decided yet to move to a more 'favorable position' for birth... so I'm guessing it might be a few more weeks, though I've been having words with him/her; in the most encouraging way possible. I am ready!

Okay, I've been a bit slack.

I've been so pre-occupied with getting things sorted for the pending arrival of Gert that I've been hopeless with keeping this blog updated. (If anyone still looks at it anyway now that I've been making friends all over facebook.)

But here's a couple of the more recent images of the BELLY!

34 weeks. I feel like a fatty!

36 weeks. I feel FREAKIN' HUGE! Surely it can't get much bigger........ can it?

Feelin' hot, hot hot....

41c on New Years Eve, not a day below the mid 20's in weeks, and plenty more of it to come. Talk about a 'great time to be pregnant'! Thank God for air conditioning!

And what ever happened to 2007? I blinked and suddenly we're in January 2008!!! Where the bejeebis has the last 12 months gone? A distant happy memory.... I'm likely to pop out the 'little' (who appears to not be all that little at all) bub late next month..... NEXT MONTH! Resposibility is just around the next turn! This time last year I was walking 40 odd km's or more in a weekend, today I walked maybe 4km's and I was pooped! Not to mention I had a flat tummy this time last year...... LOL!

big FAT 3-0! (weeks pregnant people... not years old!)

Christmas saw another milestone... 30 weeks down, only 10 (ish) to go. I have no idea where this little bub is going to fit over the next couple of months.... isn't the belly big enough? YIKES!

Xmas Xcitement.

Of course it wouldn't be Christmas without a cute nephew and silly hat. Jackson works it for the camera.

'tis the season...

Now before you all get on the phones and call child services I'm entitled to the disclaimer that not a drop of alcohol has touched my lips, But who can resist having a bit of a laugh at the work Christmas Shindig? I was probably one of the only people to walk out of there remembering anything.

pretty

It's that bright happy, sunshiny, time of the year. The sun gets up earlier, and goes to bed later, the weather is warmer, and generally people are happier.

Now if only people would quit getting in my way in the shopping centres and get off the road during all this pre christmas madness.

Little em ain't so 'little' anymore

28 weeks

That's right... where there was once abs (albeit a fair while ago now) there's now one big protruding belly. It's even getting a little tough to bend over, something I'm constantly reminded of in my job. I go to lean down to get something from the camera bag, and BUMP, there's the belly in the way.

Only about 12(ish) weeks to go, and we meet little 'Gert', who in fact might be 'Bert'.... and we still haven't definitively decided on a name. Plenty of time for that, right?

shopping

I could finally contain myself no longer.... I went shopping for some clothes for Gert! And with totally cool sayings printed on the cute little tops like "I burp like daddy" how could I resist?

Bring on the Sun

It's that time of year again, where the sun is starting to show itself a little more, there's cricket on the TV, sunscreen is being brought out, and people are planning BBQ's. Not long until summer is finally upon us again. What fun!

Hands on...

Chillin' out on a lovely sunny day couldn't help ourselves but to have a bit of fun with little Gert,... well my belly at least. Aaaah, it was nice to relax in the sun.

YIKES!

I've been growin'!

Gert's getting more active these days, and I've discovered that my craving for raspberry soda tends to get Gert rather excitable. So I've gotta be careful just how often I get stuck into it.

Say bye bye to the body I once knew! I'm a vessel now!

Half way!

There's no denying it now, That belly just keeps on growing! I reckon I didn't just 'pop' over the weekend, I 'exploded'!

Gert is getting a little more active, or rather, I'm feelin' Gert a whole lot more, though thankfully I haven't been kicked in the bladder or punched in the ribs (yet).

It's hard to imagine that 20 weeks have already been, and now I'm looking at the 2nd half. Where does the time go? Christmas will be here soon!

Gert or Bert?

I had the 19 week ultrasound of baby 'Gert' today. At this stage it is possible to find out the gender of the little munchkin, but we chose to wait and see when Gert finally reveals him or herself.

The suspense is already starting to get to me... maybe we should've found out... We did get video of this ultrasound, and I could've sworn I saw boy bits, but then when I watched the video again, I wasn't so sure, it could be a girl. I guess to my untrained eye I could be looking at anything.

Aside from all of that, 'Gert' is doing well. Growing as s/he should, and giving me high fives and doing backward summersaults. All in all, Gert is healthy and happy and that's all I care really!

18 weeks...

WOWSERS! 18 weeks already.... where does the time go?

I wasn't going to worry about snapping the belly this week... but it seemed to have 'popped', and in comparison to last week it looks a little more prominant.... lord knows my pants have been telling me! (not to mention the growing 'assets'... freakin' cleavage is exploding!)