Hospital visit

I never made it to my midwife appointment on Monday, it was cancelled due to the snow. That evening though I had to call Tony home from work to take me to the labour ward. I was getting contractions every 10 minutes. When we arrived my contractions were stronger and more frequent they had me on the monitor it was going from about 12 up to 70+, rather scary. They did a speculum to check the probability of a premature labour if negative it's 99% accurate, if positive it's 50% accurate, mine came back positive so they decided to keep me in.
I stayed in till Thursday, thankfully the contractions slowed down and soon stopped and Crumpets heartbeat was nice and strong, we had another scan which checked all the measurements and everything was right on track. They sent me home with some paracetamol and codeine in case the pains come back and I had to assure them if I get any more pains or loss of waters, blood to phone them and make sure they know my test had come back positive. So for now Crumpet is staying in the warm but I am still at risk of a premature labour. I have to have another scan at 34 weeks to double check everything.

Tony is working this Christmas so we are having our Christmas day tomorrow (Boxing Day), so I've set reminders on sky for all the programmes I want to watch and will be on my laptop until the man of my dreams comes home from work tonight.

Update

Well I'm 31 weeks today, suffering with morning sickness again which may possibly be due to an extremely active baby kicking my insides to pieces. My ribs are all bruised and hurt with the slightest movement. I've got a midwife appointment today which will be interesting to get to after about 10 inches snow last night. I'm hoping my midwife will change soon as the one I have is totally useless.

Buddy is loving the snow at the moment he just goes mental running around eating the snow. He comes in looking like Buddy Clause.

It was Mum and Dad's silver wedding anniversary last week, they came to stay with us for the week which was great although poor Tony came down with the flu, he was really disappointed that he couldn't come to Coal's Bar and Grill with us but we had a lovely time and Mum and Dad loved their present from us which we made ourselves, it was a framed poster of things to do with their anniversary like the cost of living etc, they couldn't stop looking at it which was brilliant.

Tony treated me to a Spa day on Saturday it was great, I had an Indian head massage, facial and pedicure. I felt great afterwards soooooooo relaxed. I'm very lucky to have Tony in my life he is amazing, and yes I AM being soppy

We were sorting out our nursery today. It looks great we just want to try and get a cheapish rocking/gliding chair then the nursery is pretty much sorted :D

My wedding dress finally came through, I would add a pic but Tony will be reading this post. I tried it on but because of my baby bump it only just did up. It still looked amazing though, I'm just so happy it's arrived, it's a weight of my shoulders.

I'm going to try and phone Debbie tonight and hopefully get somewhere where her enthusiasm (or lack of) is concerned with both our wedding and baby. Wish me luck :/

We're having roast lamb tonight and for once I'm letting Tony cook it. He went shopping for everything he needed and came home with lots of goodies for me including, wait for it... CORNISH PASTIES omn omn omn!!

PGP

It seems I might have what is known as Pelic Groin Pain (PGP), basically every movement we make our pelvis should lock to help us stay stable, with PGP this doesn't happen as it should, it is quite common during pregnancy but very painful. There are some days which I am in pain every second of the day and find it difficult to walk. Thankfully today is painful but not as painful as the last couple of days. I'm going to go to the doctors tomorrow and insist they refer me to a physiotherapist. I'm mainly worried about the fact that I'm getting such bad pain at 21 weeks, what is the pain going to be like when I get nearer to my due date, am I going to end up having to use a wheelchair, I might possible have to use crutches as it is.

Catch up

Quite a bit has happened lately, me and Bryony went for a photoshoot in Southampton which was great fun. We had our hair and make-up done really nicely we had a lot of pics done individually and a few dont together it was a great day, loads of fun.

Buddy has been such a ratbag lately, he's in his adolesant stage and does things he knows he's not allowed just to get a rise out of us grr. Never mind he's getting the chop on the 25th which will hopefully calm him down a bit. I keep teasing him about it chanting "you're getting the cho-op" lol.

We've had meetings with the florist and photographer for our wedding, I'm so much happier now I can picture it all a bit better, especially the flowers, I'm having a bouquet of red roses and ivory calla lillies, Debs and Bry are having bouquets of red and ivory roses, Tony will have an ivory calla lily buttonhole and the rest of the men are going to have ivory rose buttonholes.

Crumpet moves a lot at the moment, I think he's moving up at long last, he's stubborn like me though, we had our 20 week scan and he wouldn't show his face so he's either camera shy or stubborn like his mummy.

Debbie is upsetting me at the moment though, I hadn't heard from her since I was 12 weeks so I emailed her last night giving her an update on life in general and of course Crumpet. I got a short email back talking about Buddy and her job but she didn't once mention Buddy. I know she's having trouble conceiving to the point where she's having tests and I feel sorry for her but why should she make me feel guilty about being preggers, we have completely different lifestyles which makes a big difference. Even Bry asks how Crumpet is getting on and she may not be able to have kids because of her endo but she tries to put that to one side when talking to me as she feels it would be unfair to us. Why can't Debbie be like that, I'm not expecting her to ask every day but just a mention would be nice to know she is thinking of us and is happy for us. Is that really too much to ask?????????????

mmmmmm steak

Went out for Greg's birthday last night, we went to Coal's bar and grill. We both had steak which was yummy, Tony had his rare, definnately too rare for me. I ordered mine med-rare but I asked for it to be put on a pit longer because I'm picky. The service and the food was brill. The only thing I was a bit meh about is the fact that all their desserts had dairy in them (not that I could've eaten anything else). I said about it to the guy who I thought was one of the head waiters and suggested they put some friendlier desserts on the menu. Turnt out he'd only been there a week I couldn't believe it he was so proffessional but he said that in future if I want a dessert they can do something special for me and he would pass on the suggestion. I made it clear to him that I wasn't complaining as I really enjoyed the evening.

I've been feeling like poo the last few days, went to hospital on Saturday because I've been getting some pain and some spotting, turns out I've just got an infection for which the doctor prescribed something called Trimethoprim Suspension. My body didn't like this too much half hour after taking my dose on Sunday I was sick. Great! So need to book an appointment with my doctor to see if I can take anything else.

Tony's making another cheesecake today yummy yummy. We got the confirmation through from Antique and Hollywood Limos for our wedding car and we've got an appointment with Carley at the hotel to change a few details and go through a few things.

Kick!!!!

For past couple of days I have felt Crumpet moving :) Not only from the inside either I felt him from the outside which I shouldn't be able to do for another month or so. If what Sarah the medium said was true about him being a long baby then I suppose it's not much of a surprise that I can feel him ahead of time, it's so amazing though I can't stop smiling. Got a letter today, Tivvy birth centre is opening next week which I'm so happy about as it's my first choice as to where I give birth.

Booked to join the dentist we've both got an appointment on the 8th October, I'm really nervous, I haven't had a check up since I was about 16, what's she going to find ???

Been watching lots of CSI: Miami lately I love it but I've only got 1disc left to watch :(

Heartbeat

Had a Midwife appointment on Monday 13th. It was a good appointment made all the better by getting to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time it sounded great. It was so clear. The Midwife warned me as baby is still quite small she might not find the heartbeat straight away but she told me not to worry if it took a while. She found it straight away though it was amazing, it can't wait to meet him (we don't know the sex but it's better then saying it!!)

Buddy's got to the adolesant stage, he does things he knows is naughty so that we chase him, he's barking a lot and generally driving us crazy, oh well next month he's getting the chop so maybe he'll calm down a bit.

Ordered some stuff from Amazon yesturday including a couple of Xmas pressies, I've finally started I swear it gets later every year, when I was younger I'd have all my Xmas shopping done by now but I've only just started this year. I'm a bit stuck for ideas though last year we did hampers for our famillies but we're not doing it again this year I'll end up getting too stressed out. So individual pressies it is but what? No-one is giving me any ideas either it's so difficult.

Our Holiday

We arrived on the Isle of Wight at about 6pm on Saturday, we arrived at Waverly Caravan park and was really happy with our van. It was really spacious and comfy. We took Buddy for a walk through East Cowes woods and down to the seafront. Tony tried to take him down onto the part of the beach where dogs are allowed, it was so funny, as soon as Buddy saw a small wave coming towards him he backed away and ran back up the steps where I was waiting, he did try it again but still wasn't sure. We then went straight round to Tony's Mum's for dinner, then on to spend our first night in the van. Buddy cried and whined for a bit but soon settled, I had a very restless night, I found the mattress a bit uncomfortable.

Sunday We all went for a trip to Wolverton, Shorwell. There was a fair on which reminded me of Southampton Balloon fest in the good days. Mum and Dad were there doing a stand for G&S as they are doing Pirates of Penzance and need to get some more young men, Mum apparently decided not to let a young man escape and chased after him, she's such a floozy. Me and Tony went on the Sea Kayaks, they are really hard work and very uncomfortable to sit on, it probably didn't help that the wetsuit only just fit me and I got soaked, I was walking around with a wet bum the rest of the day. We also entered into a Have-a-go Agility course with Buddy, he was such a cheat but we got there in the end. We then went shopping and back to the van to have dinner, we had a stirfry but I couldn't quite eat it all. Geraldine had invited us to go to the Sloop in Wootton for a quiz, unfortunatly we got there and the quiz wasn't on but I saw the carvery and decided I was hungry again, so I had my second dinner of the evening, piggy or what lol.

Monday Took Buddy for a long walk in Cowes, he was knackered when we got him back.

Tuesday Tony took Buddy for a walk in Cowes whilst I went to Newport to look for Maternity clothes, what a waste of time that was. I drove back to East Cowes to put the shopping away then walked over to Cowes to meet my boys and went to Tony's Grandads.

Wednesday We took Buddy Boy to Ryde beach today, he had a great time and met a couple of dogs, one of which decided his ball looked like fun Buddy tried to chase after him but the dog was a whippit x greyhound so was very fast of his feet, I don't think Buddy liked that he kept chasing him and started giving little yelps as if to say "Give me my ball back". We managed to get it back thankfully. In the evening we had Mum and Dad come round for dinner, we had chinese it was yummy. Then we played Scrabble Trickster which of course Dad won.

Thursday Took Mum to the Wight Mouse for lunch today, I ended up getting upset as usual because I couldn't eat half the menu, all in all I think we were all pretty dissapointed. We then took Buddy for a fun down on Compton Bay, it was great he really enjoyed himself digging up the sand and chasing an old tennis ball we found. In the evening I left Tony and Buddy to it and went to see Bry and Hannah in Cowes, we decided to meet up at the Waterside. We had such a laugh especially on the games machine. Then took Hannah home and Bry came back to the van to see Tony and Buddy and played dominos

Friday Had a fairly lazy day. Went to Cowes to Trinity Theatre as they had a rehearsal for Wizard of Oz, had a laugh with Wayne, Abbie and Pete.

Saturday Had to leave the van by 10am today. So went round to Mum and Dad's and waited for them to finish work. Once they had both seen Buddy again Tony took him to the kennels whilst I had a sleep on the sofa, had generally a lazy day but then went off to a ghost vigil at Shanklin Theatre, I was so scared but really wanted to do it. It started at 10pm and ended at 4am. It was amazing. especially on the stage Sarah (the Medium) picked up on a man who was very strong and a couple of times tried to take over different people. Sarah also picked up a young boy who I can't stop thinking about. She told us he wanted to say hello and felt when he was alive he didn't feel appreciated for the work he did. I decided I wanted to say hello, as soon as I thought this I got really hot, Sarah told me to go and sit down and have some water, I immediately cooled down. Sarah later said to me it was because I am extra sensitive because I'm preggers and also the boy was close to me because I'm going to be a Mummy. She rubbed my bump and says she knows what sex our baby is and that he's going to be long, she thinks that by the time he's 10/11 he'll be patting me on the head. I'm interested to see if this is true.

Sunday Home time, we were on the 5.30pm ferry which was full of bloody Bestival people who were all smelly and filthy eurgg. Buddy was quiet the whole way home which was amazing. Holiday over back to normality and not as many bacon sarnies (we had one every morning :D )

last couple of days

Tony thinks my bump has grown but it still measures the same it's really annoying I want everyone to be able to see I'm pregnant, more to the point I want to be able to see it myself so that it's more obvious to me that I'm pregnant.

Had really bad stomach pains today, not sure if it's a dodgy tummy or if baby's growing.

I've turnt into a bit of a cheese toastie monster lately, mmmmmmmmmmmmm cheeeeeeesssse tooooooaaaaasssssttttiiiiieee!!!!!!!!!!

I'm trying to do avon but it's really annoying me at the moment, people just aren't ordering and aren't leaving their books out which I need to finish my round. The order has got to be in by Friday and I only have about £40 worth when I need £78 or I have to pay for delivery etc.

This time next year we would have been married 1 day. I picked up the wedding rings yesturday and can start ordering things like the photographer and car :D . My dress still hasn't arrived yet though it should've been here sometime in July or August.

Went to the gym yesturday to set up a workout plan so that I don't do too much whilst I'm preggers as I don't want to harm the baby, it was good to get back in there and if I start now hopefully I won't have too much weight to lose between giving birth and getting married as there is only 6 months between the two. Oh dear what have I let myself in for.

Got a bit pissed off yesturday, I was shopping in Sainsburys in Exeter mainly for things our local tescos don't do as I was  walking round this twat looked in my trolly then turnt round to his daughter who was about 10/11 and said something to the effect of These skinnies eat well don't they. OMG who the hell did he think he was, what a complete dick.

Cheeeeeeeesecake

Was feeling rubbish again today. Tony bless him bought up some crumpets and a drink this morning because I felt so rubbish. Felt better as the day progressed though thankfully.

Think Buddy's got a dodgy tummy, his backside stinks hehe. Bless his little cotton socks.

Made a yummy toad in the hole today (even if I do say so myself), considering it's the first time I've ever tried to make it I was really pleased with it. Tony has also been busy in the kitchen he made a scrummy actually that doesn't come close it was undescribable lemon and lime cheesecake.

Tony is sooooo tired this evening, he's just done 3 night shifts and hasn't gone to bed at all today, he's been up since about 4pm yesturday bless him and is still up now, he still managed to make a master piece of a cheesecake though. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

meh

Today's been a much better day. I've not felt too bad. Collected and redelivered my avoin books, it got a bit annoying though because I was told there was only 13 houses on that road but there was actually 19 so I couldn't do the road properly.

Buddy was a bit annoying again but not as bad as yesturday thankfully.

I went to the gym to book a programme session to organise what I can do in my personal sessions whithout causing strain or problems for baby.

Watching the rest of Inbetweeners now.

Feeling Crappy

Man what a horrible day yesturday. Tony was asleep all day (in between night shifts) and I felt rubbish. I had a headache all day, I wasn't all the hungry, I was exhausted and to add to everything else Buddy was being a pain in the arse.

Buddy being the delightful dog he sometimes is decided to be so naughty at one point he had been put in his crate about 5 times in 2 and half hours. #1 He licked the plates as I was trying to get the into the dishwasher. #2+3 He was humping his bed (it's now been taken away from him). #4 He pulled the wet umbrella from the side to play with. #5 He was licking my trousers. I know some of these don't sound much but when you're trying to teach him to behave quickly as there is a child on it's way it can be really frustrating especially when you already feel crappy.

I even got to the point that I cried when Tony went to work because I wanted him to stay for me, I then felt really guilty for making him feel bad for going to work, it really wasn't my intention I just felt so crappy I didn't want to be alone. Tony suggested watching some of his Inbetweeners DVD's as it's mindless fun which might cheer me up. He was kind of right I did feel a bit better I even watched the whole of season 1. I actually enjoyed it.

The baby sites are right, you really do start having vivid dreams, my dream last night was a bomb went off, I think it was Southampton, I was with Dad, the explosion happened and I took it upon myself to start redirecting the traffic. I was an emotional wreck though because I had just seen a load of people crushed by the redge of the building involved with the bomb. Then at the end of the dream Dad took me for a drink and I just sat there and cried. Wierd.

Dirty Dog

Actually felt OK today, even managed to take Buddy for a work this morning. Phoned the vets but I got the age he needs to be to get the chop wrong, he has to be 6 months not 16 weeks. It's a bit of a pain because the dirty dog has already started humping his cushion from his bed. Grr.

I forgot to do the fruit for the tea loaf Toony wants me to bake, damn it I keep forgetting, hopefully I'll remember tomorrow. I was a bit naughty tonight, I started of eating salad and tuna but I got bored with it, so I decided to eat a kebab I had in the freezer it was yummy but naughty mmmmmmm.

Tony suggested he offered to work this Xmas because he can then ask to have next years Xmas off which would be better for us as it will be our first Xmas with baby although if it was up to me he would never have to work Xmas but unfortunatly it's all part off his job and it's more important to both of us that he doesn't work next year so to compromise this year he will probably be working.

Morning sickness!!!

I've been sick again this morning, damn morning sickness which again means I haven't taken Buddy for a walk.

Buddy doesn't seem very happy today maybe it's the weather I don't really know.

Tony came home at lunch to give me cuddles he's told me to have a nap to hopefully make me feel better, he's so good to me and I love him so much.

Collected my avon books to redeliver them to other houses, I've got four orders so far although they are all quite small but hopefully I'll get some more orders from my new areas.

Lazy day

Not doing much today mainly looking after the woofbag and making sure he doesn't eat any more stones as he keeps digesting tham oops. Went and got some more junk food, I know I shouldn't be eating junk food but I am trying to have healthy dinners for example tonight we're having salad, cold meats and couscous, can't get better then that :)

I need to remember to phone the vets tomorrow to book an appointment for puppy dog to loose his manhood mwahaha and to get the rest of his dewclaw removed. Also we need to get him that stuff that stops fleas, ticks etc.

ZZZzzzzzzz

Well I'm 13+5 weeks pregnant and man am I tried. I haven't got many other signs today just the fact that I'm exhausted. We went out last night into Exeter for a leaving do of one of Tony's workmates I think we must have got to bed at about midnight, it was Tony's night to get up at 3am for Buddy and my turn to get up at 8am to give Tony a lie in. Only problem was I couldn't get up I was soooooo knackered so Tony bless him had to get up both times and I finally reared my head at about 10am. Got dressed and went downstairs, Tony was about to take the woofbag for a walk so I decided to go with them. We saw a couple of really cute springer pups about the same age as Buddy, all three of them played in the river, they had a great time. We must have been out for about an hour and a half. When we got home I promptly decided to collapse on the sofa and decided to stay there most of the day. ZZZzzzzzzzz.

Tony did a lovely stir fry for dinner only problem was there was so much of it, I'm now tired and bloated, but satisfied.

I spoke to Mum this evening, I want her to email me with stories of when I was young for another part of my blog, this section is all about my present and future and the other section going to be all about my past, stories that me and my family can remember about when I was young. This'll be interesting.

I hit my head really hard on the wall in the conservatory today, Tony rushed to get the peas and shoved them on my head. Once the initial pain had gone I was left with a bad headache :( .
Had a nice evening in front of the TV, we watched The Young Sherlock (or at least I think thats what it was called?) it may have been made in 85 but was actually quite good. It's my turn to get up for Buddy Boy tonight.

My first post

Tony (my Fiance) has just set me up with my own Blog, he's kept one for a few years.

I am a housefiancee (soon to be wife) with a georgeous puppy Buddy, he's a border collie cross springer spaniel or as some people say Sprollie. He's four and half months old at the moment and lovingly nicknamed ratbag. I am also 14 weeks pregnant on Monday, I think it's going to be a boy. He's due on the 21st Feb although Tony thinks he will be born on the 23rd as he has a thing about the number 23 (for more info see his blog entitled Alpha Juliet Whisky), we shall see but I'm not going to put a cork in it. All four of us live in a lovely 3 bed house in mid Devon which is all ours, we are currently deciding on how to set up the nursery, it will have a jungle theme with yellow being the main colour. I can't wait.

I decided to start this blog for a number of reasons, first being so that our child can see what he put his mum through and secondly to keep all my feelings and emotions in check and to help if we decide to have another child. Also it means when I'm dithery and old I can remember small things as well as the big things because they will all be written on here for me, who knows I might still be adding to it even then.