Weeks 23 & 24

Am now feeling Jellybean move a lot more during the day and even more at night. Can also see it kicking, which is very cool. Tried to post a video on here but it wouldn't work.

Had my 2nd antenatal appointment yesterday, the first at the hospital where I'm going to deliver. They were going to start a new book for me but luckily they just used the one I had and I didn't have to go through all the questions again. The midwife was lovely. Jellybean's heart beat was 147 and my belly is measuring 26cms which is normal. I now have to have the Glucose Challenge Test in 3 weeks and I'm hoping I'll pass it because I don't want to do the longer test that you have to fast for.

Jellybean is also very happy that Uncle Kristan was released from hospital yesterday afternoon after being admitted on Wednesday (which was his birthday!) What sounded like it could be something very serious, turned out not to be so we are all very happy.

Weeks 21 & 22

For the past 2 weeks I have had an ear infection in both ears. The 5 day course of antibiotics didn't seem to clear it up nor did the ear drops but I am FINALLY starting to be able to hear things better, instead of feeling like I'm constantly under water. I now have this strange cough that I only seem to get at night. Luckily Geoff sleeps through anything - me coughing, blowing my nose and vomiting. Hopefully not a baby crying though. He'll definitely need to wake up for that!

I can feel Jellybean moving around more, usually it's at night when I go to bed but today I have noticed it quite frequently. Apparently now it is able to hear noises and can respond to the sound of my voice and music and the phone ringing etc.

I've ordered the nappy bag and the cradle was delivered the other day, so I've put that together (all by myself!). Have to start thinking about the baby shower now, decide if I want to hire a room somewhere or just have it at home. I am still thinking about it being a joint birthday celebration/house-warming as well. Then I have to get started on making the invitations.

Bump Pic @ 22+3 weeks

The Nursery (Part 2)

For those of you not on Facebook (hi Nay! xx), the nursery has now been painted and the colour turned out great. We also went and ordered the cot and pram yesterday and today my bond money went into my bank account so I ordered the cradle as well. Now just have to get sheets and quilts and blankets for them both. Still haven't found a wall sticker that I 100% love. They have some that match the cot set that I am getting but I didn't like them that much.

Here is a pic of the quilt and I love the matching lamp too!

Week 20

Half way there! Jellybean is doing great. Don't feel any movement during the day, even though I'm not busy and am usually sitting or laying down, but it definitely gets active at night when I get into bed. I'm the one not doing so well at the moment. Started off with a sore throat and sore neck and last night I couldn't get to sleep because the right side of my face was painful. My jaw was sore, my teeth were sore, my ear was in pain. Finally I had to get up and take some Panadol as I was nearly in tears from not being comfortable enough to go to sleep. Luckily it worked and I got some sleep, but today I cannot hear out my right ear very well and my neck is still sore.

This weekend we will start on the nursery. I have chosen a colour called Puddle for the walls and am hoping to find a nice wall sticker to decorate. I did find a cute koala one at a reasonable price, but shipping from Canada was going to be nearly the same amount! So I'll have to keep looking. I've seen a lot of other cute ones, but they haven't been gender neutral. At least after the walls are painted I can FINALLY order the cot!!