Hi everyone, hope you're all good?
Emz, what a beautiful name you have chosen, and I can't wait until we can see some pictures of your gorgeous little girl!
Almost, everything is looking really promising for you for a succesful 1st attempt with IVF, fingers crossed that the extra things they need to do don't hold you up and you can get started asap. Will be so exciting to see you get your bfp!
Presh, yay for kicks! They are the best thing ever aren't they, although at nearly 32 weeks mine actually feel like he's trying to kick his way out through my belly now! DH got freaked out ysterday as he had his hand on my belly and felt an actual foot!!
Sonia, don't panic about not having much stuff yet! I was really organised and probably had most things bought/ordered by around 22 weeks, but all it does is make the rest of the pregnancy a little bit boring as you run out of things to buy/do. I think that's why I've been buying so many clothes! Make yourself a list and just tick things off gradually - like Presh says, as long as they are warm, fed, changed and loved then they will be happy, the rest is just stuff really. Plus, we went mad buying everything and now that we're getting closer to due date people are asking what they can get us! There's nothing really left for them to get! Other people don't tend to think ahead like we do so it's not until you are almost due that they start thinking about buying - whereas we can't leave it all til last minute or it would cost a fortune all in one go!
I watched the midwife program. I'm not particularly scared of labour itself as I try not to dwell on it too much, and obviously with no prior experience I'm oblivious to how bad the pain will actually be! If I have a second I'll probably be more scared as I'll know exactly what it feels like then. As it is, I can pretend that he's just going to slide straight out!!
It did scare me though watching the fear and panic in the parents eyes for those awful moments when they didn't know if their baby was ok or not. You get to a certain stage in pregnancy and think it's all plain sailing from there, forgetting that things can still go wrong at birth. It would be my absolute worst nightmare, and we both got upset thinking about it. You have to think though that those particular births were chosen for screening because of their more dramatic nature and background stories, and the hospital have said there were 9 other births that same night that went perfectly. The odds are always in favour of everything being fine so I try not to worry too much!
Sunshine, glad that you've finally started your next cycle and aren't in limbo anymore, and here's hoping that this one will be the lucky one for you! As you say it would make an excellent 30th birthday present!!
xxx
Hopefully it wouldn't look like that one though.....
positive thinking and remember to breathe lol
