Isabella was born 11th July at 5:55am, 5 hour labour, i had had false labours so i didnt ring the midwife til my contractions were 3 mins apart, lucky i was only 5 cm dilated at that time! she came over to mine and did an exam as i wasnt convinced i was in labour at all! so off we trot to the hospital, arrived at 5 and hadd her 55 mins later. Have to say it was my easiest labour, even at 9lb6oz (4260kg)

At my scan three weeks earlier they had estimated her weight at that already! boy am i so glad they were WAY off!

She feeds well, is quite content baby, doesnt cry much, and has a head full of hair!

Me, well, im loving it! Ok most of it, my boobs still hurt, and im tired, but other than that, life at this moment is perfect! I am breast feeding, and do enjoy it despite the first minutes of toe curling, but my boobs are so freaken big that BF does not look like it comes natural to me at all! im very self concious and wont feed in front of anyone cause i am aware of how utterly GUMBY i look when i feed her, all contorted and uncomfortable looking, holding my boob so i dont suffocate her lol.I feed her in a rugby ball typ hold, and if i do the common way people feed babies then i have to hold her head with one arm and hold my boob up with the other, which as you might imagine, isnt very practical,

anyway, im hoping once my boobs stop hurting and time helps me establish good way to feed that doesnt make me look like a 'retarded feeder"

anyhoo, must be off, xxx

argh, i so want to meet my girl! i know ill miss my belly when shes out, but i want her more... had contractions last night every ten for like 4 hours, then my daughter decded to get the runs at 2  in the morning and i jumped up and cleaned her up gave her a shower etc, and they stopped.. i was soo gutted. i kinda convinced my self having such a big bub, i MUST go early, but actually i have to try convince myself shee'll most likely be late... anyway... i do believe things are changing/ happening, but nothing yet that has me jumping for joy. aside from the other day, that got me so excited! My mate asked me last night if i was scared of labour, and i think that period has passed, i just want her out, but i have been scared. Im scared of something happening, to me or of course bub. But thats the doctors fault...

anyhoo, just a quick catch up :o)

ill start from the begining. Make a coffee :o)

On thursday night, about 1030pm, i started getting massive intense make me bawl pains, that were coming every 10 to 35 mins.  for about 3 hours. At 2am i said to hubby if i have one more im calling my midwife, of course, they stopped.

Friday was a quiet day at home, i was tired from being up so late the night before, so i watched movies in front of the fire with my girl, About 3 pm my tummy got really tense, with waves of intense bits about 30 seconds long, which were irregular, but often. I rang my midwife, who asked me to come in for a check. Definately not labour, which i was relieved about, i didnt think it was but then again i didnt think i was in labour when i was with my other two..

Blood in urine, had the highest mark on the chart thing, whichh was like 4+, so they kept me over night for observation. found sleep about 1130 and woke again at 2 and stayed awake. sent home sat morning, came home relaxed, had a small snooze.

They considered kidney stones, UTI (which was neg) and that was it. went for a scan this morning to check bubs growth, and kidneys, my kidneys are fine, no stones, not swollen, so im very curious as to what caused the blood! 

Anyhoo, bubs is fine, but already weighs 2.1 kilos! 4.6pounds! Im sooooooooooooo devastated! How could i only have put on 4 kilos but have such a humungus baby??? Im so scared. i have to have another growth scan in 2-3 weeks to see how her size is. Could they induce me so she doesnt get too big??? any nurses in the house?? im freaking out here! I have 8.5 weeks to go!!!! Having a baby over 9p is my worst nightmare. i like MY babies to look like new borns not look like they are 3 months old when they come out!

Had my midwife appointment yesterday, was good as gold. My belly measures 31 weeks (31cm) eeekkkkk!!! im only 27 weeks tomorrow! i ffreaked out a bit and she said its fine baby doesnt feel big, but its not really helped. She said the biggest baby she has birthed was 12 pounds 3 oz lol. OUCH! very happy with my weight gain or lack of. Was supposed to start going fortmightly but she is on her way as we speak to paris and a heap of other places for 3 weeks so ill see her in four weeks, and go two weekly from there

i have to have my 28w tests and at 32 weeks have to go and indure another round of gest diabetes tests. Gay!!

Feel kinda bored with pregnancy today. i think i feel bored with everything though. life is kinda stood still

hubby was kinda cheated out of a promotion at work. he has the responsility of management, but gets none of the perks, no pay raise, no work vehicle, and no title change, yet he is doing the managers job. She was asked to leave, cause she is an alchy, and has been fdoing a really crap job running the show for months now, hubby has almost been doing her job for the past 6 months. So its kinda a promotion, but not really, her job title was made redundant to get rid of her, cause she wouldnt leave. they should have fired her months sgo when they had more than enuf legal ground to do so. So i feel sad for hubby, and us, anyway, its a step in the right direction. hopefully after the big big compnay lifts the pay rise freeze at the end of the year they will pay him for what he is doing.. anyway, thats me :o)

Hi all!  Gosh its been a while now, minti seems to have almost died.. Youl find me on facebook these days, But i was just blogging in another group and thought i would blog here too.

Isabella is wonderful, She moves all the time, and im so in love with it, i never get sick ofit and if she starts rolling around i drop everything to lie down and watch and feel. I just dont like when my bladder gets a thumping. Not the most comfortable feeling in the world. Andrew also seems to be in love, he has been caught tlking to bella, and hes always feeling for movents and is far more involved than the last pregnancy. propesctive when you dont think youll ever get that chance again.We both really know how blessed and lucky we are. it breaks our heart to see good people strugle while mongrels are fertile as and abuse the privledge of being a parent.

Ive gained about 1.5 since being preggers, so, i have gained what i lost and a bit more, so about 3 ish kilos i think i forget. i like to think of just a 1.5 kilo weight gain, rather than a 3 kilo weight gain. Im gutted, i had hoped i would stay the same a bit longer, but, being almost 25 weeks tomorrow i shouldnt ask too much. I have my dieticians appointment tomorrow at 11, which is 2 hours after i normally go, but i will see what her scales say as to how much ive  gained. I trust hers the most to be accurate. :o) Ill let you know how i go :o)

I dont excersize much, well very little if im honest. the moment i walk for any longer than about 5 mins straight my hips get really incredibly sore it has a name scatia or something. so, i just dont risk it. Not looking forward to telling my dietician, but honesty is the best. But i do try to eat well, cravings dont help much, milk... chocolate milk white milk, white ever as long as its milk haha. I always drink the skimmest milk but still... and lamingtons seem to have invaded my thoughts over the past four days too. Bad habbit, just as well they are insanely expensive...

anyway thats about it, see ya! x

GIRL! yup, im so shocked! I thought for sure its a boy! but nope! im having a girl, im so happy, we wwill name her Isabella Joy. only 20 weeks to go! still not gained anyweight, so thats a bonus, saw midwife today and he said i was slimming down. I dont know how though, lots pf birthdays etc. there all over now hooray but still. ill just worry if i start loosing tonnes i think? anyway. im very shocked, and look like a fool for insisting its a boy, but i love the name and im so happy!

Alex is a bit disappointed, he wanted a brother, he would ask if wed have another, and can it please be a brother. Also, he asked how a baby got into my tummy. Freaking out now, i dont know what to say???

3 more sleeps, then we go for our scan! I should never have booked the scan one month in advance. its taken way too long! monday mornng, 9am we will be having our scan looking at our baby. Open your legs bubba! ill be gutted otherwise :o)

I feel baby move heaps since sinday, andrew even managed to have an insy feel, we so excited.

i have the most amazing hubby. ok, as some of you know he has really peeved me off a couple of times over the past couple of weeks, but it was his birthday on wed, and he was given money, well, he has given it all to me to pay our phone bill and help with shopping. we had recieved a letter statingwe were going to get cut off, and we were fine with that as we had mentioned, only to go onto the website, to be told they would charge us a disconnection fee, we would have to pay 400 to cancel our contract as thats about how many months we have left (4), and then late charges on top of that.. so fretting, he gladly handed his money over to help us out. I tell you im crying, he does in fact sacrifice any money for us. we dont get pocket money atm, we cant afford that luxury, but he is always willing to help out f he gets birthday money. I feel so incredibly stink, and i will have to find a way to make it up to him, he is going to get a monster of a present at christmas or just when we can.

we have gotten rid of our kittens, we are so pleased. we are back to two cats. A lady has offered to fix our cats for free too, so no more kittys, we are so grateful. I almost killed my cats yesterday. i have NEVER been so mad. They got into our dinner. i was so freaking mad i seriously wished them death. now, im not an animal abuser, i dont like cats, but i hate animal abusers. But yesterday they crossed the line. they are staying out of my way, they know, everytime the biggest culprit looks at me she bows her head. GRR. (no animals were harmed despite how mad i was.)

anyway, hopefull we have paid enough now not to be cut off, so hopefully will update you on monday after my scan :o)

14 days til my scan! YAY! So excited, but im sooooo impatient! mind you, at least the first half is interesting, after i have my scan, i have no more scans to count down too, only the *gulp* labour....

havent really spent alot of time on minti, have to avoid horror stories, too many of those around. I'm really hping i nest with this bub. ive really struggled with energy this time round, its been to hot to go out and walk etc, i know, we havent had your heatwave, but that doesnt mean were ot hot here,. So my house work is suffering, and im pretty tired, mind you, it would be good if i could get a good nights sleep.

sooo, what else is new, um,,, not much... we get rid of our kittens sometime this week. woohoo!

Alex went back to school toda, YAY so happy, anyway. Thats all.

time just cant go any slower!

Good news, healthy heartbeat! woohoo! said i was completelky normal, alot of woman have an in between period, feeling to good to be pregnant, so im relieved, she said definately sounds like babies kicking the movements im feelig :)

Bad news,im due on the 9th of july not the 2nd, so im 16 weeks today, but i dont know why my ticker is out by three days.

End of the day, huge weight has been lifted im very happy! 

As i mentioned in my last blog, i was feeling quite anxious, not feeling pregnant. well, this morning i woke up around for an hour, just feeling uncomfortable, like growing pains andstretching, then this morning when i got back up the right side of my tummy was really firm and up past my belly sitting just under my ribs. So, i want to check for heart beat obviously, and size of baby, i remeber the all on one side feelin with my other two, but as im only 16-17 weeks along, isnt that weird?? im still not sure if the movement ive been feeling is the baby or muscle spasms, but i havent felt it the last two days anyway. Im feeling really anxious. Please send good vibes prayers etc. I really dont want to sound nuts, and didnt want to be paranoid pregnant with yet another child. (man i practically lived at the hosp with my other two) But, in 2 hours, my mind will be put at ease, or the other. Im sure all will be ok, but, i need to see  her,