He/She'll be a tap dancer!

Wow, I'm feeling kicks like mad right now. If I sit forward, kicks, Lie down, kicks, eat something, kicks. Either this little bubba is going to be a champion footballer, or a tap dancer extraordinaire! Working long hours and not sleeping much probably doesn't help. Working on the Victorian Floods right now which is interesting. Adam has been flying over them constantly too.

I've been having a bit of practice playing mum to 2 very young kittens. These little loves need feeding night and day, and come with me everywhere until they are old enough to fend for themselves, then they'll go up for adoption. I'll miss them but it will be nice to know I've helped them find a good home.
It's certainly helping me get used to sleepless nights too! Maybe it'll be  a little easier when I don't have to go to work and can have a nanna nap when bubs is sleeping. Am I kidding myself?

Oh and we had an ultrasound which went great. Report back says that everything is fine and dandy and Bunny is growing well. Phew! Didn't find out the sex, but that leaves it to be a nice surprise when Bunny arrives. Also had a tour of Sunshine hospital and got to see the rooms we hope we don't have to use. It's not as bad as I had imagined, in fact the rooms were nicer than many private hospitals I've seen! So if we end up there, at least it won't be a strange experience. All the midwives are adorable too, and we got to meet some other mums to be going through the homebirth program. All of them surprisingly normal and un-hippy-like. I felt like I totally fit in, and Adam too!!

Such a wonderful sound!

Just a quick one. I went along to the Doctors today for an ultrasound referral, and ended up getting to listen to the heart beat! Yay!! It was really wonderful to hear. The little reassurances like bumps and a heartbeat make me feel like everything is going just fine.

We're booked in for an ultrasound at Werribee on the 4th of Jan. Can't wait to actually see the little one when it actually looks like a real baby and not just a flickering blob like we saw at 6 weeks.

Midwife appointment is on Friday, so it will be good to sit down and talk over things with her.

oxxo

Starting to feel better

I'm now 17 weeks along, and things are starting to look up. I'm not sick nearly as often as I was, and it seems now to only be bad when it's hot and humid. Too bad we're in summer now! Thankfully the weather has been mild and I should be well over being sick by the time it gets really hot.

Had an adventure over the weekend, headed off to the Meredith Music Festival (I bought tickets before I was pregnant) for a couple of days of camping, good company and good music. Had a ball! Even though I couldn't be right up the front of the crowd like I usually am, I was lovely to watch and enjoy some fabulous artists like Neil Finn and Sally Seltmann perform. I was definately a piker and was in bed around midnight both nights, but it was cold, windy and rainy so it would have been yuck to stay out anyway. I certainly enjoyed listening to the Dirty Three and Little Red from the comfort of my tent.
Bunny got his/her first bit of festival merch, it was way too cute to pass up on -

I'm really starting to really show in the belly stakes now. Sheesh, If I'm this big already I hate to think how big I will be at the end!! I've barely put on any weight, but nothing fits me anymore. Maxi Dresses will be my best friend over summer I think :). Here's my first belly pic anyway...

Good news is, I'm starting to feel little flutters, not very often, but sometimes it feels like there's definately something bouncing away in there. How cute! That's all from me and Bunny now.

oxox

12 weeks along

Wow! It's been longer than I thought between posts here!

Where do I start? Since last post I've -

• Met my midwife, Susan Currie. She's really lovely and I'm looking forward to have her share our journey. 
• Told nearly everyone I know (far too excited), and have had lots and lots of lovely comments. 
• Been sick, tired and completely over it on many occasions. I hope that magical time when the sickness and tiredness just lifts comes really soon.
• Have been crazy busy with production and opening week for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which is quite possibly the last show I do with Williamstown given I'm due when the next show is on and then I'll have moved away. :-(

I did some baby shopping yesterday at the Reuse it Baby market in Williamstown. Dear Georgie from the theatre came along and I think she had more fun shopping than I did!! So now Bunny has a whole bunch of gorgeous clothes, shoes and hats. I'm finding it really weird to go shopping. I know what I want and need, but I can't seem to actually buy it when I go near a store. I spend ages wandering aimlessly, get a little overwhelmed and walk out without buying anything! Maybe it's my subconcious telling me I don't need to buy lots, and to make do with what we have.

Telling time

Hi gorgeous girls!! I thought it was about time to break the news. I'm far to excited to hold on to it any longer! That and if I didn't say something, someone else would have spilled the beans (mum and dad I'm looking at you!)
Also off to tell Adam's folks tonight, although they already suspect we're either announcing a baby or a wedding, and they're pretty sure it's not a wedding. hehe

I'm at 9 weeks now, and I haven't been ill in a few days which is awesome. Went to the GP for my checkup and all was fine and dandy. Asked about things that would prevent me from having a natural birth (or exclude me from the homebirth program). Nothing was showing at the moment as all my blood tests came back great, my blood pressure it at the low end of normal, and much to my delight she said I wasn't in the high risk catergory for Gestational Diabetes, which was my only real concern due to my weight and family history. Phew!

Bunny went to it's first rock concert over the weekend. I think it's going to grow up liking Powderfinger for some unknown reason :)

Still very tired but forcing myself to get plenty of sleep. A bit hard with work & band & theatre, but I'm getting there.
Ciao!

A week of Spews

Finally morning sickness (all day sickness) really struck. I've spewed at least once a day, and contrary to the name of the 'sickness' it always seems to be at night time. I'm also ridiculously tired, and on many days have had to pull over while on the road for work and have a nap. eek! I just feel crappy all the time, but it's worth every minute, so I keep getting told anyway. :)  I honestly can't wait for the end of 13 weeks. Hopefully I'll start 'glowing' then.

Adam was away for most of this week up at Bathurst for the car races, so I've been home alone. It's been really hard to sleep without him home! And he's off again for work for another few nights, so I think I'm going to have to break out the rescue remedy and aromatharapy so i'm not falling asleep at work.

Oh and I broke my 'no buying stuff' rule. After getting some maternity pants for work and a wire free bra for comfort reasons, I wandered in to Pumpkin Patch, which was having a sale (first bad move). I picked up a few things, then put them back until I found a beautiful green baby wrap with little leaves on it. It looks like something a gumnut baby would be wrapped in. And then how could I resist a little red and white striped jacket with a bunny on it!! Bought them right away, and as soon as I got back to the car, I started bawling my eyes out. It all just seemed so real, I really was going to have a baby. It was such a happy cry.

That's enough today, 'til next time...

It's there alright!

There's the little bunny! So so tiny, but it's there!!!!
We even got to see a heart beat which made me and Adam smile lots. Just as suspected we were at 6 weeks, 6 days at the time of the scan.

Broke the news to my family who are all really excited. Mum and Georgie had tears.

7 weeks 2days at the moment. Now to push through the next few weeks of all day sickness and hope this little bunny is a sticky one.