Wow, I'm in week 35 now and I haven't blogged for ages. Whoops! The reason for his however, is because I haven't really had anything to report. All has been going extremely well. I am loving being pregnant and the baby is wonderfully active, giving me absolutely no cause for concern. However, my Dad had a heart attack on Friday 17th August which believe it or not was actually one year to the day since I was induced to deliver the baby we lost! He came out of hospital yesterday and is thankfully on the mend now, but obviously we've really had our work cut out this week. It's been crazy, what with hospital visits, doing his washing and of course insane amount of stress! The children have been great but there was no under sixteens allowed on the ward and so they have been unable to see him since the heart attack and they've been quite concerned and eager to check he still is the same old Grandad. Angel in particular remembers my step Moms death about 18 months ago, in which she went into hospital and died before she ever came home again, so Angel was cheering for joy when I said he was being allowed to leave the hospital.
Last Saturday was the first NCT ante-natal class. The venue is child friendly and so our children were able to come along too. Saturdays class talked about various positions during birth and the way they can help with pain relief. We talked about previous birth experiences and how our other children will fit in and cope with the new arrival. It was all a lot of fun. Sunday was more geared towards planning for this birth and how best to enjoy it. We also discussed 'me time' and how t cope with being a person as well as a parent. We also watch a DVD about giving birth to twins. I don't know the proper title it is just known as 'the Psalm and Zoya ' DVD. It is quite an inspiring thing to watch and I was happy that the children came in to watch it too. HRH seemed to thoroughly enjoy it other than a part where she tears slightly because the second baby is breach and you see a small trickle of fresh blood drip! But he is still very adamant that he wants to see our babies arrival into the world. Angel had wide disbelieving eyes right though and has asked if she can think about it! Luna seemed to hardly notice and gave very little comment!
The next class is tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.
We have to take the children to the opticians this afternoon because the Health visitor pointed out that if they were attending school they'd had had eye tests by now so we booked in. However, they've already chosen the glasses they want while we were making the appointment and I have a feeling they'll be disappointed if their eyes are OK. Speaking on which i misplaced my glasses about a week ago and the still haven't turned up yet! Oh heck. I might have to get some more!
And this afternoon we'll be taking the children to see my Dad and we'll be cutting down his hedge which he has been worrying him for a while now so to save him some more stress Nigel has said he'll help out in the garden.