Nesting has begun!

I have found myself in the same place I was during my 1st pregnancy - at Autobarn purchasing things for the car and baking cakes!

I have been tossing up options for car seating for the growing family. I have been weighing up the options of hiring or purchasing a capsule (depending on what worked out cheaper) for 6 months and when Baby is big enough to change into a front facing car seat, Morri could upgrade into a booster seat and Baby would use Morri's convertable car seat. I consulted my Step-Mother-in-law and my Brother-in-law (Simon) on this issue. I asked my B.I.N.L if his God-son who is 1 year older than Morri, if he is still in his original car seat or in a booster seat. My B.I.L told me that his God-son is still in his original car seat and that he himself remembers changing into a booster seat when he was 3 or 4 years old! Wow B.I.L has a good memory! S.M.I.L thought it wise to get a 2nd-hand car seat for Morri and let Baby use Morri's existing seat (as it a newer model and comes with all the infant padding). S.M.I.L suggested a good website to go to that sells pre-loved baby goods. Round n Round The owner of the business is a young mum and her shop is her garage. And conveniently in Nunawading. I mentioned this website to my Mum too as she was looking for a 2nd-hand car seat for her car (we stole her original one for our 2nd car as hubby picks up Morri from his Grandparents once a week on his way home from work.) So my Mum went to check out the car seats in Nunawading and came back with 2 great 2nd-hand car seats. My mum purchased the Mother's Choice brand for $39.99 and we purchased the Safe n Sound brand for $79.99 and we even got a $10 discount for buying 2 car seats!
So on Thursday, as soon as Morri went for his nap, I took out Morri's existing car seat, took off the seat covers, washed them, and installed the new 2nd-hand car seat in the car for Morri. And while I there, I decided to vacuum and clean out the inside of the car. On Friday, as soon as Morri went for his nap again, I went Autobarn (hubby took the day off - due to being sick, yeah some freedom) purchased a couple of harness attachments bolts for the 2nd car seat; one for our car and one for my mum's car, a new set of Window Sox (our existing ones have faded and the UV protection no longer 'protects' - a problem due to not having a carport or garage, the sun just bleached them), and a new set of windscreen wipers because the rubber had worn - bad driving hazard when it rains - can't see the bloody road, and plus one of the rubber wipers kept coming loose and scratching the window - very annoying when driving! I put all the nice and clean seat covers and infant padding back in our 1st car seat, attached the harness bolt to the rear roof of the car, installed it back in the car in the rear facing position, put the new window sox on, and attempted to install the windscreen wipers - but had trouble detaching them from the arms so I had to ask hubby to help - which he wasn't too rapped about... thats another story...won't go into details...
Now Morri sits behind the drivers seat and Baby will be behind the passenger seat. The other day Morri pointed to his car seat which will now be Baby's car seat. I said,"Yes that is for the Baby to sit in." I asked him today when we were in the car, where is the Baby? Morri: pointed to my tummy and said 'Baby, Mummy' I said, "Yes, the Baby is in Mummy's tummy, soon the baby will be born and it will sit in the car seat next to you." He looked at me and nodded. So I guess he understands. But we shall see how he reacts when the Baby arrives!!
Tomorrow Morri will be going to his Grandad & Granny's place for the day - so I have plans to organise what to pack for my bag and Baby's bag for hospital! Hmmmmmmmm!

Pregnant brain!

The baby's head ocassionally grinds down into my cervix - ouch - its not pleasent - but this tells me that D-day is approaching very soon! And I am writing lists of things to do and get and organise and plan before he/she arrives! My brain is not functioning at it's optimum potential. So making lists and writing everything down seems to help me remember to get things done. I should have written down on my list to wrap Mike's birthday present and write in the card I got for his 31st birthday which is today! We had family lunch at my folks for his (and my) birthday yesterday and he got most of his presents yesterday and he wanted to have something to open on his birthday so I kept our present for him today to open - but I forgot to wrap it and write in the card! Our usual birthday tradition is to present each other with their gift first thing in the morning, but this time I completely forgot and Mike asked for his present! Oops! So he got his present unwrapped and an empty card! I will have to do it when I am done blogging. He got what he wanted - I bought him some leggings!! - no - not those types of leggings! Ionix - special ionised leggings for running in. They are like the suits athletes and swimmers wear in competitive sport. They are great for keeping the muscles warm before, during and after exercise - important for muscle fatigue repair and overall performance. He modelled them for me this morning! He has great legs and he looked hot in them too! He turned he back to me and said, 'Does my bum look big in this?' I laughed and told him, 'ha, MY bum would look huge in it! - no babe, you have a nice set of tight buns - u look hot!'

No news is good news!!

I haven't received a phone call from the hospital saying that I have gestational diabetes! Yeah! I think a lot of women find this problem when they are pregnant!

My hands are getting really puffy now, especially my right hand - which is strange. I am also finding that my right leg swells significantly more than my left too. I mentioned this to my brother in law who is studying Medicine. He thought this was interesting too. I asked him if there was any reason. He said it might be to do with placement of where the placenta is and the way the lymphatic system flows. He explained the details to me but I won't try to re-explain it even though I understand it (thanks to my Anatomy & Physiology knowledge through Remedial Massage).

Biscuits & Cake!

At 30 weeks.

I had my glucose test last week. It's where they take your blood sugar reading before you drink a glucose drink and then take your blood sugar reading again an hour later to test how well your body breaks down the sugar. Well, to my absolute suprise my sugar reading was 8.5! I was in shock! To tell you the truth, I felt quite sick after drinking the glucose drink - it's like drinking about 250mls of straight cordial! So this week I have to go and do the glucose tolerance test where I will need to fast from 10pm the night before and go into Pathology at the Mercy Hopital to take my blood sugar reading before I drink that horrible stuff again and take my reading 1 hour after and then another reading an hour after that!

Apart from being a senior lecturer at VUT my dad is a Diabetes consultant and boy was I really embarrased to tell him about my glucose test! But all is fine. My dad gave me a glucose home-test kit for me to monitor my glucose myself. And so far my readings have been normal - but thats because I have been watching the sugar intake I am eating at the moment... ok I admit, I have been eating probably 1 too many sweet biscuits and cake!! oops!! - I think I have let myself down in this department! I was so good when I was pregnant with Morri and plus I was a lot more active then - I was working and I was going to the gym at least 3-4 times a week. This time round I am not working, and I sometimes I manage to get to the gym once a week if at all! So this weekend I went to the gym twice and I will go again this Wednesday when Morri goes to his Gran & Grandads place and I will NOT be munching on biscuits and cake!! In a way I am grateful about the outcome of the test as it is a wake up call to myself that I need t0 watch what I eat - which is very disappointing to me because I have always been very mindful about maintaining a healthy diet! I guess living (still) at my folks place hasn't helped me be a bit more diligent with what I consume!