Status: Still pregnant, still a planet (as Juno McGuff claimed), still as big as a house.
Saw Dr R yesterday morning.
Xander baby's head is even further down now, so that's good news.
Told him about my contractions and he diagnosed it as "spurious" labour.
He says everything is moving along very well.
My blood pressure has been at 110/60 for like, forever.
"Perfect", according to Dr R.
I told him I have another appointment for next Thursday and I'm due next Sunday.
He said "hopefully I'll see you before then!"
Uhhh... way to go Dr R, for giving me false hopes.
Boo :(
According to Dr Google,
spurious labour = false labour = prodromal labour.
And some women experience this for days and weeks before real labour sets in.
Not very encouraging.
I was telling Dr R how frustrating the contractions are, especially when they fizzle out.
His advice was:
The more you stress about it and get anxious about it, the more nothing will happen.
When you get contractions, just ignore them and try and sleep or get on with your day.
When you start timing them and "clock-watching", they will stop.
When you sit around and stress about when the baby will finally come, nothing will happen.
And this is what got me into a bitchy, hissy, cranky mood.
I'm happy to wait for him to come whenever he's good and ready.
So is baby.
But everyone else doesn't seem too happy to wait.
I woke up to a lovely sweet sweet message from my rozy sayang, and I'm feeling better after bitching to her. So I shall not go on too much about it here.
Only thing I can say is,
No one else in this world can possibly be more anxious and excited about his arrival than Daddy Jude and Mummy Cleo.
And while everyone else is coming from the most loving, concerned and wonderful place in their hearts and we fully and completely appreciate knowing that people care,
we really don't have a clue when Xander baby will be ready to greet this big scary world.
We are as deeply entrenched in the unknown as you.
Truly.
We don't have an induction or c-section date set.
We are going au naturale, waiting for nature to take its course unless absolutely necessary.
So no, we really don't know when he's coming.
And as per Dr R's orders, I need to stop stressing about it.
Any cooperation from everyone else is much appreciated.
What I can do to hopefully reassure everyone is that we WILL inform all of you of Xander's arrival as soon as we humanly can.
We cannot guarantee that we will have the time or will remember to inform you that we are headed to the hospital for birth. After all, things will be hot and heavy and we will have more important things on our minds.
But you have my word that our family and dearest friends will get personal phone calls and/or SMSes from myself and/or Jude when he is born and after we have settled down in recovery.
PROMISE.
My closest and dearest (you know who you are) will be the first people to find out and I promise it won't be through Facebook or this blog.
You will hear before everyone else.
I promise.
As long as you check and answer your phone.
After all, we don't have access to the internet while in hospital.
And if all goes according to plan,
Jude will be staying at the hospital with me so we won't get to update FB or my blog until days after.
So you will know before everyone else.
Ok?
:)
I'm sorry if I still come across as being bitchy.
I truly truly am thankful that there are so many people I love who care so deeply for us.
And there's nothing more wonderful than knowing everyone is so excited about our little one.
I know we are all loved, and I'm grateful.
Just that I'm very pregnant,
very uncomfortable,
very sleep-deprived,
very hormonal,
and very prone to crankiness.
I am able to be nice to everyone else,
but my poor husband as to listen to and deal with my hissy fits.
I have been very good this pregnancy about not letting my hormones run wild at my husband too much,
but it happens.
And it's not pretty.
Trust me.
Ok, bitch-fit over.
And please don't stop calling or messaging me or asking me about Xander just because of this.
I know I sound like I'm contradicting myself,
but I really appreciate the fact that you guys are thinking about us :)
I love talking to and telling people about how things are going when you ask,
it's just the specific "when are you giving birth" type questions that stress me out.
Ok ok?
:)
Ultimately, I love you all and still do want to share the magic of pregnancy with you,
even from 10,000 miles away.
Ok ok?
I love you, and you and you and you, and all of you.
You know who you are :)I just remembered that I didn't update about our rental situation!
Obviously we are still in our lovely apartment by the lake.
Our rental contract got renewed in October for 1 more year.
Rent increased by $10 per week, from $285 to $295 per week.
We are extremely grateful and feel so darn lucky about it.
$295 is still within our budget of $300 per week,
so we're happy :)
We really do love where we live now :)
Don't know what's gonna happen next year,
but I have a feeling we will have no choice but to move to somewhere a little bigger to give our growing family more space.
In the meantime, we'll enjoy living here :)
I ordered Red Raspberry Leaf Tea online on Wednesday,
and received it via post yesterday.
Woo-hoo!
Have been searching high and low for this particular herbal infusion tea for the longest time,
but no where seems to stock it.
Either that or they are always out of stock.
So I got fed up and ordered online.
Quick and easy!
In case you're wondering,
here's what it's about:
Raspberry leaf contains high concentrations of the alkaloid 'fragarine' (also called framamine) and flavonoids, which are believed to strengthen, tone and relax the uterus and pelvic muscles. Raspberry leaf also contains calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium, manganese and magnesium and vitamins A, B (1 and 3), C and E. It is therefore regarded as a nutritive tonic (as well as a 'yin tonic'). The tannin in raspberry leaf is believed to be beneficial for treating diarrhoea and dysentery (although excess tannin can cause constipation). The organic citric and malic acids are mild astringents, aimed at helping to cleanse and heal wounds.
(Source: http://www.birth.com.au/Preparing-for-new-baby/Raspberry-leaf-during-pregnancy)
It is believed that raspberry leaf, if taken regularly through pregnancy and labour can:
- Ease the symptoms of morning sickness.
- Sooth and prevent bleeding gums which many pregnant women often experience.
- Relax the smooth muscles of the uterus when it is contracting (Burn & Withell, 1941).
- Assist with the birth of the baby and the placenta.
- Calm cramping of the uterus.
- Provide a rich source of iron, calcium, manganese and magnesium. The magnesium content is especially helpful in strengthening the uterine muscles. Raspberry leaf also contains vitamins B1, B3 and E which are valuable in pregnancy.
The leaves from the red raspberry are the only part of the shrub that is used medicinally. The leaves contain vitamin C (in high quantities), manganese, iron and niacin. Red raspberry leaf has been used medicinally for hundreds of years, and thus has many medicinal functions. The most common medicinal benefit for red raspberry leaf is its use by pregnant and lactating women, although red raspberry leaf can also be used to treat bedwetting, burns, diarrhea, morning sickness, PMS, and sore throat.
Ok I wanna rave about my husband today, but I think he deserves his own post.
So I'll write 2 posts today :)
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