And she is back

It's been a long time since I updated Making Humans. Zach will be 1 years old soon and it's only now that I feel not too tired to blurb my thoughts on my computer screen. I am surprised I remember how to form sentences. No, facebook status updates and tweets do not count.

Anyway, motherhood has been really tough but extremely rewarding... now. Lots of ups and downs, including a couple of ambulance rides, hospital stays, etc, etc, all the normal scary things, like rites of passage, that parents have to go through. And I don't care if I sound corny, but yes, it was all worth it! Zach is an amazing little dude, who surprises me every day, revealing yet another little trick, making me all proud and mushy inside. 

So, here we are, Zach almost walking (took his first two steps last night!), mummy yet to resume work (on maternity leave indefinitely), daddy working from home most of the time, so he can give Z his 7pm bath and spend quality time together (I know, I am very lucky!) and newly formed friendships in the neighbourhood, with fellow mummies, made all the difference [or I would have gone insane].

Watch this space. xm

My new life

Can't get better than this :) 

Having a baby: What I've learned so far

1. All babies need to be winded, even the breastfed ones or they puke!

2. If you are breastfeeding exclusively you need someone else to do everything else for you

3. If you are breastfeeding, then you still can't eat most things you like, just like when you were pregnant and worse!

4. Breastfeeding is more expensive than formula at least for the first month (see pumps, breast pads, breast shields, breastfeeding bras, etc etc)

5. You stop buying things for yourself and now shopping treats are always for baby. Still feeling the same satisfaction though

6. Formula powder smells bad (well, Aptamil does!)

7. Oil is not just for cooking, works on baby skin too! (see olive oil, coconut oil)

8. Dads are great helping out during paternity leave. As soon as they go back to work though, they get absent minded, like forgetting they are holding baby, letting his head fall, whilst they are distracted with their iphone/laptop/tv

9. Cotton wool and water only works for the first week. When the explosive poo comes in, sink and tap are your best friends

10. No matter how well you plan it, it will be already 4pm/dark before you manage to get ready to go out of the house with the baby (there is always going to be hunger/wee/poop/puke at the last minute that needs to be done).

Home at last

10 months of wait and totally worth it :) Bliss



-- posted from my iPhone

baby ticker on my page got confused

I've just noticed that the baby ticker on my page is so confused I am past my due date that started counting the days I am over! (since there are no days left to count) haha

NOT 6 days to go stupid thing, I am 6 days over!!! (did I say I was grumpy today?)

40 weeks 6 days and grumpy

This morning I woke up very grumpy. Contractions woke me up during the night (as they usually do, for the past week) and I was getting hot flushes, making me so sweaty that I thought my water broke and I thought, maybe this is it!

But nope. Here I am, typing away, still playing the waiting game.

Did I say I am very grumpy today?

The curry smell in the kitchen from last night annoyed me. I opened all the windows and sprayed the whole place with air freshener (environmentally friendly, don't worry) and gave DH angry looks, 'cause he was just being there, on his laptop, smiling at me. I urged him to go to his office and be out of my sight, cause he annoys me too much. He obliged. Good boy. I don't think he had a choice. Crazy overdue pregnant lady, ready to erupt like a million years old volcano.

Is it my fault baby is not coming? Am I doing something wrong? Is it because of my SPD and can't walk too much? Had enough sex and man juices for a lifetime, swallowed chilies, ravished my pineapple, bounced on my ball. Nothing.

OK, I know, "you are not really overdue until you reach 42 weeks" but seriously, I've had enough now. And the worry when baby is not active [at all times] in there, that maybe something is wrong with him, it's extremely frustrating. I just want him out now, to see him breathing for real!

Every night, as soon as I get "regular" tightenings/contractions/whatever, I do my hair, make sure my toe nails are still polished nicely, check everything is trimmed and groomed. And then wait. Always ready. I climb into bed and look at myself in the mirror. This maybe the last time I see this giant ball of a bump, the size of two watermelons:

10 months pregnant - what have I learned so far

So today is the official due date as given by the NHS :) A paper type wheel thing and a scan confirmed that this is indeed the date that will make me 40 weeks pregnant or 10 months (because, who said it was 9 months of gestation?).

What have I learned so far?

1. Being pregnant is NOT easy

2. There is pain, all the way through the 10 months

3. You loose your shape and dignity

4. You make new friends that are going through the same crap as you at the same time. Most likely these will be your only friends as soon as your babies are out.

5. Partners are pregnant too! Their shape will change and get cravings. And they will have to endure your hormonal outbreaks by agreeing with you and admitting defeat.

6. Babies can kick in a way that will make your belly look square

7. Baby's kicks can be painful, but fun at the same time

8. You will avoid sex and sexual thoughts all the way through the pregnancy, up until the final two months, when your lady bits expand, blood flows in mysterious ways and hormones you had when you were a teenager are back! Having sex now is way more important than worrying about the massive belly and the baby inside.

9. If you are lucky to get increased sex drive at the last couple of months, you are excused because you "need it" so as to bring labour on.

10. You will be so exhausted by the end of the gestation, that you don't care how the baby is going to come out, as long as it's out!

haha and many more ;)

Nesting. Week 33

Finally I am getting the big urge of nesting! Baby clothes need to be washed, pram needs to be assembled, Arun's desk needs to be presentable, shepherd's pies need to be made and frozen, cupboards need to be cleaned and re-organised, plant needs to be potted. And yet, here I am, stranded flat, in bed, because of the return of that weird stomach/rib/back pain I get since week 20. That sneeky old pain that crawls back to the unsuspected me, if I dare to do anything other than resting/taking it easy. And the urge just keeps growing.


-- posted from my iPhone