8 weeks to go!

This week I am 32 weeks pregnant! I cant believe how fast this pregnancy has gone. It has also been a very easy pregnancy compared with Zara's pregnancy. We have been doing ante-natal classes over the past few weeks and Chris and I feel that we have really benefited from the classes far more this time round. One of the "Dad's to be" in our group is an underwater photographer so offered to do some underwater "pregi-bellys" as he wants to build up a portfolio. We had a lot of fun doing the photos, with much laughter at how much more buoyant a pregnant body is. Zara was of course the star of the show with her love for swimming. As far as Flutterbug goes - he/she is growing nicely and on track on the chart. I certainly feel and see a lot more movement than I did with Zara and often feel the continuous hiccups! It is fascinating seeing my belly moving - I love just sitting and watching our little miracle. Even though we are ready and excited to meet Flutterbug, I know that I will miss this special experience when he/she is born...

PS - still waiting for the underwater images so will add when I get them

cut from the same cloth

although the image quality has improved significantly over the past 2 & half years, we certainly can see strong similarities between Zara and our new baby...

10 weeks to go...

As of this week, little "Flutterbug" is three quarters baked and the count down till we meet him/her has made reality hit home. If he/she decides to go term we have just on 10 weeks to go. In many respects we are as ready as we'll ever be but on the other hand, there are also lots of things that still need to get done - and time certainly is marching on!!!

I decided to have a 4d scan so that we could show Zara that the baby in my tum really has a face moves around. This was not a diagnostic procedure, just a "bonding" scan for us all. At first, Zara was more interested in the toys that were on offer. I suppose another factor was that there wasn't too much to see at first as Flutterbug was fast asleep and so snugly nestled into the placenta (just like Zara was) . The placenta is what is covering part of the face in the pictures. After a little jiggling and contorting of my body we eventually got him/her to move away a little and got a few really cute pictures! This little munchkin had hands over the face for quite a while and also appeared to be sucking the thumb just like the last scan at 20 weeks.

In terms of his/her position, still head down (YAY) and lying with the spine on my LHS. Zara sat breech till about 33 weeks and always had her spine on my RHS (which is one of the reasons she got stuck on the way out). So according to the medical professionals - this baby is in an optimal position for birth.


According to the measurements taken during the scan, the baby weighs approx 1.67kg which is pretty average for 30 weeks. According to the measurements taken by Sharon, our midwife, my tummy is smaller than it was with Zara. The midwives measure from the pubic bone to the top of the fundus and the cm usually equal the number of weeks. At 25 weeks pregnant with Zara, my tum measured 31cm (well above average) and the last time I saw Sharon at 28 weeks for this pregnancy, I measured 28cm.

For those of you who still convinced we know who this baby is - promise we don't, even Isabel, who did the scan yesterday has no clue as she was fearful she may slip if she had a peak ;~)

PS-I simply couldn't resist sharing this very definite pout - I'm sure he/she was trying to tell us to stop disturbing what was a perfectly peaceful sleep.