So...Week 29

11 weeks =

77 days =

110880 minutes =

6652800 seconds (At the time of writing!) =

One very close birth!

We are now in the 29^th week of pregnancy and things are still going smoothly. I realise looking at various pregnancy related message boards, that so far (Finds wood to touch), we have been very lucky with how well the pregnancy has gone.

Christine has had little to no morning sickness, her hormones haven’t been too bad and the baby is VERY active and I can’t see anywhere that says that’s a bad thing! (Other than Christine’s face)

The only thing of note that Christine has suffered with is a few sleepless nights, a raging appetite (She blames the baby) and the latest pleasure that pregnancy has brought, is the need to purchase breast pads....nice!

For the past 3 weeks, even though the Mrs feels like she is constantly growing we have remained roughly the size of an eggplant/Aubergine.

Well we have finally graduated! Our little bundle of veg/fruit is now the size of a squash!

 *Baby's energy is surging, thanks to white fat depositing beneath his skin. And since he's growing so fast (weight will triple by birth), things are getting kind of cramped in the womb. What all this means?...more kicks and jabs to the ribs.

Pregnancy is now becoming like a very long game of patience. It was fun and games at the beginning when the excitement first kicked in, but now we just want our baby to get here and I just know these 11 weeks are going to feel a lot longer.

 Still it seems so strange that in 11 weeks, I could be a dad and instead of sitting her e checking twitter and facebook, I will be changing nappies and filling bottles.

I can’t blooming wait

*Information and image courtesy of The Bump.com.

So...27 Weeks

We are now well into the 27^th week of pregnancy and the last week of the second Trimester. Things still seem a little strange and I still find it hard to believe that there is a 27 week old baby in the wife’s belly.

Even while I am typing this she herself is sat muttering the words “It’s a REAL baby in there!”

According to the ‘How big is you baby’ ticker from www.thebump.com we are currently the size of an aubergine or for our foreign friends, an eggplant!

I think we are just about ready. We have all the essentials. Cot/moses basket, nappies, baby grows, food (boobs) and if we needed anything in particular, our local 24 hour supermarket is only 5 minutes drive away.

When looking at what the internet has to say about the development of our little bundle of poo it still makes my head hurt trying to comprehend that such magic can happen.

Christine has started complaining of pain in her bum cheeks and top of her legs. I can identify that as pressure on the sciatic nerve as 2 years ago; I had the same problem, BIG TIME. On boxing day, I turned round to place something down and all of a sudden I was in agony, went to lay down, which turned out to be worse thing I could do and I was stuck there for a day!

Christine saw me suffer so was relieved to hear that it’s a temporary thing and it’s just the baby getting comfy on a very painful nerve!

As you can see from either of my countdowns, we only have 89 days to a due date of 21^st August. Sometimes, that seems like such a long way-a-way. And then other times it seems so close! Either way I wish it was tomorrow.

I am working through the next 3 months a bit at a time, to help the time pass.

June – Wife is working away for some of the month, so that will help June pass.

July – I will be going to my last festival at the beginning of July. I say my last as it isn’t cheap and has been something I do without Christine as it’s not her thing.

August – This will be the worst. I am not looking forward to August. Christine will be uncomfortable, every day will drag and with every twinge, we will wonder if that’s the sign the wheels are in motion.  Christine also has annual leave to take at the beginning of August, so that will make it drag even more.

Going to try and keep up with the weekly updates and countdown to the big day. Only 12 to go!

Meet my son/daughter!

Well, not quite! I know it’s a little early (around 16 weeks too early), but for the first time, I would like you to meet my soon to be, son or daughter!

Over at www.thebump.com, they have a little feature called ‘Baby Morpher’, where using a picture of yourself and one of your partner, it spits out a morphed picture to show what the software feels would be a close resemblance to your offspring.

I am sure to all parents; their own child is the most beautiful boy or girl in the world.

If this 'morpher' is accurate, we will certainly have an interesting looking child....I don’t know why all pictures have a really square chin!?!

If you’re expecting, give it a go and let me know what your results are. If you are already parents and have some pictures of yourselves from around when your child was born, try it and see how accurate it is!