Hi guys, and welcome back to my pregnancy update. This is going to be my update for
week 30 and 31. I tried to do this every week, but life is just so busy at the moment with
work, kids, vlogging, everything that I'm struggling to find time to film this so I'm
actually filming this late at night so I hope the light is okay. And I have got a top on,
it's just an off the shoulder one, don't want to look to naked or something. Anyway, in
this update I'm going to let you know any new symptoms I have been feeling, any new
products and at the end of this video I'm also going to show you all the contents that
I got in my latest Emma's Diary pack. It is the bump to baby pack so you can get this
from 28 weeks onwards. So if you're interested I'll show that at the end. But I finally went
and picked it up from Boots so I thought it was worth sharing with you.
If you've been following my updates throughout, you will know that I've had a pretty good
pregnancy and I haven't really suffered too badly with a lot of things. I think from this
week really I've started to have quite a lot of symptoms and I'm really starting to feel
pregnant and really just starting to feel exhausted and just heavy and just blah. So
symptoms this week have included heartburn, which I am taking Gaviscon for. I've just
been buying the chewable Gaviscon tablets and then someone the other day said to me,
did you know you can get it on prescription? And I was like, no I didn't. I've just been
buying it. So I may speak to my doctor about that. I think I've also experienced Braxton
Hicks for the first time ever, as well. This is obviously my third pregnancy, but I've
never had it before.
I did feel a few like tightenings or pains in my bump last week and I actually thought
things were happening and I was like, oh my gosh, the house isn't ready, that we're having
building work done. And I was just thinking about what a nightmare it would be if the
baby came really early. Just Braxton Hicks. There was no pain. I just felt like some tightenings
really. Had a bit of lower back pain and experienced some sciatica as well, like in the tops of
like my thighs and stuff. I think it's probably because I've been carrying around our two
year old maybe a bit too much and maybe doing a bit too much.
Yeah, and when I'm at work for like a whole day, just sitting down at my desk, my coccyx
and my tailbone and really start to hurt and I don't know if I've mentioned this in the
past, but when I gave birth to Fraser my tailbone actually cracked when I pushed him out, I
didn't notice at the time, but it did break. They did an x-ray to confirm it, but then
there was nothing they could do about it. It didn't break when I had Caleb because I
think I had him on all fours and there was like, it was a different position. Anyway,
that is obviously like a weakness now with me. So I am feeling some pain in my tailbone
now that I'm so much heavier, still getting out of breath a lot. Even though my bump is
really low and lots of people who've said, wow your bump's really dropped. So I was thinking
that that should help with how out of breath I am. But I'm still really out of breath so
I think my lungs are still being a little bit squished.
In the last two weeks I've also been feeling really absentminded and I'm guessing that
that is baby brain, but I just feel like there's just so much going on and I'm just so busy.
Like I'm forgetting simple things and just feeling a little bit stupid. So I've definitely
experienced like baby brain and like just being a bit more forgetful and a bit less
on things and yeah, it's really annoying. My bump this time is really out the front
and it's really low as well. I have no new stretch marks on my sides, but I think I might
have a couple of new stretch marks on the front of my tummy but I can't really tell
if they're old ones that now look a bit redder or purpler or because they've been really
stretched or if they're brand new ones, I'm not sure. But you know what, this time is
the first time in pregnancy where I haven't really cared that much because you know I
don't think I'll be a massive bikini wearer again ever in my life. So I'm not that bummed
about the stretch marks this time, which should really refreshing.
Also suffering from some light cramps every now and then still, and the other morning
I had a really bad one at 4:00 AM like the kind of cramp that stays with you for like
a few days afterwards like because it's a really sore muscle then. But Matt jumped up
and grabbed my foot and tried to like help, and Fraser because he's in our bed because
of the building work, he kind of woke up and came to, and he went, "Mommy, Mommy are you
having the baby?" And like I just thought it was funny because he's only five and he
never seen anyone in labor but it probably was a bit like it would be if I was going
into labor.
Other exciting news this week is I have booked my home birth and my last update I was really
hemming and hawing about what to do but I have decided to just go for it and re-register
with the home midwives. So I've had to fill out loads of paper and register to have a
home birth and have like some blood tests and meetings and things like that. But I'm
feeling really good about my decision now. I talked at length with this one midwife and
I just feel really confident and really good and I'm excited about trying to have this
baby at home. From 35 weeks there's a midwife that's going to come to our house and like
risk assess it and just see like, you know, if an ambulance came where it would park and
where you would have the baby. And they were going to talk to us about how we could protect
our house, like from medicines. Just go through the whole process with us. So that is going
to happen. So quite looking forward to that.
So in the past couple of weeks there are a few new products that we have bought. Obviously
we have two sons, a five year old and the two year old. And I've been trying to start
preparing our two year old for the baby because our five year old is so knowing like he knows
exactly what's about to happen because he remembers Caleb coming into the world. But
Caleb, it's the first time he's going to be a big brother. So I bought a bunch of books.
We've got Pirate Pete, I'm a new Brother book. I'm a new big brother book. We got There's
a House Inside my Mummy. And also What's in your Tummy Mummy? Got all of these books for
16 pounds I think on Amazon. This one is actually his favorite because at the end there was
a pop up where the baby, the mummy and the brother or like pop out at the end and he
really loves this page. But when we were preparing Fraser for Caleb coming, this was his favorite
one. So, There's a House Inside my Mummy, but they're all good to be honest. All three
of them are good. I think that they do actually really help and like sink in.
So over the next eight weeks, obviously I'm going to read them to him and I'm going to
do a whole vlog on how to prepare siblings for the birth of a new baby. But one other
thing that we've done for the boys is we have said to them that they can choose a present
for the baby to bring them when the baby comes. I've told the boys, I'm going to tell the
baby what they want from the baby and that he is going to bring the presents with him.
So they're really excited about that is they're now acting like this baby's like Santa Claus
or something. So I have my whooping cough vaccination tomorrow because I am nearly 32
weeks and they recommend that you have it before you're 32 weeks. So I'm having that
done tomorrow morning.
A few of you have asked if we've decided on a name for this little boy and I think we
have. I think is pretty much done and dusted, but we were going to keep it a secret by,
I have asked my husband if we could do like a name reveal. He's not so keen in case we
change our mind or in case someone tries to put us off of the name. Whereas if the baby's
here and he has the name, like that's his name and that's. So I don't know if I am,
and I'm going to share that with you, but you will know soon enough anyway, hopefully
you can understand, because we've already told everyone what the sex of the baby is.
So it would be nice to have some kind of surprise. I think that's it for my update.
So I'll now show you what came in the Emma's Diary pack. A little sample of Metanium nappy
rash protection, sample of Fairy non bio liquid tabs, some Lansinoh nursing pads, Fairy fabric
softener, some Lansinoh breast milk storage bags, which will come in very handy if I can
get to grips with the pump this time. A pot of Palmer's cocoa butter for stretchmarks,
some newborn Pampers nappies in a fancy box. Then there's just loads of coupons, one for
Planet cards, one for Metanium products, 20 pounds off at Ocado, and 20% off at Jewels.
Info on pregnant care supplements. So a few new samples there. I really hope you like
this update. Please give it a big like if you did and don't forget to comment and subscribe
and thanks so much for watching. I'll see you soon. Bye.