Hi, guys! Welcome back to my pregnancy updates. This is going to be my 36 week update.
Sorry if that seems like a bit of a jump since my last pregnancy update, but basically I
was really falling behind in my updates, so I know I've missed week 34 and 35, but I'm
actually 36 weeks pregnant today.
I want to talk about the 36th week, and then I'll be up to date for the next month because
there's not long left and I don't want to miss any other weeks. Now that I'm off work,
I'm filming all of these. Yes, I'm officially nine months pregnant, apparently, it said
on my app now.
I'm just starting my ninth month of pregnancy, which seems crazy. From next week onwards,
from 37 weeks, I will be full term so I'm feeling really good that I've made it this
far with no complications or anything. The baby should now weight about six pounds, and
be about 50 centimeters long, like five zero.
I just can't believe I'm in the home stretch, now. I have real mixed emotions about this
pregnancy finishing. In a way, I will be so relieved that that's it, I'm done, but I'll
also be a bit sad because this is my last ever pregnancy. We've always said three children,
and, yeah, I don't know. I'm feeling like I've had enough now, but I think I'll also
be sad that it's all over.
Anyway, he is definitely running out of room in there now. I am feeling elbow jabs, and
knee jabs, and him wriggling around. When he rolls over, it makes me feel so sick. If
I'm laying on the couch at night, he will move his back from one side of my stomach
to the other side of my stomach, and it's such a big movement now.
I think I've mentioned this before in videos, but I've always carried very low in pregnancy,
but this baby feels particularly low. It's probably because it's my third baby, but I
feel like his head is actually in my pelvis now. I don't think you actually get engaged
with your subsequent children like after your first baby, but the other baby we were trampolining,
probably not the best thing to do when your pregnant. I didn't actually get on the trampolines,
but I was with the boys, so I was lifting them, and helping them out of these soft play
pits and I could feel the head so low, and so in my pelvis.
With the pelvic pain, walking around has been quite uncomfortable, and it's now the sixth
week of summer holidays so I have both boys at home. We've had lots of days out walking
around, and by the end of it, I am done. I can feel the baby is really low, and my lower
back is killing. That has been quite hard. It's been really nice having the time with
the boys, but at the same time, I'm kind of worried that I might be doing too much. I
really don't want this baby to come early, but I'm a bit worried that he might come early.
I don't know, I just feel like he's so low. I feel like he's so ready.
I'm still suffering from heartburn after I eat, so I'm finding having smaller, more frequent
meals has been helping. Also, I've been taking Rennie, or Gaviscon if I feel that sicky feeling
coming up. I've definitely had heartburn. Also, the leg cramps are killer.
In the morning and I come to, and I'll stretch before I'm actually awake ... I'll do a little
stretch, and then I'm like, oh, God, no. I'll have the worst cramp. My husband will jump
up thinking I'm in labor, trying to fix the cramp. It's quite funny. Now that I'm so pregnancy,
any oh or ah, it really tricks him into worrying about me, or anyone around me. They're like,
what? What's happening? Are you going into labor? Everyone's already freaking out and
I still have a while month left. It's quite fun, to be honest.
I mentioned in my weekly Vlog that I had a midwife appointment last week, and it was
really, really good and really positive. Everything was normal. My urine, my bloods were all really
good. She said I'm the exact size that I should be for this stage of pregnancy. I was 35 weeks
exactly when I saw her, and my bump was 34 point something centimeters big, so that was
all really good. His heartbeat sounded good. She actually said that he sounded like a beautiful
baby, so that was really cute. I loved her.
On my hospital notes here she said, "It was a very active baby".
I am having a home birth, and the home birth person is actually come around on Tuesday
to see us and asses our house. I can't wait for that because I still feel like I don't
know what i need to buy. It sounds like they bring everything for you, but I just want
to have a chat and see her, so my husband and I are seeing her next week.
"Bloods were normal and taken. My blood pressure was 100 over 65".
I don't know, I think that's good.
She said my iron levels were really good, which is great because in previous pregnancies
my iron levels have dropped during pregnancy, but I've been careful to take my [inaudible
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It was a really positive appointment, and I felt really good walking out of there that
I'm still really low risk and on track to have a home birth. I feel like, hopefully,
I've made the right decision.
Nesting has definitely kicked in. I definitely have an urge to clean and sort things out,
especially now that I've finished work. I've done a big toy clear out, and sort out of
all of that. I've chucked loads of stuff away. I'm now going to do the kitchen today. I've
done the bathroom. I just feel like I should go with this. As long as I've got the energy,
I need to just clean and sort and everything because I know that this bit, while he's in
my tummy, is actually the easy bit. When he's here, I really doubt that I will be up for
cleaning and tidying up cupboards and stuff like that. I've just got to go with it.
I've really started to panic this week, though, because our house is still not completely
done. I am now like, this baby could come at any time, especially because I feel him
move all the time and feel how low he is, I am getting quite worried now. I think I'm
driving my husband insane because I'm like, the house isn't done.
I will show you now what our actual bedroom looks like right now, and how worrying that
is. We are all staying in with my eldest son's room. We're still sleeping with my five year
old, which is not idea for sleeping but it's actually fun.
This is the baby's room, so that is not done. That's less important because he's going to
be in with us for ages. The carpet is going down, and our bed is arriving. It's all happening,
but I am just really starting to panic now. I'm like, Matt, get the painter in, get the
carpet in, we need to get this done now. I just feel like it's really imminent, and I'm
panicking.
My hope is that if, for any reason, the baby did come really early that everyone would
rally around us and help us to sort our lives out and it would all work out, wouldn't it?
I'm sure it would be fine.
We've been just preparing our boys for the arrival of a new baby. My eldest totally gets
it, and he's so into the baby. He talks to it, feels it move, and all of that stuff.
My youngest, he's two and a half, we've put him into a toddler bed and he's taken to that
transition quite well. He stays in there all night, and he goes down okay, but he is still
waking up really early. My hope is that in the next month we crack it. He took to potty
training so well. He is completely potty trained, and he's just been amazing. I've been so impressed
with how well he's done.
So many new products to show you, but I'm going to do a whole video on what's in my
hospital bag. Someone actually asked, or requested that I do what's in my hospital bag video
the other week, and I was like, yes, I should actually film that and get that ready. Although
I am having a home birth, my hope is that if I pack a hospital bag and have everything
ready that I wont' have to go to hospital, that I won't have to use it. Even so, it's
probably a good idea just to have everything ready, in one place, for when I go into labor
for myself, for my baby, and my partner.
I've ordered loads of stuff, I'm going to do a whole video on what's in my hospital
bag next week, so look out for that. Yes, I've ordered nursing pads, sanitary pads,
muslin, baby-gos, all kinds of nice things. I will share all of that with you in a separate
video and I'll link it down below as soon as it is done.
Anyway, I think that is it for my 36 week update. I really hope you enjoyed it. Thank
you so much for watching and I will see you very soon. Bye!
Yeah, so the most exciting thing that's happened this week is I have finished work. Yay!
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