01 October 2005

Pregnant

Well pretty much everyone should know by now that Peter and I are expecting a baby. It is due on or around 13 January 2006. I am currently 25 weeks pregnant, that's a bit over 5 1/2 months. The picture below was taken 2 weeks ago.

So far so good, everything has gone amazing well. I have had no morning sickness at all, although I have lost my appetite in a big way. Not from feeling ill, but just getting full really quickly. The worst thing about being pregnant has been all the restrictions - no drinking, no eating cold meats or soft cheese, cutting back on exercise, etc, and having to do certain things I'm not so keen on like eating lots of red meat and healthy bread. I like red meat, but just not every night of the week!

We had our first scan a few weeks ago, the 20-week anatomical scan. It was really amazing to see the detail and to see the baby moving around. The scan confirmed everything is completely normal and the correct size and the right bits. We specifically asked not to find out the gender as we want to be surprised.

We also began our ante-natal classes this week at North Shore Hospital. There were about 10 or 12 couples. Most due in December so with bumps a bit bigger than mine. Mostly women in their 30's with one or two who could be older. The first class was pretty general and covered a lot of topics briefly. I'm hoping they go back into more detail for some of it.

My bump is now poking out noticeably. Baby is quite active and kicks a lot, especially at work when I'm in meetings! In the last week I've noticed that you can actually see my tummy moving now when it kicks, it's quite neat to watch.

Apart from that life goes on pretty much as normal. My last day at work is Friday 2 December. Peter is currently looking for a job in Wellington and if all goes well we will move down there before the baby is born. Lou and Caliope left Auckland this week to move to Palmerston North, so there is really nothing keeping us in Auckland any more. But we will just have to wait and see what happens...

-Megz