Baby M's grand entrance

Baby Maxwell Owen made his appearance a day after his due date on Oct 17th, 09! He weighed in at a whooping 4.3kgs / 9lbs 8oz.

 Obedient boy we say he is! He knew exactly when to make his appearance so it was convenient for everyone! And boy, did he come fast! Save all the gory details...but contractions started for me on Saturday morning at 6am. Then at 6:15am Mike asked me if i was doing fine, i said to him i think so! Then 15 mins later, he asks again and i still say i think i am ok...... he decided that this was it eventhough i was not convinced! So, he got up and got himself ready...whilst all that was going on, he also asks me if we should phone the hospital, i say no and finally at 6:45am with my contractions about 3 mins apart, we phoned the hospital and they advised that i have some breakfast before hand...which i did! Went to hospital 8am and then was admitted and he was born at 10:45am that morning!!! so not too long at al a labour! Praise the Lord!!!

All was well and Baby M and I was needed to stay overnight at the hospital. We got into the recovery ward later that day and Miks was very excited to finally get a chance to come to visit! She was ecstatic!!!Baby M did fantastically at the hospital! He slept through the night so i thought that it would be great times ahead!!! A day later, Sunday evening we were allowed home! Little did i realise, my joys of baby M sleeping through the nite was shortlived!!! He did not only not sleep that nite but he was screaming his head off!!!!

However, he did finally settle and slept for a bit that nite!!! We have all recovered well since then!!

It's countdown time!!

it is now 3.5 weeks to my due date! And we are all very excited anticipating the arrival of this new little one! For one, i am sure eager to find out what i have been carrying with me all this while...be it a girl or a boy! However, we've still got to wait till the little one is ready to make an entrance!!

Recently i was asked, why not jot down on your blog all the things i have taken for granted that i have never imagined that i would have difficulty doing normally!
So here is a some things i have had to improvise:

1. First thing i had noticed was my own disability to see beyond my own belly button! Now, even to look at my toes which of course every now and again i have them done was no easy task! It could only be enjoyed by me when i am sitting down! when I am standing i have to literally bend over to see it!
I had missed taking a snapshot of me trying to see my toes whilst standing at about 30 weeks...but this is me at 36.5 weeks.

2. Then i started noticing that my arms were getting shorter coz my bump was getting bigger... now i think if i were just that little bit shorter, or taller, it wont bother me as much. But at my height and the designs of the houses and their countertops here, i find myself unable to reach in front of me for very far without again having to bend over! This has been really interesting coz i've had to improvise of my food chopping! Having to do them sideways is not always fun! In fact, once my DH said to me something was not sliced thin enough! I said to him be glad that it is even sliced at all! Coz at the rate my bump is growing it is not the most comfortable thing to be worrying about how thin my slicing of veggies are!

3. Obviously nail cutting was also becoming an ordeal. One day i literally had to lift my leg on top of the countertop in the bath and tried to clip one toe nail the best i could!!! Not the easiest task! So what do i do? I managed to clip that one toe nail and then decided i wont attempt the rest! Just go and get a  nice and pretty pedicure!!