Today I'm 30 weeks pregnant.
6 more weeks till I go part-time.
8 more weeks till I completely stop work and get to sleep in on whichever day I choose.
And I don't want to hear anyone telling me that thereafter, 7am starts are considered a major sleep in.
10 more weeks till the beginning of the end.
We went to The Cot Factory on Wiri Station Rd today. We had considered various options for Tadpole's bed, which included hammock over the cot, stand-alone hammock, Moses basket, bassinet, portable cot, wooden cot and a combination of the above; and now I can proudly say that I know exactly what these things look like. The reason why we wanted a cot from The Cot Factory is because they are not two, not three, but four in one! AND we got to pick the colour! $1,200 later, we'll get a cot, a small bed end, an inner-sprung mattress, a teething rail cover (Blyth, the director, threw it in for free), a change table and a change mat all delivered to our door.
We also headed to The Baby Factory and low and behold, standing there were Ave and Irene. Ave has got 10 days to go and seemed pretty prepared and serene about it. Irene just needed to buy something. Anything, as long as it had something to do with babies - so we headed home with a sling that she got for us, and a convertible car seat that we selected after much prodding around.
I must clarify that what Irene got us is the type of sling is to carry Tadpole in, so my hands are free. Not the type that you use to throw stones at people.
The Birthcare tour was pretty quick and easy. The birthing rooms are soundproof, which helped because there was a woman in labour right then. That is, this helped us.
Thursday morning - went for another visit at the obstetrician. Lynda seemed pretty happy with my textbook-type progress, with good blood pressure, 28-29cm fundal height and two heartbeats ('like a Time Lord' says Bas who watches too much Dr Who). Apparently around 1 in 3 women in Holland have home births, and about 60-70% woment in NZ go for epidurals - Anglo-saxons have the highest rate of epidural use in the world, which means one of two things:
- They've got advanced medical technology and have faith in it
- They are wusses
Tuesday evening - Antenatal class #4. I remember we went through informative stuff. Unfortunately I don't remember much of it, besides the fact that the umbilical cord stump on newborns looks gross. Lucky I wrote down some notes on my i-mate.
