28 weeks already, time flies

Wow.I'm nearly 28 weeks? When did that happen!

This pregnancy feels like it's going really fast and it scares me alittle, I feel like I should have a pen and paper making a birth planright now because the time is just going to fly by. I can't sleepvery well at the moment which is so frustrating because I know onceMarch comes I will be doing whole up every 2 hours thing and I doubtI will be as lucky as last time where Oliver was sleeping throughevery night by 7 weeks. At the moment my brain feels like it's inoverdrive when I lay down and I'm getting terrible heartburn already.Michael complained he got no sleep the other night because I snoredso badly, which I never do... I remember him waking me up asking meto move onto my side - thinking that would stop it, well I wasalready on my side! And hormonal Mary-Kate cried because erm well, noI have no idea why I cried.. I went straight back to sleep.

Iabsolutely love being pregnant though and watching my bump grow isamazing! And this whole letting me sit down on a packed train?Thanks! The London underground man gave me a “bump on board”badge just like Kate Middleton.. I haven't worn it though, I don'twant to lose it. Hehe.

I'm still trying to be good eatingwise, Michael told me I wasn't allowed a chocolate croissant lastweek... I cried, seem to be crying a lot at the moment? But he's notmean he was right, I had already had enough and I'm the one tellinghim to tell me no! (he isn't around to witness all of the muffinsI've had recently hehe, sorry Michael). Another thing to mention ismy baby brain, it's so bad lately. I was walking Oliver to schoolwhen I thought - oh I haven't made Oliver's packed lunch! Panic.Opened lunch box and turns out I had made it, I'd just forgottenabout making it.

I am getting kicked all of the time now andit's the best feeling in the world. Michael and Oliver have bothfelt baby girl kick, Oliver said “wow, she kicked me”. My mum'salso felt her kick and I know Michael's mum really wants to but she'snever moving when shes around! ('Baby Girl' - really can't think ofany girl's names I like that aren't already taken by nieces! I predictshe will be 'Baby Girl' for some time after birth! It's hard to givesomeone a name that they will have forever.)

This week I havemy 28 week midwife appointment and I'm hoping that my blood pressureis still ok, I think it is... it feels ok? Not that you can really'tell'.
At this point in my pregnancy with Oliver I had highblood pressure and at 35 weeks I was kept in hospital because it wasso high. So far this time it's been low or normal, which is what I'maiming for because I've got my heart set on that lovely birthing center instead of a dull hospital room. Another thing that's differentis my feet, they aren't swollen this time! Yay, no one calling meShrek feet. Also very good because it's not summer and wearing flipflops like last time would not be ok.

Having said that, I amreally struggling for anything to wear this time... What happened tomaternity wear on the high street? “Sorry, it's only online now”or “Sorry, we no longer have a maternity range”. Why, there'sstill pregnant ladies and Mr Shop man if I wanted to shop online, Iwouldn't be stood in front of you. I'd be on my laptop on my bottomdrinking tea pigs tea and eating chocolate biscuits. I haven'tordered anything online yet because I like trying it on before andI'm obviously, not very clued up on maternity items so it's reallyhard to buy online, I think and I have no idea where to start.

After my midwife appointment for my blood tests I've got myAnti-D next week, obviously this is something I had last time becauseI am O rh Negative but even this has changed. Now I only need oneinjection instead of two and then one after giving birth - seeeverything is always changing, so even if you're a second time parentyou've still got questions. It wasn't until the other day that I knewwhat Anti-D actually was and where it came from, sounds terribledoesn't it but I admit last time I just have the jab because I wastold I needed to. This time I'm a bit more of a googler and I like toknow what's happening (Not always a good thing, you can diagnoseyourself with something you definitely haven't got).

In caseyou don't know what I mean by Anti-D; “Anti-D (RHO) immunoglobulinis used to prevent pregnant women who have a rhesus negative bloodgroup from producing antibodies against theirrhesus positive foetus. Rhesusantigen is a chemical that is found on the surface of red blood cellsin some people. Some people have rhesus antigen on their blood cellsand others do not. People that have rhesus antigen on their bloodcells are called rhesus positive and people that do not are calledrhesus negative.”

Also now I'm nearly 28 weeks I need to getmy whooping cough vaccine - this is something I have said 100% yesto from the start of my pregnancy and I wouldn't question not havingit after hearing about whooping cough. By me having the vaccine theimmunity I get from it will pass to my baby through the placenta. Ihave been a little bit naughty though - flu jab, I still haven't hadit. I put it off and off, like I said this pregnancy is just going sofast and then I had a cold which reminded me to have the flu jab butthen because of the cold the doctor said I couldn't have it doneuntil the cold was gone.

Mycold has gone now so that's; blood tests, Anti-D, whooping coughvaccine and flu jab coming up! Arms - get ready to hate me...

SoI guess that's my 28 week update (or 28 week rant..)

Mary-Kate, x 

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