Baby Tiley - 38 Weeks

Baby Tiley This Week:
I think every site I look up to find Baby Tiley's around about weight and height tells me different measurements. The majority of websites say around 7 pounds and alot of them state that boys will tend to weigh more then girls! My own guess, if his born this week, he will be around 7.5 pounds. I think he will be about 8.3 pounds by the time 40 weeks come around.
They are also saying that he would be anywhere between 19-21 inches now (48-53 centimeters)... yep, the websites seem to have no idea now, it's all at a guess! My guess is he will be around 50 centimeters when his born.
Tiley would have lost most, if not all, of the vernix and is now starting to shed the lanugo, the fine hair that's been covering his skin.

Tiley's Movements:
I've been nick naming Tiley 'flop' this week because he has been flopping to the one side. If I'm laying down I have to sometimes move him to the middle so I can get up, which absolutely kills my pelvis. It's quite hilarious though looking at my bump all to one side.
Tiley's been getting into my ribs SO much. He really likes to kick his leg through them and often when I'm laying down I can see his foot protruding out!

Being 38 Weeks:
Well, It's NOVEMBER!! Due month has arrived and I'm still pregnant! I actually can't believe I'm still here! I start drafting these posts a few days before I publish them so I was a bit reluctant to start this one, just in case I would be waisting my time.. apparently not!
I know every pregnant person wishes they would go early, but with all the contractions and going into early labour two weeks ago now, AND being told that it will be a few days to a week, almost two weeks ago, I was dead-set baby would be out by now. Every Saturday that passes (If you remember our 'Saturday theory', if not, take a peak at Week 23) I'm on high alert... 'ohhh was that a contraction'.. 'what was that?'................... Hopefully this Saturday ;).
All in all, this week has been fairly good actually, besides being slower, fatter and dopier (lots of baby brain moments!!) I'm not in as much pain as I have been, or I've learnt to handle the pain better, either way, I've enjoyed being pregnant most of the time this week.

Weight Gain:
Do I go there? Ekk, okay. I've avoided writing about my weight gain since I was probably three/four months pregnant because I put way too much on. I have put more on then I hoped, I think I hoped for about 10 kilo's and I've put on 14-15 kilo's depending on the day. I'm pretty happy with that though. So I'm actually at the same weight I was at 32 weeks, so no weight gain for the last 6 weeks but I figure I put so much on mid pregnancy to make up for it ;).

Reminiscing:
As my pregnancy ALMOST (hopefully!!) at an end I've been dying to mimic one of my friend's blog posts. Check it out here Young Mum's Guide To Survival - The A-Z of my first pregnancy.

Here's my A-Z of my first pregnancy:

A is for Achne! Oh lord, mid pregnancy I seemed to get alot on my back!
B is for Bones! My bones have been SOO achy at the end of this pregnancy.
C is for Cervix! My cervix has bled alot during this pregnancy.
D is for 'Do's & Dont's'! Everyone tells you what you can and can't do!
E is for Eat! I had terrible morning sickness at the start so I would eat alot.
F is for Friday's! Working while pregnant, I could not wait for Fridays!
G is for Ginormous! Enough said. I am huge!
H is for Husband! I don't think I've ever been so in love with him!
I is for Indigestion! I have had terrible indigestion at the end.
J is for Jydan! The name we have picked for our son!
K is for Kick! My favourite moments are seeing the kicks on the scans.
L is for Life! Can you believe I'm actually making a life?? Seriously?!
M is for Marks! I have got so many stretch marks!
N is for Nesting! I never realised how disgustingly dirty my house is!
O is for Obstetrician! I've seen one for about 10 minutes this whole time!
P is for Pressure! My blood pressure has been a concerning this pregnancy.
Q is for Quickening! The first movements felt, I was around 13 weeks!
R is for Relaxin! The terrible hormone causing my pelvic pain.
S is for Sleep! I cannot sleep at all!
T is for Trimester! Passing the first trimester was amazing!
U is for Ultrasound! At 6, 10, 11, 20, 21, 29 & 36 weeks!
V is for Vulnerable! Be careful, hormonal woman on the loose!
W is for Waddle! I've only just started to waddle in the last few weeks.
X is for Xander! Xander is the name Tim wanted to call our little boy.
Y is for Yawn! I am ALWAYS yawning (I even yawned writing this!!)
Z is for Zoo! I've loved preparing our zoo (safari) themed nursery!

Symptoms This Week:
-Fatigue
-Breast Pain
-Insomnia
-Heart Burn
-Swelling
-Headaches
-Baby Brain
-Lower Back Pain

Labour Signs:
-1.5 Centimeters dilated (1/2 a centimeter this week!).
-Contractions.
-Lower Back Pain.

Contractions:
Thursday night/Friday morning I experienced another 'false labour'. These contractions lasted from about 8:00pm the Thursday night till 3:00am the Friday morning.
At the start they started of mild, just like a stitch. I didn't time them because they weren't really painful yet. By 11:00pm they had got worse so I thought that I should try and sleep them off before they get too bad. But then came my first painful, painful contraction. So I went to bed, but definitely couldn't sleep.
The contractions were about four-five minutes apart at this stage. Even in my false labours my contractions come quite frequent so I wasn't fussed with them being so close together. At about 12:00am I yelled out to Tim, who was still awake in the lounge, to come rub my back and hold me. He held and rubbed me and was so patient with me for another hour (see, i'm just training him for the real labour ;) ). These contractions between this time were the most painful one's I have felt yet. Tim then put the hospital bags in the car and waited for me to give him the 'okay' to call the hospital. I timed my contractions and they were now lasting about a minute and about two minutes between. To everyone else, contractions this close would be a big warning sign, but my false contractions come hard and fast. I was though, beginning to not cope with the pain. I said that we will go to the hospital in about an hour, that was around 1:30am... but, by the time 2:00am hit, they started dying down, becoming less painful and spreading out. I think my last one was near 3:00am and that was it. So here I am again, still pregnant and no baby. Everything had stopped AGAIN! :(.
I still get 3-4 a day, mostly in a row 10 or so minutes apart and then they stop. I'm beginning to think I'll never know what true labour is because of my contractions!

Midwives Appointment:
Tim was able to attend this appointment again, which was good :).
The midwife we got was the one that dealt with my contractions at the hospital last week so it was good that she knew what was going on with my early labour. Even though I find her rude.
Bubby was measuring a week and half ahead, which is still in the normal range but because last appointment he was measuring a week behind, it means that there was a 6 & half week size difference in just 4 weeks. They discussed about sending me for a scan because of the huge difference but they chose not to in the end.
The midwife also said that she thought she could feel more of his spine too, so his trying to turn out of the posterior position, hopefully!
His heart beat was between 130-150bpm (the average fetal bpm around this gestation is 120-160bpm)  so perfect, he gets complimented on how great his heartbeat is and how happy and healthy he is all the time, I love it! It makes me so proud.
My blood pressure was okayish, at 132/84, it seems to be climbing up again.. ho hum... so we will just see! But it is 'fine' for now.

Progressive Shoot:

We did another progress picture on the weekend, my last of these photos during the pregnancy, we have one more to go in 6 weeks time with baby! Check out the different seasons during my pregnancy too, it's been such lovely weather lately making some gorgeous sunny photos!

Baby Tiley- 34 Weeks.

Baby Tiley:
I just can't believe how big our little boy is now, his not that far off being a newborn heigh. He would be about 46cm from head to toe now (based on if he is 51cm at birth). That's only 3cm smaller then how big I was when I was born! No wonder his stretching out a lot - I'm sure his so squished now!

His also about 2.4 kilos now / 5.2 pounds. I'm secretly hoping that he will only put on another 2 & 1/2 pounds, around about. But I don't mind :D.

Tiley's working on his muscle development this week, and will be turning his head from side to side, opening and closing his eyes and moving those gorgeous little muscles.

My Bump This Week:

Tiley's Movements:

Tiley often has his legs up towards the right. I especially only feel him get into my right rib but a couple of days this week I felt him all in my left side. For some reason too, the left rib kicks hurt alot more then the right ones! He seems to have settled back into his usual position now, he must prefer his legs and being flipped onto the right side, thank goodness - I know I certainly prefer him being on my right. Before he was too squished and would flip and rotate alot I seemed to have never liked him being into my left side, it was always so painful and uncomfortable, I wondered if it was anything to do with the way the curve in my spine went.

Tiley had some massive work-out days this week, I don't think he slept for about 30 hours! Or if he did, it was only 5 minute naps! He definitely took all my energy and I was exhausted because I couldn't get to sleep at all! He does this around once a month or so and goes absolutely nuts for a couple of days straight -  and then so quite, that he has a lack of movements! Last time it happened, at 30 weeks, it made me quite concerned even though it has been happening throughout the whole pregnancy and I went to the hospital for lack of fetal movement, all was okay of course :). Although he would go very quite he would also stick to his routine of most movements around 6 am and then 8 pm. My guess is his going to be a very routine baby... gee! I know so much about one little tiny tummy baby.

High Blood Pressure:
I mentioned a few weeks ago about my pre-eclampsia scare (you can read a little about it HERE) and then my blood pressure dropping back down and all being okay the next week (Which you can read more about it HERE)
Well, here's an update;

I have been keeping a very close eye on it, and checking on it about every two days. If it's high I keep checking it until it goes down and even give the hospital a call if I feel it's too high. It goes up really high each week and then goes back down again - it's so unsteady!

Monday it had gone up again so although I have just had a midwives appointment last Friday I am booked in again this Friday. I feel that weekly appointments are more fitting for my situation as along with the blood pressure there is protein and SOMETIMES (It does go away too!) sudden swelling. If my blood pressure was high all the time I would be diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, but it seems I am only pre-eclamptic a couple of days out of the week... my body can amaze me by making my beautiful boy and then frustrate me for not doing it perfectly!

Symptom's This Week:
-Heartburn
-Increase In Allergy's
-Pelvic Pain
-Insomnia

All in all, I do not feel ' 34 weeks pregnant'... I feel great! Possibly only 24 weeks pregnant. I feel I can do this pregnancy thing for more then the next 6 weeks (but baby WILL be coming on time!!!). I often get the comments now of 'oh you must be over it', 'oh I bet you can't wait until it's over'.. but i'm not.. Am I normal?

Realising I've ONLY got six weeks to go, I'm really making the most of it. Videoing every circus act Tiley does, taking many bump pictures, showing off my bump with tight clothing, spending quality time just rubbing and 'ahhing' over my belly and his movements and doing double takes of every time I look in the mirror with my belly exposed. I'm not ready to give up being pregnant yet.. I'm secretly hoping the next 6 weeks don't go too fast  (Possibly coming from the unknown fact if we can have #2) but on the same hand I am more then ready and mentally prepared and excited for this baby to come!

Midwives Appointment:
Tim actually got to go to this appointment which is the first midwives appointment his been to, besides our scare at 11 Weeks and all our scans but none of the midwives or doctors appointment. It was amazing to see him involved. He loved hearing bubbys heartbeat because our home Doppler doesn't pick it up as loud and strong.
My fundal height is measuring a week smaller, I can't keep up with this fundal height business! but that's still pretty perfect :).
Other then that, we chatted about what to be on the look out with regarding pre-eclampsia and what to pack in my hospital bag.

Does anyone know what pres.part & station means??

Itti Bitti Modern Cloth Nappy Review:
So I HAVEN'T tried these cloth nappies on bub yet, obviously. We've washed them a couple of times with Tri Nature Washing Powder snapped and folded them all up and they are ready to go. Tim and I sat for a couple of hours feeling, snapping and chatting about our favourite nappy's, which ones we do and don't like and our favourites were definitely the Itti Bitti's. We've bought many brands so we can see what we like best, what suits baby's bum and what we will continue buying. Just a reminder, we have not used them on baby yet - this review is just based on thickness/thinness, drying time, waterproofness, matching boosters/inserts and size. I will do another review when baby actually wears them, and we will see if our favourites or thoughts change.

Itti Bitti's come in so many gorgeous colours and patterns. They also have sales on so often. Itti Bitti comes in three different styles, the Itti Bitti D'lish (sized nappy's), which also come in Snap-In-One's or All-In-One's, the Itti Bitti Tutto's (One-size-fits-most) and the Itti Bitti Boo's (Night Nappy's). We have the the Itti Bitti D'lish's, and the Itti Bitti Tutto's.

Itti Bitti D'lish Snap In One's (These are our favourites):

• They are very quick drying, the quickest of all the nappies we have.
• You can use the nappy as a shell/cover without the boosters for other nappy's that are not waterproof.
• You can 'snap in' the boosters for a complete nappy.
• If only the boosters are wet, you can just replace the boosters, snap in new boosters without changing the nappy.
• You do not have to unsnap to wash, they can be washed all together!

Itti Bitti All In One's:

• These are so easy and convenient, they come with everything inside and sown into the nappy.
• You don't need to worry about finding the correct boosters or anything, they are all-in-one!

Itti Bitti Tutto's:

• These are One-Size-Fit's-Most and go from size's small to extra-large which are bigger then the d'lish comes in.
• These can last forever!
• These work just like the Snap In One's that we love!
• They come with three different boosters that snap in. You can use all three for night-time or choose whatever boosters best fit your baby's wetting and pooing habbits.
• Tutto's come with hip snaps to avoid fabric rubbing on baby's hips.

3 days till my maternity shoot!!

P.S I have been working on my blog.. is it looking better?

Baby Tiley- 31 Weeks

Tiley This Week:
As of Saturday I was officially SEVEN months pregnant and today I only have 64 days to go!! It seems every time I check the days left it's down twenty days!! 100, 80 not 64, It's going SO quick. Then 40, 20.. then baby time :) He is now around 3.3 - 3.5 pounds, it seems now that different sites have different average lengths. I think it's because babies are bigger then they use to be and the average size has increased.
Tiley's hearing is so good now a loud noise near me would cause him to jump!
He may also move to the rhythm of music! (That's because his my boy :) ) Other then that he is starting to run out of room now and getting a bit squished and not moving as much.

Tiley's Movements This Week:
The last couple of days Tiley has done some amazing movements. Monday Tiley was moving so much that I tapped on Tim to have a look (normally if I talk or something he will stop). When he looked over he did the biggest tumble, turn & dance and Tim got to see my belly move and jingle!! We were amazed!
Last night he was moving alot too.. I had my laptop, adding to this blog and he was moving it. I even ask Tim if he could see my laptop shaking (and nooo I wasn't typing at the time). He could! Tiley is so strong he was moving my laptop! So I put my hand my belly and he did the biggest kick or punch into my palm. It bought tears to my eyes. I get to feel alot of movements inside my belly but not many on the outside. It was amazing.

Dad-To-Be:
I haven't shared this before but I have the most involved dad-to-be as a husband. As soon as I say that baby's moving he will put his hand on my belly. He will spend all evening with his hand on my belly.. he never gets sick of it! It amazes me really. When I get his hand to put over my belly he has not one pulled away. Tiley gets more cuddles then ME! I love it :D

Midwives Appointment:
Some wonderful news, my blood pressure went down (and then up since and down since) so no pre-eclampsia!! yet... just a very unstable BP and protein in my urine. I need to keep an eye on it and realise how quick it actually does go up and make sure it doesn't turn into pre-eclampsia :). So so glad!... I guess if it was pre-eclampsia my BP would always be high and wouldn't manage to come back down on it's own.
Everything else at my appointment went well too. My fundal height is now fairly exact, I think it was about half a week over or something, so nothing at all. That's something else that's all over the place but  looking good at the moment :). My next appointment was made for two & a half weeks time.

The Baby Shower:
Here are some photo's of my shower, and of course, the amazing cake! We played 'Guess The Amount', 'Guess Baby's Name', 'Make A Baby Belly' & '20 Questions' They also wrote a meaning for baby's name, and a letter for the baby. We had some yummy cocktails that my wonderful husband prepared before the shower, a gorgeous cake and some delicious food my mum prepared!


The Baby Shower Cake by
the wonderful
Cupcake Fairy.
Find her on facebook HERE

 

Beautiful Katalina showing off her
'baby bump'!

Check out my 25 Week Blog to get the
recipe for these Mocktails!


Things From My Baby Shower:

Thankyou again everyone... we got so many cute things and so many essentials, he was so spoilt!

Tiley's Name:
Like I mentioned in the previous blog, I was revealing the baby's name at the baby shower.
The game we played:

 

Everyone got the letters YANJD all in different order and they had to put the letters all in order to make up what might be his name...This is what some people came up with....

Tiley's real name was revealed...


 which is....

 

Jydan (pronounced JI-DAN) will be our darling little boys name. (Arabelle if HE is a little girl)

Who Jydan Will Be Named After:
We made up Jydan's name as it is a combination of my two little brothers names, JYLE & JORDAN. Which are these two little gorgeous dudes:

Meaning Of Jydan:

Because we made up our little guys name I also got everyone at the baby shower to write a meaning of the name Jydan, because there isn't one! So here are some meanings my wonderful friends and family came up with:

• Joy, Youthful, Delighted, Angel, Nice.
• A Little Miracle.
• A Colourful & Beautiful Joyful Bird.
• A Tropical Bird with Beautiful Wings.
• King Like.
• Energetic, Brave, but also Thoughtful & Kind.
• Quite but Driven.
• Sun God; Giver of Light/Sun.
• Precious.
• Dinosaur.

Comment what you think the meaning of 'Jydan' is and we will add it to his scrapbook too :)

Stay tuned for photos of our progressive shoot next post!

One & half more weeks left of work!

 

BABY TILEY- WEEK 27

Tiley This Week:
Tiley is about 36.6 CM (14.5 inches) from head to toe now, tripled or quadrupled from the 14 week mark! His grown half an inch in just the last week. Weighing in at TWO pounds!! YEY! I can really feel the weight in my tummy now.
Some experts say that babies begin to dream around about now - no idea what about though, my hips maybe? But it just shows how amazing and active Tiley's brain is. What a miracle!... but seriously, I don't know when this bubby sleeps!
We've been having so many conversations with the little man, we talk to him so much. He would recognise my voice by now!
His eyes are also now opening and closing :)

Tiley's Movements:
It's said that tummy bubby's move the most about 24-28 weeks. He is so incredibly active now and I've definitely noticed since 24 weeks I've felt a lot of movements and stronger movements that increase each week. I've made the absolute most of all the movements, loved every kick and turn just in case his movements do slow down or become more in a pattern. They're is no pattern or routine in his movements yet, except that he moves the most in the morning. The last week though, he has been so active all day!
I've felt a few more of the turns I felt a couple of weeks ago. The feelings like the baby rolling around. I still haven't managed to watch my belly. I am so surprised that I have felt more of them, but it's such a great feeling.
I've also had a NEW feeling. A 'shake' in my belly. It FREAKED me out. I felt my baby shake. It was like when you have a shiver when you're cold, or a spasm. Apparently some babies, around 30 weeks, do this to get into a more comfortable position, or out of an uncomfortable position. They literally shake to move! Like a fishy! It left me feeling so queasy. I wonder if it will continue? I'll keep you updated though... such an odd movement!

Midwives Appointment:
It's been five weeks since my last midwives appointment so for some reason I was SO nervous about this appointment. It made me realise that I am still scared about this pregnancy. I guess I'm still amazed that this pregnancy is going so perfectly, I'm on my toes ready for a hiccup... but the midwives appointment went perfectly!
My fundal height is measuring a week and half ahead. The midwife said it's still in normal range but makes me wonder how big bubby is... nice and healthy :). The midwife even felt Tiley move :).
My blood pressure has dropped a tiny tiny bit again, still completely normal, but it amazes me how at each appointment it drops a couple of numbers. It's gone from 130/80 (First trimester stress I guess??) to 110/74. Thank goodness it didn't go up!!
I also heard Tiley's heartbeat again - I never get tired of it. It's a miracle!
I had my gestational diabetes test too. They call if you fail the test, and they don't call if you passed. I haven't received a call so = NO GESTATIONAL DIABETES!! yeeyy. See, everything is perfect :).

Progressive Video:
Here is the MASSIVE progress Tiley had made since week 21, I am amazingly proud so take a look:
http://www.babycenter.com/2_inside-pregnancy-weeks-21-to-27_10312242.bc

The Last Trimester:
I'm finally here (although it has gone amazingly quick), the start of the third trimester and I am absolutely thrilled. It's exactly three months to go to my due date and I really can't wait! I want to make a promise though, to ENJOY what the very last of my pregnancy has to offer. To be more positive. To fix the pains and aches rather then just complain.
My back aches started quite early so I'm sure they are only going to get worse in the third trimester with a heavier baby but I need to love and enjoy the great things... the kicks, the movements, the growing belly for growing baby, the luscious hair & nails, the shopping and getting organised for baby, the pregnant shoots and everything else amazing.

Book To Read Before Baby Comes:

This book is quite controversial. Some people have told me it's fantastic, some have told me that it's terrible. I guess it's a book you love or hate but I've chosen to read it anyway. Maybe if I read one tip that I really agree with and want to try, it might be worth it? Use what tips works for me and ignore the rest?
So this book is on my 'to read before baby comes' list :).


Maternity Clothes I Adore:
I have been looking at some gorgeous maternity clothes to buy. What I've found really hard to find is gorgeous maternity pants. Their seem to be very few maternity pants about so I like finding tops I can wear with my maternity jeans or leggings. Here are some of the maternity clothes I adore. Some of them I have and some I'm planning on buying/finding:

Three week till my baby shower!

BABY TILEY- 16 WEEKS.

The Blog:
As you can see I did a bit of a make-over with this blog this week... hope you like it :).. I feel it suits my blog more.
I thought I would explain why I decided to make this blog.
After loosing our second little angel I could not think of a simple reason of why on earth it had happened to us.. again. The only thing I knew is I needed to get my story out there and try and help other people get through such a horrible, horrible time. So I started writing a blog about our losses and trying to conceive. I never had the courage to share it with anyone, I wrote it too personal. When we finally fell pregnant this time I deleted that blog and started this one. I was deleting alot of bad memories and wanted to share something more positive, about the miracle that will happen after loosing my babies. I feel I can share this blog more openly - focusing on a more positive outcome and hopefully inspire couples trying to conceive or trying to deal with a loss to never give up.

I call our darling our little spec of gold. I am so, so, proud of our little person.. I think its the most perfect & clever of our little one!
I also wanted to make a pregnancy blog to share this wonderful time with our close friends & family (Especially my mum ;) ), have something we can look back through every few weeks, after bubs born, even in a few years.. even to share with our little darling. So here's our 16th week journey:

The Reason We Married:
This week I've been reminiscing about my wedding day, and the reason we decided to get married. We wanted to start our family married, so here is our wedding, besides being so in love, only three days before bubby was conceived:
FEBRUARY 25TH 2012

Father-To-Be:
I couldn't think of a better father-to-be or anyone else I would want to have a family with... So happy that I married my true love xx
I can't wait to see how much our darling will be like my husband xx
Midwives Appointment:
On Tuesday I had my midwives appointment. I booked into the hospital & booked my morphology scan. My scan will be on the 6th of July. I'm a bit bugged that we didn't get to pick the actual date for our scan and that I have to wait till I'm 20.1 weeks but its still around hubbys birthday, and that's what we really wanted. It's at 11am so I have to take ANOTHER day off work, oh well.. I'll try not to have a sick day before then and they should be okay with it.
I actually love how their is all these things like appointments, ultrasounds, etc, that you have to look forward to that takes you mind of the final countdown and makes the whole pregnancy a little faster.
Although we have a home doppler, I got to hear Tiley's heartbeat with the midwives doppler.. it was super fast!
I'm a bit confused about my uterus measurements, My uterus is measuring 5 days smaller then the actual size of the baby.. I have NO idea what that means and she said that's normal, everyone else is saying its normal.. my due date even got moved up because the baby is big. So basically, babys gonna come when babys gonna come.

Work:
This week Ive had off work, except for two hours on Monday and I wont be returning to work till next Tuesday. Ahh I'm going crazy already, I swear I'm going to start nesting early! haha!

Cravings:
My cravings are crazy. Crazy in love with vegemite!! I can't get enough of vegemite on savoys & vegemite sandwiches, if the supermarket has vegemite scrolls, consider them mine!! Salt, Salt, Salt, huh! Ive done a bit of research on cravings and it's your body saying it 'needs' something to keep your or your babies nutrition up.. I'm guessing it's the salt in the vegimite for me as early on I had an urge to have cherry tomatoes with salt, then potato & gravy and now vegimite.. all really salty foods.

What I Know About Tiley Allready:
I also feel like I know so much about Tiley all ready...
I know Tiley's strong, I started feeling movements at around 13 weeks and it gets stronger and stronger. So many people feel movements later on, its so great!! Tileys so active :D. I can also feel, if Tiley's squished on one side I can feel something hard on the side of my belly. I am so lucky, I really wanted to feel bub by 16 weeks.. and I well & truly did :D
Tiley also LOVES food. Every time I eat Tiley had a party. Even if Tiley's sleeping bub wakes up and moves around for food.. a big burst of energy after it's got some food!
Tiley also makes itself so sleepy. If I have a really active day where bub moves soo much all day, I will hardly feel bub move for a day or so.. hehe.. how cute is that?!
Bubby this week:

What Tiley Would Look Like This Week:
This is what Tiley might look like this week.. how beautiful!! I just want to cuddle it!!
Bubbys a little fatty now hehe.. around 100grams! HAHA.. No really we are soo proud of the perfect darling. My baby to be is absolutely perfect!!
Tiley is also playing away, not only with sucking it's thumb but will start playing with it's umbilical cord too!! Tugging & pulling, Tiley's first toy :)
Some people say that a bub can also begin to hear at 16 weeks (faintly and then actively around 24 weeks), so I did what I've been doing best and looked at alot of research. I keep Tim pretty updated with my research on the pregnancy every week and when I mentioned about hearing I think I got the most excited response yet! His pretty excited for the baby to start hearing his voice.. and the fact that babys can hear the males voice more then the females voice (because of the depth of a masculine voice) his pretty stocked!! I wonder if he will start singing to Tiley?!
This brings back memories of my own mum pregnant with one my brothers and I was obsessed with the SPICE GIRLS!! and my brother responded to the songs I played, over & over after he was born! I can't believe his going to be an uncle now.. And I'm BECOMING A MUMMY!!


Well, this is my progress this week..
12 weeks till I'm in my third trimester!!

Baby Tiley- Week 15

Midwives Appointment:
I have my first midwives appointment next Tuesday at 8.15 am!!
Were a bit behind on our midwives appointment as we first decided to go private and then changed our minds but I'm so excited to be booking in with the hospital and our morphology scan!! I can't wait to see bub again.. I miss our baby so much. Were not suppose to have a scan after our morphology, I don't know how I'm going to survive!!
Were just still deciding when to have the scan.. Tim's birthday is the 4th of July, and I'll be 19 weeks and 6 days so I thought that would be a beautiful present for Tim from the baby but he wants it earlier.. his just as excited :D It might be something I'll have to talk to the midwife about :)
We ARE going to find out the gender but just not sure how/when/if we will announce it.... Keep reading and you might found out ;).

Gender Guessing:
According to this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhUdCpghjFM ) we could probably found out if Tiley is a he or she now... so I've made a survey!! Get guessing.. hehe. Here's the link...

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q7RBXTH

Tiley This Week:
Baby is now 10 cm or more.. no wonder I can Tiley move around alot. I feel Tiley mostly when I'm sitting and sometimes laying down. Especially when I've eaten, Tiley loves food!!
I haven't felt Tiley move standing up yet.. it wont be long till Tim can feel kicks and movements.. I'm hoping by 20 weeks, but will of course update!!
Tiley's ears are starting to move into position and by 16-18 weeks Tiley will be able to hear sounds and music.. I better get some music for bub to listen to :).

Shopping For Tiley:
This week I thought I would share our shopping for bub so far.. besides nappy's & clothes here's some furniture we've got/ decided on...

Some of bub's stuff we've chosen...
 The bassinet we've chosen.. from my mum.
Childcare Charlotte Bassinet

Over the last few months, even before we got pregnant we've admired this bassinet in Target and now were finally getting this from our little bubby from my mum.
It's so gorgeous, soft, white & pure!
Tiley will sleep in this in our room for the first few months until Tiley's night sleep gets into a routine and needing less feeds and less comfort during the night, and we feel bubs safe away from us.
It has a storage basket under which the lace overlay covers which we can put Tiley's night nappy's in and extra blankets so we don't have to grab them from the nursery .

The pram we've chosen...from Tim's dad.
Steelcraft Acclaim Eclipse Reverse Handle Stroller.

There is the black, or the cream & brown style (Called Colour: Acclaim) but we like the cream & brown one better (the one the pictures are of) we got to have a push and it was so easy and light! We also got a demonstration on how it folds up, changes style, the wheels lock and how the capsule goes on and off I can't wait to get it!! It will be Tim's dad.. Bubbys Grandad. His also offered to get the matching capsule!
This is the matching capsule:

The portacot we've chosen...and ordered!
BN BABY Travel Portable Cot Complete Care Play Yard + Baby Changing Deluxe

We chose to get a complete/deluxe portacot cot from the beginning and now we bought this style. It comes with a play area, a bassinet area, storage basket, change table, music mobile, toys, it vibrates, and mosquito net. It will be great when staying over dinner at our parents or even over the weekend to Tim's parents. I've chosen this colour to match our pram colours.

Nappy Bag we've chosen.. and already got!

Keeping with the brown and cream theme that we seem to be going with, (at the start I didn't realise but once we got a few brown and cream things I thought we might as well match everything) I guess brown match's our green & brown safari nursery and it's quite neutral :)
This nappy bag came with a big nappy bag, a smaller nappy bag, a change mat, a bottle holder and a food holder.
Only 5 weeks until my pregnancy is half way!