Baby Tiley- Week 32

Tiley This Week:
Tiley would weigh in around 4 pounds (1.8kilo's) now, give or take around half a pound. He weighs around half of what he will at birth. Hopefully he actually weighs over half, were hoping for a 7 pound 9ish baby :).
Tiley's also around 43 cm now and I just can't imagine him that tall. I still often reminsce on the days where his whole body was the size of my finger nail!
Tiley's producing more fat in his skin this week and his skin is starting to look more like a newborn!
Some babies have a head of hair all ready, some don't - I wonder if Tiley will or not? His daddy was completely bald and has bets that Tiley will be too. We so can't wait to see!

The Progressive Shoot:
Well.. we did do the shoot this week but while hubby was taking the photos my camera died so we had use my phone... but it meant that the photos weren't exactly the same as the other shoots (you can see the progress shoot's here (week 26) ) So this is Take One of the 31 week shoot which were not using as the progressive pictures. We will do another shoot this week to get the exact angles, heights ect and use them... Here's a picture anyway because I promised them :)

Pregnancy Symptoms:
Pelvic Pain:
It's fair to say that I did not expect this pain! I've been shocked with a lot of things this pregnancy but the pain from my pelvis.. wow. That's not fun. Tiley's head has been down since 29 weeks (I've also heard that first baby's engage alot sooner) so that would be why I have pelvic pain early... but goooddness me. I'm not impressed at all. So, It's official. The pregnancy woddle has begun! I'm also sitting like a man - legs apart and am sooo slow when I walk. I cherish everything about my pregnancy, I really love every moment but it would be an extra bonus if this pain disappeared all together ;).
Leg Cramps:
The first time I got a leg cramp during pregnancy was at 20 weeks and I haven't had one since, but I had one again this week. I'm quite surprised, I expected them more often. I think because I've been getting hubby to massage my legs and I always have a warm shower before bed it's been helping with the circulation in my legs. Hopefully no more for a while!!
Heartburn:
The heartburn is still lingering around and it's starting to get to the stage where NOTHING helps but avoid every food on the planet. The biggest thing that gives me heartburn is water.. water?? Apparently it's not, it just sti's up your stomach acids. Lovely!
Nose Bleeds:
This is a new one, as of today I have caught the pregnancy blood nose. I have noticed in the last week that my veins are so visable now and I've been given some varicose veins on my legs (so pretty, huh). The increase of blood flow has made my legs feel so heavy and now it's too much pressure for my little nose.

This week has been a great week though, one of my easiest weeks so far, I've loved every moment of it, I've had some great happy hormones to go with it too. All these symptoms are for the greater good of my baby, which make them so worth it :)

Washing Tiley's Clothes:

Since we now have everything ready for baby and are officially COMPLETELY ORGANISED with everything. Clothes. Nappies. Blankets. Towels. Bathing Equipment. Toys.. - it was time to start washing all of his clothes and everything else.
I think it will take the next 8 weeks to actually get through it all!... but maybe it's because I'm super picky on washing everything. I always wash whites and colours separate, but with Tiley's clothes I've put each load on TWO gentle cycles, except for his towels and blankets I put on two heavy cycles. I've been so picky about what to wash with what too - First load, whites. Second, reds, Third, light colours, Fourth, dark colours, Fifth wool. I'm either being very careful about dye in clothes running and trying not to ruin his new clothes.. or I've started nesting :S. And wow, how many body suits does this bubba need?! I still don't think he has enough clothes, in fact Tim & I went out and bought another outfit on Monday and suspect that we will keep doing so until this little man starts paying for his own clothes, hehe.

Preparing To Leave Work:
One more day left... tomorrow is my last day! woohoo!.. I'm so glad to leave but I'm dreading tomorrow, how will I say goodbye to everyone? Last week was my last work meeting and I received these super cute gifts! A gorgeous bunch of flowers, a card everyone signed, hand made beanie, bib and mittens set and a cute teddy!.. naww.

The Nursery:
The nursery is finally finished!! and it looks so gorgeous! You will have to wait till next week for some pictures because as you know were in the middle of washing all of baby's clothes, so they're in Tiley's cot in piles of sizes to sort out. So I will share some photos when the room is all tidy of tiny clothes :)

Two weeks till my maternity shoot.

Baby Tiley- 29 Weeks.

Tiley This Week:
Only 78 days till Tiley is due!!
Tiley's now about two & half pounds.. I guess about a third of his (hopefully) birth weight! Wow, It's taken 29 weeks to get to a third of his birth weight and he only has 11 weeks to grow the next two thirds! My belly's going to go all sorts of big!
Tiley's head is finally in proportion to his body, his muscles and lungs are developing rapidly and strongly and he can now taste and respond to pain (I hope he doesn't feel any pain in there!).

Tiley's Movements:
Tiley's movements have become alot less frequent lately, as I pointed out a few weeks ago the majority of Tiley's movements will be around 24-28 weeks.. as predicted, it has dyed down alot but the movements are still amazingly strong and beautiful. Before it was like he never slept, now I can definitely tell he sleeps well. I've started counting movements at 8pm at night, besides the morning where I'm often busy he seems to be active around 8pm every night. He definitely does more then 10 movements in that hour (which is around the amount of movements you should make sure baby is doing) His getting stronger and stronger though and sometimes his kicks or punches can be jolting!
He also has started pushing his leg or arm out and leaving it out for about a minute!
Tim has felt him turn and roll around now and he was quiet shocked at how strong it was. He kept saying how strong it was! I asked him what it felt like and he said it was as if he was there, under his hand, then not, then there again. He was pretty amazed, it was followed by a big kick! Me, it felt like my bowels (or where they use to be) were rolling around.
Monday I'm pretty sure I felt baby have the hiccups. For about five minutes I felt regular kicks at a time where his normally quite, I placed my hand on my belly and smiled. I realised that it wasn't kicks or arm movements because I couldn't feel it on the outside and then it dawned on me... Could this be the hiccups??

Braxton Hicks Contractions:
Today I've been having 'fake' contractions all day. I haven't done much research on them because today's been the first time I've noticed them. If I put my hand on the top of uterus I can feel it contract/tense up for about a minute and then release to normal, but I can also feel it internally which feels pretty strange - alot like a muscle cramp. It's not painful at all, at times a little uncomfortable perhaps, and at times I say 'aww' because it's unexpected (they can be very strong or mild) but they don't actually hurt at all. I'll keep you updated though!

Bump This Week:
I've always thought that this top makes my bump look smaller then normal.. but anyway, here is a recent bump pic :) The second picture is facing the mirror and if you look closely you can see my belly is a bit lop sided!!... It points to the left a little bit, pretty amazing, huh?

 

My little darling is growing... perfect bump!

Iron:
So this week I received a letter in the mail from the hospital saying the my recent blood tests show that my iron levels are less then desirable. My iron is naturally low anyway but must be extra low at the moment. Although it's not good that my iron levels are low, I'm pleased that when I feel faint and dizzy, it's not a pregnancy symptom but something can be fixed. I've found that I can't stand for too long without searching for a seat to sit down, I've had to call Tim to lean on a few times while cooking dinner or doing my makeup. So I'm now on Floradix Herbal Iron Liquid that I need to take three times a day. It's disgusting, but hopefully it helps with my iron levels!

Fathers Day:
Although Tiley hasn't arrived yet, I bought Tim/Tiley a little something for fathers day.. cute little booties and a beanie that say 'I Love Dad'. I thought it was the perfect little dad-to-be gift. He will have to wait to next year to get a bigger present!
I also found this PERFECT card to go with his fathers-to-be gift. It says;

"One lucky kid on the way, One great DAD in the making."

 

While On Maternity Leave:
My maternity leave is coming up in only three & half weeks so I'm preparing what I need to do before baby arrives, what to do to keep myself occupied and what I need to catch up on.

• -Cleaning - Yes, they're some cleaning 'to-do's' on my list, specifically, dusting and gardening. I'm sure this list will get longer and longer as I nest. I don't mean a quick dust like I normally do.. a dust my nan would approve of! I also need to wash Tiley's clothes and bedding.
• -I need to sort out what else we need for Tileys clothes. I have a list of what we've got on the computer (Yes, that's how organised I can be!) so I need to sort through that and buy the final clothes, nappy's, bathing equipment ect. I also need to buy breastfeeding bras and tops. 
• -So something I've been really looking forward to while on maternity leave is doing our wedding scrapbook. Other scrapbooks I need to do and finish is our engagement one, maternity one and my 21st one. I also want to start just a 'Tim & Harley' one from when we met to our maternity pictures, over the last five years, so we will be right for the next five years. I also need to fill up all the empty photo frames we have around the house. I am terrible for this when we're given photo frames and have soo many empty frames that need gorgeous photos.
• -I need to update my birth plans, both for a natural birth and emergency c-section.
• -About three months after baby is born we are going to have a naming ceremony so I need to begin organising this while I'm on maternity leave because I'm sure I wont have the time while I have a tiny bundle.
• -I go on maternity leave two weeks after my baby shower, so it would be a good opportunity to make the baby shower thankyou's and send them out :).
• -At the moment our address labels say 'Tim & Harley Cocks' so I need to order new address labels with baby's name on them!
• -My computer is a MESS... so unorganised and it annoys me every time I go looking for a document, so I need to sort through it and make it organised. Also back everything up for a new laptop, very soon!
• -As I've mentioned before, I really want to read save our sleep before the baby arrives!
• -The bassinet at the moment is in the baby's room and his little beds not made, so I need to move it into our room and set up his bed. Before I do this we need to find a new place for the computer to make room for the bassinet.
• -Most importantly I need to buy the final things for my hospital bag and baby's hospital bag and get packing. I'm planning for this to be done by 34 weeks.
• -By the time babies due I need to make sure the car capsule is set up in the car, ready to take our bundle of joy home!
• -When I am 36 weeks pregnant we have a breastfeeding class at the hospital and I also want to watch some other online classes.
• -While I'm cooking meals before my due date I'm going to make extra meals and freeze them, ready for when baby's due. Freezing alot of casserole's, lasagna, soups and other easy to defrost meals.

One more week till I'm 30 weeks!!

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 5

Our baby at 5 weeks.

Another Week:
Yey, passed a week & baby is still here! Buut I have no morning sickness or anything. Im a bit worried about that & after I found out my blood test results & seen the doctor again this week I'm a tad worried. My ultrasound is in a week & I can wait!! I just want to know about the heartbeat. I just can't wait to not see an 'empty' scan. My dear, dear baby, I hope your okay!!

Tests:
My tests... STUPID MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST! Called me up to tell me to repeat a test. Yeah thanks. Just what I wanted to know.. NOTHING!! So I go in, cry my eyes out thinking my HCG levels are really low, go see the doctor, find out its just a high white cell count, get a referal, pay ANOTHER $75 and go for another test.. SIMPLE!! Appppparently not. Turns out my WBCC is really high, 19. It rises during pregnancy but not normally that much. So I was sent for more tests to make sure my body isn't seeing the pregnancy as an infection & trying to fight it. C'mon morning sickness!! So I know everythings okay!!

Bonding:
So bonding has been a bit hard this time, I just want to fall in love but I can't. I'm so scared of loosing this bubby that I can't even rub my stomach. It's heartbreaking! This is my little baby growing & i'm so scared that it will pass that I can't fall in love. Im soooooooo hoping this changes once we se the heartbeat.
HPT's:
This week i've taken my TENTH  test... okay, so without morning sickness or anything but sore breats.. I'm worried! I'm also checking checking up on my HCG levels and with the tests, they are rising nicely :). Two of those tests were digital tests. I took one when I was suppose to be exactly 5 weeks & it still come up as 4-5 weeks.. not 5+. So i'm wondering if im a couple of days behind? I doubt it though, as I found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks.. any earlier I would be 3 & 1/2 weeks.. Is that possible?! I guess the scan will tell!!
Work:
I told work this week too... alot of people said wait but with my work I needed to make sure that they knew because of our history. I can't wait to tell everyone else.... can we wait to 12 weeks?!?!

Anyway, this was my journey this week xx