Grainy

So if you can make these out - you're a star!

The images I have are clearer & the DVD is really good - glad I payed the $15 for that.

Top Left is 2 feet, top right is upper limbs, bottom left is head profile - that little white bit almost in the centre of the screen is the nasal bone & bottom right is an upside down baby with a leg & foot at the top and an arm & hand in the middle - beats me!

These are from my 4th scan on the 15th of January - we spent ages while the technician checked all the anatomy markers - then had to go out & wait for the baby to change position so she could get a good reading on the heart. All is well. It is so cool to get to see our baby this way, Even if half the time we have no clue as to what we are looking at!

While the scan shows everything is normal - my glucose level test is telling a different story as far as I'm concerned. My levels are bad so I do have gestational diabetes. I'm not really surprised, it's not as if I've ever had normal levels, it's just a little more important at the moment to keep them under control. So I have to make an appointment with a diabetic educator & I guess I'll get given a diet to follow. I'm still waiting for them to call me back with an appointment time. All this means that I will definitely be having this baby at St.George Hospital.

Everything else is going along fine. Darren & I spent a lot of time last weekend sorting out the baby's room (oooohhh "the baby's room") it freaks me out being able to say that! Mainly clearing off the big bookcase - I can't believe how much crap I had managed to fit on that thing. Mum wants to paint in the next couple of weeks before Dad & her head to KL. So it needs to ready. Darren also very sadly packed away his V8 Supercar pictures & paraphernalia - stating that it was all coming back out again if we have a boy - I said "what if it's a boy who likes ballet?" he didn't quite know how to cope with that!

So that's it for the moment. I'll see the diabetes people & have my next clinic visit in a little over a month. And I guess once the room's painted we'll look at getting the curtains, cot etc organised. Less then half way to go now!! Woo Hoo.

Bleh!

I'm back at work after a 10 day break - & what a boring week it has been. I'm stuck on a GIANT customer & the system takes for - ev - er to register. So I'm struggling to stay awake!

Catch up time....

I had my first Clinic visit at Sutherland Hospital on the 15th of December & as posted previously we got to hear the heartbeat for the first time - amazing. Every time we have a scan & this time hearing the heartbeat I feel a little more relaxed about everything being OK. Up until about a month ago I kept getting negative thoughts - just thinking that it was all too good to be true & that something would go wrong, those thoughts have really faded away now & I'm letting myself be excited about what's to come.

One other thing that came out of the clinic visit was the almost certainty that I would be going to St George Hospital & not Sutherland. Apparently my BMI is too high to deliver at Sutherland - this is an inconvenience - but not a huge issue. I'd rather be at the place with all the equipment if it's needed then having to be transferred if something goes wrong. I'll have my next clinic visit at Sutherland with the Dr & then the rest at St George - though I need to confirm this.

So now Darren is stressing about where to go & where to park for St George - we'll do a tour soon, so he can relax!

I went to see Wicked! the musical in October with 29 other people as a group. And then received an invitation for myself & a guest to go again for free! so Mum & I went on the 16/12 along with Jess & her Mum (who is visiting from Victoria) It is such a great show - I thought I might be bored but it was just as enjoyable the 2nd time around. And as a bonus for me, having already seen it, I didn't miss much when I went to the bathroom seventybillion times in the first half! Poor man with the torch got sick of me I'm sure.

We had our annual Xmas drinks at Mum's on the 19th, this is always fun, & often the only time in 12 months that we see some of our friends & family - it's such a pain how day-to-day living gets in the way of socialising!

THEN...................

My brother & family surprised us by showing up from Malaysia for Xmas!! Best surprise ever - even if they did put their kid in a box!

So we were all together for Mum's birthday picnic & for Xmas day - loved it! My niece is the cutest thing ever - just check this out....how cute is this kid - poor thing I couldn't stop kissing those cheeks (Ayisha's not Michael's!)




They left us on NYE - but will hopefully be back for good in June. Just in time to introduce the cousins.

Christmas Day was massive, more than 20 for breakfast & a few less for lunch, lots of fun & great food enjoyed by all. And all the more fun because of the little ones. Darren & I are still in shock about having a 6 month old by next Xmas. We usually stay at my folks for breakfast & lunch then go to Darren's folks for a light dinner. But we've decided that Xmas 2010 we'll have his folks come to us in the late afternoon (if they are in town) that way we can take what is sure to be a tired baby (& Mummy) (ohh - that's weird) home to relax! I can't wait.

My other days off have turned into kind of a blur - we slept in late, watched dvd's, went to see New Moon with Yan, hung out with the family & spent NYE at a local club. I went shopping for more gigantic undies & some new maternity bra's. I won't even go into details here about the weird things my boobs are doing!

AND - I've got heaps of inside baby movement happening. Especially when I sit forward at my desk - obviously the baby doesn't want to be here either! - I just wish Darren could feel it on the outside - I guess that could take a while though - you know - because of my petite size! ha ha.

AND - I realised that I was a week behind in my calendar - I do not know how this happened, you would think someone as obsessive as myself would have been on top of this! So I've adjusted one ticker, removed one & added another one!

I promise not to wait so long before posting again - & next post should have an updated scan attached - so excited about my next appointment on the 15th.