Saturday, 25 August 2012

Pregnancy diary 26 weeks and giveaway

I'm not sure that this diary, my pregnancy diary is like all the other pregnancy diaries around the blogosphere. I seem to complain a lot and write about bad things...:(
I am going try and concentrate on the goods things as much as I can tough.
This is how my baby - for which we don't know the gender just yet - is suppose to look like this week. Today I'm 26 weeks pregnant exactly:

Apparently the baby is now almost 35.6 cm long from crown to heel, and weighs about 760 grams. Isn't this amazing? Looking at my daughter I remember that when she was born she was about 53 cm long so the baby is now almost there. Hopefully by the time the baby will be born it will not get to my daughters weight 4.430 kg as I'm really hoping that this time I will be able to give birth naturally.
I can really feel the fact the baby is bigger right now though...as it put strain on my back and my pelvic area. Yesterday even, Friday I had to stay home as I could barely walk or sit up. I have a long time to go though so I'm quite scared that my pain will get even worse, I guess will have to wait and see and I need to make sure I rest as much as possible.
This following week I have quite a few appointments. Yesterday I finally received via post the letter that confirm my appointment with the perinatal services team. It's great and I'm looking forward to it but they didn't give me a lot of notice....I received the letter yesterday and my appointment is Tuesday next week bang in the middle of the day at 12.30. I will have to go as I know that I need to but my work will not be very happy about it I think.
Then on Friday I have my appointment for glucose. Do you know that it takes 2 hours? I never had it done so I really don't know how I'm suppose to prepare for it.
After on the 3rd of September my scan to identify if i have a fibroid or something in my kidneys....quite scared for that one....
Other news about the pregnancy....
Sleep is a must. Most days I fall asleep by 9.30-10.00. Oh...that happens when the baby doesn't move to much though....and believe me baby moves a lot....and the kicks in the bladder make me go toilet countless times.
My sleep is disturbed by not being able to sleep as I wish too...I feel comfortable sleeping on my belly and now I HAVE to sleep on my side...left side to be more precise.
My nose is oh so very stuffy and my varicose veins make my knees and legs hurt badly. I'm happy my hubby loves me enough to give me a foot massage every night though.
My hair needs to be washed more often as it gets greasy really fast...damn...need to go for a cut...wonder when I will manage to do that...
I'm running out of things to wear...I seem to live in my black skirt with elastic and tops from Mamas and Papas.
I already started to find it hard to put my shoes on.....

Anyway...that's all for now about my pregnancy...

To reward to readers of my blog and their kids I decided to run a giveaway for Usborne books. I used to be a distributor for Usborne...but about that and why I am not one anymore I will maybe tell you another time.
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45 comments:

  1. Feeling violently sick every time I was anywhere near the smell of washing powder or coffee!!

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    1. Wow! With my daughter I hated coffee even though I love it usually. Right now I wish I could have one every a couple of hours.it must've been awful to be sick all the time...

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  2. hyperemesis - couldn't stop being sick for the first 4 months and couldn't eat at all - spent alot of time in and out hospital, it was really horrible

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    1. You must've lost weight in the first 4 months then.

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  3. Buna. Am vazut link-ul tau la Simina pe wall, pe facebook. Blog-ul tau e foarte misto, imi plac foarte mult retetele, cu siguranta o sa incerc si eu cateva. Succes in toate! Succes cu sarcina, eu sunt insarcinata in 12 saptamani si am un baietel de 1 ani si 3 luni. Te pup si sarcina si nastere usoara!

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    1. Multumesc mult. Felicitari si tie cu sarcina

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  4. La prima sarcina, am avut picioarele foarte foarte umflate, a fost horror! Acum nu am voie sa mananc sarat deloc... Incerc sa fac asta... e destul de greu... desi nu mancam foarte sarat inainte... Pana acum totul a fost ok... din punct de vedere fizic, ma gandesc numai la burta aceea imensa pe care am avut-o si pe care o sa o am din nou... si nu o sa pot dormi mai deloc. Nu stiu de ce se zice ca sarcina e cea mai frumoasa perioada din viata unei femei... Eu nu cred asta... Ori poate pentru ca la final o sa tinem in brate a precious little bundle of joy?! Can't wait!!!

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    1. Da e oficial sa ai picioarele umflate intr-adevăr. Sper ca sarcina asta sa fie mai ușoară pt tine x

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  5. Alina Badea25 August, 2012

    Felicitari, Otilia, pt a-l doilea bebe! Sa fie sanatos si tu la fel! Ai grija de tine.

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  6. Alina Badea25 August, 2012

    al doilea, scuze :)))

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  7. morning sickness 24/7 for the whole 9 months. Knew I was pregnant at 2 weeks cos of it.

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  8. I had vomiting for 3 weeks and then slowly got fine. thanks so much for the wonderful post. Pregnancy Tips

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  9. Ultimele saptamini, m-am simtit ca un balon si nu mai incapeam in nimic.Aaaa, si faptul ca domnisorica ma trezea aproape in fiecare dimineata pe la 6, sa ma duc sa maninc!!

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    1. Oh e bine pe la 6. E mai Nasa când e mai devreme. :(

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  10. Heartburn I just kept swigging Gaviscon

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    1. I just started to be affected by heartburn now too. God I hope it will not get as bad as last time!

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  11. The sickness, it lasted until 24 weeks and has started to return at 32 weeks again :(

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    1. Oh I really hope it will not return :( I had it badly in the first 16 weeks but now is better.

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  15. as a total coffee addict I was scared of giving it up with pregnancy no 1 but luckily coffee made me feel nauseous. Wine not so much! Thanks for sharing

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  16. Pregnancy diary is more beneficial to you in future. Maintaining the pregnancy diary during pregnancy results in healthy pregnancy.





     Pregnant Weeks 

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  17. Glad things are okay but sounds like you are having quite a bit of discomfort too - glad the appointment with perinatal team is sorted X.

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  18. Being unable to get comfy when sleeping! :(

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  19. For me, not being able to eat peanuts x

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    1. I didn't know you can't eat peanuts...I ate some...

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  20. Symphisis Pubis Dysfunction, where my pelvis was literally tearing in two. Ouch doesn't begin to describe it. The most annoying thing was spending the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy on crutches.

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  21. I was a serious suffered of hyperemis... hospitalised at 6 week onwards, 3 times, and i didnt eat for the first 6 months! the most annoying part of that was that would stabalise me on drips in hospital for a week, untill the sickness stopped, as soon i cam off it, I would be sick instantly, and all the way home, 24 hours a day until they hospitaliased me again!!! nightmare!!

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  22. Hiccups.
    Couldnt shift them!

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  23. chocolate cravings!! couldn't stop eating it and put on loads of weight

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  24. What was the most annoying thing in your pregnancy? I had 6 but the last 3 were real bad as my right kidney failed and I was in and out of hospital. The heartburn too was real bad x

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  25. Having to order chicken tikka massala "but can you make it mild?"- to much laughter!

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  26. Sooo many things... not being able to sleep on my tummy, putting on weight to the extent it scared the OH, attneding business meetings feeling like a whale in red lippy...

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  27. Not being able to sleep on my stomach took a lot of getting used to!

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  29. At the moment its the phases of being ravenously hungry - bloatingly full and sick - and then ravenously hungry again - all within one hour lol :) And that I am SO SO SO tired, I wasnt that tired with my son.

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  30. I kept getting cramp in bed and had to jump out of bed in the middle of the night!

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  31. I suffered with an unstable pelvis which was really uncomfortable

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  32. With my first pregnancy I had suspected pre-eclampsia towards the end with blurred vision, migranes, protein in wee etc. However it turned out that I had all the symptoms and it was just a coincidence, not pre-eclampsia.
    Getting comfortable is hard with a bump and heartburn too x

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  33. i had to keep peeing every hour!

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  34. Heartburn and feeling sick all the time. Had a massive craving for ice as well which drove me crazy whenever I couldn't have any. xx

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