Week 38

Well I've been a bit slack during my first week off work in respect to blogging!  Saturday 9th was our last prenatal class at the hospital and the highlight was watching baby Liam, who was 1 day old, get his first bath.  Gorgeous!  the rest of the class was a bit boring, but we got through it and wished all the other couples good luck when we left at the end.  I wonder if we will see any of them at the hospital when the big day comes?
So the next day (Sun) was the baby shower and you would have read all about that in my previous blog.
Most of the week I spent doing banking stuff and health insurance stuff, as well as arranging for the foxtel people to install IQ HD.  I'm waiting for the techo to show up at our place to install it as I type this blog right now.
I just got interrupted by Oscar the cat who thought I might like a honeyeater bird in the house at 7:30am..... bird is fine and feathers have been cleaned up!  Naughty Oscy!
On Tuesday we saw the OB again and everything is healthy.  Baby Hinch is fully engaged in my pelvis now but is still in posterior position.  Margaret said that there is no chance it will turn until labour starts so that means I can stop watching tv in dog position for now.  Yay. My pelvis is getting sore from expansion though, and bubs feet often get caught in my ribs which is a bit ouchy! but I loves it!
Had coffee with Aunty Carol and Susy on Wednesday.  It was lovely to see them, and they gave me lots of tummy rubs for good luck.  Next time I see them I will be a Mum, fancy that!
Uncle Tim got good news about a job - he flew to Perth yesterday for his induction at a mining co. in Perth.  He will be back in Sydney to visit every now and then, but I got some lovely photos with him before he left....

Good luck over there brother!!
xx

Baby Shower!

On Sunday 10th July, Aunty Kat, Gran Maude and Grammy Marie hosted a baby shower for me and bub at home.  If my last day at work was the best day ever, this was the best afternoon ever!  Surrounded by about 20 of my closest friends and rellos I had a lovely afternoon tea.... there was champagne, sandwiches, scones, brownies, cheeses & dips...... aunty Kat made sensational savoury muffins, Therese made heavenly lemon cupcakes, and Jen and Alannah showed up with the cutest chocolate cupcakes decorated like little baby faces (they tasted sooooo good they could not possibly have been dairy free even though they were).  All the girls showered me with beautiful baby gifts.  I usually find it really hard to receive gifts but I just embraced it and it was wonderful fun.  So many cute clothes and toys, and even a movie pamper pack for me which included my favourite caramel popcorn!  We also had games: guess the circumference of Sally's tummy, and a funny 20 question baby trivia quiz.  Deb D guessed my tummy size exactly! She and Maxine also turned into sparkle fairies and made sure there was not one thing left to wash up in the kitchen at the end of the day - big hugs to you!

Last Day at Work - BEST day ever!

Today is my last day at work and I am having a blast.  We had a huge morning tea with so much tasty food.  My lovely friends Therese, Robyn and Karen did a wonderful job organising, cooking and setting up the room with colourful balloons and a special banner saying 'Good luck Sally' (nice work by artist Col).  Now I am back at my desk surrounded by balloons and gifts.  It's just so lovely.  I am going to miss my work friends so much, they really are lovely people to be around.  Have taken lots of photos today and will post them later on.
Grammy and Dar Hinchey (aka Sparkle Fairy and Sparkle Elf) are at Engadine today doing their magical cleaning thing.  I can't wait to get home and see them.  I especially want to show them my belly as they've been in the UK visting Aunty Lillibet for the past 5 weeks and Bean has done so much growing since they left!
Our second (and last) prental class at the hospital is tomorrow.  We will learn about how to care for the baby when it comes out, and hopefully get to bath one of the real babies in the post-natal ward.  Looking forward to it.
So here I am on the home stretch............. the rest of my work day will be spent doing a bit of work to the tune of Abbey Road, one of the best Beatles albums in my opinion. la la la........

Week 36 Obstetrician Visit: It's gonna be BIG

Daddy Chris and I went to another OB check-up today.  Blood pressure good, my health also very good, apart from feeling rather tired and getting cankles from sitting down at my desk too much at work!

I did a group B strep test and will get the results for that next week.

Dr Booth checked bubba's heart rate which was very strong as usual.  After prodding my tummy she remarked that we are growing 'one helluva baby in there' and that bubba Hinch is going to be 8lb+.  Seems that someone had a growth spurt this week!  She said that next week she will be able to tell us if it's going to be 9lb+.

Tonight I am busy on iTunes preparing classical and instrumental music playlists for labour.  So far we have Handel's Watermusic, Mozart, Pachelbell, symphonic Led Zeppelin and Moby.

We had home made fried rice with prawns, corn, peas, mushrooms, egg, coriander and chilli for dinner.  Little bean did lots of kicking afterwards, I think the chilli was exciting!

Week 35 Obstetrician Check-up

Today we went and saw Dr Booth again and it was an interesting visit! Gran Maude came along because Daddy Chris had to work today. It was business as usual at the start: we saw midwife Le and got my blood pressure checked and had question time. Blood pressure good. Then just as we were about to see Dr Booth she had to leave because there was a lady up the road at the hospital giving birth! How rude LOL
The receptionist said it would be a quick birth, so I waited in the waiting room with 2 other lovely ladies. Then one of the other ladies went into labour! It was so exciting. Le sat with her and timed her contractions and kept her calm. We had an impromptu lesson from Le on breastfeeding and I learned lots. Then Dr Booth came back, cool as a cucumber, and saw me after the other ladies. Bub is growing very well and heartbeat very strong as usual. Bub has flipped sides so is now left occiput posterior and head is already engaged in my pelvis. Don't panic though, this is no indication that bub will arrive early. For those of you who are interested these websites have some further info:
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/whenheadengage/
http://www.spinningbabies.com/baby-positions/posterior

Heartbeat!

Daddy heard bubby bean's heartbeat with his ear to my tummy tonight!!! Exciting!!!

Uncle Tim goes the extra mile

Uncle Tim went to extremes to get a whooping cough vaccination yesterday. He got himself run over by a car and the hospital gave him the vaccine for free. Good onya Tim!
On a more serious note, miraculously Tim is ok. No broken bones but plenty of nasty cuts. He is lucky to be alive and the paramedics and hospital staff could not believe how few injuries he had considering the nature of the accident. We love you Tim and are so glad you are okay!