Week 28 - life as usual

Busy busy at work, now to week 28, the past few weeks seems to past so quickly. My friend told me to keep my job until 2 weeks before due date, just to have some activities. And more exercises will help ease with labour. I'll keep this in mind and try to walk whenever I get a chance. However I'm planning to take my maternity leave 1 month before the due date.

Notice more leg cramps, heard that caffeine will actually intensify leg cramps, ok, guess will have to cut down on the decaf mocha then! :-) Everything as normal, a lot more kicking and starting to go to the midwife every 2 weeks from next visit.

Pregnancy music

It's now week 27, my tummy is getting so big that whenever people see me, they'll say, it's really getting big now. And glad that people know that I'm pregnancy instead of that 'you've gain a bit of weight or not?' look. Starting to find it hard to balance. And trying to play some classical music for my baby. It's interesting, sometimes when he/she is kicking so hard, when I play the music, he/she seems to slow down a bit. But sometimes when he/she's not moving (sleeping maybe), when I play the music, he/she will wake up. :-)

Also starting to collect relaxing music for my labour & breastfeeding after birth as suggesting in What to Expect When You're Expecting. It's quite funny, I'll try to pick the cheapest or the product on special in a supermarket, but for these kind of things, I just buy it without question. Maybe it's just human nature of wanting the best for our children.

Some of my collection for the baby:

Quick Recipe

Just found this on the web for some quick recipe:

http://www.kidspot.com.au/recipe-finder-kidspot.asp

I also found pre-preparing all the food during the weekend helpful as we need to work during the week and it's so tiring to have to prepare to cook, it's much easier to have everything ready and just simply re-heat or fry/bake...etc.

Other useful links:
New Parent's Survival Guide

Pregnancy Photo Gallery
Patrick Bellett - Nelson Street, Auckland
Stephanie Creagh
Sonia Gilchrist
Jo Frances - 1/2 price when mentioned BabyWebNZ
ImageMe
Designer Portraits - will do make up & hair as well, & a complimentary sitting with baby before 3 months
Amanda Haynes - specialising in maturnity (Christchurch based)

Birth Announcement

Reading more on how to communicate and raise babies through the Pikler approach, the approach encourages letting