Our 3d scan

She wasn't behaving on the day and was facing the wrong way. Sonagrapher was very patient and kept sending us sway and trying again. But baby decided not to say hello.
So this was the best picture we could get.

6 months bump

This is me at six months, modelling my new maternity bra from Mothercare £14.00.

I had one exactly the same in my previous pregnancy and lived in it, in fact I still have it but its a size larger. Out of all the bras I tried on, this blooming marvellous was by far the comfiest and gave you good shape under vest tops.  

It was still like a faithful old friend after the pregnancy, until ribs retract and bust size reduces. Keeping it on helps dry up the milk up if you decide not to breastfeed. 

 

 

Hiccups

I'm now 27 weeks and baby got hiccups today. I loved this feeling with my daughter first time. It reassuring to know everything is working ok. I am starting to get excited now

My healthy desk snacks until someone bought muffins in

Anterior Placenta

With my first pregnancy I was blessed to feel baby flutters at 14 weeks. This time I have felt very little movement and by my 20 week scan it was still minimal in comparison to my first. 

The midwife explained my placenta was sitting at the front of baby against my tummy. This is apparently why I have felt very little movement. The technical name for this is Anterior placenta. 

The has been a small section on my lower left abdominal wall where I can feel wee kicks. Over the past few weeks since scan the kicks are getting stronger to the point where I can see my bump moving! Yet still it is only in this wee section I can feel it. 

I  unsure for what will happen next, will it move or will baby just become stronger, so wriggles and kicks will be inevitable.

Over the next few weeks I will monitor it. I have a check up with the midwife on Tuesday so will ask her then. 

Layla-rose feeling her baby sister kick

Family day out

While we have been blessed with great weather so early in the year, we decided to explore the outdoors.

We decided to head to New Lanark, which is a World heritage site about 45 mins out of Glasgow. 

There is a great walk along the Clyde towards the Falls of the Clyde. This is a 5 km walk with a fair terrain or steep hills, steps and mud. It is really worth the views but soon discovered it was tough with a buggy and 3 year old. But we did have fun and are fairly exhausted. I myself thinking I was clever decided to ignore the signs and continued to keep walking. Adding on at least 4km onto our adventure. 

This would have been fairly easy minus mud, child and buggy. 

Considering I have had to reduce my cardio dramatically, it felt really good to hike in the fresh air while pregnant! We stocked up on snacks and water to keep us going. Even though we are a tired trio this evening I cannot wait for our next adventure!