Tomorrow we hit the 34 weeks stage. 34?! Theoretically baby could arrive any time now.. Obviously we'd like her to stay in a bit longer, but it's not unheard of to be this early. That's mad.
I'm sort of in denial at the moment. I feel like we have ages. I'm making plans as though it's definitely going to happen around the due date, but I really could be in for a surprise.
We had our baby shower yesterday, which was lovely. Good to see a few faces we haven't seen for a while and to enjoy the company of those we only see at work.. We had intended on it being outside, but the weather wasn't too kind to us and we brought it inside pretty early on which was a bit cramped but worked well enough! We had the guests all guess at which names we might have picked, and so I'm keeping quiet as to whether anybody got the right one..!
Plans from here? Relax. Enjoy the last few weeks of this, make everything as stress free as possible.
We've always had little checkpoints along the way that we've been ticking off - we had the scans, the trip to Lanzarote, the trip to France, the Baby Shower. Next up is Wembley Stadium for an NFL game in just over two weeks. After that, and admittedly part of my naïvety, 10 days later we intend on going to the racing at Kempton for our birthdays. That'll be just 2 weeks shy of our due date, so we are really cutting it fine.
Jackeline herself is starting to struggle. Sleeping in bed is getting more and more uncomfortable, so we've recently resorted to a pile of cushions in the front room. I actually prefer this, and Jackeline seems to be sleeping better there too so no complaints from either of us really - other than the fact it makes our house look a bit of a mess.
She has just over 3 weeks left of work before she starts her maternity leave. She's done so well to get this far, but she is finding it really difficult now. She's literally counting down the days, she has a countdown on her wall at work.
Me? I just don't want to be too far away from her at any point. I've heard a couple of stories recently where the father didn't make it in time for the birth, and I'd be absolutely gutted if I couldn't make it there to support Jackeline through this. Being at work is the best part of an hour's journey home, and that's about as far as I'd be willing to risk it!
We have a doctor's appointment on Friday, which will be nice for me as I've missed the last two. I've been sent voice clips of baby's heartbeat from Jackeline each time, and it's just magical to receive those - but being there in person is what it's all about.
Anyway, I reckon I have one more update in me before baby is born so I'll post again in a month or so and we'll see where the land lies! Very exciting!
