Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Loving maternity leave - as much as I have still worked from home every day this week. It has been really peaceful and really good on my body to rest and be sitting down so much :)

Bub is feeling huge and I think she is getting mighty squished in there! My poor old belly wobbles and strains with her moving bits around all the time! I finally understand the "get it out" attitude of due pregnant women! I honestly feel like my abdomen could explode and my back has given up the ghost from carrying it all around!

I have booked a pregnancy massage for next week and I cant wait - should be bliss!

We had a great antenatal class the other night and went through all the interventions etc. Hubby and I discussed our best case scenario birth plan - active natural birth - no pethidine and no c-sections or epidurals. But of course whatever the course of birth actually takes will be fine by us - no pressure to have the perfectly planned labour!

There was a death in Hubbies family so he has flow to Newcastle - I was very sad that I couldnt go and support him and his family... I am under strict instructions to not go into labour while he is away ;) Mum and my brother are my emergency contacts while I am alone out at the farm. I am taking it pretty easy and not doing my usual whirlwind of cleaning that I would normally be up for! Tomorrow I do however have some shopping planned :)

Here is my 35 week pics - Symptoms - sciatic nerve pain in lower right of back, tight tight tight belly, sore achy legs and feet and a fair slug of fatigue :) Weight gain so far - is 9-10kgs which is OK... am hoping not to go over 70kg but I think its out of my control these days ;)