Have I come this far already??

It's hard to believe but I am nearly at the end of the second trimester!! :O How did that happen?? Where did the time go?? Crazy. I'm now 25 weeks pregnant and going strong. :)

I've had a pretty uneventful journey so far which is obviously a good thing. No one wants complications during pregnancy. When I say uneventful, I just mean in the "things going wrong" sense of course. Of course there is a very good reason things have been cruisy and uneventful.... I haven't invited any negativity and crap into my pregnancy/birthing space. I haven't done lots of tests which could potentially stress me out for no reason (ie genetic testing that wouldnt impact on my decision to keep a pregnancy so why bother having the test). I haven't had to listen to a dr tell me my pelvis isnt big enough or my baby is too small or my baby is breech and it will die if I try to birth it that why or I will kill my baby if I go "overdue" or my blood pressure is too high or too low or Im too fat to birth a baby naturally or my hair is too brown or or or....I could go on but I'm sure you get the gist. You really can't underestimate the benefits of not having that stressful shit thrown at you at every turn during pregnancy. We pregnant women have enough to think about without all that useless crap being dished out as well. Every appointment I've had has been stress free, relaxing, fun and supportive. I couldn't ask for more :) It really is a stark contrast to the appointments we had when my partner S was pregnant with our little munchie J. Whilst those appointments weren't filled with as much crap as many others have experienced they still weren't even remotely as nurturing and supportive as the ones we have had this time. There really is no comparison. Oh and our appointments are on average about an hour and a half as opposed to the 10-15 minutes we were "lucky" to get with the obstetrician when S was pregnant. Homebirth rocks :P


Oh speaking of appointments, my last one was a hoot. I got felt up by a few people which was new and umm different lol When I say "felt up" what I really mean is that a couple of "ring ins" (read: midwives in training lol) got to palp my pregnant belly. I was a test dummy. A real life test dummy. lol It was actually pretty fun and trippy to be used as a teaching tool. :P I did get a bit of performance anxiety when it came time to have my blood pressure taken though lol Even though I had taken my blood pressure the day before (and took it the day after) and it was fine, it went up slightly when I had it taken in front of about 6 or 7 people. Aaah well, the joys of being a performing pregnant monkey eh lol


So even though my pregnancy has been uneventful in terms of negative stuff it really is a truly amazing experience. Really truly mindblowing. For so many years I have dreamt about what it actually feels like to have your baby kick you from the inside. I have always wanted to know what that was like. Right now I get to experience it on a daily, no hourly, basis! It still all seems a little surreal at times. It's so hard to describe exactly how amazing it is to feel your belly babe kick you. I'm not sure I would do it justice if I tried to explain it. Suffice to say I am loving every second of it. I'm cherishing every moment (at least until the end of pregnancy when everyone keeps telling me I will get sick of it lol). But right now I love it. I love having that knowledge that my bub is growing, getting stronger, stretching his/her little limbs. It is such a comforting feeling. I love it I love it I love it.

I'm sure there was more I was going to blog about but I cant remember anything else at the moment. Doh. If I think of anything more I will be back :)