PRAM SHOPPING!!!

Everyone who knows me, knows how much I LOVE shopping, and it doesn't really matter what I'm shopping for. Being pregnant comes with a brand new list of things that we need to buy: first up is the pushchair. After doing some research and then going to one of the baby shops, we've narrowed it down to 2 designs, both quite similar and both get pretty good reviews for safety and use.

Photo 1: Urban Buggy Elite

Photo 2: Carrycot attachment for the Urban Buggy Elite

Photo 3: Phil & Ted's e3

Both are more activity pushchairs: good for walking and running (if you can co-ordinate pushing and running at the same time) and they are also good on grass and sand. The carrycot you buy get as an attachment for the UBE (Urban buggy elite) is great for a newborn and can be easily taken off if the baby is asleep. But with the P&T (Phil & Ted's) you can buy a cocoon for a new born which you can pop into the pushchair when its down flat. An added bonus with the P&T is that you can buy an attachment which goes at the back if you have a second child, the smaller child goes in the main frame and the older child goes in the back attachment.

While Ian has been out for his runs he's been asking mum's who have the UBE or the P&T what they think of each one (his own market research). The good thing is we don' t have to make a decision straight away, so I'll let you know what we decide.

Its now week 13 and the happy hormones have definitely kicked in, thank goodness, my skin is VERY slowly starting to clear. I've started back-up with a slow jog which is making me feel very good and I went for a great swim today.

SAY CHEESE!

12 Weeks

Ian and I went up to Randwick Private Hospital to get our first glimpse of Casper!!

After drinking a litre and a half of water and then waiting for 24 minutes my bladder was very full and uncomfortable.

We went in to the opperators suit; I lay on the bed and and the sonographer measured the baby from the top of its head to the bottom of the spine. She then measured the Nuchal Translucency, which is the fluid beneath the skin at the back of the neck of the fetus. She then checked the legs, arms, head and then we got to see the full baby on the screen, which was quite amazing. Ian got very emotional and I was in shock, I couldn't believe that baby on the screen was in my stomach, quite amazing.

They did all the tests and the Dr was happy with all the results. for my age, the results from the scan indicated that there was a very low chance for any abnormality.

BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT.

Being pregnant limit's your exercise regime. I use to go running about 3 times a week for about 45 / 50 minutes and then a long run for about 90 minutes on Saturday's. When I fell pregnant Dr Joe advised me that it would be best for me to reduce my running to zero minutes (well at least for the first 3 months) until everything is secure!

This has been driving me crazy, I've been swimming, but now as its getting cooler, the pool becomes less and less inviting. So I've been power walking, but not too big a stride as I don't want to dislodge my pelvis!!!

Another activity I've decided to take back up, is pre-natal yoga. I went today, Saturday, for my first class, and I had the smallest bump, compared to the rest of the class I look like a fraud!! :o)

The class was good, but man my muscles were tight, having done a lot less exercise in the past 2 months than what I usually do, my back and shoulders had really tightened up.

So that is basically me for the next 6 months or so, walking, swimming & yoga.

This is me at 12 weeks, not really a bump more relaxed belly muscles.