Due date today!

Hopefully final bump pictures!!

Spent Friday and Monday at the hospital due to high blood pressure. Was monitored for BP and baby heartbeat and contractions. Monitor was picking up very very regular contractions, but I could barely feel them. Midwife said to come back Monday but she thought I'd have had baby over weekend. NO SUCH LUCK! GRRR.

So back I went yesterday for further monitoring. Blood pressure was up and down constantly. Was in hospital for about 5 hours (SO much waiting around...snore!). They aren't concerned as I have no swelling/headaches etc so after asking me to wait for a consultant and taking more bloods and saying they may choose to induce me sooner rather than letting me go overdue...they changed their minds and sent me home and said to see normal midwife on Wednesday. And I've to see if she sends me back to hospital again!? So fed up of back and forthing on damn buses to hospital. Midwife was fully booked for Wednesday...argh! But she's going to squeeze me in at 3pm and hopefully she will be giving a membrane sweep to see if that'll kick things off naturally. Fingers crossed!

Today is due date and a full moon. Since records began they've noted that more babies are born on full moons than other nights...bizarre. It's a well-known midwifery thing that labour wards are always busier on full moons. Hoping it means Ella will get moving today as raspberry leaf tea, pineapple and bouncing on the gym ball is not working. I shall be getting my belly out tonight and dancing under the moon LOL worth a shot no?? Kenny will think I'm mad. In fact, I think I'm mad...

Finally finished the 3 canvases for the nursery, just need to put them up now. I've grown to dislike them now, you always see the faults in stuff you've worked on for ages. But Kenny likes them and they've taken ages so I'll still be putting them up!

Keep getting the odd stomach pain some have actually woken me up in the night and they come and go...but then I fall back asleep and wake up still pregnant, so they must just be stupid braxton hicks Aghhh! Not fair! Last night I actually only woke up for a wee once....!!! I was in shock. Every night for the past 3 months I've woken at LEAST 6 times a night for a wee...I feel refreshed!

Today I am doing nothing, yesterday's stint at the hospital totally knackered me. Although I really really want homemade sausage rolls...Jamie Oliver ones. But I have none of the ingredients. If I conjure up some energy I may go get some pastry and sausages etc.

Right...better get on with this laziness...(still washing to be hung up though...d'oh!)