19 Weeks Baby #3

19 Weeks down 21 (plus or minus 2) to go. I have jumped out of the starting block of term 3 with much vigour and enthusiam to be hastly reminded that I am pregnant. My recent go go go attitude has caught up and I feel a little sick again today. Either you get more tired with every subsequent pregnancy or my 32 year body doesn't have the go that my 26 and 28 year old body did the last times. I have taken a picture of my fast growing bump. I enjoy feeling the baby move around with much room and enthusiam. I have been checking our You Tube videos of birth and still get excited about birth number 3. I think natural drug free birth is as addictive as some drugs- althought I am not really willing to test this theory. We are having no scans this pregnancy which is a relief and feels like the right thing to do. I look forward to the children being with us and enjoying this journey through pregnancy and birth. They too have watched a few You Tube videos and wanted to compare human birth with the birth of a goat- not sure I should read too much into this :)

Back on the bike- well almost!

I hesitate to announce that it might finally be over (shhh the morning sickness) but I have managed to ride Matilda to school and back today and yesterday road to work and back on a new "big belly bike". It is lovely to ride again- although I do miss the road riding which will have to wait until April or May 2011. I will hopefully keep on the bike till the end- just will see how the balance hold up. It is great timing with the spring weather- it was even fun riding in the warm rain this afternoon. SO watch out Melbourne pregnant women on bike heading your way soon- oh what a sight!

After school

We are home from school. Felix and I enjoyed a spring afternoon riding along the Yarra River from school to home. We arrive and Felix annoces he needs some toast and like an expert gets the bread into the toaster. He is so excited when it pops and quickly butters and spreads vegemite on one and honey on the other. I smile as I hear the munching tune which means I am happy coming fom Felix as he sits at the table tucking into his afternoon tea. I think he might be ready to be a big brother again :)

Dancing

Matilda had her debute at the 45th Polonez Anniversary while Felix and Michael are at their 2 year at 17 year marks respectively. I find myself cringing when parents go on about how wonderful their children are but perhaps for once I might indulge. I actually had this warm gooey feeling of pride and thought that both Matilda and Felix were really cute on stage dancing. I will admit that I didn't watch anyone else when they were on stage :) Interestingly their motivation for dancing vary. Felix get extremley excited and nervous leading up to a concert. He loves to dance. He is very social and find the after polonez practice time very important. It is wonderful to see his confidence with senior as well as junior dancers back stage. Matilda does enjoy the social aspect too but it is not the dancing that motivates her, but rather the costumes and make-up. Dancing is just a nessasary part of the "dress up". I find myself being completely relaxed with the children both back stage and in the theatre. All our years of performacing supporting Michael, both in Oz and overseas has meant the children instinctively know when not to talk out load and keep quiet and are reliable and welcome backstage.

The blob

My body is pumped full of hormones ones that have for the first trimester caused me to become a blob. I vowed that I would keep really fit during my pregnancies and yet mother nature has other ideas. To suppress the nausea I resorted to stuffing my mouth with food [some cravings include; fetta cheese, vinegar (it seems to taste great on everything)] and hence my waist line has grown. I have popped and interestingly only half is baby the other half is fat. Fortunately I have experienced this phenomenon before (pregnancy 1 & 2) and it seems that my blob is designated for making breastmilk for baby 3 and Matilda if she doesn't wean as I thought she had (we had a feed this morning!) With a dawn of feeling better YAHOO for trimester 2 I will remain a blob now for the rest of the year and a little of next :)

Pregnancy Third Time Round Trimester 1

Our first planned pregnancy! Although I thought it might take a little longer as I am now in my thirties! I was convinced that I would continue my canoe polo and netball until well into the second trimester- my body has had other ideas! Bang on 6 weeks the grumbling of nausia started to take hold a gradual build up till week 9 when I begging my GP for something to just give me a moment of feeling normal rather than the constant feeling of nausia. I have tried everything: Ginger in every available form: capsule, raw, cooked, beer, tea: NOTHING! Even the medication for my GP does nothing. I now sleep 10-12 hours every night and love to have a 2-3 hour sleep in the daytime if possible! So this trimester has plagued me somewhat as I ignore everyone I live with and barely make it through a day at work: my poor husband and children :(

I look forward to not feeling this sickness hopefully soon as this feeling should go away at the 3 month mark! What I am finding the most difficult is that I am whingeing about how I feel- I just want to stop feeling this way come on body!