I've found the cure for those dreaded cramps!! - Bananas and brazil nuts!!
If I eat a banana a day - on toast, in my porridge, in a banana split (yummy - Ben is a fan!) or whole as a snack, and munch on a handful of brazil nuts a day, I can keep those horrible cramps away!
Since I've included these into my diet, I haven't yelped out in my sleep and scared the living bejesus out of Ben! I've also found if I point my heels out and my toes to my head, that helps heaps too.
Very relieved indeed!
Labels: in utero
Today was an exciting day for us... we got to see our beautiful baby not just in a regular 2D ultrasound, but in 4D! Our little one was very well behaved and coyly posed for the camera for us... what a beautiful, gorgeous sight to behold! It was an emotional time as we saw baby moving around, throwing hands and feet all around, and even a yawn at one stage!
Technology is just amazing nowadays - although still just a representation of sound waves, and not a true picture of what our babe actually looks like, it was just so exciting and real to see our little miracle develop from a blob of what we thought looked like chewing gum at blastocyst stage to a real life kicking baby!
Mom and Dad came with us to the scan and were chuffed to see their little grandchild in such reality! Not surprisingly, mom was all tears!
Mom and Dad seemed to think bubs had my Dad's nose and Ben reckons my pouty lips when I sulk!
In this photo, I think baby looks incredibly Chinese!!
I just can't wait to meet you and cuddle you! You are just so beautiful, my little miracle!!
Labels: in utero
Now that bubs is well and truly kicking away, a new type of feeling is starting to get more and more frequent...
Braxton Hicks contractions are like dress rehearsals - uterine muscles flex in preparation for the big job they'll have to do in the near future. They are caused by pregnancy hormones being hard at work, sending messages to your body (very slowly) to start the process of childbirth. These contractions begin as a painless tightening of the uterine muscles, usually lasting about 15 to 30 seconds, but sometimes as long as two minutes, and causes your abdomen to become very hard and strangely contorted.
Some women get them as early as 20 weeks, but for me they started mildly at about 25 weeks and are now getting more frequent and more stronger. Nothing to worry about though, totally painless and more like a startling feeling that often cause me to stop what I'm doing and hold my breath for a moment.
For now, I don't mind at all - it's great to be always so aware that you're pregnant!
Labels: in utero
