Midwife Appointment & Dan's poorly back!

26 weeks

I went along for my midwife appointment and this was the first session that the midwife felt for the baby and knew which position it was lying in! It was very exciting and she found the position within like 5 seconds (amazing!). The baby was lying in 'breech' position, so head in my ribs, bottom down under my belly button and legs out to the right hand side. It's ok as the baby will move around so much hopefully it won't be in breech when it decides to come out.

I got given my MatB1 (finally), this is a certificate I have to give to work to prove that I am having a baby (I think they would know I'm not faking it by now...) and she also gave me the forms to complete for my £190 government pregnancy grant. Cool hey, I get £190 for just having a baby, free money, won't complain! All was good at the appointment, good measurement around the belly (the belly in cm should measure the same as the weeks I am pregnant) and baby heart-beat all good too!

Pregnancy is still going very well so I can't complain. I actually feel like I am having the text book pregnancy. If I didn't have my ever increasing bump I wouldn't feel pregnant at all. I have been suffering from leg cramps though, mainly at night in bed but also when I am trying to put on socks or shoes, I get it in my toes, ouch!! They don't know what is the cause of cramps so I'm afraid I just have to deal with them.

I have had a lot of craving for milk. Lovely ice cold milk, either on cereal or straight in a glass, yummy! I tend to have a glass when I get to work (colleagues find it very funny) or when I feel really thirsty! I did actually read that leg cramps can be caused by lack of Calcium so maybe it's my bodies way of getting more calcium inside me!

I have been sleeping with cushions under my bump and between my legs, it helps get comfy but I still wake up a couple of times in the night, either to get comfy or need a wee!

Dan hurt his back this week too, poor hubby! He has been having a few problems for a while and then the other day I got back from work and he was just lying out flat on the lounge floor, he couldn't move! It was awful and horrible to see him in pain. He has been pretty much bed ridden for a week and having to lie on the floor or at least keep moving about every 10 mins. He went for a x-ray so hopefully the results will come back positive rather some major problems. It has been a bit of a role reversal though, me, 6 months preggers has been standing on tables changing light bulbs, running around getting stuff for hubby and to top it off our cooker broke too so it really is none stop in our house! Trying to take it easy though and relax when I can as I feel the exhaustion setting back in with hitting the 3rd trimester!