Waiting for Smirnoff

So it is early February, and I have a little over 4 weeks to go until Smirnoff arrives.  I am watching my belly grow each day it seems and I am excited to get to meet this little person growing inside me.  There is something awesome about not knowing what my baby will look like, although with each pregnancy I have hoped that they would be cute bubs and not little gorillas!!

I remember when Sprat was born and we were lucky enough to have a cute little boy (a little yellow from jaundice but cute .. he looked like he had just come from a holiday in Broome, hehe). At the same time there was another baby in the nursery who the midwives had nicknamed Big John!  He was an ENORMOUS baby with a ton of black hair and not very easy on the eye!  Now of course all mums love their kids regardless, I am not disputing this, but I know I am not alone when I say that I hope my babies are cuties!!

Anyway, along the term of my pregnancy I have been lucky enough to have regular scans of my bub.  My ob/gyn has his own sonograph machine so he performs scans as part of my regular check ups.  His machine also takes 3D images of the baby, so I actually have a pretty specific picture of what my baby will look like (to a degree of course).  My last scan revealed chubby little cheeks and arms and a cute button nose .. awww!  As the baby grows the 3D scans look even more awesome and on Monday I will have my next check up which should yield some great shots (providing Smirnoff is co-operating and faces the camera!). 

So I am waiting with a fair bit of excitement right now.  Smirnoff moves with more force every day (sometimes enough to hurt me!!) and makes it increasingly difficult to sleep and go for longer than an hour between toilet stops!  I have constant late night indigestion which means eating copious amounts of Rennie tablets and sleeping almost upright!  I long to sleep on my tummy again and wear my non maternity jeans once more.  

However, I also know that this will more than likely be my last pregnancy so I am savouring each moment that Smirnoff is inside me as it truly is a miracle to have a person growing inside of you.  

So, in 4 weeks time, it will be back to interrupted sleep, and an extremely dependent baby.  Tiny growsuits and little bitty nappies.  Snuggle wraps and tiny tiny fingers and toes.  And all too soon, the baby stage will be over and I will have another little personality marching around the house!