Sophia's birth story part 2

So now we are to the morning of the 26th of March. It's about 4am and I've decided I need to wake Gavin up, I just can't cope alone anymore. I have a bit of a cry, need a cuddle and lay there, I think it was around 6am when gav decided to ring the hospital again, the midwife refused to talk to him only me, I said my contractions were still irregular but I was in quite a bit more pain and I couldn't sleep through the contractions. She again said I could go in but seeing as my contractions weren't regular I wouldn't be ready and I would be sent home, she suggested codeine and paracetamol. I came off the phone deflated and upset, I knew the pain had increased but it felt as though there was no end to it. My contractions were no different to 24 hours ago timing wise. To be honest this day is so much of a blur. I spent the day in and out of the bath, looking like a prune! Gav kept making me eat little bits where he could I remember chocolate and ice pops and a KFC!

Mummy and me - June

I can't believe this month is ending soon! It's gone so fast! I planned to take some 'proper' photos of the two of us for this months mummy and me post. But it just hasn't happened! Being a parent just blurs all time together! Today Sophia is 3 months old. This past month with her has been my favourite so far, her development has come on leaps and bounds and I look forward to seeing her smile each morning when she wakes me up with her moans. She has a little cheeky personality already. Here are some photos from our month together.

5 tips for getting through the poorlyness

I've been sick lots. Lasting various amounts of time, up to weeks when pregnant, finally caving with meds. But there seems to be nothing worse than being poorly and having a baby. Anyone who has children knows how deeply tiring it is to look after them and in my case she isn't even moving yet! Whoever said when they sleep you should sleep is crazy! If we did there wouldn't be a clean plate in sight! The floor would be covered in nappies and food and toys. There would be no clean clothing and your straight hair would somehow turn into a frizzy perm tangled ball that had NEVER been brushed. Even when you do try to sleep their every breath will wake you up. Somehow they can wake scream and fall back asleep. It must be to keep us on are toes! I've been sick for 3 days so far, here's 5 things that have got me through-

1. Take the help - Gav has been off work for 2/3 days so far and he has taken Soph out of the house on one day and looked after her on the other day while I went to bed or spent time alone. My mum came down on the 3rd time after I asked her to look after her for a few hours while I went back to bed again. I hate asking for help. I don't know if i'm alone but getting to take maternity leave and stay at home with her makes me feel like it's lazy to pass her off unless I need to! However I know that without resting it will take me twice as long to get better and that's twice as long I can't do everything as normal for her.

Newton and the apple - Soundwave review

Today is father's day! I wrote this up a few weeks ago but didn't want sneaky Gav to read it! I knew I wanted to get Gav something nice for his first Father's Day as every other one will probably just be a normal generic Father's Day gift. After searching around on a few different sites I had a look at notonthehighstreet. Everything is more unique on there. I found a company that will change a song that is significant to you into a sound wave format and put that into a picture. 

Newton and the apple now -£26.36

A3 Frame - ebay £8.75

Our week in photos #6

Monday - just me and baba all day dada working late 

Tuesday - dad off went to visit great nans and then off to the farm shop

Wednesday - i had to visit the doctors for the implant ugh! Then we spent the afternoon with dad

Thursday - me and soph had a crafty day making Father's Day card eventually 

Friday - we went to visit gran and great grandad who's down from Scotland for the week

Saturday - our family Father's Day. Gavs working tomorrow. We went to the farm shop too but super busy there!

Sunday - Father's Day Gavs working till 8 so he won't see soph tonight. So they had a cuddle this morning me and soph are off to grannies to check on great grandma 

Kirsty 

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