a shandi & star of India

Yesterday was Paul's only day off & he has been working alot lately, so it was nice to have a just Us day. After a nice sleep in we headed to Penrith to do groceries & start the Christmas organising. A must for any attempt at Westfield's is to first to have a really big cup of coffee at one of our favourite cafe's. It has been ages since we last hired a dvd let alone seen a movie, so we joined up at our new local video store & hired out Romulus My Father & Tales From Earthsea and then picked up some yummy Star of India on the way home & a turkish delight of course (my latest craving). It was pouring down with rain all evening - perfect stay in & watch a dvd weather, so I set up the spread on the coffee table, pulled out the mattress & cushions & we watched Romulus My Father & Ate till we were both very full, we started watching Tales from Earthsea but we were both too tired and starting to doze off so we decided to finish watching it later and go to bed.

I had a prenatal appointment with my GP this morning, after nearly an hour wait I got in to see her. She did the usual checks and was happy with my blood pressure & Bubs heart rate was good too. Bub is not engaged yet she said and is slightly more mobile 5/5ths head down which she suggested could indicate I still have a few weeks to go as first babys sometimes engage a few weeks ahead of the birth unlike subsequent births when baby becomes engaged labour follows shortly afterwards. She also said that me having no stretch marks makes me less susceptible to having an episiotomy - Well That's good news! so fingers crossed that one turns out to be true. I'm not over being pregnant as I feel good but Its just the wait & see part now, I don't think I will go early but hoping not too far over my dd as I'd like to avoid an induction. I'm just wondering now When.. & calling Paul to come home from work to take me to hospital could be interesting, I just have no idea how it will feel & hope I won't be doing it alone for long. I don't need the world to know I am in labour either, we will let everyone know when we are ready to. One of my biggest fears is people turning up at the hospital while I am still in labour waiting for show & tell.

This will be Our special day & I hope it comes very soon, I am ready to meet this little person.