zZzZz ... (VERY long ramble !!!)

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   I didn't know what else to title this post with, as right now I am feeling SO tired !  Had a good nights sleep, and am thrilled to have a proper weekend (sat/sun) for once without having to work one of the two days... 

Have been having bigger problems with back pain / stiffness though, laid down to read a book for a bit this avo, and when I got up had to roll over to get out of the bed but then shuffle down the hallway - hubby was worried as I was heading towards the lounge and having to use the walls for support. 

I brought this up along with the pelvic muscle / pubic bone pain at my visit with my midwife on Thursday, and she said to try things like a hot water bottle or wheat pack, but half the problem with my sleep troubles is that it's too hot ! And sorry if this is TMI, but I already sleep with nothing on, and always end up throwing the blankets off by morning. 

As for the visit overall, not that she's a bad midwife, or was mean or rude or nasty or anything, but the whole visit left me very unexcited if you will... in a nutshell, it was "blah blah blah, bloods are normal, blah blah blah, heart rate normal, size normal, blah blah blah... oh? back pain? blah blah blah, its normal, blah blah blah, oh? can't sleep? put something hot on it blah blah blah, we just have to grin and bear it blah blah blah blah blah... if we have to we'll refer you somewhere... blah blah blah blah its all normal..." 

I tell you, I got *so* sick of hearing the word normal !! I know we go through all these bizarre and uncomfortable things when we're pregnant, and some ladies have far worse issues... and so I feel terrible for this part of me that is actually getting a bit angry with things  

I guess you could also say that the pregnancy itself has lost a bit of the 'gloss', which perhaps only shows my impatience? I'm not unhappy or angry to be having a baby, and I'm still excited that there will be a brand new little boy or girl that is all our own in three and a half months time... but I'm sick and tired of being, well, tired ! RAAAAAAAAAAAAWR !!!  

*takes a few deep breaths*

The upside of seeing my midwife this month I suppose, was that she did give me a referral for another scan - but it took a bit of pushing. Again not that she was nasty about it, but very anti any "extra" scans. I also discovered that there are no other routine scans past 20 weeks !! I truly did not know that before, which is why I breathed a quiet sigh of relief when she finally caved in and gave me the referral form (although we would have happily paid for another one in full). Hopefully bubs isn't shy this time, although the main issue we will really be looking at is if there is going to be any development problems with the kidneys. 

I had another baby related dream last night, which was basically that I had a baby boy (!!!!!!), but he was *HUGE* and his head was out of proportion... but that the birth still only took three hours or something and was entirely natural... I even remember it right down to the fact that I tore because his shoulders were so wide, but otherwise no issues. I was shocked because I was expecting a girl, so not sure what that actually means LOL The last baby / birth related dream I had was that I was having a wee girl, and she presented breech, but as with the latest dream delivered just fine - which left me feeling a bit shocked again as I know how few babies that present breech are actually delivered naturally and without complication. 

With the sleep  / energy level thing, my midwife did seem to agree that maybe taking vitamins again would help a little, although I'm not anemic or anything - so when we were out househunting I bought some more elevit. Was going to get the big pack, but the 30 tablet packs were on special, so buying three of those was cheaper than getting the 100 tablet pack. 

I can't remember though, if I ever mentioned here that I was starting to occasionally feel really sick again - but of course mostly when I'm tired which is a pain LOL I think though that it has more to do with baby squashing everything up, except the midwife said it wasn't really at that stage yet where my stomach is really squashed !? I dunno. I'm up to just over 80kg though, so the weight gain has definitely picked up !! Roland and I have both decided that we're going to try and reform our diets anyway, even though I suppose you're not supposed to worry too much about weight gain during prengnancy. I don't think less McD's is going to hurt the baby somehow LOL and luckily I'm still dead keen on lots of fresh fruit. 

As for the househunting that I mentioned before, we had three places on our list for today, two on the north shore and one in Otahuhu (which isn't all that far from where we are now). We got all the way to Glenfield only to discover the open home for the first house was cancelled ! Not good. Went back home for a bit, then out to the house in Otahuhu which was good... had a nice backyard, an old style house and smaller kitchen than we would like, but lots of space in the master bedroom and plenty of character. There would be some touching up to do, but nothing major, painting isn't as huge as having to knock a wall out or something LOL We then went over the shore *again* for a house in Beach Haven, but it was an almost immediate "no way!" for both of us - on a decent bit of land (quarter acre apparently), but the house was narrow inside, the rooms were small, and the place overall was absolutely FILTHY. It would have taken *alot* of work to make it look even relatively nice, and we're simply not looking for that right now (esp. not with bubs on the way). We're not sure if we're going to do as many houses tomorrow, although the agent from the last house I was describing said there was a much nicer one (she did warn us before we went inside the icky house) at a different address, and she could take us through it in the morning if we wanted. It apparently has a 'modern' kitchen, is run on gas, spacious lounge and big rooms, I think three bedrooms and two and a half bath? Parking for just one car, but we only have one car anyway :P Sounds good, but if it doesn't turn out as good as it sounds we might reconsider the north shore altogether despite the fact that it would make commuting to work far easier for hubby (since I'm in the city it doesn't matter *too* much for me). 

And last but not least... IF any of you are still with me so far !!   ... actually, wait. I might put a wee warning up first, I'm going to finish off with *another* whinge about my housemate, so you can skip it if you want !! 

Again it's really just little things with her, but there are *so* many of them, and they really just pile up and grate on my nerves heaps. We've been finding the bathroom and toilet lights on a lot when nobody is using them, and this is during daylight hours... which baffles us completely - plus she never uses the fan in the bathroom after a shower, and so I'm always having to switch it on myself if I want / need to use the mirror in there (and yes, we should have one for our bedroom, but there isn't any space right now). I won't tell you about all the nasty things I found the last time I cleaned out the fridge, but my current peeve is that there is *RAW* mince in there right now that has been there for two days on a plate, and covered with just a bit of gladwrap  I *HATE* having to ask her to chuck stuff out, or put her dishes in the dishwasher, or throw things out I know she's not going to eat !!!!! With the raw meat though, that really makes me sick. I'm paranoid about my food getting contaminated from some of the cr*p she leaves in there. So as you can imagine, our kitchen and fridge are pretty damn tidy, but tonight when we were cooking our spaghetti and I went to put something in the bin - there was a rinsed out and perfectly recyclable can in there with everything else - and I *know* she *knows* that they can go in the blue bin !!! ~headdesk~ Occasionally plates and stuff make it into the dishwasher (*if* they make it out of her room !!)... but largely they sit on the counter and congeal, ick. Which is why half the stuff that's meant to be clean still isn't clean when I go to unpack a fresh load *sigh*

Ok ok so there *is* actually an upside to this - she leaves in three weeks !! Finishes her job on March 10th I think, and is due to be officially gone from here by the 18th at the latest. I can't wait to have our own space back !! (Not looking forward to scraping bird crap off the floor though... LONG story involving the two parrots she keeps.)

I could probably go on, and on, and on like a broken record - but I won't ! Promise !  

*finally* Over and out !  

Jax