3 months to go

The countdown has really begun now. My official due date is three months today. My antenatal class this week was cancelled and I'll be missing next week's as we are going on a last pre-baby break to the wedding of friends in Prague. 

I'm clearly now getting quite big. Everybody I see assumes I'm due imminently and I've had two people now ask me if I'm having twins. There's certainly little doubt that I am actually pregnant! 

Baby continues to wriggle around a lot reassuring me about it's presence. 

This week I finally got around to emptying the bulk of boxes from what will be the nursery. At the same time I'm accumulating more and more baby clothes. I'm lucky that a few friends have recently had children and are passing on their baby clothes. Although we'll buy a few things new I'm happy not to be precious about getting a lot of things as nearly new. Ultimately the baby will make anything we put on it dirty in a matter of minutes. I would rather we spent the money on baby once it's old enough to appreciate things. 

Hopefully my pragmatism will endure once baby arrives. 

My first major purchase

Last night I bit the bullet and for the first time invested 3 figures in baby's future. Last week I visited a friend and her nine-month old and saw a demonstration of her sling. 

For us a sling is as important as a pram as our village location and the dog's love of walking through the fields means that it will be needed every day whereas a pram will only be taken in the car. 

The friend I saw last week has a connecta. Not a brand I'd heard of but seeing her demonstrate it it appeared to be easy to use, can be worn on the back or the front and is suitable from newborn to 16kg. They also come in a range of fabrics although we've opted for the tweed for two reasons - first it is the easiest to get hold of as it is stocked by m&s but secondly James has a love affair with tweed and almost wet himself when I told him it was a possibility. 

I get to collect my purchase tomorrow and have been advised to wear it in a bit before little one makes an appearance. I can't wait. All starting to feel that little bit more real. 

Second antenatal class

Last night was my second antenatal yoga class. There were more of us there last time with five of us. Where the first one was blighted by a cold last night's class was disturbed throughout by reflux. Yet another joy of pregnancy. 

Despite that though I had a really good time. We talked more about labour itself and overall I felt beautifully relaxed by the time the class finished. I just managed to avoid dropping off at the end. 

Antenatal class

On Wednesday evening I had my first antenatal class. I've signed up to the Daisy foundation active mum classes. It's essentially antenatal yoga with a focus on breathing and relaxation techniques. There were only three of us at the class although there should have been six. I'm the least far along of us. 

The breathing and relaxation was great. Unfortunately I had difficulty with some of the positions as I'd managed to come down with a stinking cold and was battling a nose like a tap - here was I thinking that if got over the bugs! 

I'm looking forward to the next few weeks though and whenever my nose allows for it I'm going through the breathing techniques at home.