The Hokey-Pokey begins

Ahhh 22 weeks pregnant this week with lots of positive outlooks all round...except for the one teeny tiny aspect we are dealing with...money!

Money makes the world go round so it seems, but then again money IS the route of all evil and I dont want to live my life chained to the hold that money can have...I am firm believer in LIVING your life, looking back, choices that seemed outrageously expensive at the time have been the most amazing times and some of the best choices I have made...like going to Uni in SA, flying to mauritaus with Gerhard in 2004.
I hate that the cuurent economy seems to affect us all and not in very good ways, I just pray that my hubbys job will stay alright and we will be able to live here happily for now.

Onto the positive side of life! Univercity is going well, I have met new people, get to speak LOADS more English and am getting the Dutch hang of things. Is not easy by a longshot but Im understanding more and more. Even enough that on Friday i overheard a little boy chatting to his aunty/older lady and undestood most of it! I am thrilled!! We are quite a diverse class with people from all over the world from Australia to Canada to Japan and etc etc...

Another great start is I believe Im starting to feel my baby move more and more everyday, since my placenta is in the front it is not obvious and while I keep reading everywhere on the internet how so many people can feel and even see baby moving from the outside and Ive been having nothing...so finally this week ive bene getting some pokes, Im not sure if it is because Ive been talking more so Heffalump can hear me more, and I have been laughing more at Uni...also he seems to give me lots of pokes when we on the bus (dont think he likes all the noise & movement)

So here is to the next 4 months going smoother and better than the last 2
xxx
Celine & Baby Heffalump

Its a BOY!

Thats right its a BOY! I have a wee little man growing inside my tummy :)

So all went well at the scan last week, baby Boy does not appear to have any facial abnormalities. I think if he does they will be rather minor but I beleive he will be prefect.

The scanning lady was very kind and was very gentle. She was pregnant too due in April. The first thing she did was look at baby's face because she saw I was anxious about the cleft palate. Baby was sitting rather low and in breech position but we still managed to see what we had to.

He is quite a large little man weighing 100g heavier than he should and with a big gut and long legs. We saw his private area and its perfect too ;)

The scan lady did press quite hard on my tummy but I didnt wnat to complain, and later when we left the scan Mom & I went to the shops where I suddenly felt like I was going to throw up and had the worst abdominal pains...I left mom at the grocery store and ran throughout the center looking for help and eventually found a bathroom to splash myself over with cold water and feel better. I think the combination of nerves and the fear of it all combined with the after relief took its toll.

So now Im half-way through this pregnancy, all is great. Not feeling any obvious baby moves but saw that it could be because my placenta is to the front so it cushions babys movements, so he is going to have to kick REAL hard before I feel anything.

On another note, after my initial rejection VU have managed to find a place for me in the course! I start next week and am sooo nervous.

x

Snowdust

So in the UK it seems all has come to a halt after the recent weekend snow, meanwhile here we have had a little snowglobe dusting here and there but nothing that makes anything white :(

This past weekend I chipped my tooth, its not painfull but what is painfull is the threatening phonecall I have to make to firstly FIND a dentist and then make myself go there. Ive had the worst experinces with dentists in my life especially dealing in terms of my cleft palate. Many years ago I signed a release form from a hospital who had been treating me for almost 4 years..After 4 years i was ready to leave my teeth as they were because I had had enough poking & prodding and experiments so I know my teeth are far from perfect and I hate pain...but dental people just cant let it be they just want to poke prod and fix :(

I got another rejection letter to add to my collection, this time from VU - I didnt get in to the Dutch course but they did forward me some forms for the next course starting mid May to 3rd July...which of course I have to decline seeing as our Heffalump is due just days before then. I did mention it to them in an email and they will keep me in mind if there are cancellations..so fingers crossed!

The one positive action is that my lovely hubby has pre-ordered for the the Sims 3! The Sims 3 comes out a day or 2 after the Dutch course begins so i vowed that if I got in i wouldnt touch the game until after my exams...and now that i didnt get in it means I get to play :) So if you look hard enough there is always a silver lining.

This week also marks much exitement, tomorrow we are going to the midwives for the usual check-up..Im curious to see my weight gain cos so far i havent gained anything on their scale but I know now to expect maybe a 3kg gain...Then me and Mom are off to explore Baby Dump which is a HUGE baby store in the netherlands, the shops vary between 1500 sq/m to 4000 sq/m!

Then Wednesday is the infamous 20 week scan, hoping to see a happy & healthy Heffalump and maybe he/she can flash us some of their private bits...Hope so. I have had this feeling for ages that Heffalump is a boy but there seems to be alot of boys being born and dure for June so perhaps God will bless us with a little lady instead to balance out those boys? Who knows, whichever way I cannot wait :)

x
Celine