12 days to-go. Yes that’s 12 days to go until I am due to give birth. We’re gonna be parents. This time last year we were lying on a beach on Koh Samui; Oh how times have changed.

Will it be a boy or a girl? What are we going to name her/him? The jury is still very much out on that one.

Will my birth ‘plan’ (and I say plan in the loosest of terms) play out? i.e. I’ll just get in the pool and take some gas and air and see how it goes from there…

Will my baby be okay? Who will they look like? And will they really have a load of fuzz on top of their head as pointed out by the lovely lady who conducted my last scan?

My hospital bag is packed, the nursery is ready and GB is carrying around 2 spare fully charged battery packs for his phone in readiness for ‘the phone call’.  His tone of voice is already a juxtaposition terror and calm every time he answers me. We’re ready; ready as we’ll ever be anyway.

Today (25th July)  I’m mostly waiting for the carpenter to fit the shelving in the living room / making the most of my one month free trial of Amazon Prime. Oh and listening to Radio X; thinking this is definitely something I need to include on my ‘what do to whilst in labour’ list. There’s only 2 things on said list as yet; breathe and try not to squeeze GB’s hand too hard.

On a lighter note, here’s a link to the baby bag I’ve finally chosen. After hours of searching I have finally found one that is a) not naff and b) quite bloody chic if I do say so myself! I love it. Review to come…

http://www.iambeau.com/baby-changing-bags/isabelle-black-canvas-hospital-bag

 

 

LKW x