The waiting game...

After 3 weeks on maternity leave, boredom is well & truly setting in. There is only so much cleaning & tidying that you can do to occupy your time before your house is as spotless as it is ever going to be... and let's face it, daytime TV is nothing to shout about.

So at this point I'm 39+2 weeks and even though baby Fleming is not due for another 5 days, mummy & daddy are starting to get a little impatient and just want to meet our little man. I live in hope each day that those first pre-labour signs will start to put in an appearance but as of yet, no such luck!

Ok, so maybe I'm being a little optimistic in thinking that there is any possibility that munchkin is going to arrive early, or even on time for that matter, but I'm sure gonna try and do my bit to help him along. I'm dealing with my aversion to spicy foods, my fridge is full of pineapple and my cupboard is full of raspberry leaf tea. Along with a few other *ahem* suggested methods I am determined to shift him along.... let's hope they work :-)

Daddy Fleming says he's going to be on the edge of his seat at work from here on just waiting for that call saying it's started........

The Nursery

All the clothing and bedding has been prepared for my little man and his room is now all made up and ready for his impending arrival.... fingers crossed this will be in 19 days time :)

36 weeks, the final stretch!

Ok, so there is only 4 weeks until the big day now...   that's a mere 28 days!!!! which makes it sound even closer :) and needless to say my belly is looking rather stretched now as poor baby Fleming has less and less room to move about.

Mummy & daddy took a trip to Calderdale Royal Hospital last week to have a preview of where it's all going to happen. Thankfully there were no women in the birth centre screaming in pain so it wasn't too scary but it did make it feel that little bit more real. Standing in one of the delivery rooms just thinking that in a matter of weeks I'll be in one for the main event. Yikes!!

Maternity leave has now officially kicked in so now I can prepare by getting all my little man's clothing and bedding washed and set up properly in the nursery ready for his arrival.... exciting times.

Here we are at 36 weeks...

Locked, loaded & ready...

Following a growth scan last week, it was comforting to find out that even though my bump is measuring big, baby boy is actually measuring average in size :) Phew! Now all those dreams of giving birth to a 12lb baby have subsided.

On another note, the midwife had a good old feel around at my tum on our last visit and told us that our little man's head is now engaged and he is in position, back to front, ready for birth yippee! It does look blatantly obvious from the outside too as my bump has dropped down quite significantly. Let's hope he stays that way now, only 6 weeks to go.....

32 Weeks

With the countdown into single figures and only 8 weeks until D-day mama is getting big!! Slowly but surely simple tasks such as putting on socks or shoes is a lot more effort than it used to be.

Baby Fleming is still very active but as he gets bigger, them cute little kicks are now turning into big rolls as he manoeuvres himself about and let's just say it's not always the most comfortable of experiences haha :) What is really cute now though is, when he gets hiccups I can feel it. It's so sweet...

Here we are at 32 weeks:

4D Scan

Today mummy & daddy went to sneak a peek at our little munchkin at Babybond in Leeds. It was an amazing experience getting to see baby pulling faces, pouting and sucking his thumb. It's strange to think he is making all these little movements that I'm not even aware of. He seems very photogenic and behaved himself so we could get some good pics (and I reckon he looks like his dad) xx

Our handsome little man... 

..sucking on his hand.....

..such a cute little nose.... 

..and such a pouty baby :)

28 weeks - the final trimester

Baby Fleming is getting stronger and more active by the day. It's so sweet that he's even established his own routine so he has regular times of the day where I know he'll be having a wriggle, although his 6am shuffle tends to wake me up (I don't really mind though as it makes me smile). 

He's also very sneaky... as soon as I tell anyone he's moving and they go to have a feel, he stops!! I think he just likes to make mummy look stupid - either that or he's shy :) but luckily last week I managed to catch him in action on my camera (please ignore how pale I am lol).

Here we are at 28+1 weeks...