36 Week Pregnancy Update ¦Baby Number 2¦ Mommy Monday

Hi guys welcome back to another mommy Monday which means another pregnancy update! So I turned 36 weeks on Saturday but I had my midwife appointment on Friday as my midwife is on holiday this week however she wanted to make sure she saw me after our little false alarm!

Babies movements: Baby is still really active, always moving around and he seems to be getting even more active all the time. Especially in the day time, and at bed time.

Braxton Hicks: These are still very regular since I updated you with the false alarm, I had let you know that the braxton hicks or practice contractions I was having were very regular on the monitor I was hooked up too. So due to this my midwife has said I am to rest lots and less walking for at least the next week until we get to 37+ weeks due to this been considered safe to deliver the baby. It would also mean being able to delivery the baby at our local cottage hospital rather than having an emergency birth at the larger consultant led hospital.

Wedding/Engagement Ring: Has been off for quite a while now, my fingers tend to swell up throughout the day. Sometimes they don't sometimes they do, just one of those things. So I'd rather not take the risk of getting one stuck!!

Hospital Bags: Are all packed and ready to go, so make sure you look out for those videos coming to my youtube channel soon! I actually really enjoyed packing mine and the babies bags. Although i have repacked them so many times already now!! Am I alone here?

Lightening crotch!: If you don't know what this is, or you haven't heard the expression before. It's like a sharp sudden pain/twinge down there which I believe happens due to the baby dropping or hitting a nerve.

I will be posting an extra video this Wednesday for you guys this week too, as I want to make sure I get my Hospital bag videos up before the baby is born and also a small baby haul I got, along with my first impressions on my new nappy bag!


Lady Sara Miller xoxo

FALSE ALARM ¦ 35 WEEK PREGNANCY UPDATE ¦

Monday was quite an eventful day for us this week! As this baby boy decided it would be fun to have us thinking labour was about to start!! 

It all started on the Sunday evening when I had some pains in my hips, it felt like they were opening up and widening in preparation for delivery! I didn't pay too much attention as I just assumed the baby must have been dropping quite quickly. Along with that it gave me some back problems through out the week and a lot of lightening crotch! 

I called my midwife on the Monday as I had a very small amount of spotting when I woke up. So she advised I head to the bigger hospital an hour away as the hospital I'm due to go to for the birth is only a small cottage hospital so their are no consultants etc their for emergency care! 

When we got the hospital we had a bit of a wait but we finally got seen and I had to sit on a monitor for almost an hour due to how much he was wriggling!! Which was quite reassuring really, however after a while of been stuck on a monitor I kinda wanted him to just sit still for at least half hour so I could come off the machine.

After finally been able to come off the machine, with him wriggling and moving around a little less. We learnt he had turned around making him back to back!! But he was very low. So I now knew why my back had been so bad! Then the midwife asked if I had been noticing the tightening's I had been having while on the montior, I jokingly answered with a yes that I've felt them, they weren't painful but they were feeling rather regular. 

Thankfully after an internal examination it turned out that I hadn't started to have a show and my waters weren't starting to go either. That was quite a relief. I got discharged and told I was to call back if the regular tightening's became painful or more intense. 

So we had scheduled another midwife appointment this Friday which was yesterday. That update will be up next week for you all! So look out for that and some more information on how this little man is doing!

Have a great weekend everyone! 

LABOUR & DELIVERY STORY ¦MY FIRST SON¦ MOMMY MONDAY

Hi guys, so I have decided to share with you all the labour and delivery story of my first son Tyler, I am hoping to share my experience with my second son so it only seemed right to share with you what happened during my first childbirth experience!! I hope you enjoy and share your stories too.

Love Sara xoxo

32-33 WEEK PREGNANCY UPDATE ¦BABY NUMBER 2¦

Hi guys another update, however this one is more about my new midwife care and Tyler also decides to say hi!

We have now moved so my midwife is the same midwife I had when I was pregnant with my first son Tyler. I am so much happier already with my maternity care now, it's so much more personal and one to one. The maternity care I was receiving before we moved made me feel like I was just a number and statistic rather than a second time mom to be. It was very daunting moving somewhere new and then the care your providing not to be the standards you have had previously. I had seen about 4 different midwives and not even met my "nominated" midwife. I didn't even know who I could call or what hospital if I had an emergency I had just decided I would probably call 999 rather 3 different hospitals. Anyway no point dwelling on that now, I am much much happier already and super excited to start planning my birth out as I'm now almost 35 weeks!!

Here is my vlog anyway with my pregnancy update for you guys! I hope you enjoy and keep an eye out for the next one!