He's here

My beautiful baby boy Nathaniel William James Hills is here..... finally.

I know.... mummy's are biased but I think he is a stunner of epic proportions. 

Just to say I was induced, has 3 lots of induction agents, finally waters went at 2 in the morning, started contracting like the billy-o, went from 1cm to 9cm in 5 hours, finally got up to delivery suite and then spent 4 1/2 hours pushing. He still couldn't quite get out  (by about 2-3cm lazy tyke) so had a drip to intensify contractions (if that was even possible) and after another 45 minutes had a forceps delivery with a 3rd degree tear thrown in for good measure. All of which was done with gas, air and stubborness.

8lbs 9oz, 52cm long

So worth it tho :)

38 + 5

Oh and here I am today...

And here are a couple we took with my mum x

Nursery

So, although it's not quite there... I thought I'd upload some pics of the nursery. I'm very proud of my traced tree!

So, with the use of a digital projector I got the tree up there, thanks must go to these people for the tree pattern but I'm pleased with the way it has turned out. Now all to do with it is make a little owl and bird to sit on the branches. 

This is our barginous Argos wardrobe that we built with the help of Mr W.J.Woolnough! The little wicker baskets are supposed to be on the changing table but we have left that at my mums for the time being. Plus the little owlies on top are going to go on the wall rather than the wardrobe. Thanks to Sarah Wilson for the owl card on the left and I made the two owlies on the right..

Finally, here is our non standard light in the nursery... I just wasn't feeling the teddy bear/giraffe love so we plumped for this instead and James installed a dimmer switch so it can get nice and cozy in there!

38+1 weeks

Hello again. So I'm now 38 weeks pregnant and still no baby. Unfotunatly I'm having one of those impatient days. I'm trying to balance this with the knowledge that this peace and quiet and ability to do what I want when I want will not last for much longer...... unfortunatly, even that is not working.

So, appointment on Monday they were satisfied with the baby, although did hear the skipped beat but said it may be a sign of foetal immaturity (how rude)! And scan, which I know is totally innacurate, plotted the baby in at 7lbs 11oz already.... another reason for wanting it shifting!

So, i'm just waiting.... cooked up 24 portions of food for the freezer, painted a tree on the nursery wall, pics to follow and have generally been whizzing round like a mad woman.

Ordered me a TENS machine yesterday which will hopefully come tomorrow, any experience of them out there I'd be interested to know thoughts...

Anyhoo, i'm off to cook tea, seeyas latas!

37 Weeks

Well hello again.... So, 37 weeks now.... still no baby...and more monitoring!!

Thought they could hear a skipped beat again today so back to day case, monitored once more. They didn't hear anything but have made me an appointment with the consultant for Monday and now little one has decided to not appear to have grown in the last couple of weeks so I'm having a growth scan too....

Gah... I tell you this little pickle better start behaving before it makes an entrance!

My 33 week photo

So, here is my 33 week photo taken by my mum. Funny, my bump always looks bigger in the mirror than it does in the photos! I could start taking pictures of the size of my ankles... there would be definate growth up the centile chart there!

29 Weeks pregnant

So here is my 29 week pic although I am 30 weeks today, hooray for numbers starting with 3!!

I actually look a lot bigger than this most of the time, must have been holding it in. 

Also, had a 4d scan last week thanks to a very kind friend... not sure whether to put up the pic tho, so at the mo, I'll just assure you that I'm carrying a very very cute little thing!

25 week pic

Here is me after a late shift at work, can't you tell by the hair :s Bambini bump seems to have really grown this week and movement is becoming a lot more obvious from the outside. Had an antenatal appointment also this week, the midwife said I had a lovely bump and the heart beat was lovely strong and loud, so happy days :)

Nursery Ideas

So, I've been looking at ideas for nurserys lately. We're still not sure what we want to do with the room, and we certainlty don't want to spend much (and we need it to possibly be a guest room) so the plan to cover every wall with teddies is out... :)

These have been some ideas...

I'm loving the tree idea... simple, easily paint overable and you can add matching accessories to the tree, such as owls or leaves etc

 This example being a M&P one...

I also think this is very sweet, along the same lines of simple background colour with just a little detail that could be easily changed. Like the owls, I like the little birds...

For something a little different, I also like this. I like the thought of alphabets, and this is pretty funky...

So all in all, a few different ideas.... getting the creational juices flowing!

Any thoughts?

Bakewell tart

Oh Alice, you have done a bad thing... I have woken up this morning craving almonds, jam and icing.... Town it is for ingredients then :(

24 Week Pics

Here is my 24 week pic... don't seem to have changed much in size since the last one but I certainly feel bigger and the back is starting to hurt...

Baby Links

Thought I'd share some cool links with you that I like to look at to do with the baby..

First there is this one

Create Studio

Then this one

Prudent Baby

Then this one

Project Nursery

Mostly crafty but a wealth of good ideas of things to do!

22 weeks

Ok, so I'm now 23 weeks but here is my 22 week picture. Starting to feel really fat.... and I'm guessing it'll get to atleast another third of this size.... yowza

Week 20

Had a lovely weeks holiday last week in Battle with all the inlaws, parents siblings etc as well as a quick visit to my mum.

Hit 20 weeks whilst there... so here's the pic...

Baby is getting really active now, definate movement and sometimes even quite cooperative!

So here come the obligatory belly shots...

Well I have a few to catch up with here but James has been taking pictures of ma baby bump pretty much every week for the last few weeks. It is very cool to see the ol belly expanding especially as I seem to be getting used to it and am never convinced it grows! So here are the first couple of pics! More to follow

 This is me at 14 weeks (taken at home).

This is me at 16 weeks, taken in our hotel room in new York!