My Baby Shower x

On Sunday I was lucky enough to be thrown a baby shower by my friend Tammy at a little guest house in Hertford Rigsby's they put on a really nice afternoon tea with bubbles. It was lovely to have all my friends there and I felt very lucky after our journey that I was finally having my very own baby shower.

We had a selection of sandwiches, scones, brownies and cupcakes which seemed to go down well as there wasn't much left.

We played some baby shower games including pin the sperm on the womb which was funny and guess the size of my bump, everyone guessed so big with my mum almost doubling the size!

Baby and me were very spoilt with gifts I felt a little overwhelmed at everyone's kindness. The gifts were really thoughtful and I know I will use them all. 

Our gifts included

• Ewan the sheep
• Jelly cat bunny
• Gro egg
• Little white company hooded towel 
• A teething bangle
• John Lewis baby grow/bib
• Cuddly teddy & Next baby's grows 
• Neals yard mummy kitt
• Origins relaxing bath and body cream
• Mother care voucher
• £30 Abel & Cole vouchers (yummy) 
• Milestone cards 
• Converse shoes which were customised with sparkles (can be brought through Boutini)

It was so lovely to be spoilt for the afternoon and spend time with all my friends would highly recommend a baby shower for every mummy to be. I've now only got two more days of work before I start my maternity yay count down to due date xxx

This week I spent a night in hospital, I'm fine I had a little bleed but as it's the second time it's happened and I'm near full term they wanted to keep an eye on me and baby. It wasn't the most relaxing nights sleep but it made me realise that I've been lucky throughout this pregnancy as some of the ladies have been in hospital for months and are really high risk. I got too see baby again which is nice.

How far along: I'm 35 days plus 5 (one month to go!!)

Baby's size: About the same size as a coconut I had a scan this week and they have estimated baby at 

around 5lbs.

Stretchmarks?: so after doing so well for most of my pregnancy I now have stretch marks on the left of my belly! I have creamed twice a day from day one so it's not through lack of trying, I'm just hoping by keeping to my regime once my belly has gone down they won't be too bad!

Me with my brothers x

Sleep: My sleep has been disturbed this past week not sure if it's a mix of not having long left or starting our extension and having lots on my mind.

Miss anything: Being able to just pop out without a huge amount of effort although this part of my life will never be the same again once munchkin is here.

Movement: I'm really enjoying the movements now they are slow and really forceful poking its little bum out or feet.  

Best moment this week: having our bathroom started so at least I have somewhere to chill and wash baby.

Cravings: not having any just generally eating food

Belly button in or out: it's still in and I think it's going to stay that way.

Happy or moody: i have been getting a bit snappy this past week but I'm sure it's down to the fact that the birth is imminent. I'm not so much scared of the pain or anything going wrong I think I'm just a little but anxious of the length of the labour.

Baby buys: I'm still buying bits for my hospital bag but we also brought some nappys from amazon which were a bargain. My mother in law kindly washed all my baby clothes and dried them in the sun which was lovely can't wait to hang them all up now.