Week 36:

My little crispy Cos Lettuce Head! You are 47 cms in length, I know because your feet keep getting stuck in my ribs but your head is still pushing down on my pelvic floor, I need a catheter inserted just so I can enjoy a movie! Thanks little buddy!

You weigh "2.5 kilos" hahaha more like 24 kilos, dah! This pregnancy weight is all you and not my current obsession with ice cream..... Seriously McDonald's.... Cream egg Mcflurry?! WOW! Just calm your tits there okay?!

By the end of this week you'll be considered Full Term so just so you know that means you can make your entrance at anytime..... Google tells me that Raspberry leaf tea will help my uterus contract and kickstart labour (too bad it tastes like ass). Nanny says to drink castor oil or olive oil which clears the bowels tricking your body into thinking its push time (olive oil on pasta right?!) Walking, pineapple, sex, tractor rides (Stephanie???? Can I borrow your seeder??) tweaking the nipples?! Ladies any tips?!

I'm actually excited for labour (YESSSSSSSSSSSS..... Before your snort coffee through your nose I know labour means human out of vagina) I really am! Not only so I can meet my son, stop smacking my belly on the mail box and actually get a decent nights sleep (hahahha got you again! Yessssssssss I know newborns don't sleep) but also because it's going to be a beautiful challenge, something only I can do and I'm totally in charge of how I deal with it. I'm treating this like a big workout that I have to get through, doing powerlifting really helped show me how to channel energy and pain, both of which are super important for my vagina date.
I'm not scared I'm grateful, grateful I get to do this, grateful for another journey my husband and myself will endure together (See I will have his balls in hand for every contraction) and grateful that my body is designed for this epic work and feeling more ready everyday.....

We create our own fears and I believe we manifest our own realities. Being positive and thinking only positive thoughts will, I believe bring only the outcome I want.... a hard but rewarding and positive journey!

How else am I getting ready for little Joes arrival?!

- Tan every week. That way il
be a bronzed goddess for labour!
-Wash my hair twice a week. That way il have straight hair for all my photos after labour.
- Blind Shave. Yep you read that right. Think Fairy, razor and a lot of praying..... My poor midwife.
- Test labour pajamas. Comfy and cotton CHECK Extra large CHECK Chance of me actually wearing them? 0/10 Naked labour
- Putting my feet up, drinking litres of chocolate milk and making plans for the future!

Everyone keeps saying "You haven't dropped yet!" Ummmmm yes I have! I've dropped the remote, a whole packet of chia seeds and every fork I pick up..... So yes I've dropped enough thanks!

Little Joe, lettuce rejoice that you'll be here soon, when you're ready of course! Mwah!
😘
Love yo Mumma X