Update 20th April ’07

Hope you’ve had an enjoyable week.
Hasn’t the weather been nice, I’ve been enjoying walking to work every day while catching up on some episodes of Nobody Likes Onions and BoagWorld podcasts.

I’d like to give a big shout out to Lee Rattray this morning on his 36th birthday.
Happy Birthday Lee, hope your family spoil you rotten and you have a fantastic weekend.
Hope you received our little something something.

Joshua is now 5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days old today.
I’ve added another couple of photos to his album and created another short video for you all to enjoy this week. You can always subscribe to the video podcast and get the latest video instantly via iTunes when I post a new one.

Got the Heat Transfer unit last weekend, and got the inlet and all the outlet holes cut, just need to connect the ducting and then we’ll get an electrician to wire the beast up next week. It’s quite tricky as I can only get in the roof while Joshua is awake as it’s right above his room.

Kim and I are thinking of my sister during her pregnancy, she is now 2 weeks overdue, which is were Kim was at with Joshua when she was induced. Christine is hoping for a home birth, but if her Midwife induces her she may need to go to the hospital. Anyways, in the next 48 hours we should have our first HODGE neice or nephew (as even Christine doesn’t know what she’s having).
So we are all very excited for Christine and Staf and wish them all the best.
Mum and Dad are up from the west coast staying with them and we are feeling for them too, as they came up for Joshua’s birth and as he was two weeks late, they only got a couple of days with him before they had to return to the motels. It seams like fate has dealt them a similar hand for their second grand childs birth as they leave Christine’s this Sunday to return home.

Well that about wraps up this weeks news.
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Joshua Ethan Hodge Progress

Hey Everyone.

Just had a midwife appointment at 10am,

Joshua is now fully engaged and could come anytime.
Kim is officially 38 weeks tomorrow, so we continue to play the waiting game.
Kim has starting having more intense braxton hicks, which is a sign that her uterus muscles are getting ready for the big push.

Karen (our midwife) is really happy with Kim’s progress,
Joshua is in a great position, anterior on the left side.
He’s not too big and not too small, Karen thinks he’ll be around 6-7 pound.
Heartbeat is excellent, nice and strong
So, we’re all happy as larry.

Will keep you all informed as we go…

20 Week Scan Update

Had the 20 week scan today, and it all looked amazing!
You could see everything, fingers, toes, and even while the nurse was holding the thing still, the little rascal was moving all over the show, turning, rolling over, covering it’s head, it was so cool to watch.

As with the 13 week scan, I hope to have some photos and video up on the site within a week or two for you all to browse though.

We were told, that we will need to have another scan at 32 weeks as the kidneys are slightly larger than “normal”, this is simply a precaution to check that things should return to “normal”.
Will keep you posted.

Baby Progress Update

Well, so far so good.
Kim the little trouper is putting up with a lot, the baby is getting bigger, I can now feel the lump at the bottom of Kim’s tummy, and sometimes it move’s when I apply a little bit of pressure.
She’s waking up in the middle of the night with some pains in her tummy almost every night now, but the midwife tells us that’s normal.
And then of course there is the countless trips to go relieve herself as her bladder has been squashed down with the pressure and is now the same size as mine, a peanut.
All in all things are progressing well, and we have our first antenatal class tomorrow night, and 7pm for 2 ¼ hours! – lucky it’s a Thursday, and the telly is shit house.
After all, (At the moment) Monday is Desperate Housewives, Tuesday is Apprentice and Wednesday is Lost and Invasion, that’s right, hump day Wednesday is a special day of the week alright, Thank You TVNZ.

Will let you know on Friday how the first class went and what we learnt.
Ciao people.