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…

Baby Heart Beat

Here is some audio recorded today at our visit with our midwife.
The louder noises you can hear at the start is the baby moving around and ‘kicking’ the doppler.
The voice you can hear is Karen Gardener, our Midwife.
The heartbeat was at about 150 beats per minute.

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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.