Posie’s Place

I know I have been really guilty of blog neglect lately and I’m very sorry.  Week 38 is here and I’m feeling pretty good although my legs and feet have started to swell and I have really sore hands in the morning.  So much for our little boy arriving early!  I think he’s changed his mind and I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up coming after his due date of 11th May!

Things are all organized here for the baby arriving and our family support will be arriving soon, my two aunts arrive 4th June for 1 week and then my in-laws arrive 8th July for 10 days.

Two weeks ago the girls threw me a baby shower and it was fantastic! There was lots of tasty snacks, party games and towards the end of the afternoon I put on the Wii and there was a mini tennis tournament.   We has a really good laugh and our little boy got lots of lovely pressie, he’s an extremely lucky little lad already.

Got the docs on Wednesday afternoon so we’ll see what she has to say about my swelling (hopefully my BP is still ok) and whether she thinks baby will arrive soon or be late.  Tonight we’re off to visit two of the girls from the antenatal class who had their babies last week and coincidentally have ended up sharing a room in the hospital, one had a little boy called Connor and the other had the first baby girl we’ve heard of in ages and named her Sophie!

Simple roast chicken, one of life’s most sublime dishes if done well. I LOVE roast chicken and searched for a long time before I found a recipe which I think provides the pefect roast bird, juicy with crispy skin!!

This cooking instructions for this roaster are from Delia Smith who is in my opinion the Queen of British cookery, you either love her or hate her and I’m a big fan. Her recipes work, plain and simple…

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Just back from the doctors, I’ve been told to have total rest for the next two weeks since the baby’s head is now engaged and I’ve started to efface.  I’ve been off work since last week and I’ve been trying to rest but apparently I’ve not been doing a good enough job.

My doc says she’ll  be happier if baby will stay put for another two weeks but he’s perfectly healthy and is measuring about 2.6kg (5lb 11oz in old money) so if I do go into labour the hospital will not halt it but I too would prefer if he doesn’t come yet.  No baby profile pics today I’m afraid as it wasn’t possible to get a shot of him in profile today since his head is now so far down.

Other than really bad backache I’ve been keeping pretty well.  I get tired really easily these days and have had no motivation to come up with interesting new recipes so I apologize once again for the lack of posts here lately.

I’m really looking forward to next Saturday as it’s my baby shower, the girls are coming round for the afternoon and I’ve been warned that I’m not allowed to lift a finger!

We’re off to our penultimate antenatal class this evening. I’ve really enjoyed the classes all the couples in the class are very nice and hopefully we’ll all be able to keep in touch.

Have fun!

Pamela