It has been a crazy few weeks. It always is.
We have been busy trying to sort out the paperwork for the new flat we are buying. I also spent 2 weeks in England, having been back a week I am now back on track. But low and behold it will be upheaval again next week when we leave for 2 weeks in Cyprus for our belated so-called honeymoon, I say so-called because it wasn’t what I had in mind for a honeymoon before I got pregnant also we will be visiting family so it wont really be like a honeymoon, however we are going to visit other parts of the island for a few days and go on a 3 day cruise to Egypt so we will have some quality honeymoon time wink wink nudge nudge.
Going to London was exhausting for the 2 weeks I was there I was working 9-5.30 with my brother training for a new job I will be doing from home, so, on top of working every day I was visiting friends practically every night of the week so by the end of the week I was a zombie and now I understand why so many women report tiredness during their pregnancy. I am generally more tired than usual I must admit but I don’t feel it as much because up till now I haven’t had to get up early to work a full day etc. I slept very well during those weeks not waking even once to visit the loo, I guess the climate helps, however I was glad to get home and get back to my routine and diet. Visiting friends often meant going out to dinner which I love to do especially as I have really been craving the exotic flavours of Chinese & Indian and other things naughty (which cannot be found here). I even went through a stage of wanting a sausage sandwich with brown sauce. I didn’t yield to meat and settled for vegan sausages on wholemeal bread, it seemed to do the trick. And yes I did give in to eating Chinese & Indian food, in fact I gave in to a lot of old bad habits, I think it was the mixture of being pregnant and subconsciously thinking I can eat what I like and being back in England where I am surrounded by all my old favourite foods. I am pretty sure that if I still lived in England I would be the size of a bus by now. Thankfully I am back in Greece where temperatures are high and temptation low, but not without consequences. I managed to gain about half a stone in those 2 weeks (4kg, 7lb) and my Dr was not impressed with me when I saw him on Monday. He gave me a little telling off saying that I should not continue this way and I should only gain about 3lb (1.5kg) a month. I totally agree and noticed a massive difference in my size in those 2 weeks, I arrived in London barely showing and left with a belly, I shouldn’t be too hard on myself because I am at the stage where I will start to grow and show but my weight gain was average before now, so now I’m home and more in control of my temptations and food intake I am back to my normal eating habits, raw breakfast, tons of fruit, a cooked vegan dinner with salad, and snacks of raw ice-cream and smoothies etc, and I already feel better for it.
M
y baby is now apparently the size of an envelope (a very nice example don’t you think? I prefer to say a large mango) and weighs about 350g a small amount for the extra weight I am carrying. We also went to Ioannina (a larger town near where we live) to see another Dr for a better check-up and scan, a bit of a waste of money but he looked at the baby’s heart, kidneys, stomach, other organs and limbs, fingers and toes in more details measuring them and the heart rate to make sure our baby is progressing as he/she should be. Of course I could have told you that without paying the extra 80
euro, any how...
Here are some scan pictures, we even got a front view of our babies face which is actually quite scary and looks like skeletor but I am putting that down to the fact that is in fact a scan and I am sure inside my baby is cute and beautiful.
I am now beginning to feel more movement I know when Meli (greek for honey) is on the move, and have only had the pleasure of a kick twice, I talk to Meli everyday telling him/her what a good baby he/she will be for mummy, quiet and easygoing. My motherinlaw keeps telling me that soon Meli will be kicking around and giving me grief (she is talking from her own pregnancy with my husband) but I am not convinced, so far Meli has given me no problems at all and I think he/she will continue this way. Fingers crossed. ;-)
We have been busy trying to sort out the paperwork for the new flat we are buying. I also spent 2 weeks in England, having been back a week I am now back on track. But low and behold it will be upheaval again next week when we leave for 2 weeks in Cyprus for our belated so-called honeymoon, I say so-called because it wasn’t what I had in mind for a honeymoon before I got pregnant also we will be visiting family so it wont really be like a honeymoon, however we are going to visit other parts of the island for a few days and go on a 3 day cruise to Egypt so we will have some quality honeymoon time wink wink nudge nudge.
Going to London was exhausting for the 2 weeks I was there I was working 9-5.30 with my brother training for a new job I will be doing from home, so, on top of working every day I was visiting friends practically every night of the week so by the end of the week I was a zombie and now I understand why so many women report tiredness during their pregnancy. I am generally more tired than usual I must admit but I don’t feel it as much because up till now I haven’t had to get up early to work a full day etc. I slept very well during those weeks not waking even once to visit the loo, I guess the climate helps, however I was glad to get home and get back to my routine and diet. Visiting friends often meant going out to dinner which I love to do especially as I have really been craving the exotic flavours of Chinese & Indian and other things naughty (which cannot be found here). I even went through a stage of wanting a sausage sandwich with brown sauce. I didn’t yield to meat and settled for vegan sausages on wholemeal bread, it seemed to do the trick. And yes I did give in to eating Chinese & Indian food, in fact I gave in to a lot of old bad habits, I think it was the mixture of being pregnant and subconsciously thinking I can eat what I like and being back in England where I am surrounded by all my old favourite foods. I am pretty sure that if I still lived in England I would be the size of a bus by now. Thankfully I am back in Greece where temperatures are high and temptation low, but not without consequences. I managed to gain about half a stone in those 2 weeks (4kg, 7lb) and my Dr was not impressed with me when I saw him on Monday. He gave me a little telling off saying that I should not continue this way and I should only gain about 3lb (1.5kg) a month. I totally agree and noticed a massive difference in my size in those 2 weeks, I arrived in London barely showing and left with a belly, I shouldn’t be too hard on myself because I am at the stage where I will start to grow and show but my weight gain was average before now, so now I’m home and more in control of my temptations and food intake I am back to my normal eating habits, raw breakfast, tons of fruit, a cooked vegan dinner with salad, and snacks of raw ice-cream and smoothies etc, and I already feel better for it.
M
y baby is now apparently the size of an envelope (a very nice example don’t you think? I prefer to say a large mango) and weighs about 350g a small amount for the extra weight I am carrying. We also went to Ioannina (a larger town near where we live) to see another Dr for a better check-up and scan, a bit of a waste of money but he looked at the baby’s heart, kidneys, stomach, other organs and limbs, fingers and toes in more details measuring them and the heart rate to make sure our baby is progressing as he/she should be. Of course I could have told you that without paying the extra 80
euro, any how...Here are some scan pictures, we even got a front view of our babies face which is actually quite scary and looks like skeletor but I am putting that down to the fact that is in fact a scan and I am sure inside my baby is cute and beautiful.
I am now beginning to feel more movement I know when Meli (greek for honey) is on the move, and have only had the pleasure of a kick twice, I talk to Meli everyday telling him/her what a good baby he/she will be for mummy, quiet and easygoing. My motherinlaw keeps telling me that soon Meli will be kicking around and giving me grief (she is talking from her own pregnancy with my husband) but I am not convinced, so far Meli has given me no problems at all and I think he/she will continue this way. Fingers crossed. ;-)
