Slice Of My Life - March
April, the last full month before Baby L arrives (unless he is super late and born in June!) I went into full hermit mode this month and I am so proud of myself for setting boundaries. I focused on self care, my hypnobirthing practices and getting our home ready for our new arrival.
Visiting London and Meeting Paris
I have to start this post with the amazing high! Meeting Paris Hilton again. Me and Heidi headed to London and spent the morning exploring covent garden, drinking Starbucks and watching Paris on all her press interviews that morning. We then went to Selfridges and met up with some of the other Little Hiltons, some of which had traveled from all over Europe to meet her. We got front row at the meet and greet and were one of the first few people to see her. It was amazing and we chatted about motherhood, partners and how excited I was for this next chapter of my life. She wrote me a card for when Baby L gets here and also gifted me some perfume. I don’t know how I lasted all day on my feet whilst being in the 3rd trimester. Safe to say my feet were very swollen on the way home!
Hospital Stay
Rewind a few days before London and I was still in hospital. I will go into detail about this in my upcoming 2nd and 3rd trimester blog posts, but I had some issues with my heart and had to stay in hospital for around 4 days for lots of testing. It was a huge challenge for me as I have a massive phobia of hospitals / tests and such. A bit of background I have been going to therapy to help with these situations and I was so happy that the things I had learnt were able to help me during this hospital stay. The only times I really struggled was during the large MRI / CT scan and then later in the evening when Dave was no longer allowed to stay with me. I of course found leaving the pets a huge challenge too and missed my home comforts. I still am awaiting the full test results as I write this and fingers crossed they all come back clear!
Socialising
March was also a really nice month to be a bit more social. I mentioned in my last blog post that I was trying to get out the house around twice a week, and I managed to keep this up (till I went in hospital that was) I have found it hard dressing and getting self confidence with my changing body. Now I am clearly pregnant I actually feel more paranoid than before, when my bump could have been confused with a bloated belly. I have been pushed out of my comfort zone a lot this month and I am kind of looking forward to permitting in April once my baby shower is over.
Getting Creative Again
I finally set some time aside this month to do some arts and crafts this month. I purposely set time in my calendar, two hours on a Wednesday and a Friday to set myself up in the spare room and paint. I made sure I was accountable to this time and almost made it non negotiable. I am hoping to carry on this once Baby L is here, the whole setting time in my calendar where I can keep myself accountable to spending time on my own hobbies and interests. I think its hard as my hobbies don’t take me out of the house, its easy to just push them to the side and do some cleaning or ‘more important’ jobs instead.