A Walk in the Park

.....well, it was about half a walk in the park.

Clair is starting to find everyday tasks incredibly difficult now. Even the shortest of walks are proving to be a real challenge - which is no surprise with 14 pounds worth of baby up front!

We try to get out every day - even if it is just a walk round the block. Here's a few pics from our walk today - all five of us.

Absolutely positively 100% ready (....we think)

A few additional tasks completed today!

We've washed all the baby clothes we're going to take to the hospital and re-packed the bag. We've also washed the baby bedding and put it onto the cots and moses baskets.

Whoever at Mamas and Papas decided that their bedding wasn't suitable for the tumble dryer ought to be shot!

Ante-Natal Week 7

This week was all about looking after baby (or babies in our case) after the birth. ie. when you get home and you're let loose into the big wide world!

We talked about different approaches to looking after baby including the Brazelton approach and the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale. We also spent quite a bit of time discussing the programme that was on Channel 4 the other night, Bringing Up Baby.

So, this was our final NCT class prior to the birth. There are three more sessions planned for December when we all get back together with our babies. I cannot imagine how manic those classes are going to be in a small room with 8 couples and 9 babies...

36 Weeks Picture Added

Blimey! This has got to be the biggest week of growth we've had yet!

Slideshow on the right, or here....

Consultant Visit - 36 Weeks

We saw our consultant again this afternoon. He's more than happy with progress and now wants to see us weekly - although I don't think there are going to be many more weekly appointments!

The Final Scan Pics - 36 Weeks

Here's your last look at the twins before they're born. Today we had what should be our final scan before they're journey into the outside world!

Have a look at twin 2 here (incorrectly labelled as the first twin) - you can see their hand in front of their face!

Apparently they already weigh almost 7 pounds each! (that made Clair wince a bit!) Let's hope they don't have another growth spurt and we end up competing with these.

T minus 1 month!

If you glance over at the counter on the right hand side, you will see that it has just tipped over to 29 days!

Whilst this Wednesday will be classed as 4 weeks to go, there's no harm in celebrating T - 1 month as well is there?

If we ever have anything like this in our house, feel free to shoot me

We saw this in Mothercare the other day. It gave me a headache just looking at all the things it did. Can you imagine two of these flying round the house..

Do you think it also has wifi and bluetooth? :-)

Ante-Natal Week 6

Penultimate session this week and the focus was on breast feeding.

We had a demonstration of how a baby attaches itself to the breast - no, not a real life demonstration but with a puppet (which looked like it was straight out of Sesame Street) and what can only be described as a breast made of wool, complete with knitted nipple.

We also discussed some of the complications in breast feeding such as mastitis and engorgement.

We then watched a video on breastfeeding. Did you know that a new born baby, if left alone will eventually find it's way to the mother's breast and start feeding? I don't think we're talking about a 10 metre crawl across the room or anything - I think it has to be fairly close to the breast in the first place... Still, amazing stuff.

Final week next week!

Babies 1st Halloween

Assuming the babies are born before the end of October (if they're not I can't imagine the state my body will be in), then they will of course need outfits for trick or treating!

Mamas and Papas do a whole range!