Pregnancy

It's weird - it happened again last night.

There is a mild trait in my family of 'feeling' the weather. Leg cramps being the usual and historically attributed as an old-wives tale to having Rheumatoid Arthritis which none of my family have.

Yesterday I found myself flying for the first time with Tiger Airways out of the pure stubborn opinion that I should not have to pay up to $800 for economy seats for a return trip to Melbourne for a funeral. I must say it was not as bad as I dreaded - it seemed that you acknowledge that they have cut-throat cut off times and plan for it then average Joe Citizen should survive the trip unscathed.

Throughout my pregnancy to date I have continued my training with Hyperactive Personal Training. At the end of my session last week I asked how long I could continue and the answer was so long as my body allowed me to and as long as I felt okay.

In the past fortnight, another staff member has added to the NetCraft family by adding a beautiful baby girl. Of course, there will need to be more attempts of this nature to catch up to the number of Bennett boys which are around!

So, our hat is again in the ring - what will it be for our Bennett family this time - another boy or that illusive girl?

Very quickly as 'Q and A' of ABC1 takes the stage with Min. Nicola Roxon it is interesting to observe that all but three questions posted online to date are about the implications of the legislation that she has put forward impacting the ability of women to birth at home under medical care.

Good job to all the women who posted before I even got my own submitted! :)

For those who missed the 'my pelvis is falling apart' post, I have pelvic laxity, which the day after the aforementioned post, landed me in hospital for a couple of nights on morphine because I was woken suddenly whilst dozing on the couch and jumped up in response. Bad move.

So, I have had it corrected again twice since and am spending the majority of hours a day on the couch. It is far more comfortable than the bed to sleep in terms of being able to prop myself up to change how pressure is borne by my pelvis. It is also the best place to be during the day to do anything involving the TV or stereo, wireless networking and a laptop seems to resolve a few needs also.

Now to find a way to remove the need to go to the toilet and occasionally see the inside of a shower screen.... Oh, and don't ask about the state of the house at the moment...

A friend of mine dropped around last Sunday to pay some special attention to my belly with an SLR digital camera...

Natalie is working on them now but gave me a link to her blog with a sneak preview of just one of the pictures. It is a beautiful shot of Karl hugging my belly. For the record, I know you can see a lot of stretch marks and they were picked up in the light even though they are silvery and old from my pregnancies with Karl and Peter. I can still today boast no new battle scars this pregnancy. The full size image is attached below.