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30 Weeks Pregnant

On Friday, we had our monthly appointments and all is well with us.Mummy and baby are fine and now at Week 30. Feeling abit bigger and bulkier.Alex and I are in agreement that I grew overnight on a certain Tuesday.

My appetite has been big for all the wrong things..pizza and ice-cream. My beloved says this has been an expensive pregnancy. The others, I ate samosas which were fairly affordable. The healthy thing I have been taking is yoghurt. So it comes as no surprise that I am now 70Kgs. I asked the doctor about it and she advised that I can eat pizza and ice-cream once a week(I smiled) and she encouraged that I snack more on fruits.  Rest is also important and she said as much as I can, I should target to lay down daytime for about 20minutes to help with oxygen circulation.

On our way out, we had to go to the maternity wing to pick a document and amazingly God's grace abounded. We were last there October 15th,2012, the day we were discharged to take Jaden home after his birth. My heart was peaceful.. When I hear baby 3 kick at times, I think its baby J then remember its baby boy 2. Jaden has been on my mind, nothing in particular just having him in my thoughts,I miss him.

This morning, we were talking with Samara and I was emphasing to her that she and her brothers are a gift to us from God, and it hit me..indeed we have been blessed with 1 girl and 2 boys. God is so faithful.Did I mention that we have a name for baby boy? Yes we settled for one and we looking forward to holding him soon. What a blessing he is to us. He is a daily reminder about God's miracles, faithfulness and amazing love. Big sister is alos looking forward. She said she will be helping with changing his diapers and trashing the soiled ones in the bin. She also wants us to buy gloves for his hands, if he doesn't like them, we throw them away and get her gloves her size. I love Samara, she thinks ahead and is so receptive, what a blessing to me.

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