Third trimester... !

Would you believe that 27 weeks pregnant constitutes the start of the third trimester? So, here I am, in the final third of my pregnancy. Less than 13 weeks to go. I guess we should start getting organised!

This is the latest belly shot, from last night. A dear friend surprised me with some divine Peter Alexander maternity pajamas, and while I intended to save them for the hospital, I couldn't resist wearing them last night. I think it's extremely important to treat yourself (or be treated, in this case) to nice things when you are pregnant as it is so easy to fall into a bit of a lull when nothing fits, you feel swollen and chubby, and it's just not feasible to go out and do the things you are used to doing.

I had an appointment with my obstetrician on Friday and was very happy to hear that everything is continuing along nicely. I've put on 6kgs, and the baby's fetal weight is 1.1kg. Hmm. (Doesn't quite seem fair!) She's pretty much bang on average, maybe ever so slightly above.

I'm busy brushing up on some important vocabulary for when it's go time, so at least I don't feel completely helpless! Ideally, I'd like to feel confident enough that the words will come to me naturally, and I won't have to be mid contraction, trying to remember how to say, 'I need to push!'. I'm sure I won't need words, and they'll know anyway (they're incredibly thorough here!), but I'd rather be prepared.

There's heaps more I could go into, but won't!

Labour

breech position: sakago

show (pink or bloody, jelly-like discharge): shirushi

labor pain: jintsu

rupture of membrane: hasui

cesarean section: teio sekkai

fetal monitor: taiji kanshi sochi

pain or discomfort: itami, itai desu

shaving: teimo

enema: kanchoo

injection: chusha

general anesthetic: zenshin masui

Delivery

delivery room: bunben shitsu

delivery table: bunben dai

episiotomy: ein sekkai

father attending birth: otto tachiai bunben

pillow: makura

placenta: taiban

umbilical cord: heso no o

vaginal delivery: keichitsu bunben

I want to push: Ikimitai

Push now: Ima ikinde.

Don't push: Ikimanaide

epidural: komakugai masui

spinal anesthetic: sekizui masui