This pregnancy (for various reasons) has literally flown by, I can’t really believe that I’m now 36 weeks and (all going well) our little baby girl will be with us in just a few weeks. Having said that, I am now really starting to suffer from the pain and discomfort of late pregnancy. My back aches all the time, I can’t sleep comfortably through the night and I’m tired, so tired!

It feels like I’m trapped in my own body, there are so many things I want to do - simple things like run up the stairs to help my youngest go to the loo or take the girls to the park for a quick play. These are all the things we take for granted, simple things that a few months ago I did without a second thought. Now it takes me ages to get up the stairs, as I waddle and suffer with the pain in my lower back and pelvis, not to mention the weight of this now pretty big bump. I’m not complaining as such, as I know it’s part of the process and it’s what I’ve experienced in my past two pregnancies but somehow it feels worse this time. Maybe it’s because I have two very active little girls to contend with, maybe it’s because I’m older, maybe it’s because my body’s just had enough? Who knows? All I know is that my patience and pain tolerance is low at the moment and my family are paying the price.

As a result of feeling so out-of-control, tired and in pain, I am easily annoyed and find myself getting angry with the girls a lot more than I should. I then feel incredibly guilty as soon as they’ve gone to bed, because I realise that actually they haven’t been too bad. It’s more to do with me and the way I’m feeling. I hope they’ll understand and forgive me when they meet their new little sister.

Last week little baby Lavender was lying across my body, meaning her head was not down (where it should be), so it was looking like I may have to have a C-section delivery. However, I was assured today that her head is now down and getting ready to engage, so it’s back to the original plan, which makes me feel happy. All that bouncing on the birthing ball obviously paid off!

On another positive note, we are now getting very excited for baby L’s arrival and I think we now have everything we need, the only thing left on the list now is a baby monitor but Dom assures me he’s on the case.

So what have we got? Would you like to see a list of our ‘Baby Haul’?

*Cot Bed - A SnuzPod2 in white with matching pink sheets and a jersey blanket.

Baby Chair - Babymoove Swoon Up Chair

*Sleeping Mattress - Cocoona Baby and a white blanket

*Pushchair - Bugaboo Bee3 in grey

Bath - Shnuggle Baby Bath

*Bath Towel - Cuddledry Original Handsfree Baby Bath Towel

Changing Mat - John Lewis Wedge with changing mat covers

*Changing/ Hospital Bag - Skip Hop Grand Central Take-it-All Bag

Sleep Suites, Vets, Hats and Mittens - Plain white from John Lewis and Marks & Spencer

Swaddle Blankets - aden + anais

*Baby Carrier - We Made Me Wuti Wrap

*Breast Pump - Medela Swing Maxi Double Electric Pump

Nursing Cover - Bebe au Lait in black

Breastfeeding Pillow - Dreamgenii Donut Pillow

My mum has also been busy crocheting these gorgeous blankets, which will look beautiful in her Bugaboo pushchair (the grey and white one) and her SnuzPod (the pale baby colours one).

Disclaimer: items marked * have been kindly sent to us to be used and featured.