SO excited to have you here Freya!! At least you'll be in Perth fairly early in the pregnancy. I just changed MWs at 30 weeks! It's never too late

My ankles and fingers are just starting to swell too Tegam. It's getting super hot here though too... will be time to stop wearing my ring soon! My BP is on the low side, has gone down the last two readings so I'm certainly not dealing with high BP. I had a blood test recently which found I'm still borderline anemic (great not to have dropped though even though my blood volume has increased) and my platelets are low. Taking iron supplements, chlorophyll and alfalfa to boost my blood. I had more energy within a couple of days so that's exciting. I'm determined to go into this birth with more vigour and hopefully not crash so badly post-natally this time.

Getting excited to meet this little one. I feel like I'm growing another massive baby with the strong kicks but still measuring spot on so that's good. We had a second visit with our doula and it went super well. She'll be sibling support during the birth then she's making me a placenta smoothie and encapsulating the placenta for me then she'll be coming around for 2 weeks after to provide post-natal support like running herbal baths for me and all of that. So happy to know we have that support in place. She used to be a preschool teacher with additional needs kids and she bonded so well with DS1 it was such a relief

My MW is away at the moment so I have my next appointment next week with my secondary MW. It'll be my first time meeting her but I have a good feeling she's going to be great as a lot of people have recommended her to me.

My older two started going to morning summer preschool this morning and they loved it. I'm so happy... having a bit of a break and more chance to rest at this stage is very appreciated! We pulled them from their old preschool 5 months ago and it's been hard sometimes when I get so tired not to have much of a break. My H helps on the weekends obviously but even then, we often get out and about doing family things. Loved going shopping all by myself this morning!

Looking forward to our next baby from Sterla!!! Thinking of you lots xx