Pregnancy Update #7: Week 30 Update and 4D HD Scan

It's been two weeks since I last posted a pregnancy update, purely because I put off posting after our first attempt of the 4D scan I mentioned previously, in hope of a better outcome the second time round.

In all honesty, the past two weeks have kind of merged together anyway and I've experienced the same ongoing symptoms throughout the both of them. 

Week 29/30 was when things became a lot more of a struggle on my body physically and whilst I've complained about backache and general pregnancy aches and pains in the past, this is where things definitely upped their game and really started taking their toll. 

My back and my feet seem to be suffering the most and although my backache isn't constant, there has been a couple of occasions where I have been in tears with the sick feeling that backache often brings, including once on the train, which I mentioned in my 29 Week video. 

This week, my main concern has been my feet and boy have they suffered. Starting off just feeling a little tight, my feet seem to expanded over the days, so much so that my ankles are no longer visible. They're not too sore neither are they too warm to the touch, but they're incredible uncomfortable and have affected my mood somewhat this past week. Thankfully, my blood pressure is fine, so this is just a normal pregnancy that doesn't carry any major concerns and I've been ordered to keep my feet raised where possible and to avoid standing and sitting for too long at one time.   

Swelling, aching and moaning aside, week 29/30 brought some incredible times too. We attended The London Ultrasound Centre on Harley Street for the first time last week for our 4D HD Scan and I am so overwhelmed at the outcome.

If you've been following my video updates, then you'll be very aware that at our first appointment, baby did not want to co-operate and after a 60 minute session of prodding, jumping, twisting and shaking baby had made his mind up that he only wanted to show us ears and ahem, his boy parts. As frustrating as this was for both Mike and I who desperately wanted to see his little face, it was still delightful and we was pleased to see that our baby was growing at a beautiful rate and was quite the chunky little thing, weighing in at an estimated 3lb 4 with 10 weeks still to go.

The London Ultrasound Centre are extremely professional as well as super welcoming and kind, and with our Titanium package offering high quality HD photos as well as an edited HD video file for us to keep, and that being extremely difficult to get on our first appointment, they invited us back to try again and I'm so pleased that we made the trip for a second time.

Yesterday, May 10th 2014, we saw our baby boys face in such high definition and was able to coo over his little features and smile for a further 30 minutes. The results were incredible, so much so that the sonographer was also extremely impressed, as recommended to have at 26-30 weeks for a single baby, the scan provided us with unexpected extremely clear results. 

Baby was more than willing to pose for us this time and we managed to get some incredible images as well as video files, which I'm sure we will treasure forever. I'm super excited for the edited video to arrive in the post although I just couldn't wait and included some video clips that are extremely special to the both of us in this weeks video.

Although exhaustion is well and truly still lurking about, I think my body has become somewhat used to it and I seem to be dealing with it a lot better now. I'm still behind on things I need to get done but that's purely because I've learnt that I can't push myself too much and need to take things a little easier. That being said, I've managed to squeeze in a few shopping trips and have finally managed to pick up a few more maternity bits, that fit delightfully and in turn have made such a difference day to day, helping me avoid the dreaded emotional states I was getting into daily with the "nothing to wear, nothing fits" stage. Topshop has been amazing recently and I'm going to attempt to find the time to film a maternity look book, so make sure you're subscribed to my channel so you don't miss out.

With only 9 weeks left to go, I'm an extremely excited mummy to be and cannot wait to meet my little boy. Birthing plans will shortly be coming together as will my hospital bag and I'm quite literally counting down the days until our due date.

Once again, thank you so much for following my pregnancy journey, you've all made it that little bit more special than it already is. 

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*The London Ultrasound Centre very kindly invited me for a complimentary scan, although I would without a doubt have paid for the experience as it was truly incredible.