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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.
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Are you ever ready for a baby?

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Our baby blogger talks about getting ready for Baby Number 2.

I am not sure where the last 30 weeks have gone? I am now in my third trimester, I'm huge, and if I am honest I am freaking out!

If you read my last blog post over on The Rose Diaries, you will know that I am a worrier. Mainly in regards to health. But, this period of worrying involves me freaking out about all sorts. My biggest problem at the moment is space, or lack of it. We are in the midst of building an extension. Which means that our little boy is sharing our room. We haven't even begun building his or his new sisters bedrooms, and with 10 weeks to go, I'm panicking.

With our son, everything was ready for the time I was 34 weeks. I felt organised and completely in control. I knew that when he arrived, everything was where it should be. But now, my amazing husband informs me that the building work and it's contents may not be finished for my due date - is he kidding me? He tells me we may all have to be in one bedroom for a few weeks. Four people, one bedroom, have I suddenly been transported back to Victorian times? A nearly 4 year old, a crying baby, a snoring husband and a tired mummy will not be the recipe for a harmonious household!

Family in bed

I worry about how big I am. On frequent visits to the supermarket, I have had comments such as "you can't have long left" or "are you sure there is only one in there." Or my all time favourite is "there is no way that baby is staying in there till September 4th". Whilst I am very proud of my bump and the miracle inside it, peoples comments of basically saying "I'm fat" is driving me mad. I have even resorted to telling people that she is due the end of August(which she may be as her brother was 5days early) so that people don't look at me in complete horror. 

Then, when I finally calm myself down about the building work, and how big my bump is, listening to the reassuring words of my best friend that "all will work out in the end". I start to panic about labour -will I be able to cope? Will it be quicker? (Oh I do hope so) will I have the same placenta issues as last time? All of which I am thinking at 2:30am when I get up for my 5th wee of the night. I also keep watching re-runs of "One Born Every Minute". I love this programme, but am I doing myself any favours of reminding myself of labour? But, then I watch the wonderful outcome of labour and realise it is a position that so many would love to be in. 

My friend is still trying to get me to try Hypnobirthing, to relax me. I know the benefits of it. However, you could have the gorgeous Gary Barlow singing live in the room and it still wouldn't relax me. 

So what do I do? Keep convincing myself that it will be less painful and quicker than last time, or think of the worst and anything else is a bonus? 

What would you do?

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  1. I'm a worrier and I had to really work on focusing my mind away from worries when I was pregnant. I found it helped me to just let myself think about things on a morning and then push things aside and everytime i thought about a worry I made myself smile - sounds silly but it worked most of the time x

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  2. I'd stop watching one born every minute and try and distract yourself ... lots of good books lovely and try and relax. whatever happens it's worth it right

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  3. Everything will work itself out. And no-one is saying you are fat - and you wouldn't like it if there was no bump :)

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  4. Oh I wish I could take all your stresses and worries away - me only having one child is of no help at all with regard to advice though! I'm sure once your little one arrives, you all sharing one room might not be quite as scary as you imagine. How about the sofa for the snoring hubby? :-)

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  5. Michelle twin mum

    Just keep fpcusing on how worth it, it will be when bubs arrives. Until then let's pray the building work gets ifnished up soon! Mich x

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  6. I worry about everything too, especially when pregnant, but the best thing you can do is try and relax, it will all be ok in the end. xx

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