Thursday 1st May

I can't believe it is the first of May already!! Happy 12 weeks Niamh, 3 months old already. I really regret the way things have happened. I wish I could have just brought her straight home and had my babymoon. I guess I will have to wait until she finally gets home to celebrate her arrival. Everything has really been put on hold all this time, I feel cheated somehow.

Niamh is really well. She hasnt been moved to SCBU 2 yet as there hasnt been space and other babies have gone ahead of her but she is ready and waiting to go! I havent had time to upload the photos yet, but I will do that tomorrow afternoon.



We had another great feed today, she was amazing! After her bath and feed last night, she zonked out all night!

Have to go to bed but thought I had better check in! Night all.
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Couldn't sleep, so up expressing again. We got an update just before we went to bed, Niamh will be moved to the Fat Farm at 8am tomorrow morning! (Friday 2nd May). Im very excited!

Not sure how long Niamh will be on here for, so if you want to check out her baby of the month pic go here:
http://earlybirds.com.au/

I also just found this piece of research. I wouldn't have minded taking part in this trial lol! (Not that I had preeclampsia):

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Indulging in chocolate during pregnancy could help ward off a serious complication known as preeclampsia, new research suggests. Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, is rich in a chemical called theobromine, which stimulates the heart, relaxes smooth muscle and dilates blood vessels, and has been used to treat chest pain, high blood pressure, and hardening of the arteries, Dr. Elizabeth W. Triche of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and colleagues write. Women who ate five or more servings of chocolate each week in their third trimester of pregnancy were 40 percent less likely to develop preeclampsia than those who ate chocolate less than once a week.

"Our results raise the possibility that chocolate consumption by pregnant women may reduce the occurrence of preeclampsia," they write. "Because of the importance of preeclampsia as a major complication of pregnancy, replication of these results in other large prospective studies with a detailed assessment of chocolate consumption is warranted."

SOURCE: Epidemiology, May 2008.

We have to say a special thankyou to Niamh's very clever Nanny! Thankyou Nanny Royle for knitting these very cute hat, booties and cardigan. They are so tiny and cute! They will fit perfectly, thankyou xxx (They arrived today)