Ok, so the pregnant fairy is starting to resemble a pregnant hippo fairy (I'm ducking in advance cause I know something heavy is about to be launched at my noggin!). Life in the Henriksen household is plodding along (waddling along) nicely as we pass the five month stage (I'm still not good at the whole counting in weeks thing! I just don't get it).

Preggie fairy is now visiting the Chiro once a week because apparently her pelvis has tilted forward which could lead to our child coming out of her bum instead of her vag! Ok, maybe not, but the mental image is rather funny... This whole pelvic tilt thing is quite painful and part of the cure is the application of ice packs to the netheryeya. Now this is not much fun for wifey, but loads of fun for me to watch. There's not much worse than having to apply an ice pack between your legs when its so cold outside the heaters have been hauled out of storage! She ends up with rosy heat-filled cheeks from the heater and goosebumps from the waist down...

Kori is growing steadily and making her presence known more and more each day. She's settled in to a perfect upside down position which is apparently great for birth, not so great for mom who has to pee every two minutes cause the kid is elbowing/kicking/head-butting her in the bladder! The pressure on the bladder is also the reason why Kris has to change underwear five times a day. Every time she sneezes or coughs, she has a little accident. I've decided it would be better for all involved if I just bought her incontinence broeks, but she's still vetoing that plan! I don't see the issue myself, I find those broeks very handy when I go to concerts...I mean really, have you ever tried to go to the bathroom at a concert? You miss the whole thing while waiting in line. I say strap on the granny-panties and pee to your heart's content while banging away in the Mosh-pit!

The next big event for us is the annual baby Expo. I must tell you that I am not looking forward to fighting thousands of hormonal pregnant women all trying to get the last jumbo pack of huggies nappies! I've been informed that it doesn't matter that the house, insurance, MY medical aid, the car, pretty much everything can bounce this month as long as we have money for the expo. I'll be re-living my student years by eating two-minute noodles all month (note that it's just me...Kris still gets lamb korma and magnum ice-creams!) and rationing my petrol by freewheeling down every hill to make it last! The fact that said Expo happens before the baby shower doesn't help either...I can just see us at the baby shower going "thanks so much for leaving the tags on, we've already got one of those!" Apparently we didn't plan this very well!