My Place

Haven't been to get my hair cut since April and loads of people think that's dreadful, but I'm the girl who would normally get her hair cut once a year if I was in the mood so going twice in one year is pretty spectacular for me!

Not sure how I would like to get it cut yet. At the mo it's almost halfway down my back but it's bugging the life out of me badly with it being so thick etc because of the pregnancy. It also gets curly when it dries by itself but because of the weight in it not all of the hair goes curly and it looks a little daft.

Maybe a shoulder length would be good, or somewhere between my shoulders and a messy bob. Bit of a fringe without an actual one. Definitely layers, wouldn't do without layers, I need them for the weight of my hair and to make it less thick looking.

I'm hoping a new hair cut will perk me up a bit, everything has been seriously getting me down lately and hubbie has started to notice (took him long enough to notice though which also got to me). Maybe getting a lot of my hair chopped off will be like lifting a weight off me as well or something like that.

Something is definitely needed, and a haircut sounds like a good idea.

...and I feel much better for it, was starting to worry the men who run the poppy stand in Connswater wouldn't be there this year and I haven't seen any poppies elsewhere.

Each year I buy at least 7-8 cause they always get lost and you can never find one when you're going out.

Bought another car sticker, might even put it on the car this year, and also got a pin badge, something they didn't have last year on their stand.

It may only be a small part I've played, but I've done my bit and hope everyone else does as well.

Monday night round teatime I was just waking up from a long nap (I was off work Monday & Tuesday so was able to have long missed naps) had my had on my tummy and I felt my 1st kick!!!!!!!

Hubbie had just arrived home and was starting tea and I rang him to come upstairs so he could feel it too and thankfully the little monster instead of me played nice and kicked for him also.

Haven't felt anything since from the baby on the bottom, and haven't felt anything at all from the baby on the top but I'm not worried as I know it'll happen again sometime and then I'll be wishing they both stopped and gave me some peace.

...the twins are behaving, one is still slightly bigger than the other but that's expected, the doc is happy with the amount of fluid round both of them which is the main thing and as long as this doesn't change there will be nothing to worry about, fingers crossed.

As for me palpitations are increasing and getting worse. I said to the nurse just before she did my blood pressure and she got me to explain to the doc about them. According to him some palpitations are to be expected apparently, but if they continue in the way they are and/or get worse then when I'm in for my review on the 16th I must definitely say to the nurse/doc then and I might have to be referred to a heart doctor about them.

It's really odd at the mo, I'm displaying all the symptoms of pre-eclampsia (severe headaches, blurred vision, palpitations, swelling) but no protein in my urine, and without that they can't diagnose pre-eclampsia. I test my urine every morning (had to explain to a baffled nurse why I've been doing this since 12 weeks as they don't get you to do this until the 3rd trimester) it reads as trace which is normal for pregnant women.

The last time I felt like this my blood pressure was going up, and though it is getting higher everytime I go to the hospital for another scan it's not at the level where they'd be very concerned about it, but again it'll be up to the review doctor on the 16th to tell me for sure whether or not I'll be back on the tablets or what they'll be doing with me.

Hate waiting about, but if they wouldn't let me wait about if they weren't sure about it I'm sure.