Tonya's Pregnancy Diary (weeks 14, 15 & 16)

Went for a lovely swim again this morning and for about 20 minutes was all on my own in the pool which is so nice. No one to create ripples apart from you. The water is all flat and calm and you can loose yourself in the coolness, quietness and calmness of it all. The only weird thing was all I could smell was baby talcum powder !

Took a quick trip to Tesco to buy soft scoop ice-cream , cornets and squeezy strawberry sauce. Small indulgence to enjoy while in the hammock. Besides Mum & Dad are visiting this weekend with my Auntie and her little boy & Ice-creams seems a good idea. Photographed the lily growing in my garden pond. I have 6 fish in the pond. Received my delivery from Isabella Oliver which arrived in the most amazing box. The off the shoulder black maternity top is simply gorgeous and worth being broke for. Next month I am treating myself to the wrap top for sure ! Anyone looking for gorgeous maternity clothes should definitely check out the Isabella Oliver site

Mum & Dad arrived with Mel & Josh late thursday afternoon. Too late to go out I cooked and we sorted out where everyone was staying. It was crowded having the house full but nice at the same time. Friday we did the trip down memory lane around Anglesey (my mum grew up in Anglesey). We finished up playing in the rock pools at Penmon around the lighthouse beach. We found crabs, shrimp and fish & since I love the sea it was my favourite part of the whole 4 days.

Saturday we went to see the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film at Bangor Cinema. I loved it but then I think both Jonny Depp & Tim Burton are great. Sunday we moved all my bedroom furniture back and had a general tidy and clean up around the garden and garage. It was great to see them and I was pretty sad when they left.

Looking at the size of the sac no wonder I have a stomach that looks like a balloon. People keep asking me if I am sure i am not having twins ! Apparently my baby is now starting to form fat. Already - my gosh amazing to think we start to put on fat at 16 weeks old. No wonder its so hard to loose. Apart from that the baby's nails are well formed and some babies even need to have their nails trimmed at birth.  The ears have also moved into place on the head and baby's eyebrows and eyelashes are starting to grow.

This is the week of "mights!". You might hear the tiny thumps of a heartbeat, or movement as it starts to dance about. I could swear 'Peanut' was swimming with me this week in the pool. Gave me stitch! The genitals are developed sufficiently that an experienced sonographer might be able to determine if your baby is a boy or a girl. Scan coming soon can't wait !

Weather not been too good this last week or so. Took the time to catch up on some work work. Took a break every day to swim but mostly sat at the computer. I did take a day out on saturday and visited the Holyhead Maritime Festival with a friend. It was a great day that although started out gloomy became sunny and warm. By the time I had got home, nipped out to see a mate & sat for an hour with the girlies as they prepared for a night on the tiles I was shattered and ready for bed. Sunday I should have been working but actually bought some new plants for the pond then sat on the beach at Penmom again. My ulterior motive was to fill a pot with stones off the bay to stand my new pond plants in.