Puffy feet and I heart my chiropractor

Today's look of the day highlights that my entire wardrobe can now only be accompanied by three pair of shoes! My feet gave swollen up! So haviana things or two pairs of ankle bootie sandals are the only shoes that are comfortable now - eek! This is the third week since I have started seeing a chiropractor. Although I think my bellybean maternity pillow has contributed immensely to relieving the pelvic pain I was experiencing, combined with my chiropractor I am now completely freed from back pain and no longer waddle. Amazing! Though I still can't wear heels because of fat sore feet lol. Look of the day: one teaspoon shirt, jeans west black maternity jeans, lovisa turquoise bracelet beads, forever new turquoise earrings and my zebra sandals. As you can see from photos, unpacking in the new house is still a work progress.

Look of the day and indecision

I still want a cutesy bassinet! I am still tempted to buy the Phil and Teds smart pram and peanut but we will see what kind of financial situation I am in coming up to Xmas and baby's due date. Dropping another $300+ on a spare pram may not be feasible. annoyingly though I saw on eBay a perfect p&t that was pick up only in my old town! But I live nowhere near there now so will just have to continue to keep an eye out here. I looked into the bassinet attachments for the city mini jogger but to be honest it looks quite ugly anyway and unstable, I would prefer to lay little one down in the actual pram! Plus the cost of bassinet and pram attachment pretty much is the same price as the p&t.
Look of the day: dotti dress/tunic that I bought on sale for $19.95. Belly bump is now getting big at 35wks, I was shocked how this fitted (I.e tight) compared to last time I wore it earlier in the pregnancy. ASOS leggings of course because all my dresses are to short ;-). And old old old silver open sandals from sportsgirl- my feet are starting to swell and it's cutting down my shoe options!

Look of the day and I need some glam nightwear

Look of the day is a bit boring, ASOS cargo shorts and ASOS white top, my fav zebra sandals. Very preggy casual look. I have started thinking about what to wear in the hospital, I am being optimistic and hoping that I only stay two nights max! I'm not a nightie girl, but I think that would be more practical and comfy and I also don't want to spend to much money. I found a few decent slips (the polka dot slip is for home ;-)) at Cotton On Body and a dressing gown- this one is the short version but I'll buy the longer version :-)

Rockers, online shopping angst and look of the day

So now we have made two baby purchases, only four weeks to go to baby due date, what's the rush? ;-). First purchase the city mini jogger pram in purple arrived last week. This purchase was made from an international seller on eBay at a pretty big saving. Turned out to be the most painful eBay experience I ever had, but many weeks later pram is here safe and sound! Very happy with pram, it has eased my anxiety about not having the cute bassinet pram. Second purchase is a rocker/cradle/swing: fisher and price my little lamb cradle 'n' swing. It's probably the most expensive one on the market so I ummed and ahhed about it (this is why we have only bought two things in 36 weeks!!!). After much research I found it online for $50 cheaper and have purchased. Hopefully it takes less time then then the pram did to arrive! Having a really awesome rocker has been very important to me ( much to my hubby's frustration!), we have a very spacious house so it will be good to be able to have baby in a secure movable rocker. I also want to be prepared as much as possible to have a relaxed baby and this rocker looks like it would relax even a devil child ;-). Look of the day : not much work things are fitting me anymore, this is a size large skirt I got from Cotton On for $5- it has an elasticized waist so perfect! My work vests have proved very stretchy so still cover bump fine. I went for amber jewelry theme and squeezed my fat footsies into a loose pair of stud ballet flats from dotti.

Actual baby purchases!!

We have booked in to hire a car capsule from the ambulance service for $70. I just didn't want to pay out $$$ for something I could only use for six months. And as much as I wanted the cutesy bassinet pram, i just couldn't find one that was practical. Im still hopeful I will magically stumble upon a cheap one though!! But we have now committed to the purple city mini jogger as blogged about previously. Bought online for $90 cheaper then in-store, yay for bargain buys! It does now need to kitted out with a rain and bug/shade cover which will be an extra hundred. And I found this website that sells the cutesy pram liners and car seat liners: http://www.harmonyj.com.au/. Because we don't know what gender baby is we will probably get the black polka dot or a an animal print, then get a gender specific one when our New Years surprise arrives :-).

Look of the day and summer lovin

It's getting hot hot hot! It's break out the swimmers time :-). It was actually really lovely to float the bump in the pool, and my ASOS swimmers that cost $25 are so cute!

I over invested in maxis which ate already a bit stifling. Luckily Cotton On have a good range of long tanks/short dresses that you can layer loose singlets for a classic summer look. They are short though! My ankles are starting to get a bit cankley but the legs are still okay lol.

I also bought one more cute work dress - $17 from cotton on. This is a after baby dress and can a non work dress so a good budget buy ;-).

Getting comfortable, not stylish - eek!

At 32 weeks I have become very uncomfortable with lower back pain while walking and sleeping at night.  When I wake up in the middle of the night, and try to get comfortable, my hips hurt and its a bit of a pill!  I had tried heat packs, stretches - deep therapy massage actually helped considerably.  At my physio appointment today I got diagnosed with Pelvic Girdle Pain, which  is triggered by the release of to much Relaxin hormone.  POo!  So now I have to do a few things (including always engaging my pelvic muscles ;-).  ONe is to get a maternity pillow - but I am shuddering at paying out the $90 for a bellybean maternity pillow.  It looks like it would be perfect, its just a shame it is so expensive!!  I plan to have another Little One after this one, so whats the price of comfort for two pregnancies....!

The other things was to invest in a core stability belt $50.  This is supposed to not be visable under clothing. 

Finally, pregnancy Yoga!  So I have enrolled in a 5 week pregnancy yoga workshop (which brings me three weeks to baby arriving!).  Hopefully the combination of all these things will help relieve the pain.  Though high heels are definetly out now until after baby :-( Sad FAce.

Making Maxi's work

I invested in alot of maxi's for dressing the bump. I got a bit excited because I always felt that maxi's didnt suit me, and now this was my chance to pull that look off.  Unfortunately I have now realised that I am just not that comfortable style wise in maxi's, and I feel a bit frumpy as well. But I have so many that I need to start working out how to embrace this look!  Plus its really easy just to throw a maxi on ;-).  Nicole Ritchie pulls of the maxi quite well:

And of course Jessica Alba loves the maxi look as well:

I love the white shirt over the dress that turns it into a maxi and also the open long sleeve shirt over the outfit as well

Ice clothing have maxis similar to the ones on each end of this photo.  I have the stripey one, which I am hoping to also be able to wear at work with a jacket over it.

The purchases start piling up!

Now I am reaching the 32 week point, I am dressing to make myself feel better.  Which means that I am indulging in my wardrobe - it makes me feel alot better to know that I look good or am wearing something pretty.  I am definetly now in the uncomfortable phase so this is just a small ray of sunshine to get me through the day :-).  On the plus they are all bargain buys!

This dress in Pink!  I already have it in the blue like the pic, and it fits over the bump so nicely and is a great work dress.  The pink was marked down from $24.95 to $9.95 so I decided to pick it up as well since its perfect for work and I still have about 30 days of work left.  SES have been a surprising gold mine for decent work maternity clothing.

ASOS ASOS ASOS.  I heart Asos :-).  I bought some cute bikinis from Cotton On, picturing that I was going to flaunt my basketball bump around.  Well my belly button popped out and then I got some pigmentation and now it just looks very different to what I thought a cute baby bump would look (damn you celebrities for this false expectation lol).  So I ordered this tankini from ASOS it had to be ordered as two pieces and together it was $25 - HOW CHEAP.  The quality of it is realy good and the cups are padded as well so no spotlight action ;-).  Its very cute and I am relieved I purchased it.

Because my work dresses are a little bit shorter then normal with baby bump pushing up the front of them, I decided to get these 3 quarter leggings.  These seem light weight as well so will be wearable when its hot hot hot in a month.  $11

This was SO cute and $17.  I couldnt resist it and was betting on it being really baggy in the waist so I could fit the bump in.  It totally fits the bump in and is as cute as pictured it to be :-).  Its pretty much only beach/very casual wear.