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Josa’s pregnancy diary - weeks 26-28

Josa Young has 2 children aged eleven and eight. She became pregnant with her third child at the age of 41. Follow her progress as she gets to week 26 of her pregnancy

Thinking ahead and getting comfortable

I could never have predicted that I would be pregnant on my 42nd birthday. The fact eases the passing of the years. Although, this comes with the realisation that I will be near retirement age when this little person is at university. So there will never be a time when our nest is empty, while we are still youngish. However, I intend to remain fit and frisky, and take to backpacking again in my sixties.

The heartburn has receded somewhat – I find eating organic Greek yoghurt, and drinking Horlicks, last thing at night, really helps. I am sleeping better with a pillow between my knees, and I am trying to be careful not to drink too much water in the evenings, so I don’t have to get up to pee so often. The dreams have changed – from being negative and alarming. My subconscious keeps summoning up alternative baby boys for my inspection. One grows in three days to an exact replica of my eight-year-old son Archie – only, he is called Max. Another is large, plump and white blond, with blue eyes – that would be a genetic peculiarity, as my other two are brown-eyed brunettes.

Getting equipped

The baby things have started to arrive – I remember this from last time, as the word gets round, you become a depository for hand-me-downs. And very grateful I am too. As there are less pregnant people around in my generation, and most of my friends and family have stopped reproducing, the range and quality is much higher. I remember receiving around 25 shrunken woollen vests for Archie – and not much else. Already, I have been given a coach-built pram, some really lovely clothes and even an electric breast pump. There is an embarrassment of cots, a bouncy cradle and a steriliser. Everything remains packed up, though – the baby’s room will be my office until the very last minute.

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