Well I'm at week 27 already and I just can't believe how fast the time is going, we decided to go to Butlins for the week so that Katie would have a holiday. We usually go abroad, but because I didn't want to risk flying. I know they say that you can safely fly up till you are 28 weeks, but I really didn't want to risk it, especially with having twins.

We usually go to Butlins in November for 4 days to watch the fireworks and the Halloween shows, but I am due on the 22 November and I thought that it would be too close to the birth, so we moved it forward.

The journey took us around two hours with only a very quick toilet stop for Katie, which wasn't too bad. I wasn't looking forward to the journey because I seem to be finding driving a bit of a struggle. I took my pillows with us so I would be more comfortable in bed. When we got there, the electric was out, but it wasn't really a problem as we checked in around 4pm. We unpacked and decided to go out and have a look round, Katie was in her element and we couldn't believe just how busy it was. We were both expecting it to be busy, but it was a nightmare finding seats and I was so shocked at how very few people actually gave up their seats (or even their childrens seats) for a pregnant woman. I had a number of comments from people asking how much longer I had to go and when I said 13 weeks, they seemed shocked and felt I only had a couple of weeks left, but they still didn't give up their seats!!

I ended up watching a few shows sitting on the floor, or even the steps, which was pretty uncomfortable. Paul ended up looking round for chairs so I could sit down, he seemed pretty worried that I was uncomfortable and didn't want it to cause me any problems.

I'd done quite a bit of walking and didn't want Katie to miss out on shows and rides, so it meant I had to walk to lots of places and stand for long periods of time, I didn't mind I just wanted Katie to enjoy it. My bump has been feeling really heavy this week and lots of people commented on how low I was, which is why its been feeling so heavy.

We went swimming whilst we were there, and I was hoping that this was going to help with the heaviness, it wasn't too bad, but because it was so busy, I ended up being kicked a couple of times.

The weather was ok, somedays being quite sunny. We managed to spend a day on the beach and Katie enjoyed playing in the sea and on the sand. I couldn't run round after her, like I normally do on the beach, but Paul played with her and she was happy.

Katie really enjoyed her time at Butlins and wanted to stay there for a few more nights. She was really tired and we were having to wake her up in the mornings for breakfast. The food was great value and a good variety, I didn't eat too much in the evening as I just haven't got the room, so I am eating little and often, the only bad thing is, its not always good things that I am eating.

The journey home was a nightmare, we got stuck in a lot of traffic and took us over 3 hours to get home. I found this really hard, I couldn't get comfortable and I was really tired too. We unpacked and did all of the washing. Paul wanted to wait till Saturday to do all of the washing, but I just wanted to get it out of the way so I could relax over the weekend.

Paul went out for a drink with the lads on Friday evening and I was happy to have the house to myself. I put Katie to bed and she started crying saying she was missing her daddy and making excuses for me to go upstairs. I was really tired and I did lose my temper with her and ended up shouting at her, which then made her worse. I went back down stairs and tried to ignore it, but she didn't give in. I couldn't beleive that she had done this again, and couldn't understand why she had started doing this. She is normally really good at bedtime, and I just wanted to sit down and relax. I ended up spending half the night sorting it out. Eventually, I sat down down with her and talked to her about it and apologised for shoutting at her and explained why. Eventually, she calmed down and eventually went to sleep, I was feeling really tense and couldn't relax. I ended up having a really bad night with hardly any sleep as I was feeling so guilty for losing my temper with her. I know she'll forget it, but I couldn't. I don't like to lose my temper with her, I like to sit and explain things to her in a calm manner so she understands why people get upset. I know my hormones are all over the place and this doesn't help.

I finally got to sleep Friday night but as I said I didn't sleep well. Lets hope next week we get off to a better start with all of our sleeping.

Take care

Anita

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