Ultrasound Report Results

I just got back from my appointment. It went well. We got to meet our 3rd midwife and she is very nice. Reminds of my family doctor since she's soft-spoken and kind. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat again and this time, the midwife found it in about 10 seconds! It was much less stressful than our last appointment! Still strong at around 150 bpm.

We did get to see our ultrasound report and while everything is normal, there are a couple of things they found that the radiologist recommended a follow-up ultrasound on. The midwife said it's our choice, we don't have to have another ultrasound, but it would likely give us peace of mind since both things found will likely disappear during pregnancy. One is a cyst on the baby's brain, (which sounds scary!), but is very common and usually disappears on its own before the baby is born. She said it is absolutely nothing to worry about, that she's seen many cases of that and they usually disappear on their own or if they remain, they don't cause any problems.

The second thing was a dilation of the renal pelvis (which is part of the urinary tract). It was still within the "normal range", but nearing the upper limit of the normal range. Again, this usually clears up as the pregnancy progresses. Worst case scenario, if it continues, then the baby will need to have an ultrasound when baby is a month old and if it persists, baby may be more prone to UTIs. So again, the midwife said it's nothing to really worry about at this stage. The majority of these cases fix themselves before the baby is born.

She said it was up to us as to whether we want the follow-up ultrasound. We decided to go for it to give us some peace of mind and if it does persist, we can get more info on exactly what it means. She's sending us to a doctor for that since he has the best equipment in town and since he's a doctor vs an ultrasound technician, he can tell us exactly what he's seeing during the exam so we don't have to wait for the report.

So, nothing major. Of course we were a little caught off-guard and are concerned over these 2 things they found, but the midwife was very reassuring that they are not serious, so I am trying not to worry! I am glad in the fact that no major problems or issues were found!

EDIT 2:36pm

My midwife just called and they have scheduled my follow-up ultrasound for October 16th. I'm sure we'll enjoy that ultrasound because we'll get to see our baby again (in better detail this time since this doctor has better equipment). And I'm sure these issues will have cleared up, so this will give us some peace of mind! And if not, we will at least be able to get some more info to know exactly what we're dealing with. But I'm sure everything is fine.

Geepers!

I had an appointment with my midwife scheduled for Friday afternoon. Then they called me on Monday to let me know it would need to be rescheduled. So, I called yesterday and rescheduled for today at lunch. Before all appointments, you’re supposed to call your midwife’s pager to check to make sure they weren’t called away to a birth. Well, I just called her pager and sure enough, all her appointments today are cancelled. So, I just called the clinic, and I will be going tomorrow morning instead. My appointment will now be with my 3rd midwife, whom I have not yet met. They want you to meet a total of 3 midwives over the course of your pregnancy so that you get to know them and they get to know you and then it’s guaranteed that 2 of those 3 will be at the birth. Here’s hoping my appointment tomorrow sticks! I do like the fact that you can check a couple hours ahead of time whether your appointment is still on instead of going all the way there and then finding out it has been cancelled. So, it is a pretty good system they have. This is the first time I’ve had to reschedule my appointment so far, so I guess that’s not too bad!

We have given a lot of thought lately to which crib we would like to get. We narrowed it down to 2 at babies r us, and I went on the sears website, and they have one of those 2 for even cheaper than at babies r us! My parents are getting us the crib as an early Christmas present, so now it’s just a matter of picking it out. So, I think I’m going to have to have a look at sears to see if they have a display model of the one we’re thinking of. Hopefully we can get our crib (and matching dresser) chosen and ordered in the next month or so since I have no idea how long it would take for them to come in.

Carlos went to go pick up our rocker recliner this morning, so that’s exciting! Things are starting to come together. If we can have the nursery all done and furnished by Christmas, I’d be happy!

Update from my weekend

I had a good weekend. The triathlon on Friday was a lot of fun. It was sort of more like the amazing race than a triathlon. Each team was given a GPS unit and then clues to find GPS co-ordinates. We then had to drive to the different locations to get our next clue. There were a couple activities along the way (glow in the dark mini-golf and darts). All teams were really close, but our team came in 3rd of 3 teams. So, at the BBQ on Friday evening, as the losing team, we each had to choose a costume out of a bag and had to wear it for the entire evening. I got butterfly wings and antennae, which was actually kind of nice, so I didn’t mind. I had 2 guys on my team, so I think it would have been funnier if one of them had chosen that one! One guy had to wear a marty gras mask and the other had to wear a clown fro, so I think we each got the costume that suited us the best. It was a really fun day.

Saturday, we relaxed for the morning (I watched Greys that I had taped from Thursday) and then we decided to go shopping in the afternoon. I wanted to look for a rocker recliner for the nursery. I decided against getting a glider rocker, since I just think they are too narrow when you are holding a baby in your arms for feeding. Someone suggested to me that a chair with big comfy arms would be much better, and I totally agree. So, we thought we’d look around town to get an idea of what’s out there and prices. We went to 5 places total and ended up finding a lazyboy, all leather rocker recliner for $300 off! It was a sale on just that weekend trying to sell off their stock, so we didn’t have a choice of colour, but it was the colour we wanted (medium brown) anyway. So, we thought we’d jump on that chance! We get to pick it up this week. We also spent some time on Saturday trying to figure out how we’re going to set up the nursery. Since it is a smaller room, (9.5’ x 9.5’), it’s a bit of a puzzle trying to figure out how to fit a crib, recliner chair, bookshelf, change table, and dresser all in there. It will work though ;) We are going to buy the crib first and hopefully find a matching dresser, and then my dad is going to build us a change table (since all the change tables in the stores are for people who are 5’ tall I think, they are all too short for us!I) and a bookshelf, so we can get whatever size we want and we can paint them our accent colour. I think we’re going to take a trip to babies r us sometime in the next month or so to get our crib and stroller. My parents are getting us the crib and Oma is getting us the stroller, so we lucked out there!

As of today, I am 22 weeks along! Wow! I’m glad things are starting to come together now in terms of the nursery. We have our renovation scheduled for October 23-25, and then painting after that, so I can’t wait until it’s all done!

So now I’m back for another week at work. I can’t wait until this week is over since I have my next appointment with the midwife on Friday afternoon and then of course lj’s wedding on Saturday! Yay!

Good news

We got a message yesterday from our midwife saying that she had received the ultrasound report and that everything is normal. We will be going over the whole report with her at our next appointment, which is next Friday. I thought it was so nice of her to call to let us know instead of making us wait another week to get the results; they are really taking awesome care of me there! I wasn’t expecting there to be any problems, but it is good to know that our little pumpkin is growing well!

I have definitely been feeling lots of kicks this week, which is awesome! They aren’t very strong yet, but I can certainly feel them! I usually feel them just after lunch and then again in the late evening (like as soon as I crawl into bed). I have also been feeling them at other times throughout the day, but those two times seem to be the most consistent. Yay!

I had 2 baby-related dreams last night. In the first one, I dreamed that I gave birth to a cat. And the even stranger part was, everybody around me (nurses, friends, family) were acting like this was not out of the ordinary in any way… and I kept thinking “what’s wrong with you people! I gave birth to a cat! Am I the only one who thinks that’s strange?”… very weird. In my second dream, I dreamed that I gave birth (to a baby this time). A little girl, and she was absolutely perfect. But my mom was too busy to come see the baby when we were in the hospital, so it was days before my mom saw the baby. Which is completely far-fetched since I know my mom will be in the waiting room while I deliver just waiting for the news and to get to see the new baby!

I’m looking forward to the afternoon out of the office. I will post on the weekend about what our ultra-secret triathlon entailed! I’m very curious!

EDIT 11:28am

Oh, and I heard the most excellent news on the radio this morning: Led Zeppelin may tour in the summer of 2009! I absolutely HAVE to go if that's the case, even Carlos and I have to fly to the concert and take my mom along to babysit ;) I'm not getting my hopes up though, because at this point it is just a rumour. That would be so sweet though! Imagine, my favourite band of all time going on a tour after all these years!!! That would be like a dream come true for me if I can get to see them!

Competing in a triathlon tomorrow

The company kind ;) Every year, we have a triathlon which involves fun events. Past events have included such things as bowling, mini-golf, go-karting, etc. I hope the events this year are pregnant lady friendly; I’m sure they’ve taken that into account. The events are a surprise until the triathlon begins. So, tomorrow afternoon is our annual triathlon, which will be fun I’m sure! It also means we’re only working until noon, so that’s awesome! And then in the evening, we have our annual post-triathlon BBQ which will also be fun I’m sure. Really, it’s only this event and the Christmas party when we all get together with our significant others. So, I’m looking forward to it.

Mrs. JB, as a recent new mom, I would love to hear your perspective on the whole cloth vs disposable diaper decision (see previous post). I am on the fence; although, as I mentioned, we will be getting lots of disposable diapers for free from Carlos’ family, so I think we’ll start with those and decide once the baby is here about whether we’ll want to switch to cloth once we use the disposables up or stay with disposables.

Anyone else hate getting up in the pitch black?

It’s back to that time of year when I am up before the sun. That makes me want to just pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep! And we have over a month before we get to put the clocks back.

The prenatal health fair on Monday was good… I got lots of information! I even saw a couple people I knew: one was manning a booth and the other was there with her husband and they are expecting, about 3 weeks before me. I used to work with her husband, so it was nice to catch up with them. At the health fair, they had an “empathy belly” for the men to wear with was strapped onto them and had big boobs, and a large, heavy belly. So, Carlos was a good sport and tried it. They made him walk around, pick something up from the floor, sit down and try to tie his shoes, and lie on the floor and then get up from that position. They even took a Polaroid of us standing belly to ‘empathy belly’, so that was neat. Another one for the scrapbook! ;)

There was also a booth there about a diaper service in town. I am in the middle of trying to decide about whether we’re going to use cloth or disposable diapers. Cloth are better for the environment, and since I work in waste management, of course I would like to keep as much as I can from the landfill. My big reason for not wanting to do cloth is I don’t want to deal with washing dirty diapers, just seems like it’s not worth the mess. But when I learned about the diaper service, it is run by a mom and she sells the diapers too and once a week, she comes to your house and picks up the old diapers and brings clean ones. So, that would make it just as convenient as disposables. I think I will send her an email asking about the cost, because if it’s significantly cheaper than disposables, we may go that route.

Although even if we do decide to do cloth, I think we’ll still use disposables for when we go to visit people since I don’t want to be carting dirty diapers home. So, that might be a good compromise. I guess we could always start with disposable (since Carlos’ mom and sister have been stockpiling diapers since they found out we were pregnant, Carlos’ brother-in-law works at a pharmacy and I guess he has been taking them home and saving them for us). So, we will be getting lots of disposable diapers for free, so we’ll use those to start and then see how we feel after those are used up… we could always switch to cloth after that. So many decisions!

Tonight is my only free evening this week, so I'm going to enjoy a nice, relaxing evening... I can't wait!

Oh, in other news, mom has a meeting today with the Dean of the university as well as the head of HR to discuss the crazy lady situation. I hope that goes okay! I'm glad that crazy lady will not be there, although it won't be long before she is told what is happening, so I hope she doesn't retaliate in any way towards my mom! My mom has taken precautions though and makes sure she is never alone with crazy lady. My mom basically is just going to campus to teach right now, she doesn't hang out in her office since she's afraid of what crazy lady might do. I really hope this situation gets resolved quickly and crazy lady is fired soon! My mom can't handle this stress on top of all the Oma stress lately.

EDIT 3:45pm

Mom just called and said the meeting went very well and that the university is taking this very seriously. I guess mom's complaint isn't the only one recently against this woman, which is good to know. So, she's not just bullying mom, seems as though others are also being bullied as well. The dean and head of hr will be meeting in the next couple of days to figure out how they are going to deal with this. So, it was very positive and mom feels that it went well.

Beginning of a new season

Autumn began at some point yesterday, so today is the first full day of autumn. The nights are getting cooler, the leaves are changing, I really like this time of year.

My weekend was a busy but good one. Saturday, we went window shopping. Literally. We are planning a renovation in the room that is going to be the nursery next month, and we are going to replace a door that goes to nowhere (used to go to an old balcony which is no longer there) with a window. So, we stopped in at Home Depot, and much to our surprise, they were having a sale just for the weekend of 20% off all windows. So, we ended up getting the window for a nice sale price and we found just what we were looking for in the exact size we needed… score!

Saturday evening was the engagement party for my brother and his fiancé, so that was nice. My aunt, uncle, and cousins were there, so it was nice to see them again. I hadn’t seen them in a few months, so it was good to catch up. They hadn’t seen me since I started showing, and my uncle told me how great I look. Actually, a lot of people told me I look fabulous and that I am glowing. It was so great to hear! So far, I think I’ve been pretty lucky and have only really gained in my belly (and chest too – but I don’t mind that!). I hope it stays that way!

Yesterday, we headed to my in-laws for an 11th birthday party for our nephew. He was so happy that we were there, so I’m glad we went. So, it made for a very busy weekend, but that couldn’t really be helped.

And something very exciting happened last night! I am 99% sure I felt the baby moving when I had just crawled into bed! In the last week or so, there have been times when I thought I felt the baby, but wasn't sure. Well, last night, the kicks were stronger and there were 5 or 6 of them within 5 minutes or so, so I am quite sure it was the baby! I don't know if the baby is more active when I first lie down to go to bed, or if it's that I'm not doing anything else except lying there so I notice them more easily, but it seems that's when I feel the baby, in the evening when I first lie down. So, I'm excited! I hope I feel it again soon! They say in the beginning, you may not feel it every day, but once the baby gets bigger and stronger, then you'll feel it much more regularly. I’m at 21 weeks today, so 19 weeks to go!

Tonight I have my prenatal pilates class, and then after dinner there is a prenatal health fair in town. It’s run by the health unit three times a year. This is the first time it’s on since we got pregnant, so we’re going to check it out. I’m sure we’ll get lots of info!

EDIT 4:20pm

I have been feeling the baby lots today throughout the day, so now I know for sure it is the baby! I am so happy I can finally feel it! The midwife said it would be sometime between 18 and 22 weeks, and I have read that with an anterior placenta (which is what I have), it can take longer to feel the baby. And I'm at 21 weeks today, so I'm still within the "normal" range. Yay! It is a really exciting feeling knowing that the baby is doing well and growing! From all the kicks I've been feeling today, I think we're going to have a very active baby on our hands!

Strange evening

We had a strange evening last night. When I got home last night, our house smelled very strongly of fumes. I can't explain what it smelled like, sort of like a combination of spray paint and shoe polish. So, it didn't smell like gas. We had no idea what it was. So, we opened a few windows to try to air it out. It seemed that the smell went away, so we went to bed. Well, the smell was back throughout the night (good thing we slept with our window open) and was back in full force this morning. I am completely stumped! It couldn't be the furnace since we have it turned off, but the smell does seem to be worse near air vents.

Carlos did say they were doing work in the manholes outside our house yesterday morning, so we're not sure if that has anything to do with it.

If the smell doesn't go away by this evening, I think we'll ask my Dad to come down and see if he can figure it out. I wouldn't worry so much if I wasn't pregnant, but this has me worried. This can't be good for the baby! Carlos is going to try to figure out where the smell was coming from this morning, so I hope he figures it out. We certainly couldn't figure it out last night! It seems to be the worst in the laundry room and entrance way, which is strange. So, this has me a little scared! Especially since we have no idea what is causing it. We did nothing different yesterday to cause such a strong chemical smell!

EDIT: 11:23am

Moral of the story is: read your mail, even if it looks like junk!

Carlos figured out what the smell was. Earlier this week, we got a flyer in the mail that I just disregarded as junk, so I didn't even read it. But, I left it on our front bench, so Carlos read it this morning. It was a warning about the work they were going to do on the sewers yesterday. It said not to use the water between 10am and 3pm. Since we didn't know that, Carlos used the water in that time, doing the dishes and taking a shower, etc. So, since we used the water in the time we were not supposed to, we likely got some back-up (luckily no sewage or anything) or it's from any welding, etc. that they did. Because it did smell like plumbing work. So, I think we solved the mystery.

So, if that's the case, I'm sure it will be gone by tonight. And if not, I'm sure there is a number to call on the flyer to get more info and I can call and explain what happened.

So, the moral of the story is: read ALL your mail!

Sleepy

Once again, I’m tired and can’t wait until the weekend… I’m starting to notice a trend ;) I’m just glad I have more energy than I did in the first trimester! I am definitely feeling much better than I did back then, so I’m happy. I can understand why a lot of women say the second trimester is their favourite! You no longer feel crappy like you did in the first trimester, but you’re not huge and uncomfortable like in the third trimester yet. But I still have to get up in the night at least 2 or 3 times to pee, which is annoying. But I’m sure it will only get worse as the baby gets bigger and my bladder is squished even more!

This weekend should be a good one. We’re going to an engagement party for my brother and his fiancé on Saturday evening. And they have set the wedding date: June 6, 2009! Less than 9 months away! Wow! Next year is going to be a big year in our family with our baby due in early February and then the wedding 4 months later!

Oh, did anybody else hear that AC/DC is playing at the Rogers Centre November 7th? Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning. I’m trying to decide if we should try to get tickets… we’re going to see The Who in October, so 2 concerts that close together might be a bit much. But, this would likely be our only opportunity to see them since they rarely come to Ontario! So, I’m thinking maybe we’ll try to get tickets! I imagine they will sell out within seconds, so we may not even be able to get them. No harm in trying though! Besides, gotta get the baby accustomed to good music early ;)

Ultrasound was amazing!

We had our ultrasound this morning and it went well! I was a little nervous after all the strange dreams I'd been having lately that something would be wrong with the baby. The tech took me in first to do all the measurements and then asked Carlos to come in at the end and she sowed us both the baby. The baby was on its stomach, but we got to see the head, face, heart beating, the spine, and both arms and feet. It was SOOOO awesome! Seeing the little hands and feet were so cute! She said the baby measured 20 weeks, 1 day, which is exactly where it was supposed to be! She said the baby weighed about 12 ounces, which is exactly where it is supposed to be.

It was so awesome to see our little one, we even saw it punch at one point! Too cute! And, it turns out the midwife was right, my placenta is in the front, which explains why the midwife had a hard time finding the heartbeat at our last appointment. That also explains why I haven't felt the baby move yet, it may take a little longer until the movements get stronger since the placenta is in the way.

This pic is of the baby's face on the left, with its fist up to the face on the right... a little hard to make out. And the second photo is a profile view with the head to the left of the picture.

OOOOOOh, we’re half way there!

As of today, I am at exactly 20 weeks along, which is half way through the pregnancy! Yay! Although, since for the first month you don’t even know you’re pregnant, I think week 22 is a better half-way point, but, technically speaking 20 weeks is the midway point. So, I’ll take it ; ) And, although my ticker says my baby is moving about and keeping me up at night, I have not yet felt that. I should feel the baby move sometime in the next 2 weeks, so I am anxiously awaiting that! There have been a couple times when I have felt something ‘different’, but I haven’t been sure if it was the baby or not. So, I can’t wait until I can feel those undeniable kicks and jabs ;)

FINALLY, tomorrow morning is the ultrasound! I am so excited! This may be our only ultrasound (unless there is a reason that comes up to do another one), so I really hope we get some good pictures of the baby! Speaking of ultrasounds, there is a place in town where you can get a 3D/4D ultrasound done (it is a private clinic and costs money). Originally, we were thinking we’d like to do that sometime in October because you can get much better images than with a 2D one. But, there has been a lot of controversy lately about the safety of these private clinic 3D ultrasounds since they are not regulated. There have been a few articles in the paper lately and even a segment on CBC and the message basically is there is no answer one way or another about their safety. The concern is the long exposure and since this technology is still relatively new, they are not sure about the long-term effects. Doctors do not recommend it at this point. So, we were thinking we’d get this done, but after all this has come out in the last couple of months, I think we’d rather be safe than sorry and we’ll likely not get it done. Having said that, we know lots of people have had it done and went on to have healthy babies, but we’d rather not take the chance. So, that’s why I’m really hoping tomorrow’s ultrasound goes well and we get some clear images!

My weekend was good. We went to the wedding on Saturday and the weather was actually okay. The ceremony was outside and although it was cloudy, the rain held off. The reception was in a tent in the same backyard, and it did spit at one point, but that was okay. So, they had to move the dance into the same tent instead of having it on the patio outside. All in all, it was a nice wedding.

Conference went well yesterday.

I drove up with another coworker and we were told to get there mid-afternoon so we could man the booth for a couple hours before dinner. Well, we got there just before 3pm and the booths were all already torn down! I guess they had to tear down the booth at 1:30pm, but didn’t bother to call us to tell us… men! So, we hung out and talked to some people and then went to the bar to hang out before dinner. Dinner was good, we had about 50 people out in total in our group, so there was lots of schmoozing to do. We ordered our meal at 6:30pm, but it didn’t come until almost 8pm! I was starving by that point, especially since I missed my afternoon snack! The dinner went well, everyone wanted to talk about the baby, so that made it easy. I always hate these networking events, but since people were interested in the baby, that made it easier. I got home just before midnight, so it was a long day. But, I came in late this morning so I could still get a good night’s sleep. And since I worked such a long day yesterday, that means I only need to use 3 of my banked OT hours for my day off on Monday when I was in Niagara Falls.

I ran into my ex-boss (i.e. the Snake) at the conference. I hadn’t seen him in 2 years, so it was a little strange to see him again after all this time. He got married a couple weeks before I did, and now he and his wife are expecting a baby a couple weeks before me! So, that’s cool. I’ve gotten past the point where I want to punch him out, so that’s good.

I’m so glad it’s Friday. And today is my bro Al’s 23rd birthday!

Tomorrow, Carlos and I are going to a wedding for one of his friends. It’s about an hour away, so I am the built-in DD ;) The wedding is an outdoor wedding, and of course it’s supposed to rain all weekend. So, I hope they have a back-up plan like a tent or something!

Happy Friday everyone!

EDIT 12:50pm

I just got a call from my mom. Apparently I missed a lot of action yesterday. The short version is that she had to hire a lawyer because she is no longer safe in her workplace. I guess "crazy lady" (the one who tried to make sure she wasn't hired this year by making outrageous accusations) verbally attacked her yesterday for no reason. I don't know all of the details, but apparently all of mom's colleagues encouraged her to get a lawyer since they all don't know what crazy lady is capable of. I guess she has been threatening some of the other people in the department too, not just mom. Luckily, mom has a friend who is a lawyer, so she hired her because she totally trusts her. I feel so bad for my mom. I really hope the university fires this lady!!!

Random update

Last night, I went out for dinner and to the movies with the girls at work, which was fun. We saw the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2, which is of course a totally girly movie. I had just read the books and saw the first movie over the summer, so it was nice to see the second movie while it was still fresh in my mind. It was fun to hang out with the girls outside of work, I think we’re going to try to do that a few times in the coming months.

I had the worst dream last night. I dreamed that I went for my ultrasound and they couldn’t find the baby! They had concluded that the baby had died. I was devastated and woke up feeling all sad. But, I realize it was just a dream. I can’t wait until Tuesday though because then I’ll get some reassurance that everything is okay!

Tomorrow, I am going to Kingston for the afternoon and evening for a conference and then dinner with current and potential clients, so I hope that goes well. This is a big conference that we go to every year. Luckily, I don’t have to go for the full 3 days since I don’t think I’d be able to stand at our booth for that long! But, a few hours at the booth and then dinner out, I can handle that. And, the more hours I work tomorrow night, the less OT hours I need to use for my day off on Monday.

Wow, 1 year already!

Carlos and I had a wonderful weekend in Niagara Falls. Since our actual anniversary was yesterday, we both took the day off and went on our trip from Saturday until Monday.

We got to Niagara in the early afternoon on Saturday and were able to check into our room early. It was a gorgeous room with an amazing view of both the American and the Canadian falls! We lucked out! Since the weather was nice, we decided to walk down to the falls and look around. We did the journey behind the falls where you can walk behind the falls and we also did a new attraction called “Niagaras Fury” which is a simulation ride about the falls. It was okay, but not worth the amount of money they charged for it. We walked around a bit more and then went for dinner. After dinner we went back to our room to watch the falls illumination. That was neat; they lit up the falls with all different colours.

On Sunday, we did a bunch of things. We went to an IMAX movie since it was raining, then walked down to Clifton Hill and went to Brick City (a whole city built of lego), and to the Rainforest Café for lunch. We then checked out the WWE store, which was neat. We also went to the Guiness World Records museum, the wax museum, and then we did this huge maze game where we had to run around and find different towers and items. After that, we did the maid of the mist, which was super cool! You get SOAKED, luckily they give you ponchos! We got really close to the falls, which was amazing. What a neat experience! After that, we were pretty tired, so we went back to the room to rest for a bit before dinner.

We decided to go out for a nice dinner on Sunday night to celebrate our anniversary (I know it was a few hours early, but oh well). We went to the Keg which was in the hotel next door on the 9th floor, so with a nice view of the falls. Carlos completely surprised me with a beautiful card in which he had written a poem for me. What a sweetie; it was amazing! He also gave me the most gorgeous diamond necklace! It has 7 diamonds in a wavy vertical line starting with smaller diamonds at the top and then the diamonds get larger on the way down. It’s SOOO pretty! I was totally blown away! I certainly am spoiled!!!!

We didn’t buy any souvenirs on our trip, but we did buy our first item for the baby. We found a Portugal onesie in a sports store that was just too cute to pass up. That was the first item of clothing we bought for the baby; all the other things we have so far my mom bought!

Yesterday, we got back in the early afternoon and relaxed for awhile. I had my first prenatal pilates class, which was fun. There are about 12 of us in the class, and I am in the middle in terms of due date, the earliest due date in the class is mid-December and the latest is late March. There is actually one other woman in the class with my exact same due date, which is neat! That’s the first time I’ve been with other people pregnant and due around the same time as me, so I’m sure we’ll have lots to talk about over the next several weeks.

Last night, we actually remembered to take the top tier of our wedding cake our of the freezer and have a piece in honour of our anniversary. It was yummy!

I can’t believe we’ve been married a year already; it’s gone by so quickly!

Now it’s back to work for another week. At least it’s a 4-day work week for me! Yesterday was my last day off until late October likely. Although, next Tuesday, I do have a couple hours off in the morning since it is ultrasound day! Yay! One week to go!

So I’m at 19 weeks now. I’m still waiting to be able to feel the baby move. They say with first time moms the average for when you can first feel the baby move is between 18 and 22 weeks. So, it could still be a couple weeks yet. Yesterday morning, I did feel a bubbling sensation I had never felt before, but that was only once, so who knows, it could have been something else.

Stressful appointment

We had our 18-week appointment with the midwife last night. This was our first time meeting our second midwife. She was okay, but a bit of a scatter-brain it seemed. Well, when it came time to listen to the heartbeat, she tried for about 20 minutes with no luck. She did say that my placenta could be at the front, which would make it difficult, or it could be a positional thing. With every minute that went past, I was getting more and more worried. She said if they couldn’t find it, not to panic, but they would likely send me to the hospital for an ultrasound just to be sure. Luckily, that wasn’t necessary. She got another midwife to come in and try, and she found it in about 15 seconds! I was SOOOOO relieved! I don’t know if it was that the baby was moving around so much that it was difficult to find, or if the other midwife had a better Doppler, who knows. I’m just glad they were so determined and wouldn’t let me leave until they found it! We were there for almost an hour and a half total since the first 45 minutes were spent talking about things and me asking questions, etc. So, we left there feeling relieved, but it was stressful!

I’m headed to Toronto in a few minutes for a meeting at the MOE. I will likely be gone most of the day, but I’m happy to get out of the office for a bit.

Back from holidays

My week off was fabulous! Spent a total of 5 days at the cottage, which was nice. The weather this past weekend was gorgeous! Couldn’t have asked for any better.

Now it’s back to the grind. At least it’s a short week! And next week, I have Monday off since it’s my first anniversary. Carlos and I are going to Niagara Falls on Saturday morning and we’re staying until Monday. So, that will be a nice weekend away; it’s been several years since I’ve been to Niagara Falls.

I’m at 18 weeks now – wow! Almost halfway there! Tomorrow, we have another appointment with the midwife. Since our first midwife is on holidays this week, our appointment is with our second midwife. We haven’t met her before, so this will be good. I really like the fact that you meet 3 midwives over the course of the pregnancy and 2 of the 3 will be at the birth – guaranteed.

And it’s only 2 weeks now until the ultrasound! Yay!

Enjoying the time off

I'm having a great week off. The time at the cottage was very relaxing. The weather was nice too. A little on the cool side, but sunny, so I can't complain.

Yesterday, we went shopping all day. We got our crib bedding (mom is getting that for me for my birthday). I know it's 3 months early, but she wanted us to have it before we go our nursery renovations, which is in October so that we can pick paint colours, etc. This is our crib bedding, although the picture doesn't really do it justice since it's way more colourful and has more animals than the picture shows. But, you get the idea. We also got the cutest lightswitch cover to match.

I also got some more maternity clothes for the fall. I got 6 tops, a pair of jeans, and a dress for the weddings I have coming up. And then of course, I had to get a shawl and shoes to match the dress ;) So, all in all, it was a very successful shopping day.

So today I have a busy morning of errands (getting my hair highlighted and cut, signing up for prenatal pilates class, registering for prenatal class for Carlos and I, etc).

Then tomorrow, we are headed back up to the cottage until Monday. I don't want my holidays to be over!

How time flies

I can’t believe it’s already nearing the end of August! I haven’t really felt like we’ve had summer yet since the weather has been so crappy. I’ve only been swimming in my parents pool 3 times so far this year since now it’s too cold to swim in since it has been getting so cold at night, and that’s even with a solar blanket on the pool!

As of 3pm tomorrow, I am on vacation until September 2nd, so that’s exciting! On Saturday, I am going to see Mamma Mia (movie) with my mom and then we’re going to a party for a co-worker of mine (who my mom is also friends with). Carlos will be gone at a bachelor party all day, so mom and I are doing a girls day.

Then on Sunday, Carlos and I are heading to the cottage until Wednesday. It will be just the 2 of us, so it will be nice to have some time alone out there. Looks like the weather should be nice! Yay! Thursday, we are going shopping in the GTA with my mom in the hunt for some more maternity clothes. And I need to find a dress to wear to the 2 weddings we are going to in the next couple of months.

Friday, we are heading back up to the cottage until Labour Day with the family and then the Monday evening we have a BBQ at my parents house to celebrate Alex and Raeh’s engagement.

So, it will be a nice, relaxing week off with lots of time at the cottage. Just the way I like it!

Oma’s diagnosis

Mom just called me and she's back from the appointment with Oma... they were there for 3 hours! And my uncle was there too, which was really good since now Oma can't accuse mom of making things up since there was another "witness" there.

Oma does NOT have Alzheimers, which is great! Her memory loss is likely related to the mini-strokes she's had in the last few years and restricted blood flow to the brain. They have prescribed medication that will help this and they are going to do more tests to confirm that this is what the problem is. The doctor is notifying the MTO that Oma can't drive, so that's official now, which is good. So, all in all, it was very positive, and we are relieved that she doesn't have Alzheimers!!!

Update

My weekend was great! On Saturday, we visited with Oma and she has really turned a corner, I think. She has really thought about things and has realized that mom only did what she thought was best because she cares. So, I don’t think she’s mad at mom anymore. In fact, Oma and mom went out to the cottage yesterday until today and mom said Oma is really coming to terms with things. Although, with her, every day is different, so she could wake up one morning and be totally mad again! But, we are thankful for the change in attitude. Her appointment with the gerontologist is tomorrow, so I am anxious to hear what happens there.

Also, in BIG news, my brother Alex is proposing to his girlfriend today! It is her birthday today, so he is planning on taking her on a picnic and proposing. He showed me the ring on the weekend and it’s gorgeous. I told him that he MUST get down on one knee when he proposes. I have always said, if there is no ring and no knee, it’s not a real proposal! Apparently, my mom also made a fuss saying he had to do the knee thing, so I think he got the message! I wouldn’t be surprised if they get married next summer. They are very young (she is 20 today and he is almost 23), but she has a good head on her shoulders and she’ll take good care of him (Alex is a real space cadet). So, that’s exciting!

Today, I have to go out of town for another meeting, so it’s a super long workday for me today… 8am to around midnight. But I am on holidays next week, so I don’t care! I will likely leave early on Friday since I’ll have the extra hours, but we’ll see. I may want to bank the overtime for all my medical appointments since I don’t think it’s fair to make the company compensate me for all my appointments, especially when they get more frequent as my pregnancy progresses.

I am at 16 weeks today! Yay!

EDIT 1:00pm

I am no longer going to the meeting tonight. My boss thinks he can handle this one on his own since he thinks it will be fairly straight forward. So, I'm happy! I don't have to work a 16 hour day today!

EDIT 3:00pm

It's official: my brother and Raeh are engaged! Very exciting!

Belly Pics

A couple of you have been asking, so here are a few pics of the belly progress so far.

This one was at 7 weeks. I'm not sure why my hubby didn't get my head in the pic!


This one is at 11 weeks.



And this one was at 15 weeks.

TGIF

This has been a stressful week. Work has been frustrating (there have been times this week I’ve wanted to pull my hair out and cry). And there has been lots of drama/stress with Oma. Not to mention the crazy migraine I had on Monday. It’s been a difficult week. I’m trying my best to stay mellow though!

So, I am quite relieved that it’s Friday today. This weekend will be a good one, I’m sure. Today, I am getting together with my friend Liz after work. She lives in Toronto, but her parents are about a half hour from me and she’s at her parents’ house for a week, so I thought I’d jump on that chance to visit with her since I haven’t seen her in months! The rest of the weekend will be spent relaxing, doing some errands, and a visit with Carlos’ parents.

Only 1 more week of work until my week off! I can’t wait! Next Friday at 3pm can’t come soon enough! Then I’m off work until September 2nd!

EDIT 11:05am

My mom just called me and I guess my aunt and uncle had a meeting with Oma and mom this morning. For the first time ever, my uncle stood up for my mom. I think before the meeting he thought mom was over-reacting, but when he spent some time with Oma, it didn't take him long to realize what's happening. He told Oma that he is behind my mom and if she's going to be mad at mom, she needs to be mad at him too. He also said that if Oma continues to treat our family like this, he will put her in a home. He won't see our family ripped apart by this. So, my mom is feeling MUCH better now. And I think it was good for Oma to see that it's not just my mom that is concerned. My uncle kept saying that this is only because we care about her... so hopefully she realizes that.

He could only handle an hour with Oma before he started to get annoyed with her saying the same things over and over again and being fixated on holding a grudge and not forgiving, so I think he's begining to see what mom has to go through day in and day out. For some reason, Oma seems to think that everything was done behind her back, which was not the case, she just doesn't remember. And she thinks my mom is lying. And she won't get past that. But this is the same woman who turned on her best friend 40 years ago because she didn't think she handled it well when Oma was widowed the first time and 40 years later, when this friend wanted to establish a connection with Oma again, she turned her down. So we already know Oma is not one to forgive. And I wouldn't be surprised if Oma loses all her friends now because she thinks they are all against her too since they talked to my mom saying that they were concerned about Oma because they care. Oma is really mad about that.

So, I think I'm going to stay out of this now that my uncle knows what is going on. I am thinking maybe I won't go to the appointment on Tuesday now since I know mom has backup in him. I don't want Oma to turn against me too, she needs someone who she can trust. Not to mention, I don't want to get caught in the middle since stress is not good for the baby.

We are all pretty blown away with the fact that my uncle has really stepped up to help. I am so thankful for that!!!! So, today is a good day!

Mom needs some back-up

Well, I decided that I’m going to go to Oma’s appointment on Tuesday morning. My mom really needs the support. My uncle will also be there, but he rarely spends time with Oma, so he doesn’t really know what’s been going on.

I stopped in for a few minutes yesterday after work and I walked in on Oma yelling at my mom. Apparently, Oma somehow is fixated on saying that mom took her car keys without telling her. Which is not the case. Mom took her car keys away over 6 weeks ago now, and of course she talked to Oma about it beforehand... and MANY times since. Well, Oma all of a sudden within the last 2 days decided that mom did this all behind her back. When mom says they talked about it many times, Oma just says mom is lying to her and that she can’t defend herself since she doesn’t remember what happened. And Oma has her key back now anyway, so I don’t know why she is so fixated on thinking mom is doing things behind her back and lying all the time.

It’s getting quite ugly. Oma stormed off and said to my mom “I hope someday your family treats you as badly as you’ve treated me!” And then she kept coming back with more hurtful things to say. So, I got my mom out of there for a bit. We went for dinner and then to the festival of lights where Kalan Porter was playing last night. So, we had a nice escape.

I feel so bad about this whole situation. I’m trying my best not to let it stress me out too much since stress isn’t good for the baby. I feel bad for Oma because I can imagine it must be hard on her to lose her mind and be in denial and I also feel bad for my mom because of the living hell Oma is putting her through. It would be so much different if their houses weren’t attached. But since mom works from home so much, she can’t get anything done since Oma comes over 30+ times a day to yell at her. It’s getting worse by the day. The appointment on Tuesday can’t come soon enough!

I’m hoping there is some medication Oma can take to help. But how do you get a forgetful woman to take medication when she insists there’s nothing wrong with her? Half the time she doesn’t know what month it is, much less day of the week. She insists she doesn’t need any help, so this could be tricky…

I think Oma should live half time at my aunt and uncles… it’s not fair that all the stress of this is put on my mom… time for my uncle to step up… but I doubt that’s going to happen.

Made it through migraine #2

Well, I had my 2nd pregnancy migraine yesterday – no fun. It lasted a full 24 hours – from Sunday evening until yesterday evening. I had to stay home yesterday; all I could do was lie flat with a cold compress on my head. If I tried to do anything else, my head pounded like crazy. And it didn’t help that we had 3 thunderstorms during the day so every crash of thunder and every car that drove by on the wet roads were torture! It was a difficult day for sure and Tylenol did nothing. But, luckily, it only lasted 24 hours and I am feeling MUCH better today. I hope I don’t have any more of those! Although, if I’ve already had 2 in the 3.5 months I’ve been pregnant, chances are there are more to come. I will definitely talk to my midwife about it at my next appointment to see if there is anything I can do. I felt bad about missing work, but that’s only the 2nd day I’ve called in sick since I became pregnant, so that’s not too bad. And there is no way I would have been able to function at the office, so it was for the best.

The Oma drama has continued. She found a car key somewhere and went out driving even though she technically doesn’t have a license. She did pass her MTO test, but never went to the office to get her license renewed. Her appointment with the gerontologist is next Tuesday, so we are anxious to hear what she has to say. It’s getting worse by the week. Now Oma is at the stage where she is lashing out at mom accusing mom of making this whole thing up and being against her. She’s saying mom has been telling lies to everyone and turning everyone against her. Nobody is against her! She’s saying things like “I can’t believe this is how you treat an old woman, especially your mother… after everything I’ve done for you!” And anytime my dad tries to stick up for my mom, Oma just yells at him to stay out of it. Oma insists that someone else needs to come to the appointment on the 19th so that there is a “witness” as to what the doctor says because Oma no longer trusts my mom. My mom already told my uncle that he needs to be there as well anyways since she can’t handle this on her own. What a mess. I wouldn’t be surprised if Oma has Alzheimers since it seems like that’s what this is. But, we’ll wait and see what the doctor says. My poor mom!

I’m at 15 weeks now – wow! I have been taking weekly pictures of how my body has been changing, so I will post a couple of those when I get a chance, likely on the weekend.

Oh, and our ultrasound is booked – September 16th at 9:10am! Yay!

We have a heartbeat!

:)

We went to see the midwife this afternoon and my mom came to this appointment, in addition to Carlos. We got to hear the heartbeat! It took the midwife a few minutes to find it since the baby was higher up than she was expecting. So, just as I was starting to get nervous, she found it! And it was the most amazing thing I've ever heard!!!!! Heart-rate was strong at 168 bpm. Midwife said that's perfect for this stage of pregnancy.

I am SOOOOOOOOO happy and relieved!!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad it’s already Thursday

Yay for short work weeks!

I have been really tired this week, so I am looking forward to a quiet weekend at home. We don’t have too much planned, which is nice. I really need to catch up on some sleep. And of course, watch some Olympics ;)

I’m a week into the second trimester, which is nice. It seems like a LONG time until my due date though… which I guess is a good thing since we have so much to do to get ready! Baby is the size of a lemon this week! Tomorrow is the big day: we finally get to hear the baby’s heartbeat! I’m so excited; only 1 more sleep!

Only 2 weeks left of work after this one until my week off! I am really looking forward to the break! Similar to our last week off, we’re going to be spending most of it at the cottage with a day of shopping in the GTA in the middle. I really need to find some maternity jeans and a couple more tops.

Sleeeeeeepy

I am feeling pretty tired this afternoon. And I don’t think it’s all pregnancy related, I think some of it is due to the fact that I slept on a mattress on the floor at our hotel in Montreal since the beds were so slanty ;) Despite the hotel misfortunes, I had a great time in Montreal with the girls. And we can laugh about our hotel room now, since it seems like we didn’t have it as bad as some other guests we were talking… at least our bathroom had a ceiling ;)

I reached 14 weeks yesterday – yay! I think my belly grew a lot while I was in Montreal because Carlos said I was showing a lot more when I got home after being away for 3 days. Now, how much of that is related to baby and how much is related to over-eating in Montreal is not known! Ha! I think he’s right though, I think I am starting to look pregnant. Maybe not to strangers yet, but I can definitely tell now… exciting!

Only 3 more days until we get to hear our baby’s heartbeat – I can’t wait until Friday afternoon at 3:30pm! It’s going to be such a special moment. I’m sure both mom and I will cry… but they are probably used to that in the midwife’s office; I’m sure it happens all the time.

Hello Second Trimester!

Finally!

Actually, when I think about it, it doesn’t seem that long ago that I found out I was pregnant. But then on the other hand, I was so looking forward to the second trimester that the last several weeks have seemed to go by slowly! I can pretty much put the worry of miscarriage behind me at this point. I don’t know why I was worried about it, I guess because so many people I know have gone through that, so I felt like I couldn’t really relax until I hit the second trimester, when the risk goes WAY down. Although, my mom told me that being a mommy means I will worry about everything with respect to my child for the rest of my life! Oh great ;)

I am feeling better these days. I haven’t felt queasy in over a week, which is nice. And I do have some of my energy back. I’m still tired and have been going to bed at 9pm, but I don’t feel like a zombie during the day anymore, so that’s good.

Even though this has been a short week for me since I didn’t work on Monday, it has seemed to go by slowly. I guess part of that could be due to the fact that I am really excited about the upcoming trip to Montreal with the girls!

Today is my dad’s birthday; he turned 58 today! We’re having dinner at my parents house tonight to celebrate : )

Good weekend

The Weird Al concert was AMAZING! What a talented guy! For every song, he came out in a different outfit (i.e. for “Canadian Idiot” he came out as Billy Joel Armstrong, for “Eat It” he came out dressed as Michael Jackson, for “I’m Fat”, he came out in a fat suit, etc.). It was very funny and entertaining! Of course, we couldn’t get out of the parking lot for half an hour after the show because of congestion. We finally got home around 1:45am and I had to get up at 5am for work on Saturday morning. But it was well worth it ;)

I actually wasn’t too tired during the day. I was awake and alert for the meeting, which was good since there were over 100 people there and 90% of them were VERY opposed to the project. But, they weren’t mad at us, they were mad at Council. We got through the meeting and I was home by 4:30pm. Then, I crashed. I managed to stay up until 7pm, and then I had to go to bed. I slept for 12 hours! Guess I had to catch up from the 3 hours of sleep the night before!

Oma had a bit of an ordeal last week. She was at my aunt and uncle’s cottage for almost 2 weeks. Turns out she choked on a fish bone awhile back. She complained that it hurt to swallow, etc. Finally, AFTER 10 DAYS, my uncle drove her back into town and dropped her off at her place and told my dad that she needed to go to the hospital. Ummm, why didn’t he take her A LONG TIME AGO!?!?! Sheesh! So, my dad drove her to the hospital and she had to see 3 doctors. In the end, there was something lodged in her throat and she had to have surgery the next day to remove it. I can’t believe my aunt and uncle would be so negligent! If that had gotten infected, her throat could have closed up and she could have died! I guess my dad really laid it into them and in the end, they realized that yes, they shouldn’t have let it go 10 days. Needless to say, my mom is not going to get Oma go stay with them for long periods of time again! They obviously don’t take good care of her!

Since I worked a full 10+ hour day on Saturday, I took yesterday off. Mom and I went shopping in town for some more maternity clothes since I just can’t fit into my regular clothes anymore. I did have some stuff that I bought at Motherhood Maternity a few weeks ago, but I wanted to get one more pair of pants (I wanted jeans) and a few more tops. First, we tried Zellers. They had 2 little racks of stuff, and none of it was worth getting. I tried on a few things, but nothing was right. Then, we went to Sears. They don’t carry maternity clothes in store, you have to order it through their catalogue! No thanks; I like to try stuff on first! Then we went to a little store in one of the malls here that had some stuff. I ended up getting 1 shirt there. Last, we tried Wal-mart, and they actually had the most stuff. They had about 3 racks of stuff and I ended up getting 1 pair of comfy dress pants and 3 shirts. So, I guess I did okay! It made me realize that there is a real market in town for a maternity store! I didn’t find jeans, so that’s one item I will definitely need to get at some point. We’ll have to take a trip to the GTA at some point in the next month or so to get a couple more items. I have enough to last me for a bit though.

I reached 13 weeks yesterday! Tomorrow is my last day of the 1st trimester; I start the 2nd trimester on Thursday! Yay! I can’t wait until August 8th when we have another appointment with the midwife to hear the heartbeat. I thought it was very nice of them to let me come back in 2 weeks just to hear the heartbeat (at this stage of the pregnancy, appointments are every 4 weeks). So, instead of making us wait until our next full appointment, she said to come back for a quick appointment just to get to hear our baby. I will be at 14.5 weeks by then, so we should definitely be able to hear it at that appointment! It was just a little early at our appointment on Friday, and we knew that going in. I was reassured in the fact that there was two times when she did find the heartbeat for a second. She just couldn’t get it for longer than that since the baby was still so low. The uterus was still in my pelvis and just barely peeking over my pubic bone, so that’s why it was so difficult to pick it up. By my next appointment, my uterus should be up into my abdomen, so no bones in the way!

A little disappointed...

The midwife was unable to find the heartbeat today. She told us before she tried not to be worried if we couldn't hear it as it is still early. She said my uterus was just barely above my pubic bone, so there was only a chance at this point. So, I am disappointed, but I'm not worried. There were 2 times when she said she could hear it for a second, so I know it's in there! Baby just wasn't high enough in my uterus yet. She said afterwards that it's no cause for concern that we can't hear it yet.

So, instead of making us wait until our next regular appointment in 4 weeks, we go back in 2 weeks just for a quick appointment to listen for the heartbeat. There is a MUCH better chance we'll be able to hear it then.

We're off to the concert soon!

Today is the day

Finally, our second appointment with the midwife! I am really excited!

All but 2 people in the office know the news now, and the 2 I haven’t told yet are out of the office until next week. It was so much fun going around yesterday telling people the news. Everyone is really happy for me. They want to go out for lunch with me at some point soon to celebrate, that may happen today, depending on if we’re all prepped for the meeting tomorrow. Otherwise, sometime next week.

Since I’m working tomorrow, I think I’ll take Monday off. I am planning on going shopping on Monday to some places in town (i.e. Sears, Walmart, Zellers) for some more maternity clothes since now I can start wearing them to work! I can finally shop in town without worrying who is going to see me… the word is officially out now! No more doing the dance routine every morning trying to fit into my regular pants ;)

Also, we’re going to see Weird Al tonight… should be a hoot!

Well that went well

I just told my boss the news. It went amazingly well. I was quite nervous, so we talked for 15 minutes first about projects I’m working on, the meeting coming up on Saturday, etc. Then I finally said “I have some news” and he had this look on his face like he knew what was coming. I said “I’m having a baby”. And he said he already suspected way back last month when we went out for our annual review and I didn’t have a drink. He said it wasn’t like me not to have a drink with them… hehe! He is very happy for me and says we’ll sit down sometime soon to come up with a strategy to deal with work while I am on mat leave. He doesn’t think it will be a problem, especially since we have 5+ months to figure this out.

I am so relieved! Now I just have to tell the rest of my coworkers. I may tell some people this week, or I may wait until next week. We’ll see how it goes.

The ups and downs

Towards the end of last week, I was starting to feel better. Then yesterday, the queasiness was back in full force. So much, in fact, that I was considering working from home for part of the day. I was going to let my boss know and I thought that would be a good lead in to telling him the news. But, every time I went down to his office, he was either on the phone, talking with someone else, or left the building completely. So, I never had a chance to talk to him. So, I decided to stick it out at the office yesterday and I was feeling better in the afternoon.

This morning, I woke up feeling fine. So, it really does vary from day to day now. I’ve gone from feeling crappy every day to maybe only half the time. That’s improvement! I have also noticed that I’m not quite as zombie-like these days. Still tired, but not nearly to the same degree. I guess I am only a week away from the second trimester – yay!

I was initially thinking I’d wait until after my appointment on Friday before I spilled the beans at work, but there is only a chance that we can hear the heartbeat at this point in the pregnancy anyway. And since I am still feeling queasy off and on, and my belly is growing, I know the baby is still doing okay. So, even in the event that we can’t hear the heartbeat on Friday, I’m still going to want to spread the news. I know logically that at this point, the chances of a miscarriage are quite low. Most miscarriages happen before a woman even knows she’s pregnant. After that, it seems like there is an increased risk before about the 10 week mark. My doctor did say, once you get to 13 weeks, the risk goes WAY down, and I’m almost there! And, heaven forbid, if I did have a miscarriage this late in the game, I think I’d want my boss to at least know since I would probably need a couple days off.

So, I think I will tell my boss this week, likely today or tomorrow. I’m really not looking forward to that conversation, but I will be so glad to get it over with. Since we’re such a new company (2 years old), I will be the first pregnant employee, so I really don’t know how he’ll react. My boss is a very nice and reasonable guy, so I’m not really sure why I’m so nervous. And when you look at our company of 12 employees, 5 of us are women, and 4 of the 5 of us are in our mid to late 20’s and either married or common-law. So, if my boss was smart, he’d realize this was going to happen at some point in the near future!

EDIT 12:28pm

Well, my boss left the office for the rest of the day, so I guess I waited too long to be able to tell him today! I will try to track him down tomorrow to tell him the news. That will give me an extra day to get up my nerve. Unless he does the disappearing act again tomorrow, at this rate, I may have to wait until next week anyways ;)

It’s going to be a long week!

I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. Especially since I know this week is going to be a super long one. I have a public meeting to go to on Saturday which is 3 hours away, which means I’ll need to leave the house at 5:30am at the latest. And I’m out late on Friday night at a Weird Al concert, so I’ll be lucky if I’m home before 1am. At least CT is driving to the concert so I can sleep on the way home! I’m not looking forward to Saturday since this is the project where we are proposing to expand a landfill and many people are opposed to the project and have hired lawyers, etc. Should be an interesting meeting. Hopefully I’ll be home by about 4pm and then I’ll likely have a nap.

We have no idea how this happened, but Oma passed her drivers license test with the MTO. We are still not giving her the keys back though. All along, mom made sure to remind Oma that regardless of what happens with her test with the MTO, the gerontologist still needs to give the okay for her to drive. My mom is out of town this week and she took Oma’s car to the airport, so at least we don’t have to worry about Oma driving this week. Oma’s appointment with the gerontologist is on August 19th, so we just have to hold her off until then.

My ‘date’ on Friday with Mary was good. I told her the good news and she is really excited. Her son is 5 and he’s adorable when Mary told him I’m going to have a baby, he said right away “How much babies?” Most likely one! He said he wanted me to have 10! Mary and I went out for seafood and then to see The Dark Knight, which was quite good. Really long, but it was definitely worth seeing.

As of today, I’m at 12 weeks. Yay! I am SO EXCITED for my appointment on Friday with the midwife! I’m really hoping we can hear the heartbeat at that appointment! Then I can finally tell my co-workers (along with the rest of the world!). I have been keeping this from them for almost 2 months now, and I just really want to tell them since I’ll feel so relieved when they know. I’ve been having some strange dreams about me telling my boss lately and he has had several reactions, some good, some not so good. I will be so glad to get that conversation over with! I will be telling him sometime next week.

Why did I want to do computer modeling?

I have been trying to set up my first model for the last couple of days. I CANNOT get the flow model to calibrate. Every time I get close, I try to get it closer and it just makes it worse. I gave up for now, I am wasting too much time. I will have to ask the other modeler for help (for the third time). We sat down together yesterday, and she didn’t know what was wrong either. Sheesh! I gave up until tomorrow. I need to get some other work done this afternoon. Very frustrating!!! I want to pull my hair out and cry.

Otherwise, I have been feeling pretty good in the last couple of days. No headaches and even my queasiness has subsided a bit. I guess I am only 2 weeks away from the second trimester, so I could start feeling better anytime now.

Can’t wait for the weekend! Tomorrow I am telling one of my friends the news and I can’t wait!

Coming out of the fog

Yesterday, I had the worst headache. Normally, I would take an advil and I’d be fine in 20 minutes, but I didn’t want to take any drugs if I could help it. So, I suffered all day. When I got home, I checked the materials the midwife gave me, and there is a page where you can look up which medications are safe. Turns out Tylenol is safe. So, I searched the house far and wide, and did find some, but it had expired over 8 years ago – man, how long do I keep things?!?!? I think I need to do a purge!

Seeing how much I was suffering, CT went out and got me some Tylenol. I was trying really hard not to take any drugs, but after 14 hours of being in pain with my head pounding, I finally gave in at 9pm last night and took 1 regular strength Tylenol. It took the pain away enough for me to get to sleep.

I still have a very minor headache this morning, but as long as it doesn’t get any worse, I won’t need any more drugs.

That was brutal! I’m glad I know now that Tylenol is safe so if I get another headache like that, I’ll take the drugs sooner to get some relief. Only if I really need it though, I don’t want to make it a habit.

Baby is the size of a plum this week! Adorable!

My mom is leaving on Sunday to go to Minnesota for a week (as part of her PhD program). She is very nervous about leaving Oma by herself. I guess TWICE on Sunday afternoon, Oma forgot that she doesn’t have a driver’s license and made plans to drive somewhere. When she couldn’t find her keys (because mom took them away for precisely this reason), mom had to remind her that she doesn’t have a license. Then Oma got really mad at mom saying it was her fault since she cancelled the appointment for her drivers test. Oma seems to have forgotten that the reason mom cancelled it was because it was the same day as her laser surgery in her eye! So, next week should be interesting with my mom gone and my dad working out of town. Oma will be left to her own devices most of the time. I will go to check on her in the evenings, but she will be alone during the day. Unless my brothers are around, but I never know with their schedule.

I had a relaxing weekend

I decided not to go to the cottage on the weekend. Turns out both my brothers and my dad bailed, so it was just going to be my mom (who was taking work to do for the entire weekend and wouldn’t have much free time), Oma, Oma’s friend, and me. So, I decided to stay home instead. I had the day to myself on Saturday since CT was at his baseball tournament. I actually had a couple hours of energy on Saturday (which I haven’t had in weeks), so I decided to make the most of it and I washed all the floors in the house. It took a lot out of me, but I was so glad to get it done! I swiffered first, and between that and the mopping, I swear I cleaned up a whole cat’s worth of fur. Yikes! It feels so good to have clean floors now, so I have a plan to swiffer once a week and mop at least once a month to keep them clean.

After feeling quite good on Saturday (very little queasiness and some energy), I thought I may be getting my energy back. But, yesterday, I was back to feeling like a zombie and feeling very queasy. So, I had a one day reprieve and now the feeling crappy and tired are back.

I’m at 11 weeks as of today, so that feels good! On Friday, I am getting together with a friend (former coworker) and I am really excited to tell her my news. I figured I will be within a week or two of telling everyone else, so I can tell her early. We’re getting together for dinner and to go see a movie, so there’s no way I could keep this from her! She’ll be so excited! And I’ll be sure to tell her that I haven’t told work yet, just in case she talks to any of my coworkers anytime soon, she’ll know not to say anything.

I think I am definitely starting to show now. Of course, I notice it more since I look at myself all the time. But CT has also said that it is noticeable now. It also depends what clothes I’m wearing. I put on a pair of my maternity pants yesterday since I wanted to be comfy and you can definitely tell when I’m wearing those! Although, if someone didn’t know I was pregnant, it would probably just look like I’m gaining weight. We went to CT’s parents house for lunch yesterday and right away his mom says “wow, you’re getting big!” So, I guess it is noticeable! That’s why I don’t want to wear my maternity clothes to work until the word is out. My regular clothes are getting tighter by the day, but I think I can hold out a little longer. I am trying to wait until my next appointment with the midwife, which is on the 25th. If we hear the heartbeat at that appointment, then I can finally tell my coworkers. It will feel so good to get the news out. Even though I’m not looking forward to telling them, I will be so relieved when they know. Then I can start wearing my maternity clothes and not try to hide my growing belly anymore! It’s becoming quite a trick every morning trying to find something to wear that doesn’t look like it’s way too small. It seems like every day more and more items from my wardrobe no longer fit, so I have a smaller and smaller pool of clothes to pick from. This is tricky!

Wishing I was in bed...

My boss (he came into the office for yesterday even though he’s on holidays) asked me if I’d be interested in going to a golf tournament tomorrow. Considering I haven’t golfed in 4 years, I am hoping someone else will be able to go instead. I really don’t want to go since it would be a long day (it’s 3 hours away) and I am just not up to traveling that far, especially since I don’t golf. I think I would just make a fool of myself! Not to mention I have NO energy and can’t stand up for too long without feeling faint. But I didn’t tell him that part.

I have been feeling pretty crummy in the last few days (more so than usual). But as long as I’m feeling queasy, I know the baby is doing okay! Because if something was wrong, my hormone levels would drop and then I would start feeling better. So, as long as I feel queasy, I’m happy! Which is a very strange thing to say!

Exactly 3 weeks now until I reach the second trimester (which officially starts at 13 weeks, 3 days). I actually reach that milestone on my dad’s birthday (July 31st), which is neat. More reason to celebrate! We’ll use that as our official “start telling people” date. Unless we hear the heartbeat at the appointment on the 25th, in which case we could start telling people then.

CT has a friend who just got engaged a few weeks ago and he asked CT for his address because he’s getting married September 13th! That’s quick! Two months isn’t a lot of time to pull together a wedding, but I guess it can be done. Good thing we’re free that weekend because we don’t have a lot of free weekends in the next few months!

I’m glad it’s already Thursday. I have been pretty tired this week, so I am looking forward to the weekend. This weekend, I am going to the cottage with my family. CT is not coming this time since he has a baseball tournament on Saturday. Looks like the weather should be decent, so I envision lots of time outside and swimming in the lake ;)

EDIT 10:31pm

One of my co-workers is going to go to the golf tournament tomorrow, so I am officially off the hook. Thank goodness! I am quite relieved since I don't think I would have been able to handle it given the way I have been feeling this week. What a relief!

Update on Oma

Oma had her appointment with the gerontologist yesterday. My mom went with her (they asked her to bring a family member). Mom had a 10-page questionnaire to fill out! They talked to mom and Oma for a long time and apparently Oma had the attitude that it was stupid to be there, that there is nothing wrong with her memory. She got quite upset with mom about some of the things she was saying (i.e. some of the incidents that have happened recently with Oma forgetting stuff, asking the same questions over and over again, etc.). So, the nurse sent Oma for bloodwork and then talked to mom alone. She showed mom some of Oma’s memory test (the one Oma thought she passed for sure). There was one part when Oma was asked to say all the words that start with “f” that she could think of in 1 minute. The average for an elderly person would be 12-15. Oma could think of 2. With the letter “s”, Oma could only think of 3. So, there is definitely something happening there.

I guess the nurse totally sees what is going on and says this is classic, right down to Oma’s attitude of denial and offence when we say anything. They go back for a follow-up appointment in a few weeks.

Oma’s driver’s license has expired now and the ministry won’t issue a new one until she goes for the testing, which is on the 17th. We’re all hoping she fails. Even if she manages to pass, mom took her keys away a week ago and won’t give them back. I’m sure the doctor won’t let her drive anyway. We’re all hoping that the doctor is in the one to not let her drive so we don’t have to be the “bad guys”. But we will if we have to. So, that’s the latest on that.

Also, as of today, CT and I have been married for 10 months – how time flies!

Sleepy return to work

It was difficult to get up at 5:45am this morning when my body was used to sleeping in until 9am! But, I managed to get to work and am feeling okay right now. I’m sure I’ll hit a brick wall around 2pm, and I will really miss the afternoon nap that I’ve been enjoying all week. Hopefully it won’t be too much longer until I get my energy back. Only another 3.5 weeks and then I’ll officially be in the second trimester. It’s going to be a long month, I think! I am already looking forward to my next week off which isn’t until the end of August.

The rest of my week off went well. Friday and Saturday, I didn’t do much of anything. Just some stuff around the house. Yesterday, we did some errands and then went to my parents house in the afternoon for a swim and BBQ. Nice way to end our vacation.

Now it’s back to work. My boss is on holidays this week, so it will be nice to have a quiet week here at the office. And Friday, we have WHMIS training in the morning and a BBQ at lunch, so Friday is pretty much a write-off.

I am really glad I got some maternity clothes last week. My clothes are getting tighter by the day. The pants I’m wearing today were loose a couple of weeks ago and now they are tight. I have a feeling it will only be another week or so before I have to start wearing my new maternity clothes. I’m really glad I have them for when none of my regular clothes fit! I’ve now gained a total of 5 pounds. Which isn’t too bad. My midwife said that in general, you can expect about a 40 pound weight gain, but it varies from person to person. I figure that since I’m not a small woman to begin with, I may be a little less than that. We’ll see. She also said that they don’t put too much emphasis on weight gain, that it’s more about how the baby is doing. Which is nice.

I definitely notice that my belly is getting bigger, but I think I am hiding it well so far. I think it won’t be long before I have to spill the beans at work. I figure I will tell them by the end of the month for sure. I am really hoping that we can hear the baby’s heartbeat at our next appointment, which is on July 25. I will be at almost 13 weeks by then, so it is a possibility, but not definite. The midwife said that sometimes you can hear it as early as 12 weeks, but definitely by 15 weeks. I am certainly hoping! I will try not to worry if we can’t hear it though as I know there is only a chance that it can be heard that early.

Niki's comments made me laugh

I just got back from our mega shopping day. It did involve going to Reitmans, which is a store I could previously always find great clothes that fit. So, I thought I'd have no problem. Well, after trying on pants after pants and capris after capris, NONE of them fit me. Very depressing. I usually fund tonnes of things that fit. I guess my body is changing lots!

So, I went out in the parking lot and cried. I was just feeling so depressed that I couldn't fit into the clothes in "regular" clothing stores anymore. And if I were to stop in the plus sizes, they would be bigger all over and would look funny because I am not a plus size. It's only my belly that's getting bigger. The rest of me has pretty much stayed the same so far.

So, after calming myself down, we decided to go to Pickering to check out the maternity store there. I had already checked beforehand and knew there was one there. So, we went there and found TONNES of things that fit. I ended up getting 5 pairs of pants and 3 shirts. And all of the pants you wouldn't even know they were maternity unless you pulled your shirt up and saw the "panel". Actually, only 3 of the 5 have the panel, the other 2 have some elastic in the waist. And 3 of the pairs of pants actually roll up into capris, so I'm set for the summer now for bottoms. I may need some more shirts, but I think I can shop in Walmart for those and just ones that are a little roomy ;)

So Niki, great minds think alike! Because Motherhood Maternity is exactly where we went and it was very successful! At first I felt a little strange shopping there at only 2 months along, but the saleslady said that's when a lot of women need to start buying stuff because you're sort of in that "transition" stage where your regular clothes don't fit anymore. And there was another girl there in the next dressing room who didn't look any more pregnant than me, so it was good to know I'm not alone.

So, I feel much better now. I am armed with some clothes to wear for the next several months!

We also went to Babies R Us again because mom hadn't been there yet and we have our crib bedding and stroller/car seat combo pretty much picked out. Of course, I don't want to make any big purchases until I'm in my second trimester, but we've already started to pick things out. And as soon as we told the family we're expecting, Oma said she'd buy the stroller/car seat, so that's awesome!

We also went to Costco and Ikea, so needless to say I'm ready for bed!

Cottage was great

We had a very relaxing time at the cottage. It only rained on Sunday, so not bad at all! Tuesday and yesterday were absolutely gorgeous. It was a wonderful little getaway.

Today, we are off to do some shopping with my mom. We'll likely go to the major places like Ikea and Costco and I want to show mom Babies R Us too. Should be a fun day! I need to get some new clothes for the summer since I now only have 1 pair of capris that fit. I had another pair that fit 2 weeks ago, but when I went to put them on at the cottage, they don't fit.

I am having a hard time dealing with the fact that my body is changing. Right now I just feel fat, I don't feel pregnant. I spend the last 7 or 8 years of my life trying to either lose weight or maintain, so this is a little scary. I know it will all be worth it, it is just taking some getting used to. I have only gained about 3 pounds so far, but I am definitely noticing my waistline is changing... hence, the need for some new clothes! I don't think I'm ready for maternity clothes yet, but I do need some clothes for the summer, preferably with a waist that has room for growth. So, that's part of our mission for today.

Appointment went well!

We were both very impressed with the midwife. Funny part was, as soon as we walked in, we ran into one of my mom's former co-workers (I also know her) who just had a baby. So, my mom didn't even get to tell her the news, I beat her to it! Ha! I just had a feeling I'd run into someone I knew and as soon as I walked in, I saw someone I knew!

Our appointment was about 45 minutes long and she basically explained what midwife care is, how they are regulated to consult with physicians when certain things arise, etc. I really feel good about this. Over the course of the pregnancy, they like you to meet a total of three midwives (there are 6 in total in the practice) and then 2 of those 3 will be present at the birth. One to look after me, one to look after the baby.

Appointment frequency is the same as with a doctor, once every 4 weeks for the first 28 weeks, then every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, at which point they do a home visit to have some more time to discuss the birth plan in detail and to make sure they know where your house is, and then appointments are every week until the birth.

They are available 24 hours a day by pager should any problems or questions arise inbetween visits. If your primary midwife is not on call (since they do take 4 days off per month along with holidays), then you call one of the other 2 midwives that are on your "team".

And when you're in labour, you page your midwife and they come and check you. If it's way too early to go to the hospital, they will leave for a bit and come back to check you later. I found that really nice because it takes all the guess work about when to go to the hospital. No need to go hours before you need to and then have the hospital send you home.

So, my official due date as of right now is February 2, 2009. That was 2 days off from what I had previously calculated, so I changed my ticker to reflect the new date.

Well, we are heading to the cottage soon and won't be back until Wed likely, so have a great Canada Day everyone!

The countdown is on…

Only 6 hours until I am officially on holidays until July 7th. And I can’t wait! I really need the week off since I’ve been feeling very much like a zombie lately.

This afternoon is my appointment with the midwife and CT will be coming with me. I have a written list of questions to ask. Provided that we feel comfortable with the midwife, we will go with her as the primary caregiver for the pregnancy. I’m sure we’ll like her since I’ve heard great things about this practice.

Tonight, we have to go to visit CT’s grandparents since they are leaving on Tuesday to go back to Portugal. They have been here a year and a half now and they just want to go home. I guess they complain all the time and want to be buried in Portugal, so they are going back and likely won’t come back to Canada. So, we’re going to say goodbye to them tonight, which I’m sure will be hard for CT.

Then tomorrow, we are heading to the cottage and are planning to stay until Wednesday afternoon. I wanted to be back in time for my Pilates class on Wednesday evening. Thursday, we are planning to do a shopping day with my mom and then we’ll spend that weekend cleaning up around the house and doing errands and such. I’m sure the week will go by quickly, time off always does!

Good news

My mom just got a call from her boss and they are going to offer her the job! I guess the person they had originally offered it to turned it down, and mom was their second choice (mom would have been their first choice had it not been for the crazy lady). So, mom will likely have the offer letter by the end of the week. Of course, we won’t really be able to celebrate until she has the letter because who knows what crazy lady can cook up. But, I don’t think crazy lady can do much more at this point, she has already ruined her credibility within the department with her strange behavior and allegations in the last month or so.

Yay for mom! This has been such a source of stress for her in the last month, not knowing whether she has her job for another year. I’m hoping once she gets her PhD that a tenure track position will open up because then she’ll essentially be set for life!

Still one sleepy c-dub

But I am surviving. Only 4 more workdays left before I am on holidays for a week – yay! I have a feeling I’ll be spending a good portion of that week sleeping.

As of today, I am 8 weeks along in my pregnancy. That’s progress! Baby is the size of a kidney bean this week. How adorable! I’m really looking forward to my appointment with the midwife on Friday. The appointment is at 3:30pm, so I won’t even need to miss work (we are done at 3pm on Fridays in the summer). So that’s good because I think my coworkers would start to suspect if I told them I had to leave because of another doctors appointment! Oh well, only another month and then I can get this out in the open. I’ll be so relieved when I don’t have to hide it anymore.

Appointment went well

My appointment yesterday went pretty well. It was pretty basic. They took 4 vials of blood to do all the routine testing. My doctor was very supportive with going with a midwife, especially since I am very healthy and there is no reason to think any problems in my pregnancy would occur. She said midwifes offer wonderful care, especially after the baby is born. So, as long as I have a low-risk pregnancy, which she thinks I’ll have, she said a midwife is great. She also recommended giving birth in the hospital instead of at home, which I totally agree with. Just in case something goes wrong, you want to be close to all the equipment and experts.

She gave me LOTS of information to read and she even gave me a copy of all my recent test results to take with me to my appointment with the midwife next Friday. And she made sure they will receive a copy of all the testing they are doing now with the blood they took yesterday. So, it looks like everything is in order! I’m really looking forward to my appointment next Friday!

So glad it’s almost the weekend! As I mentioned before, I have a meeting all afternoon today, which will be nice. I’m leaving the office around 11:30am. Then I only have one more week of work before my week off!

How’s this for irony

Oma forgot to go to the memory clinic for her appointment a few weeks ago. Their response “Don’t worry; it happens all the time!” I guess it’s quite common for forgetful people who are being sent to the memory clinic to forget their appointment. Well, she was rebooked and no surprise, she failed her memory test. The strange part is, when she came home from the appointment, she told us all that she passed. Then, she went to see her doctor a little while later for follow-up, and turns out she failed and the doctor is referring her to a gerontologist. She is quite upset because she doesn’t think there is anything wrong with her memory. I guess she’s stubborn and doesn’t want to admit there is anything wrong.

And today, she went for her drivers license test (since she turned 80 in April), and she didn’t write down the time, so she showed up at 8:30am and they weren’t open yet. So, she went back at 9:30am (after my mom told her to call instead of just showing up), and turns out her appointment was yesterday. Sheesh! So, they will re-book her, so hopefully she actually remembers to go! We are all hoping she fails since she should definitely NOT be driving anymore! I know it will be hard for her if she’s not able to drive anymore, but the bank is only a few blocks away and there are lots of drivers in the family to take her on errands.

I feel badly for my mom who works from home 95% of the time (doing marking, prep, and work on her PhD) and only goes to the university a few hours a week to teach. Well, since Oma is lonely and forgetful, she goes over to mom’s house (I should mention that their houses are attached for those who may not know), and interrupts her to ask her the same questions over and over. My mom counted the interruptions a couple of days ago, and mom started working in her office at 6:30am and by 11am, Oma had interrupted her over 20 times! So my mom can’t get anything done! And Oma is just lonely and sits at home wanting to talk to someone.

On Friday, I was waiting for my mom to get home, and it was only Oma home, so I thought I would go and visit her. So, I spent a good 15 minutes with her until my mom got home. When my mom got there, I went over to my parents house and started chatting with my mom and about 5 minutes later, Oma comes over and asks me if I have time to go to her place for a visit. I said “I was just over there 5 minutes ago visiting you”. She had absolutely no memory of it!

The whole situation is very sad and difficult to deal with. She has deteriorated A LOT in the last 2 years or so, and it seems to be getting worse exponentially.

Glad it's already Wednesday

The conference yesterday went well. I left the house at 7am and was back by 5:30pm, so it wasn’t too long of a day. It was a nice drive (I took the back scenic route) and I enjoyed the day away from the office.

And now it’s already Wednesday! And Friday is pretty much a write off since we’re having our “year end review” where we review how the company has done in the past year (May 2007 to April 2008) and set goals for the coming year. Really, it’s just a free lunch and a couple hours of discussing things. Nice way to spend a Friday afternoon!

Tomorrow afternoon is my first appointment with my doctor. So, I am looking forward to that. It will probably be a pretty basic appointment since she doesn’t really do prenatal care, she would have to refer me to an OB. But I will talk to her about going the midwife route and see what she says. I’m not going to decide either way until I meet with the midwife next week.

So I’m at 7 weeks now and the baby is the size of a blueberry this week ;) I can’t wait until I can see the baby via ultrasound or hear the heartbeat! Those will be very exciting milestones!

Trying to keep my eyes open

This pregnancy is taking a lot out of me! I keep telling myself it will be SO worth it though! Good thing I have a week off coming up in 2 weeks! I need the time to rest.

The weekend started off on Friday morning with a massage. Delightful! Then I went to the spa with my mom and got a facial. It had been about 3 years since I had gotten a facial and I had forgotten what I was missing! It was SOOOO relaxing! An hour of absolute heaven!

Saturday, we went to a wedding which was nice. Each table had a movie as the theme and the centerpiece was 2 parts: the dvd of our particular movie (Dodgeball), and a ‘flower’ arrangement that was actually lollypops. Each table had to play a game that was themed for their movie and the top place got to take home the dvd and the second place got the lollypops. Well, I got first place and CT got second place, so we got to take home both things! Score!

Sunday, we took our parents out for lunch for father’s day. We had THE WORST service in the world! Our appetizers came after our food and my main course came after everyone had finished eating (since she ‘forgot’ to order it), and CT’s dad didn’t even get his food! After everyone else had received their food, and we had asked about 3 times about the missing food, the waitress came to tell us that CT’s dad’s food hadn’t been ordered yet. Sheesh! You’d think she would have realized her mistake much earlier when we kept asking about it! So, I shared my food with him since I couldn’t finish it. They took about $40 off our bill though for their many screw-ups, so that was good. What a nightmare! At least the food was good, when it finally came!

I got CT a Father’s Day card for a dad-to-be and I got him a book “The Expectant Father”. He’s been reading it already and is learning lots. I’m so happy that he is so interested and involved in this whole process. He really has been amazing. I had a “melt-down” on Friday evening. I had my first craving: Kraft Dinner. Which I literally hadn’t eaten in years. We had some in the cupboard, but it was expired by a year and a half. I thought, it’s just pasta, how bad can it be, and I made it anyways. Needless to say, it was gross, so I didn’t eat it. Well, CT saw how upset I was and jumped in his car and bought me more. What a sweetie!

I got a call from the midwife practice last week and I got a spot with them. So, I go in for my first appointment with them on the 27th. CT is going to come with me to that appointment and I will be at 8.5 weeks by then. So, provided we feel comfortable with the midwife that we meet, I think we’ll go that route. I also have an appointment this Thursday with my doctor, but I think I’ll go to that one by myself since CT is really busy with work these days and I would rather he comes with me to see the midwife next week.

Tomorrow, I am out of the office at a recycling conference in Barrie, so that will be a nice break from the office.

Is it 5:00 yet?

I have tomorrow off, so I can’t wait until the end of the day today because my weekend officially begins! Tonight, we’re going to a grad party for my brother’s girlfriend. So that will be nice. Then tomorrow, I have a massage in the morning, going to the spa with my mom at noon (that was her present to me for getting my P.Eng.), then for lunch and shopping with mom.

Saturday, CT and I are going to a wedding, one of his coworkers is getting married. I won’t know anyone other than CT and his boss, but I’m sure I’ll have a good time. I love going to weddings, they are always such happy occasions!

And of course, Sunday is father’s day, so we’ll try to swing lunch with CT’s parents and then dinner with my parents. So, it will be a busy weekend! I hope I have enough time to rest since I have been SUPER tired in the last week or so.

Baby is the size of a pea now. Mom keeps asking when the baby will be the size of a grape, and that’s still about 3 weeks away. Now it’s a pea, next week a blueberry, the week after that a kidney bean, THEN a grape. How cute is that?!?