Holy moly - I can't believe how quickly time has flown by!
There is only 2 months (my official due date is June 20 which makes today the 8 month mark) to go until I'll likely be pushing a baby out of my hoo-hoo! However, babies are "ripe" as of 37 weeks so really, I'm looking at a month and a half to two and a half depending on how comfy my womb is. I'm hoping he'll stay in a little later than his due date just so we're more than ready mentally and around the house when he makes his grand appearance.
I just got my weekly emailed baby update and he's approx 3.5 lbs and 17 inches long (get out those rulers) already. In the next 7 weeks he'll gain about half of his body weight and I'll be gaining about a pound a week. Based on the amount of food I consumed this weekend I think I probably gained about 5 this weekend...oops. I sure hope he doesn't get half of that and is actually about 5.5 lbs already - that'd give me a 10 pounder by the time I'm due. Noooo thank you!
So I'm quickly going to go through what I believe to be my pregnancy highlights and lowlights.
Highlights:
Baby movement - kicks, rolls, elbows and burrowing are all awesome. Mr. Noah enjoys spending the majority of his time in the lower right side of my belly I believe shoving his bum/back into my lower right abdomen. It is so cool when you feel a "part" move across your whole belly. I am the biggest fan of elbows and knees. I hope at some point he pushes a foot or a hand out so hard that I can see the full imprint!
No hangovers - imagine 10 months with no hangovers! Weekends are productive and most of the time when you're back to work you feel like you've had a good one.
Help - everytime I lift something or go somewhere people are all so helpful!
Rest - no one bugs me (other than Alex) for resting. I've had more baths in the past 8 months then I think I've had in my life!
Nesting - my closets, cupboards and house is nice and clean pretty much all the time.
Hair & nails - long and shiny!
Compliments - even though you're fat people tell you that you look great.
Contentment - I think this is probably the biggest sign that I'm ready for a baby. I just feel content. I'm not overly concerned about what's going on in other peoples lives, all over the world or even down the street. I'm just happy being me and growing this little man in me.
Lowlights
Naming - have we ever had a heck of a time with names. This weekend "Shane" and "Grant" were suggested. I told the suggesters that those names are both disguisting.
Maternity clothing - I want to burn all my clothing already - it's so damn expensive and boring. I've tried to buy normal clothes in bigger sizes but everything looks frumpy. My shoulders haven't grown so I am totally swimming in bigger sizes still.
Heartburn - enough said. It burns and the only relief for me seems to be Tums which I've had a bottle and a half of so far. They do work, just only for a few hours.
Cramps - especially at the beginning when you're so worried that everything is ok. It's just your uterus stretching and it's not nothing to be worried about for the most part.
Light bleeding - again, not really something to worry about unless it keeps happening. Mostly because your placenta is low in the beginning and it won't move up until your uterus grows so your upper lady parts are little more sensitive then usual. I only had it happen a couple of times and it totally freaked me out.
Mood swings - I was most moody in my first trimester but have also had some real flip-outs during my 2nd trimester. Mostly things that would make me mad regularly but they make me FUME like explosive mad - watch out!
Sleep - or should I say lack there of - for the most part in the past month or so I've spent half my nights adjusting myself and then re-adjusting my "support" pillows - my leg, belly and neck support pillows. SUPER ANNOYING.
Anywho - I'll probably add to this list when I think of more stuff but so far it's been great. I really, really love being pregnant!!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Who thought they weren't busy? ME!
Pre-baby to do's
Outside - house
1. Re-paint the front boards of the front deck and any spots needed on the main part (paint the little step-up into the house that I missed the first time)
2. Re-paint the middle thing between our bedroom window
3. Order & put up dark brown shutters on the top 2 windows (need to measure)
4. Get a couple of quotes on fixing up the mortar at the front and back of the house
Outside - yard & garden
1. Clean out front garden - remove the cedar bush & corkscrew hazel - replace with nice stuff
2. Weed the gardens
3. Buy some plants
4. Seed the lawn or buy sod and fix
5. Power wash the deck?
6. Kill the sneaky tree that's trying to grow again behind the little maple tree near Claudette & Brian's shed
7. Take out the pretty little tree that Winston ate
Inside - main floor
1. Clean the living room carpet
2. Re-paint the livingroom, hallway & stairway
3. Re-paint the door frames with dark brown
Inside - basement
1. Paint it
2. Sweep & mop the floor
Inside - upstairs
1. Paint the babies room
2. Re-paint the upstairs hallway
3. Re-paint the door frames with dark brown
4. Get something to go on the big wall in the spare room
Baby & me stuff
1. Mattress
2. Carseat
3. Wash all the new baby clothing
4. Get some diapers, wipes, butt ointment etc.
5. Baby monitor
6. Change table pad
7. Bedding
8. Post labour things for me - drugs, pads, nursing bra's etc.
9. Pack a bag for me for the hospital
Financial stuff
1. Home valuation
2. Meet with CFP RE: finances (RESP, mortgage, savings etc.)
3. No more personal accounts?
4. Yard sale
Outside - house
1. Re-paint the front boards of the front deck and any spots needed on the main part (paint the little step-up into the house that I missed the first time)
2. Re-paint the middle thing between our bedroom window
3. Order & put up dark brown shutters on the top 2 windows (need to measure)
4. Get a couple of quotes on fixing up the mortar at the front and back of the house
Outside - yard & garden
1. Clean out front garden - remove the cedar bush & corkscrew hazel - replace with nice stuff
2. Weed the gardens
3. Buy some plants
4. Seed the lawn or buy sod and fix
5. Power wash the deck?
6. Kill the sneaky tree that's trying to grow again behind the little maple tree near Claudette & Brian's shed
7. Take out the pretty little tree that Winston ate
Inside - main floor
1. Clean the living room carpet
2. Re-paint the livingroom, hallway & stairway
3. Re-paint the door frames with dark brown
Inside - basement
1. Paint it
2. Sweep & mop the floor
Inside - upstairs
1. Paint the babies room
2. Re-paint the upstairs hallway
3. Re-paint the door frames with dark brown
4. Get something to go on the big wall in the spare room
Baby & me stuff
1. Mattress
2. Carseat
3. Wash all the new baby clothing
4. Get some diapers, wipes, butt ointment etc.
5. Baby monitor
6. Change table pad
7. Bedding
8. Post labour things for me - drugs, pads, nursing bra's etc.
9. Pack a bag for me for the hospital
Financial stuff
1. Home valuation
2. Meet with CFP RE: finances (RESP, mortgage, savings etc.)
3. No more personal accounts?
4. Yard sale
Friday, April 8, 2011
I'm baaaack!
After an almost 2 month hiatus, I'm back. I wanted to leave my tribute up to my favourite fur baby for an appropriate amount of time and I also haven't much felt like blogging for the last little while. Today is an especially slow day at work (I'm ahead!) so I'm taking advantage and will update on the activities going on in the past few months!
So, to start - we are feeling much better about our loss of Winston. We've done a really good clean, my Mom has picked up his toys etc. that were still around and we're both feeling a lot better. Of course we still miss him terribly but life has taken on a new "norm" that we're both ok with. I'd much rather have him around, but knowing that he's better off in doggie heaven is not just an "I should think" it's an "I do think" which is a huge difference and makes for a much more positive feeling overall.
We went on a trip to Cuba for 1 week back in early March and it was great! The weather was awesome (6.5 out of 7 of sunny days) what more could a white ass Canadian want? Alex fried, I tanned and we soaked up the salty sea water and sunshine. We also got to see a really cool tropical storm which came up to the beach with no warning and literally took the resort to town. There were coconuts flying off trees, a sandstorm and pretty much everything that wasn't nailed down was in the air. I guess it was most exciting because we didn't get hit by anything and could go to our room and watch rather than participate. So those were the highlights. The low lights were as follows: food sucked, our first room was crummy but we got moved, I barfed on the plane on the way home while wearing a zip-up hoodie that I threw up all over (underneath I was wearing a tube top with no bra - beautiful site) and lastly, we waited like 2 hours for our luggage when we got home at 2 a.m. so we we didn't get out of the airport until 4 a.m. or something - it was sick.
What else have I been up to? A whole bunch of nothing! Of course, we're still stupid busy on weekends but the weekdays are nice and quiet. They mostly consist of eating and laying around which I quite enjoy! Who knew that a former busy-body running from place to place could still still for 5 hours watching "Grey's Anatomy" on the internet? PS - Grey's Anatomy is awesome and I'm really pissed about the season finale or whatever that was with the ridiculous singing episode. I thought I might throw up while watching it. Thank God Christina didn't sing - I think I would have lost my mind. So far during my pregnancy we've watched the following shows from beginning to end: Lost, Grey's Anatomy & United States of Tara. All excellent and highly recommended. Pre-pregnancy we also watched Dexter which was awesome and also is recommended.
Work wise we had the Spring Open House on Saturday, March 26 and it was a super huge hit. We doubled our student turn out and had about 5,000 people in total at both campuses. Since I was the organizer on my team I got a lot of brownie points for that one! It was a long ass day (there at 7 a.m. and home at 4 p.m. ) but thankfully my lover came and volunteered at the event and slugged all the heavy stuff around for me. Thanks love!
Baby update - about 3 weeks ago I had a mini (ok, full blown) heart attack when I found out that the little man was approximately 14 inches already. Measure that - that is HUGE - then I started investigating and most babies are between 19 and 24 inches when they come out. Oh great - can't wait! Bleck. In general though, my pregnancy has been fabulous; other than heart burn and a lack of sleep due to having to move my sleeping operation (3 pillows strategically placed) every time I need to get comfortable I have no complaints. The baby's heart beat is normal, my blood pressure, sugar and all that stuff is normal and I haven't gained 100 lbs so all is good in the hood. Right now I'm 29 weeks and 5 days, baby's head is down bum is on my right up top and all his kicks and punches occur on my left side below my ribs or down in my "area" which isn't very enjoyable. He specifically enjoys punching me in the colon which is oh so lovely. I'm sitting in a meeting minding my own business and then "whamo!" I jump and everyone looks at me and I smile. They think it's just a cute little kick that I'm overreacting about. Little did they know that I just got ass punched.
Oh and we've 99% decided on a name "Noah Alexander Orval Powell" meaning - "Peaceful, Warrior, Spear-Strength, Eminent". Pretty awesome and I think a nice mix of tough guy and sweetie pie. Just what we want in a man! Alexander is obviously Alex's name and is also his Grandad's name who we both love and respect a ton. Grandad was in both World Wars, was drafted to the Leaf's as a goalie, loves mini-Mac's (think Big Mac toppings on a cheeseburger), he is a man of few words but when he says something you can be sure it's something you'll want to hear. He is a beautiful man! Orval is my grandpa's name (Dad's Dad) who was one of my very favourite men that every roamed this Earth. He was a lover of fruits and vegetables, puttering, apple pie with cheese, practical jokes, laughing until he cried and being outside. The man was a gem and someone all men should aspire to be like!
Ok, so I think that's enough now! I'm also really happy that I know of 3 other ladies that are pregnant so I'm not the only one now. I'm the only one who will be giving birth in approx. 70 days but at least I've got some other maternity leave friends. :-) OHHHHHH and speaking of maternity - I have a super sweet deal. I'm off from June 17, 2011 until September 4, 2012.
BAM!
So, to start - we are feeling much better about our loss of Winston. We've done a really good clean, my Mom has picked up his toys etc. that were still around and we're both feeling a lot better. Of course we still miss him terribly but life has taken on a new "norm" that we're both ok with. I'd much rather have him around, but knowing that he's better off in doggie heaven is not just an "I should think" it's an "I do think" which is a huge difference and makes for a much more positive feeling overall.
We went on a trip to Cuba for 1 week back in early March and it was great! The weather was awesome (6.5 out of 7 of sunny days) what more could a white ass Canadian want? Alex fried, I tanned and we soaked up the salty sea water and sunshine. We also got to see a really cool tropical storm which came up to the beach with no warning and literally took the resort to town. There were coconuts flying off trees, a sandstorm and pretty much everything that wasn't nailed down was in the air. I guess it was most exciting because we didn't get hit by anything and could go to our room and watch rather than participate. So those were the highlights. The low lights were as follows: food sucked, our first room was crummy but we got moved, I barfed on the plane on the way home while wearing a zip-up hoodie that I threw up all over (underneath I was wearing a tube top with no bra - beautiful site) and lastly, we waited like 2 hours for our luggage when we got home at 2 a.m. so we we didn't get out of the airport until 4 a.m. or something - it was sick.
What else have I been up to? A whole bunch of nothing! Of course, we're still stupid busy on weekends but the weekdays are nice and quiet. They mostly consist of eating and laying around which I quite enjoy! Who knew that a former busy-body running from place to place could still still for 5 hours watching "Grey's Anatomy" on the internet? PS - Grey's Anatomy is awesome and I'm really pissed about the season finale or whatever that was with the ridiculous singing episode. I thought I might throw up while watching it. Thank God Christina didn't sing - I think I would have lost my mind. So far during my pregnancy we've watched the following shows from beginning to end: Lost, Grey's Anatomy & United States of Tara. All excellent and highly recommended. Pre-pregnancy we also watched Dexter which was awesome and also is recommended.
Work wise we had the Spring Open House on Saturday, March 26 and it was a super huge hit. We doubled our student turn out and had about 5,000 people in total at both campuses. Since I was the organizer on my team I got a lot of brownie points for that one! It was a long ass day (there at 7 a.m. and home at 4 p.m. ) but thankfully my lover came and volunteered at the event and slugged all the heavy stuff around for me. Thanks love!
Baby update - about 3 weeks ago I had a mini (ok, full blown) heart attack when I found out that the little man was approximately 14 inches already. Measure that - that is HUGE - then I started investigating and most babies are between 19 and 24 inches when they come out. Oh great - can't wait! Bleck. In general though, my pregnancy has been fabulous; other than heart burn and a lack of sleep due to having to move my sleeping operation (3 pillows strategically placed) every time I need to get comfortable I have no complaints. The baby's heart beat is normal, my blood pressure, sugar and all that stuff is normal and I haven't gained 100 lbs so all is good in the hood. Right now I'm 29 weeks and 5 days, baby's head is down bum is on my right up top and all his kicks and punches occur on my left side below my ribs or down in my "area" which isn't very enjoyable. He specifically enjoys punching me in the colon which is oh so lovely. I'm sitting in a meeting minding my own business and then "whamo!" I jump and everyone looks at me and I smile. They think it's just a cute little kick that I'm overreacting about. Little did they know that I just got ass punched.
Oh and we've 99% decided on a name "Noah Alexander Orval Powell" meaning - "Peaceful, Warrior, Spear-Strength, Eminent". Pretty awesome and I think a nice mix of tough guy and sweetie pie. Just what we want in a man! Alexander is obviously Alex's name and is also his Grandad's name who we both love and respect a ton. Grandad was in both World Wars, was drafted to the Leaf's as a goalie, loves mini-Mac's (think Big Mac toppings on a cheeseburger), he is a man of few words but when he says something you can be sure it's something you'll want to hear. He is a beautiful man! Orval is my grandpa's name (Dad's Dad) who was one of my very favourite men that every roamed this Earth. He was a lover of fruits and vegetables, puttering, apple pie with cheese, practical jokes, laughing until he cried and being outside. The man was a gem and someone all men should aspire to be like!
Ok, so I think that's enough now! I'm also really happy that I know of 3 other ladies that are pregnant so I'm not the only one now. I'm the only one who will be giving birth in approx. 70 days but at least I've got some other maternity leave friends. :-) OHHHHHH and speaking of maternity - I have a super sweet deal. I'm off from June 17, 2011 until September 4, 2012.
BAM!
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