11 Weeks



11 Weeks



10 Weeks



Time is flying by...at a crawling speed!  On one hand I can't believe I'm at 11 weeks already and on the other hand I can't believe I have 29 more weeks to go!

How far along? 11 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Up .8 lbs.  Probably because Dre and I spent the last week running around and eating crap.
Maternity clothes? I caved and visited Thyme Maternity.  Then I bought $300 worth of stuff.  I’m thinking of returning some of the stuff that I can find online for cheaper at places like Old Navy Maternity or Gap Matenity.  The only problem with that is that I live in Canada and their Canadian website don’t have maternity clothes.   I will make it work though!
Stretch marks? None
Sleep: Wake up once a night to go pee and after that I have a hard time going back to sleep completely.
Best moment this week: Going to look at Baby Boutiques in town with friends and finally having friends over that we’ve been meaning to invite for months!
Movement: None.  Soon, I hope!
Food cravings: I have been very undecisive this week as to what I actually want to eat.  I can name a hundred things I don’t want to eat, but can’t come up with 1 thing I do want to eat.  
Gender: Still think it’s gonna be a girl.
Labor Signs: None.
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss: My energy. 
What I am looking forward to: Hearing the baby’s heartbeat for the first time in 48 hrs and telling family and friends the news in 1 week!
Weekly Wisdom: Maternity clothes are so so so so so so so much more comfortable than trying to squeeze your bloat in skinny jeans.
Milestones: Baby is the size of a lemon (or a big lime)!  Grow baby grow!

Weird Stuff

Can I tell you that pregnancy makes you experience all types of weird and interesting new things?  No?  Well, I'll tell you anyways!

Take for example, the fact that no matter how much I eat I still want to eat a lot more.  Since I don't want to weigh more than 200 lbs and look like a blimp by the time Smurfy makes an appearance, I restrain myself from eating everything that is in our house.  Yes, I even share stuff like cake with Dre! 

Yesterday, I described the experience this way to Dre after he asked me if I was full and if I was gonna stop eating the chicken at some point.  First of all, he's lucky I'm eating chicken since this baby seems to LURVE beef. 

Me: "I could eat the rest of the bag of cabbage (in the form of coleslaw of course which was about 5 cups), another 2 medium potatoes with butter, and finish this whole chicken (we had eaten about 1/4 by then)." 
Dre: "Hehe!"
Me: "You think I'm joking...I'm totally not!"
Dre:  "Awwwww, you're so cute!"  See that's why he's mine and you can't have him 'cause he makes such sweet, sweet comments when I'm telling him about wanting to eat everything in the house!

This baby loves, loves, loves dessert too!  I think I might look like a blimp in 30 weeks so matter what I do!  Oh, well since I can't diet now I'll just worry about it after I push the little bowling ball:-)

Today is the Day!

Dre and I are going to our first pre-natal class tonight!  Yeah!  I'm so excited! 

It just makes being pregnant feel more real and since we're still not telling 90% of the people we know for another 2 weeks I am super excited to do something that is all about pregnancy!  Run-on sentence anyone?  Oh well, University English was a long time ago:-)

Dre and I have gotten a lot of comments both online and IRL (in real life) that pre-natal classes are useless and you really don't need them...blah, blah, blah, blah.  I think that, yes, I probably know most the stuff they're going to talk about because I am addicted to researching every tiny thing on the Interwebz, but it never hurts to be reminded of something.  Also, I think that being as prepared as possible never hurt anyone.

I have heard the comment, "Women have been doing this thousands of years so I'm just going to go with the flow and assume that my body will know what to do." a hundred times already.  Honestly, my body most likely knows what to do, but I'm not sure my brain got the memo and Dre's brain probably lost the memo somewhere.  Also, in the past, women would give birth with other, older women around who would counsel and support them on what to do.  A lot of us don't have that support network anymore because so much emphasis in the world today is to push out that kid and go back to work!  I am no particularly close with my mother--yes, I love her, but she won't be in the delivery room with me--and most of my friends do not have children. 

All in all, I think that pre-natal classes will help us start dealing with the idea of having a small baby that cries and wakes you up at night and drives you crazy at times.  Although if you're listening to Dre, women have been doing this for thousands of years and it's the most beautiful thing in the world and a miracle of life.  Can you tell that I'm the cynical, sarcastic one?  Somehow, I don't equate pushing out an 8 pound bowling ball out of my whoha a magical experience.  I keep being told I'll change my mind once I have the baby and look at him or her, but somehow knowing myself I think I'm right on the money and won't ever think it's magical!

Alright, I'm done with my rabbit trails and tangents. 

10 Weeks



9 Weeks



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How far along? 10 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Down .6 lbs still and I eat like I’m 5.  Sloppy joes with queso dip anyone?
Maternity clothes? Nope.  I just like walking around with my pants undone.  Good thing long shirts and leggings are in fashion now.  Although I wore a sweater with leggings last week and it made me look more pregnant than ever, I can’t believe no one at work has clued in yet.
Stretch marks? None!  I asked my mom if she got any and she said she got tons with my brothers (they were big babies, 10lbs 3oz) and since these appear to be genetic I might be doomed!
Sleep: I was awake till 3am last night.  That gave me a total of 3 hours of sleep before I had to come to work.  Usually, I’m fine though.
Best moment this week: Going to buy a huge chocolate cake with chocolate fudge icing on Friday with Dre because I didn’t want to make one and really, really NEEDED chocolate cake.  Dre never argues with these kinds of cravings.  Funny, eh?
Movement: None.
Food cravings: Chocolate cake!  Lasagna…this has struck in the last 15 minutes.
Gender: I’m wishing for a girl and my BFF totally agrees that it’s a girl.
Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss: Having no pain!  I have a crazy backache all the time.  Sleeping through the night without having to go pee.
What I am looking forward to:  We start pre-natal classes tomorrow!  Yeah!  I know it’s early, but this will just be the 1^st series of 3 classes and then we’ll have some more classes when I’m around 30-35 weeks.
Weekly Wisdom: Let your husband cook and clean everything even if you feel like a lazy, lazy person.  Your body will thank you.
Milestones: Baby is now the size of a prune or a lime depending on what you’re reading.  I prefer limes as they’re way cuter than prunes so I’m going with that.  

Winter

It's a gorgeous day outside today!

After all the snow and cold weather we've had lately, this kind of weather is a welcome change.  It's sunny and warm (as in -5 C) which is rare in Canada.  Usually it's sunny and bitterly cold (as in -40 C...no I'm not making that up).

So, I told Dre that we had to do something this week because staying inside cooped up is driving me insane!  Usually, we would go skiing on such a perfect weekend.  Skiing when it's not too cold is perfect!  However, since finding out that Smurfy--or my little olive as Dre calls the baby--was on the way, I am no longer able to ski this year and since the baby is going to be born in September I'm not sure I'll get to ski next year too.

Yes, some people just keep on skiing as long as they take care not to do anything too dangerous, but the problem is that I'm now at a skiing level that just doesn't lend itself well to the avoiding sudden twists and changes of directions.   Also, you can't control other skiers or snowboarders who might lose control or smash into you.  It's happened to me before!  So no skiing for me!

So we decided to join some friends for the winter activities our city is having.  I was all about skating, but Dre has developed a sudden phobia about me skating and falling over.  I'm sure he's forgotten that I'm an excellent skater and that I haven't taken a fall while doing leisurely skating in over 4-5 years--usually when I fall I'm trying something insane like a jump or a twirl...I'm not good at any of that stuff--so no skating tomorrow.  We are, however, most likely going to take in the snow sculptures and go walk--not skate--on the canal and eat BEAVER TAILS!

I know, I know, we crazy Canadians actually cook and eat beaver tails and we like it!  Actually, they're a pastry that's deep fried then dipped into yummy stuff like cinnamon sugar, nutella, or powdered sugar.  Very, very, very yummy!

 

I can't wait for tomorrow!  So my challenge to you my reader...wait does anyone read this...eh, who cares...my challenge is to go outside and do some fun winter stuff tomorrow.  You'll just love winter that much more after:-)

Snow!

So it's snowing here today.  I know Southern Ontario and most of the US are being hit with a much bigger snowstorm, but we're having one here.  Since I live in Canada, you would assume that snow is no big deal right! 

Well, they predicted 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) and I was like...that's all!  We've barely had any snow this winter!  It keeps snowing everywhere else except for here!  Hahahaha!  I shouldn't have these conversations with myself apparently 'cause someone heard me!

This is what it looks like outside my office window!

The snow is blowing sideways and it's creating whiteout conditions!  It gives a whole new meaning to 6 inches of snow I tell ya!  I take the bus to come to work which is a good thing on days like today.  When everyone else is stuck in traffic for 2+ hours, I'm at the office all toasty and warm.  However, walking to the damn bus stop with snow blowing up your nose and in your eyes so that you have to walk hunched over with shuffled feet so you don't wipe out on the ice hidden under the new snow is definitely an experience, a very unique not the be repeated ever experience! 

I still love the white stuff though!  Ever since, I lived in Florida for 5 years I have appreciated winter a lot more--nothing like hurricanes and torrential downpours to make you appreciate light, fluffy, pretty snow.

So, now I'm off to battle the crazy snow so that I can get home and hide under my blankets with my comfy yoga pants and vow that I'm never, ever leaving the house again because I love being warm too much...

Until tomorrow comes and then I'm gonna do it again...minus the snow though

I'm too lazy to think of a cool title. Sooooooo...

Hello Blog.

I guess I don't really know what to talk about today.  I'll think of something... Let's talk about yesterday.

Yesterday, I went to my annual chiropractic appointment.  Yes, I see a chiropractor regularly; with his help I have almost no migraines anymore!  Since we weren't able to take the yearly x-rays in January because of my being knocked up, he didn't have to most accurate info on how I'm doing.  He did show me my old x-rays from a year ago and it shocked me again how bad my spine is.  I had completely forgotten that I have a huge s in my spine.  He also told me that my pelvic bones weren't facing each other like most normal people, but were slightly rotated.  Awesome!  I wonder if that will create problems when it's time to push out my little bundle of joy? 

Anyways, Chiropractor wants me to start doing some different types of traction and since I've had really bad back aches since getting pregnant I decided to try one of them out right away--yeah, I should have waited for the class to show me how to do it or not done it on my hard wooden floor!  I had to get Dre to come pull me up 'cause I couldn't get up on my own.  Nice, eh?

Then, I had my dentist checkup in the afternoon.  My dental hygienist is a friend of the family and has known me for a while.  I told her I was pregnant and she tells me that she totally knew it 'cause I look pregnant!  Apparently, I look "poofy"!  Blah!  It's too early to start look "poofy"!

The good thing is that she has 13 month old twins and was practically dancing with glee over the fact that she could give me the entire content of her basement (baby stuff).  I was dancing with glee over the fact that she has really good infant carriers which will still be good when Smurfy is born along with the bases and all the "toys" I didn't really wanna spend money on like the Exersaucers.  She has three!  I have to say that that was my most productive dental appointment ever:-) 

The dentist did ask me how getting my wisdom teeth taken out in September went.  I told him it was the worst experience of my life.  Honestly, I've heard all the good stories out there about how people started eating normal food the day after or even the same day and they had no pain...  How nice for you!  Mine was horrible!  I got a dry socket because the Oxycodone made me throw up and the pressure from throwing up dislodged the blood cloth in my incision.  I was in pain and on meds for 3 weeks. 

Only good thing about the experience is that I got put under for the surgery and I have no bad reactions to general anesthesia.  Hurray!  I've always been very paranoid that if I had to get surgery for any reason I would be one of those people who stay awake under anaesthesia or something horrible like that.  I have an overactive imagination when it comes to things like this!

Anyways, that was my day yesterday!  Also, we had sloppy joes for dinner along with tortilla chips and queso dip...I eat like a 5 year old!  Tonight, we're having a salad 'cause I think I really, really need more veggies in my diet.