22yo TTC #2

[Joannaxoxo]

I hope you've been able to get some of your essay done, is the writers block done?

Sounds like your baby movement is like mine. Only I think my boy is favouring my right side, so I get kicked in the left side all the time lol.

So had my doctors appointment yesterday, only gained 1lb since my last appointment 3 weeks ago, and thats over the holidays! lol. So far i've only gained 7lbs! lol, crazy since i'm eating like a horse these days. I also didn't have the glucose test yet. I guess you need to drink the sugary stuff and then they take your blood an hour later... since I went to my scheduled appointment at 3:30 and they close at 4, there wasnt enough time. So i have to go back on Friday.. not good because I have to take more time off work. Luckily my work is very accommodating, I just feel guilty because its our busiest time (and I get extra hours which is nice). Oh well, DH reminded me that this is way more important, which he is right.

So are your girls getting excited about having a little brother? Did you tell them when you found out the sex and how did they react?

 

[Tilly87]

I finally got my essay done, my deadline is today so i managed it in time, since being pregnant i have found it hard to concentrate, really need to get some early nights lol.

Wow 7lbs your whole pregnancy, that is really good! I have no idea how much i weigh i haven't been weighed since 16wks but i have my next midwife appointment on tuesday so probably will get weighed then. Your DH is right the test is important and its good that your employment is so good with you, letting you take time off for all your appointments.

We told the girls after we had the scan, my eldest was at school but my youngest was with us because she only has nursery in the mornings, she kept saying she wanted a sister lol but my eldest said i won't be able to share my toys with a boy lol. They are both very excited now though and my eldest wants to help pick his name. I think they will love having a baby around the house lol x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Yes, I've also noticed that my concentration has gotten worse since being pregnant. I also feel quite lazy some days too. I used to be so good with doing things like the dishes every night, now a days it's done every other day or so... it's just me and DH but they pile up quick. But I also find that once I get started with cleaning I go crazy and do everything lol. I'm sure i'll get into a routine once the baby comes which will be good.

Did you have a routine when your children were newborn?

Edit: I just noticed that LO is a squash today! wow that seems huge lol.

 

[Tilly87]

I agree, some days i just want to lay there and feel tired although i've not done alot. I have to clean everyday though because it gets so messy with OH and 2 children if i don't lol. Also once i start cleaning i also go a little mad and then feel exhausted, i think sometimes we just need to relax a little.

After both my children were born it took a few weeks to get into a routine, the good thing with my first was i could lay down and have a nap inbetween feeds and stuff but with my 2nd i wasn't able to do this so found myself more tired. I think it will take a couple of wks again this time to sort a routine that suits us all, i'm so glad my OH will be taking a wk or 2 off work.

It is huge, i was looking online the other night and baby is now approx 37cm and 2.5lbs lol x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Yes, a routine will definately make things easier. Once I'm home on maternity leave I can sort out the house easier, do a little cleaning each day, rather than everything on the weekend which is what I do now.

I know, I can't believe how big they are getting. I have another thread here on bnb (March Mama's), with about 25-30 women all due in march. And we have actually had 2 women already give birth! One lady had her baby a day or two before x-mas at just 25 weeks, the baby was only 1lb but is done well now. The other lady had her baby on Monday due to her water breaking, baby was born at 3lbs, so is doing pretty well (I think she was due at the beginning of March, so might be a few weeks ahead of us in gestation). It's amazing how small they can survive!

 

[Tilly87]

Its definately easier to do cleaning everyday so you can keep on top of it and have a little rest, don't know how much i will get done once the baby is born and i'm never happy with OHs cleaning skills lol.

I saw in 3rd tri someone gave birth at 29wks! must be so scary to have a baby at that stage of pregnancy and they look so fragile but it is good they are doing well, its amazing how hard babies fight to be here.

I had my 1st DD at 36+6wks and my 2nd at 39+2 so wondering if this LO will be early or late.

I am so tired today, i seem to wake up exhausted and i have taken over a mum and toddler group because the lady in charge is on maternity, this was on this afternoon, i really need to get more sleep lol!

How are you feeling? x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Wow at 36 weeks, how big was your daughter then? It's a little scary to think that i'll be 30 weeks next week, so if baby came early I could potentially have him by the end of next month! Lets hope he remains cooking until at least march lol.

I'm feeling ok right now, but had a crappy nights sleep. I kept tossing and turning and I woke up in the night because my right hip was sore, baby must have been pushing on that area. I found getting out of bed and stretching my legs helped me relax enough to go back to sleep. I can't imagine how hard it's going to get when baby is bigger! lol.

What did you have to do with the toddler group? Sounds like fun.

So the weather here is really bad today. We are having freezing rain right now, when we left for work it took DH 15 mins to scrape the inch of ice off the car. And the rain is just getting worse! Now the roads are like skating rinks and all of the trees are an inch in ice too... so I'm hopeing they let us all leave work soon because the freezing rain is supposed to continue until tonight! The news didn't call for the weather to be this bad, it was supposed to freezing rain a little then turn to snow, but now it's only freezing rain... which is worse. So I'm hoping everyone gets home safely because it's deadly on the roads... good thing I live 5 mins away from work.

 

[Tilly87]

I was shocked she was born at 36wks because everyone told me i would be overdue lol! She weighed 6lb3oz which was a good weight for how far pregnant i was. I'm sure you will be fine and little man will remain where he is until March!

I think its just so difficult to get comfortable now that we get less sleep and still wake up tired.

I open up the group and sort out all the activities for the afternoon i then have to clear away everything, clean up and make sure everythings turned off and locked. It is alot of fun but can be tiring being on your feet all afternoon.

Freezing rain sounds awful and definately dangerous, good job you don't live far from work! I hope it gets better by tomorrow, will you be at work tomorrow if the weather doesn't get any better? x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Wow your daughter was a good weight for her date, just think how big she could have been at 40 weeks, ouch lol.

So I'm back at work today even though I think the weather is worse today then yesterday. I guess the college is reluctant to close but it seems the weather gets worse each hour.

Woke up to more freezing rain, everything has a layer of ice coating it. The trees were all hunched over because of the ice weighing down the branches. It has now turned to fluffy white snow, and coming down fast... so the rain under the snow is definately frozen. So I'm going to have to be very careful not to slip today. Hopefully the roads will be ok soon, they were nicely sanded when we drove into work but now that sand will be under the snow so I'm assuming the roads will be worse soon. Good thing I'm only working until noon today and can be home safely for the afternoon and evening. I'll try to post a picture of the weather so you can see, its beautiful to look at lol.

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Heres a picture of the view outside the window of my work. If you can believe it, just hours ago we could still see the grass under the layers of ice. So much snow in the last hour and a half. See how the trees are all layered with ice? It was cool listening outside last night at the ice cracking on all the branches, good thing the power lines haven't come down yet, I like my heating lol.

 

[Tilly87]

Hmmm i don't like to think of her weight if we got to 40wks lol but at the time a midwife told me she would of been around 8.5lbs if i had carried her for the next few wks.

Wow it does look nice but not to good if its slippery, you will have to be so careful! Wouldn't be very good if the power went down, that would be awful! It was -1 here this morning and i thought that was freezing, we only had a little frost lol.

Good job you finish work early today hopefully before the weather gets any worse x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Home nice and safe. We got about 15cm of snow during the day but its now stopped. So we made it home and were able to leave the car at home and walk across the street to the hospital to get my glucose test done... the sugary drink wasnt bad. We have a snow blower luckily so it wasn't too much work for DH to dig us out of the driveway. So hopefully by morning the roads will be ok, I keep hearing the snow plough going by. My mom and I are going to Ottawa (1 hour drive) to do some shopping tomorrow, there is a big Babies R US there, IKEA and fabric land... so hopefully we can get some baby stuff and fabric for the nursery (if the roads are ok by then).

What are your plans this weekend?

 

[Tilly87]

Gosh 15cm is alot, hope it doesn't snow to much so you can go on your shopping trip! Is the hospital not far from you either? that will be good when you go into labour if you don't have to travel far. Hope you get good results from your glucose test, i heard the drink they give you isn't to nice!

Last night i decided to tackle my spare room and cupboards and now have 4 bin bags full of stuff to get rid of lol, glad i did it now than before i am to big though. I am just going to relax today and on sunday OHs parents are taking our girls out to the cinema, so a pretty boring weekend this week lol x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Had a successful trip shopping today. I got a stroller and infant car seat on sale, $100 off! They had a floor model for us to try out and I think it should be pretty easy to work, we figured out how to fold down the stroller and fit the car seat into it pretty easy, so with a little practice it should be easy.

I also got a a book case for the baby room, to use to put toys or whatever on. Didn'y find anything at the fabric store, so am still looking for fabric for the crib set. Crib sets are so expensive to buy.

The roads were ok after our huge snow storm, the ploughs must have been out all night.

The hospital is basically across the street from us. We live on a hill and the hospital is at the bottom of the hill, so a 5 minute walk... very convenient!

Well enjoy your relaxing weekend, take the time to rest your feet for that little one. I'm feeling pretty sore after my day out shopping but I'm sure after a nice long nights sleep I'll be fine in the morning.

 

[Tilly87]

Bet your pleased you got your pushchair and carseat, especially on sale!! as there so expensive.

Babies room is now ready to be plastered and decorated, just need to get a cot etc for his room, but he will be sleeping in the moses basket next to our bed for the first couple of months but will be definately finishing in there before the birth.

Crib and cot sets are mighty expensive, i still have to get the bedding for the cot to lol. Really can't wait to finish shopping for baby items now!

Hope you get time to relax after shopping, it gets quite tiring being on your feet all day.

Gosh you are not far from the hospital, very convenient for all the appointments lol. The hospital is around 15miles away from us so not far to drive.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

What ideas do you have for the baby room? If you are plastering the walls then I assume you are going to be painting it too, have you got a colour in mind? What sort of decorations or theme have you got?

We are still doing a safari/african animal theme... with monkeys, lions, giraffes, zebras, etc. We are painting the room a nice yellowly-orange/brown colour... really light colour and it goes with the safari theme. I bought a wall sticker thats got monkey's on it and it's also a growth chart... i've also got other wall stickers in the animals to put up too. So excited to get the room together now!

So i'm really procrastinating right now lol.. been on the computer for a few hours now (12:15pm here) and still in my jammies, I need to clean the house. Its been a nice relaxing morning and I'm not going to feel guilty haha. But I really should get a move on.

DH and I are going to his x-mas work party tonight (yes, x-mas, they have it after christmas because they have to close the restauant and its too busy before and during christmas to close). So i'm planning to have some fun, but wont be out late as I work tomorrow.

Have a good sunday.

 

[Tilly87]

We haven't decided on a theme yet but we are doing the walls a neutral cream/beige colour, i want something that will last for a few years before we have to decorate again. I'm not sure whether to carry on with neutral colours for bedding, curtains etc or have blue instead.

Your theme sounds really cute, our baby will have the smallest room so we really have to use space saving furniture. Bet you can't wait to decorate, i wish my OH would hurry up and plaster so i can paint lol.

Your entitled to relax, you won't get much time to yourself once little Kieran comes along lol.

Hope you enjoyed your night out and didn't get to tired x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

That is the same reason we have chosen a paint colour that is quite light and neutral, we don't want to have to paint again in the future. We are expecting to only stay in our home for about 5 years (there is no room for baby #2 in future as there is only 2 bedrooms). Also, the wall stickers are supposed to just peel off, so that should be easy.

We had a nice night out. The party was held at an Indian Restaurant where they provided a buffet for dinner. I'm not used spicy food as I can't even take mild heat usually haha... but they provided lots of non-spicy food which was really tasty. DH was in heaven because he LOVES spicy food lol. It was nice to go out together and do something different for a change.

 

[Tilly87]

OH wants us to move eventually as he thinks our house isn't big enough once the girls and baby get bigger, we do have 3 bedrooms and it is not a bad size house, not small but not big lol. My girls have wall stickers and they peel off easy but you have to wash the walls with warm soapy water else they leave marks after being taken off.

I love Indian and spicy food but since being pregnant i can't seem to be able to eat much spice. Glad you had a good night, you don't get many once you have babies lol.

I ordered my change bag today, can't wait to get it! I now need carseat, cot/mattress, NB vests, cot bedding, change mat, steriliser, bottles, and things for hospital. Still feels like alot but i'm sure its not going to take much longer now x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Good to know about the stickers, I'll make sure to wash the walls after I take them off in future if I need to.

It doesn't seem like you need that much stuff still. I still need crib, change table (coming this weekend)... mattress, diper bag, diaper disposer (like a diaper genie or something) and of course all the little things (clothing, bath stuff, diapers, bottles, formula, etc...). I'm supposed to wait until after the baby shower to buy the little things, so I don't end up with 2 of everything lol.

We finally got the car seat and stoller out of my mom's car (it was stuck in a box in her back seat). So DH and I spent the evening get it put together and playing around with how it all works. I even made space in the front hall closet for the stoller to go! lol. It's nice to be able to do these things a little at a time and cross them off your list.