22yo TTC #2

[Joannaxoxo]

That must have been nice to go out for a meal with the family.

I do feel much fresher and took my time styling it this morning to figure out a way to make it easy to do during the week. It will be nice that you and your sister can go out and get your hair done tomorrow. Just a few more weeks until I can see my sister, she is coming down for the baby shower at the end of the month!

Not too many plans this weekend. Hung out with my SIL last night, she isn't doing too well... really depressed and has quit work because she didn't like it. They are also new to town, so besides DH and I, my brother and sister in law don't really know too many people here. Anyways I think it was good for her for me to be there last night, we just sat and talked all evening and I'm glad to be there for her.

Today I've done some house chores and then going to see my mom for the afternoon. We might go out shopping, not really to buy anything, but just so we can get out of the house. Its a lovely sunny day outside and we could do with the vitamin D.

Hope you enjoy your weekend

 

[Tilly87]

It was nice for us all to go out together, money is sometimes tight so we don't get to do it very often, we normally take the girls to mcdonalds or something lol, they love it though!!

Like you i don't see my sister very often, so its nice for us to spend time together when we get the chance. I bet your hair looks great, i have some mega bad roots at the minute lol.

Your SIL must be finding it very hard at the moment, its a good job she has you, I know how she feels because i moved miles from home and don't see my family often, but i would never go back to where i use to live. The only thing you can do is be there at the moment, hopefully she will find a new job soon that she likes.

Its snowed quite heavily overnight here so my girls are in snowman making mode as we didn't get any snow over christmas. I will post a picture later x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Yes, I was told that I could highlight my hair because the dye doesn't go right down to the roots. Since I have my natural hair colour, they can just highlight your hair and it's still safe.

It's hard for me to imagine that you only get snow once in awhile over there. We don't have much snow left at the minute but we still get snow ever few weeks. It's been quite an odd winter for us with so much freezing rain, when it would usually be snow. Everyone keeps saying we are going to get dumped on (with snow) soon... lol... so who knows, its been a very mild winter for us.

So I've been very productive this weekend. Yesterday I finally bought some maternity bras, though I kinda expected to wear them before I gave birth but they are a little big and not very padded (in the nipple area). So I guess without the bra pads in you really don't want to wear them in case you get cold lol. So I've put them aside until I pack them in my hospital bag.

Today I also washed and sorted all of the baby clothing. So I've got the sizes from 5-10lbs in the drawers of the change table and put the larger sizes to hang in the closet. I also washed the used items we got (Baby Einstein play mat, swing and bounce chair)... I just took the covers off of them all and washed them. I even changed the batteries in them so they will be ready to move and play music when we need them. It was also a good chance to see what else we need to get still.

How was the rest of your weekend, (sorry for the long post). x

 

[Tilly87]

Colouring your hair is not suppose to be a problem after the 1st tri, i've always done mine and been told its safe, i have blonde highlights so it doesn't go near my roots anyway.

We normally have quite alot of snow over winter but it has also been very mild and we escaped the snow until saturday. I got lots of pics of the girls playing in the snow i will post a few soon but at the moment i am getting ready to go to the doctors, my eldest has come out in a rash over the weekend and i have no idea what it is?? (she has already had chicken pox)

Wow it sounds like you have been busy!! I am also going to wash everything before baby comes, i think i will get it done before mid-march time.

My weekend was quiet but had a good time, the girls enjoyed the snow, i got my hair done and spent some time with my sister.

Hope you had a good weekend? x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Good to know about hair colouring, like I said, I have my natural colour so I don't know much about dying or highlighing my hair lol. This is only the second time I've ever got highlights lol. - DH would kill me if I dyed my pretty strawberry blonde hair (I don't want to either lol).

I hope your little girl is ok, let me know if they figure out what the rash is from. Hopefully she just reacted to clothing rubbing or something and it's not serious

My weekend was good, nice to just get some things done around the house. I am feeling very antsy if I sit around at home these days... I feel like I need to make lots of lists and get the things I still need for baby. But I think I just need to do things slowly and wait and see what I get at the baby shower first. It's hard knowing you need certain things but have to wait. It must be normal to feel anxious like this, esp with your first baby (at least you are kept busy with your girls lol).

 

[Tilly87]

I did hairdressing at college when i was alot younger so i've gone through a range of colours lol. My OH gets annoyed when i'm forever moaning about doing my hair to lol.

My daughter has dermatitis, the doctor said it was probably caused by a reaction to something but it is hard to be sure what, i just have to keep her skin well moisturised and it will go away on its own. I'm glad its nothing serious, she will be back to school tomorrow.

I am also forever doing lists etc lol. OH said i am to eager to get everything done but i just want to be organised lol. I keep browsing the net looking for things i need for the baby, its good i'm quite busy so only have mainly night times to do this lol x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Oh so glad your daughter's rash was nothing serious. I had hives a few years back that went down my back and in my armpits... I have no idea what caused it and some antihistamine pills helped at the time. So I guess rashes and hives can happen and we never know what caused them, hopefully your daughters doesn't come back, mine didn't.

Getting ready for a baby is a lot of work, we need lists and things to keep us sane lol. I've got the wall stickers for the room and really want to put them up but can't! We still need the last piece of the crib that is stuck an hour away (DH's parents were supposed to bring it down to us the following weekend but were too busy and now they are on holiday for a few weeks.) So I'm waiting until the crib is set up and I can see where all the furniture goes before I put up the wall stickers. I know I can peel and re-stick them if I need to but I don't want to be moving them all. Point is, I'm anxious to just get everything done! lol. Maybe I can convince DH to go get the crib mattress this week, getting one more thing off the list might help my anxiety lol.

 

[Tilly87]

I'm glad to, i really thought she had chicken pox again but thankfully not, i have been giving her antihistamine medicine to stop her from itching so it doesn't get any worse. Hives sounds quite painful, glad you only had them the once, they don't sound nice at all. I am quite lucky because i don't get illnesses very often, but i've always got my eyes open for the smallest things with having the girls.

Ha ha, it is hard to stay sane while you are pregnant. I think you get alot of anxiety waiting for the arrival and you just want your baby in your arms. I can see why you are anxious to get things done i am exactly the same i just want to get things done to. I hope you get your crib soon so you can finish your babies room x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

The hives weren't really painful, just really itchy (sort of like a rash). It was all over my back and really big bumps in my arm pits... it was weird because we have no idea what caused it. I didn't go to my doctor when it happened, just spoke with a pharmasist who recommended the anithistamine and it worked.

It's funny how our bodies work. I read an article yesterday about newborns and a study that was done on them. They took newborns who were just born (before even having breast milk) and gave them a drop of a solutions that tasted sweet, sour and bitter. They found that the babies who tasted the sour and bitter would spit or retch but the sweet flavour made the babies lick their lips and made happy sucking sounds. So the test showed how even at hours old a baby is conditioned to like the sweet flavour like breast milk and would reject anything else - so they are more adapt to survive because at that age they don't need anything but mother's milk. I thought the article was pretty cool... so perhaps our rashes/hives was our bodies way of telling us that there was something in our environment that wasn't right and was giving us a warning?

 

[Tilly87]

The antihistamine is stopping her from itching, so hopefully it won't take her long to heal because she is not itching as much now.

Wow thats amazing, i haven't come across any articles like that, but its well strange how babies know the tastes they like right from birth.

The snow is starting to clear up now but it is really icy and slippery because it is still so cold so i'm having to be extra careful, good job i have wellies lol!!

Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Aww your girls are sooo cute! I love their snow man, esp his face lol. You guys have more snow then we do at the minute, we had a pretty mild day yesterday and a lot of ours melted, plus, it's mostly just ice outside now. We both have to be very careful not to slip on the ice at this stage in our pregnancies. I wear my winter boots everywhere and walk in baby steps on the icy parts... or have DH escort me lol.

So we have something weird going on with our electric system at home right now. Ever since the fall when we put on the heating our lights would flicker whenever the heater would kick on. It never really bothered us as it would just flicker a little but in the last two weeks it's gotten bad. Now it causes all our lights in the house to turn off randomly and they come back on again about 5-30 mins later on their own?? The weird part is that it's not all of the power that is out... our tv, computer and fridge still work but all the lights downstairs are out and all the power upstairs is out. Last night the lights went out 3 times, first two times were just 5-10mins long but the last took about 30-40 mins to come back. Anyways, DH has called an electrical company who said they will come by today to take a look, said they put us on high priority as it doesn't sound good (my mom was concerned it could be a fire hazard, so we've made sure to check that all our fire alarms work well). So cross your fingers for us that this doesn't cost too much to fix!

 

[Tilly87]

Thanks, they are cute lol! My OH made the snowmans face, I am not to great at building snowmen lol. My girls have loved being out in the snow as we only get it in winter and then it seems to get really icy and slippery. Can't believe we have more snow over here lol and we both best take our time so we don't slip.

Your electrical problem doesn't sound very good, hopefully its not to big a job, I will be keeping my fingers crossed you don't get a hefty bill, thats the last thing you need right now. I hope you have had a good day so far other than the electric problem x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Morning (Or I guess afternoon for you now). How has your day been today?

Not much new for me, had a crappy nights sleep again. Got up twice between when I went to bed at 10pm to when I got up at 6am to pee twice. Also, I get so restless in bed because I can't get comfy being in the same position all the time and as soon as I move to my right side the baby has a fit kicking me, so I know he doesnt like it. I jokingly asked DH this morning "how was your 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night?" Haha I think I was a little bitter this morning. At least once baby is born I can lie anyway I want, though I'll probably get even less sleep haha.

As for our electrical issues that I was worried about yesterday. A few weeks ago DH tried to install a dimmer switch in the baby's room but it wouldn't work, so we ended up returning the dimmer switch and putting the light back as it was. However, seems he must have knocked an old wire that was cracked and that was what was causing all of the lights in our house to randomly turn off. Luckily the electricians were able to fix it and we didn't have any problems last night! So this was probably the best we could hope for, phew

 

[Tilly87]

My day has been good today, i have cleaned all my carpets, washed bedding etc so i have kept busy but now i am so tired. It is very icy outside so its took me forever to walk anywhere, even to the shop which is just around the corner lol.

I am always comfiest on my back, but i am finding that impossible now as i can't breathe properly and am them tossing and turning from side to side until i eventually get up to go to the toilet, our little babies sure like to keep us on our toes lol! I understand where your coming from when you say you get a bit bitter as men don't entirely understand what we and our bodies go through when we are pregnant as they will never have to experience it, but it will all be worth it soon!

So glad your electrical problem wasn't anything to major or costly and was easily fixed.

How are you enjoying your day, hope your feeling ok after a restless night x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

I'm surprisingly not too tired today, it's been a busy morning at work so I think thats been helpful - i'd rather be busy then have nothing to do. So perhaps I may need a nap after work today but we shall see, hopefully this afternoon is busy so I stay awake lol.

Glad you've had a good productive day, now put your feet up and relax I always feel good after a productive day, even if I'm tired after lol.. sunday was like this for me when I got all the house work done and washed all the baby's clothing. It makes me feel in control and organized, esp right now when I feel like I can't relax knowing there are things to do before baby comes.

It's so exciting that our little ones will be here so soon, I can't wait to meet my little guy and see what he looks like! It's unbelieveable to think about him wearing the little outfits that I have, I love trying to picture him in them lol.

 

[Tilly87]

I am the same i prefer to be busy, I get bored if i have nothing to do, I have alot of studying to do at the minute but i barely get a chance to look at my books in the day and at night i feel so tired, I will have to try and fit it in over the next week or so as i have an essay due 29th Feb so not long away and i always get stressed out if i cut the deadline close lol.

I know what you mean OH and I keep talking about what the baby will look like etc now its getting so close. I can remember all my pregnancies and to me each one feels as special as the last. We still haven't thought of a name so i'm hoping we can choose one soon!

I am sat in bed watching one born every minute as OH is out tonight but i am tired so think i will be off to bed soon, I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone! x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

So I got to work this morning and my boss finally gave me some information regarding my job status and maternity leave (i've been wondering all this time). At my current position I am only Part-Time on contract as I have been filling in for someone who has been on Long Term Disability. Well her disability contact is finally up (2 years later) and I've been here for 1.5 years now. So I guess what they will be doing is that they legally have to post my job and interview for it (so I will be competing against other people to get my own job!). My job will be posted by next week, so in about a week or two I will have to interview for it... omg I'm super nervous!! We also spoke about the fact that I'm pregnant and that they can't discriminate against me because i'm pregant (thank god).

So if all goes well and I get the job (it will become full-time with benefits!!), it wont actually start until after I get back from maternity leave, I'll just remain with my current job until I leave in a few weeks time. My last date here will be March 16th (a week and a half before I'm due lol).... if the baby comes early then they will just deal. So I guess if I get the full-time position, they still have to hire someone on contact for the year i'm away, so I'm guessing i'll have to train them before I leave. So it's all up in the air right now... I swear i'm more nervous about having to go through this interview process then giving birth! haha.

Sorry for the long post, it's the only thing on my mind right now and I needed to tell someone lol.

 

[Tilly87]

Wow, that sort of sucks that you have to be re-interviewed for your own job but its good that you have been in the post for the last 1.5yrs so you already know your boss and colleagues and they will know you have a good track record.

I hope it goes well and you get your job plus all the benefits!! I don't think you will have much to worry about you already have all the experience needed for the job and have a relationship with your boss and colleagues so try not to worry to much.

You must be excited about maternity leave, not much longer!!! Have you got any plans for the time you are on leave before the baby comes?

Hope you have had a good day x

 

[Joannaxoxo]

Yes it does suck that I have to interview for my own job lol... but I always knew it was a posibility and it would happen at some point. I'm just lucky its happening now and not while I'm off on maternity leave otherwise i'd miss the interview process and wouldn't get the job.

The good part is that I know the job very well (I love it actually, my student's are my babies lol - sort of haha). But the problem is that i'm part-time and haven't had chance to get full-time yet and unfortunately the committee who does the interviews are legally supposed to consider full-time staff candidates over us part-timers (anyone in the college can apply to the job... outside people can apply but they are below us part-timers)... so its quite competitive to get into these jobs. However, I'm going to work on my resume this weekend and get it all updated to hand in next week when the job gets posted. There is no sense in me getting nervous yet, I don't even know when the interviews will be haha.

No plans for when I'm done work, the week before the baby is due that I am off work I plan to just rest and get whatever last minute things ready. Though babies come when they want, so who knows what date I will actually deliver lol. Since i've got the year off, DH and I want to plan a trip in the late summer, early spring... possibly rent a cottage somewhere for a week or so with DH's family and have a great time... the dog would love it too

Got any trips planned for the summer?

 

[Tilly87]

It does sound very competitive, i hope everything works in your favour, i will be keeping my fingers crossed for you! Your right, there is no point stressing about the interviews etc. I get stressed easily and let my mind run into overdrive, not one of my finer points, it annoys OH lots lol.

Hopefully you will get your rest before baby comes, because there won't be much chance after lol. My daughters school and nursery break up for easter on the 30th March and they return on the 17th April (My youngests birthday) and I am due on the 11th so hopefully I will have the baby in this time. Actually I have my scan on tuesday to find out if they are going to plan a c-section or if i can have a natural birth, so i will let you know how that goes.

It will be nice for you to go away and have some family time, do you have any idea where you want to go. We haven't planned any breaks, we are going to wait until the baby comes and then hopefully go away for a weekend or something when the girls are on their summer holidays, that will be sometime after the end of July.

Anyway its my birthday tomorrow, YAY!! So tomorrow night OHs parents are having the girls overnight because this will be our last chance to do something together before the baby comes, can't wait!

Hope your having a good day and have a good weekend x