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[detterose]

Hey Lit! I have a mini laptop that I bought a few years ago, the charger on it is broken, so it takes a lot of fiddling to get into the right spot for it to turn on but after a good 10 minutes, it normally does. So we are using this in the meantime! We are going to look at just getting an iMac rather then paying who knows how much to get our computers fixed, as they are pretty old anyway! We will have to go on a 24 month payment plan as we can't afford it outright so we are going to wait til after BFF's wedding to do that.

Aw, that sounds really lovely! I hope you are both able to catch up soon so she can see your lovely bump. It does get kind of annoying after a while when people continue to comment and make out like you have turned into a whale or something!! I didn't really POP til I was about 27 weeks.. After that, everyone seemed to always mention my belly, before that, it was about how gigantic my boobs were, so it was nice to have a break from those comments

I hope I don't have to get them removed but I also hate knowing that I could get tonsillitis again at any moment! I am sure I would be waiting years and years like your DH to get in to have the surgery. Private health insurance here can be up to about $300 a month for families, so we just can't afford it!

Still no AF yet! 4 days late now, 3 negative HPTs though Think I am just having a wacky cycle.. If I end up having a positive, I don't think I will feel too good about the pregnancy, as the last one, I didn't get a + til I was over a week late and we all know how that panned out

That is GREAT news for your DH!!! It is unfortunate when you love a job a lot and have to make the sacrifice for money. But at least you will feel more relaxed about affording things now. And who knows, he may end up enjoying it just as much as his current job. It's great that he is still able to work though for the extra hours. Told you everything would work out

We are well. We had 10 days off together over the Easter period, we went back to work yesterday. It was nice but it would have been better if we had a bit more money to spend so we could go out and do some things, but oh well. Well, my working days are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and a lot of the Easter holidays landed on my working days, so I ended up just take the whole 10 days off and only really needing to take 1 day of annual leave in total! That and the doctors who do medicals were also away so there was no point having my part of the surgery open. How was your Easter though?

Good news on passing your GTT! It sounds like smooth sailing. Are you feeling better about this pregnancy now? As I know you felt you were having trouble feeling bonded beforehand. Hehe, I remember that and when I would drop something on the floor, I would make OH pick it up as the effort to get down and back up again was too much!!

 

[Literati_Love]

Dette - Eek! For some reason this post never showed up on my new subscription feed, or if it did it got lost somewhere. I was wondering what happened to you and decided to check if you'd replied, and turns out I am the one who has taken forever. Ooops.

I think that's good you're getting an iMac soon! They are worth the money I think, and with a payment plan it should be manageable. It should last you quite a long time. That's exciting your BFF's wedding is coming up. Are your recent instagrams from her bachelorette party? What day is the wedding again (it's June, right)?

Yes, at first everyone just commented about my huge boobs as well! ahha That was rather annoying. Oh well. Trying to get used to the "huge" comments. It's mostly just co-workers who say that. Friends and family have been very nice and just say that I look great or have such a cute bump, etc. Much preferred!

How has your throat been? No more flare-ups I hope!

That is weird about your late AF! Whatever ended up happening with that? Again, sorry I'm so late to reply.

Yeah...I'm a little bummed because DH will be working every Saturday at his new job, and every Sunday at his current one, so we will not have a single day off together until I'm on maternity leave, and then we will just have one day off together a week because he'll be working 6 days. Once I realized that we're never going to be able to do any fun summer activities or go to any of the events we wanted to this summer, or go to the lake, or ANYTHING, I got really upset and I keep crying about it. DH isn't too thrilled either as he didn't know he'd be working every Saturday. I know we have to pay the bills, but it really sucks to not have much time together. He starts his new job Monday so I'll let you know how it goes.


Those 10 days off sound amazing, and so convenient that it worked out that you only needed to take one vacation day! I would have loved that! Mmm! I did take a Fri and Mon off last weekend to go up to visit my sister and brother-in-law. We have a nice weekend, although changing my eating habits made my morning sickness come back and I ended up throwing up a couple times while I was there. Blech. My sister won't see me again until the baby comes, so it's a little sad for her that she only saw me twice with a baby bump!

I am definitely feeling way better about the pregnancy/baby now. I am having no trouble bonding! The 20-week scan helped a lot, and so did feeling movement from the outside. Now I am obsessed with her and thinks everything she does it better than any baby in the whole world. Can't wait to meet her ! Oh, we also started a birthing class two weeks ago and that has been good! We have 4 more classes to go.

How have you been doing? Anything new to report?

 

[Mrs W 11]

Hey ladies!

Sorry I haven't been checking in much either. A combination of feeling down and trying to stay of bnb and being lazy! I'm usually on my iPad as I hardly ever use a laptop but its much harder on a phone or anything isn't it.

What happened with your late af dette? Maybe you ovulated a bit later than you thought this cycle. If it is a bfp it will be meant to be!

Literati I loved the stage when I finally had a proper bump too and could feel and see the movements on the outside of my tummy. Really magical!! When is your due date?

I'm glad your dh has got a new job, so that you are able to pay the bills and have the things you need. But what a shame you won't have any time to spend together really. Hopefully it won't be forever though. Will he have 2 weeks paternity leave when the baby comes? That's what dads get here, not sure about where you are. If that is the case at least he gets a bit more time off than normal this year to spend with you and baby.

I guess I've been feeling a bit down. Af arrived early again last cycle so I'm cd8 today. It's my fifth cycle after the mmc now and I never dreamt it would take this long. I feel like the world is moving on without me, while I'm just waiting and feeling sad. I know it will happen. I just really hope it's soon.

Anyway that's enough of me moaning. I hope you both have a lovely weekend! Xx

 

[Literati_Love]

Mrs W - My due date is August 8th!!

Thanks. DH won't be taking paternity leave exactly since he won't have worked enough hours at this new job by the time the baby comes, but they are allowing him to take one week off anyway, so that is good. One week is going to feel very short with probably a few of them spent in the hospital, but I'm very thankful I'll at least have a bit of time at home with him when the baby arrives!

Sorry to hear you've been feeling down. I really was getting discouraged after a few months of TTC after the mc as well. It really is hard feeling like it's never going to happen. It must be frustrating with it being your fifth cycle, but I know that the majority of couples conceive within 6 months, so it is more than likely that this cycle or next will be your BFP! And if not, it is still surely around the corner. It sucks waiting but I hope you can find some relaxing, pampering things to do for yourself to make yourself feel better about taking a little longer. Why not enjoy a bubble bath and indulge in a drink before you ovulate (if you enjoy that sort of thing)? Maybe plan a date night away from your DD or something. You can get through this! And your time WILL be soon!

 

[Mrs W 11]

Oh thanks Lit that's so sweet of you I'm feeling a bit more positive now. I'm cd10 and we started sperm meets egg plan last night! Going at it all guns this cycle! Plus I've binned all the supplements and things I was doing to try and get pregnant because I worry they were messing with my body and since I've been pregnant twice before I know my body can do it without help. Fingers crossed for this cycle!

It's our 3 year wedding anniversary tomorrow so we have a friend babysitting (very rare occurrence!) and we are going out for dinner, can't wait! And I have a work night out for a colleagues work hen do Friday night so a few exciting things planned.

Oh and in other exciting things we bought a huge tent today! Someone I know was selling a big 6 person tent with 2 double bedrooms, carpet, the full works, bought for £750 and selling for £200 used once. I love the idea of camping and think Dd would LOVE IT, she would be so excited! And once she's in bed in the evenings there's no tv so we can chat and play games. It will be lovely.

Your due date is coming round fast then lit! It will be August before we know it!! I hope baby is on time and doesn't keep you waiting too long! When do you finish work? I really enjoyed finishing work and doing things like packing my hospital bag, washing all of the baby clothes and folding them away in the drawers!

Have you chosen her name now? That's a big exciting decision!!

Sorry you hubby can only take a weeks paternity but its good you are looking on the bright side, at least you have a week together and even if a few days are spent in hospital the 3 of you will still be together, getting to know your baby daughter! It will be bliss so enjoy every second.

Hope you are feeling ok.

How are you dette? Hope you are doing ok.

Xxxx

 

[detterose]

Hi ladies - sorry for the late reply, still relying on my crappy laptop and the very little spare time I have these days to jump online!

Yes, hopefully within the next few months we can get the iMac and bin this crappy tiny HP laptop!!

BFF's bachelorette party was last weekend, I am amazed at how much fun I actually had! It was awesome! Such a fun night. It was a pub crawl. So we started off having a few drinks at her place first and by the fourth, I was already quite drunk I am a lightweight and it doesn't help that I haven't drank in so very long. The bus picked us up at 7:30 and we stopped at 3 different places for 45 mins to an hour each place then back to her place by 11.30. I got home at 12am and OH got a photo of me crouched by the toilet Her wedding is in 3 weeks! 7th of June, so exciting!

Your bump is soooooo sweet, can't believe how quickly this pregnancy seems to be going. Feels like yesterday since your BFP announcement! Third and last trimester, wahoo!!!

AF ended up getting me a week late. Not sure why, it was really odd. I think I ov'd around the same time as I had the usual cramping ov pains and EWCM. Found out I have a few more medical issues going on in the background though so not sure if that's influencing my wacky cycles.

Sorry to hear that DHs new job will end up in spending a lot less time together. That's how I feel with my OHs job. He works 7 days straight, then has 2 days off, usually during the week which land on my working days. Then 8 days straight, 2 days off. He only gets one weekend off a month. He took 2 weeks off when I had Hunter though, and they do go so quickly Will your family be around to help with the bub?

So glad to hear everything else is going well though and you seem to be loving pregnancy! I cant wait to see photos of this precious little angel!!!

 

[detterose]

Hi Mrs W - Good to see you back Sorry to hear things havent been travelling as planned though. I can imagine how discouraging it can be after a few cycles. Especially when everyone seems to be pregnant atm. I am really struggling with that.

I had a pregnancy announcement on FB recently, the girl had only been with the guy for 2 months, they hadn't announced their relationship and she was engaged to a guy only 5 months earlier who she just up and left one day. Now her and the new guy have split and it just confuses me how people who don't have their lives together can fall pregnant so easily

I hope trying SMEP works! I have heard so many success stories. And hey it's worth a shot isn't it?!

Nothing new on my end though. Still searching for a new job. Hunter has been testing my sanity lately, I feel like we have been hit with insanely early terrible twos. Had a doctors appointment yesterday which I had to bring him along to as OH was working and I ended up just leaving without addressing all the problems I was there for because he was just being so dreadful..

On the medical side of things, I have an elevated IgG and gamma levels along with low Complement C4 levels, so I have been sent off to see a specialist. Who knows how long I will be waiting to get to see someone, I am just hoping this won't affect TTC for us when we decide to

 

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How are you ladies going? Any news?

 

[Mrs W 11]

Hi dette!!

Sorry for the tumble weed passing by in here! How are you Hun?

I'm ok, still a bit down at the moment, I'm cd6 of cycle 6 now. I guess I just never dreamt it would take me this long to get pregnant again and now that it's been this long and my cycle hasn't improved despite eating healthily, feeling better emotionally, exercising, trying various supplements, very regular sex etc I'm starting to wonder how long it will take and whether something is wrong. I think it's just so awful and unfair that we are made to wait a year ttc before any tests are done as a blanket rule for everyone. Fair enough if you've never had a bfp because maybe you need more time but I've been very fertile in the past so I'm pretty sure I need some help getting my cycles regular again. Anyway.... That's my ttc in a nutshell. Rant over!

And yeh, the bfp announcements are just so awful. Every time I just keep thinking yeh, I was meant to have a baby before you. My edd is 8 weeks away now and I've realised deep down I won't be pregnant by then.

Still, I'm trying to be positive, trying new tactics and stuff.

So how are you doing Hun, any job news since your last message? Is there much out there or are jobs just not coming up?

And how about your health, have you had your appointment yet? I really hope it isn't anything that will affect your ttc either. I'm sure it won't be

I know how you feel about the tantrums, Dd can have a total meltdown for no reason and there's just no talking to her unless she gets what she wants. It's just so frustrating isn't it. I mean this is the most amazing age, I really love it because she talking so much, she can really communicate with me now and tell me what she wants and things, and she sings and is picking things up really fast, but yeh, it is hard work too!!

Right I'm off to have a shower now and go to bed. Hope you are well, speak soon. Xxx

 

[Literati_Love]

Sorry, ladies. I don't know why this thread keeps disappearing from my subscriptions. Mind you, I've been so busy on the weekends lately that I might not have had time to update anyway.

Mrs W - How was your 3-year anniversary? Our 3-year anni is coming up in July. That's great you got a sitter for it. You really deserve a nice night out!

That's exciting about your new tent! I hope you can really enjoy camping as a family this summer.

My last day of work will be July 18th! I cannot WAIT! It will be really nice to get 100% ready for baby to arrive and also just to relax and hang out with my BFF for a few weeks (she gets summers off - lucky her)! Do you have any tips on what to pack in your hospital bag?

We actually decided baby's name before I even got pregnant. We are big planners so we had both a boy and a girl name picked out beforehand. We've been calling her by her name since my 20-week scan when we found out the gender. Hopefully we don't suddenly change our mind when she's born.

Sorry you're on cycle 6 of TTC already but I agree your body knows how to get pregnant so hopefully going off the extra supplements will be the
push your body needs!

Dette - Glad you had so much fun at your BFF's bachelorette party! It looked like a good time. (Btw Mrs W if you're wondering how we see pics of each other, we have each other on instagram. If you have it too I'd be happy to add you - just send me a private message). Her wedding really is coming up quickly! Her wedding is just 2 days before my friend's due date! I wonder which will come first - her baby or your BFF's wedding! BTW - did Hunter come early, on time, or late?

Thanks! I am happy to be in the 3rd trimester (and 30 weeks now)! It feels extra exciting now that it's actually right around the corner and realistically baby could survive no matter when she was born at this point, although obviously I hope she stays in there until she is fully developed and ready!

That is weird that AF came so late. Maybe stress had something to do with it? Sorry to hear you're having more medical issues. Have you found out any more about them since you last posted?

That is really too bad about how much your DH works and rarely gets days off with you as well. I definitely know how you feel now! I'm glad our husbands work hard to help provide for our families, though. Yes, thankfully I should have family around to help lots when baby is born. My mom took the last 2 weeks of August off and she's willing to come over every day and help if I want her too. If baby comes sooner, she can also take 5 days of family leave to help out (although I think I'll mostly need her help once DH is back at work). My mom is a nurse and worked in Labour and Delivery for 20ish years so I am actually going to have her in the hospital with me for the delivery. We are close and I really could use her support and expertise to make sure everything goes extra smoothly. I also have in-laws in town although I'm not really sure I'd want their help. Did you have much help when Hunter was born?

Sorry to hear about another pregnancy announcement getting you down. it really is weird how some people fall pregnant so easily and never have any struggles with having a healthy baby. However, I can't imagine her rocky relationship history is easy on her and probably won't be on the baby...so we all have our battles I suppose. Your time will be soon!

Any news on the job front yet?

 

[detterose]

Aww, it must be very frustrating for you. Because it wouldn't make any sense. Have you had your progesterone levels tested around CD21 (or a few days later in our case for those who O a bit later on). I had mine done for peace of mind to find I have a good progesterone level so that was reassuring to know.

Not sure if you already said this, but have you tried accupuncture?

I applied for another job a week ago, the closing date was last Wednesday and it normally takes a while for them to sift through resumes to hear for a call for an interview, so fingers crossed. There isn't much around at the moment unfortunately.

I have an appointment at the hospital on Wednesday thankfully! So hopefully on the road to getting some answers then

I agree, the tantrums are a killer! I can't wait til Hunter is a bit old enough to tell me what's wrong. He isn't much of a talker at all, only says about 5 or 6 words, he's very physical though so he might be a late talker. LOTS of babble and jibberish though

Hope you have a nice week and feel a bit more positive xx

 

[detterose]

Your last day at work is approaching so fast!! Bet you are super excited

As for hospital bag - Lots of plain underwear, maternity pads, breast pads, Lansinoh, comfortable loose pyjamas, comfortable loose clothes, nursing bras, nursing singlets, clothes for bub, nappies, singlets, burp cloths, beanies. That's all I can think on the top of my head for necessities!

It is coming up super quick! I am on holidays now til next Wednesday, so it's nice to have some time off work. Hehe keep me up to date on your friends bubba!

It really is exciting hitting the 30 week mark. I think hitting 36 weeks killed me, as another month felt like an eternity Hunter came 5 days early by one due date and 7 days early by my second due date. So early either way

It's really handy that your mum is a nurse! It will be really great that she will be there for you. My mum was there for my labour and birth also, wouldnt have had it any other way! I didn't have too much help to be honest, my mum and sister came around here and there to do washing and brought us dinner but yeah not a large amount. Mum helped a bit more when I was diagnosed with PND though.

Not much else on the job front atm, applied for one but still waiting to hear if I have an interview, fingers crossed!

 

[Literati_Love]

Dette - Thanks for the tips! I'll have to make note of those. I won't be packing my bag for a while but I should probably get a list going!

That's wonderful that you're on holidays for a while! I actually have this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday booked off as vacation so we have a few of the same days off. Do you have any plans for them other than relaxing? We have quite a bit of plans in the evenings but we're not going anywhere as DH's only day off is Wednesday...but I am excited to have that one day with him! I'm going to get a free massage on Thursday and other than that I'm just going to relax, go for walks, and maybe prepare the baby room some more! I'll definitely keep you posted on my friend's baby!

Let me know how your BFF's wedding is!

I could definitely see 36 weeks seeming very unbearable! It is sort of crazy to think I still have 10+ weeks left but in a way it is also so soon. I'm trying to appreciate time now that I have without a baby because as much as I want her to arrive ASAP, I know I may miss some of the luxuries I have now so definitely want to pamper myself and get lots of sleep while I can! hehe. That's nice that Hunter came a bit early! I really don't want to go overdue.

That's great your mom was there for your delivery as well and that she was able to help out a bit after, especially when you had PND. Every little bit helps I suppose so even though it wasn't a lot I'm sure it was nice when she and your sister were able to help!

I hope you hear from that job soon! Good luck!

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[detterose]

One really important tip I will share if you have a vaginal birth, every time you need to go to the toilet to pee, take a cup of water with you and pour it over 'down there' as you pee! It takes away the burning from any tears/cuts/stitches. It was the most amazing thing any midwife told me haha!

Nice to hear you are also enjoying some time off. I hope you have a nice time with DH and really enjoy your massage! I remember having a pregnancy massage and it was the best thing in the world haha! I haven't really been relaxing at all to be honest haha. Yesterday I went out to my friends house for Hunter and her kids to have a play, we had a coffee and a chat, then I had to race across town for dress alterations. Got home and cleaned and cooked. Today I cleaned the house so its sparkling for when my mum babysits Hunter over the weekend and had an appointment at work and then my hospital appointment, by the time I finished, it was 3:30pm so I picked Hunter up from daycare. Tomorrow will be another dress fitting and tan and packing! Then Friday I go over to the island for rehearsal and dinner! -EXHAUSTED!!!- LOL!

Oh it's great that you are kinda enjoying the short time you have left. I had a horrible pregnancy and just wanted him out. Now its like, wow I wish I treasured those last few weeks a bit more lol.

So how has nursery prep gone? I saw a nice photo of the cot and sheets on your IG, so cute! Have you gone with a theme at all? Have you almost finished getting all the little necessities?

 

[Literati_Love]

Dette - Thanks! At my birthing class they told us that the hospital will give us a little spray bottle of water for that very purpose. To be honest, the thought of that scares me! It must really be painful after if you need to use a spray bottle!

Nice to hear you are also enjoying some time off. I hope you have a nice time with DH and really enjoy your massage! I remember having a pregnancy massage and it was the best thing in the world haha! I haven't really been relaxing at all to be honest haha. Yesterday I went out to my friends house for Hunter and her kids to have a play, we had a coffee and a chat, then I had to race across town for dress alterations. Got home and cleaned and cooked. Today I cleaned the house so its sparkling for when my mum babysits Hunter over the weekend and had an appointment at work and then my hospital appointment, by the time I finished, it was 3:30pm so I picked Hunter up from daycare. Tomorrow will be another dress fitting and tan and packing! Then Friday I go over to the island for rehearsal and dinner! -EXHAUSTED!!!- LOL!

Oh wow, yes sounds like you've had quite a busy holiday so far. You will probably stay very busy with all the wedding stuff. I know how CRAZY busy being part of a wedding party is! DH has been in the wedding party a lot before (and I have twice) so I've experienced the wedding prep rush quite a few times. I hope all goes well and you can enjoy your BFF's special day. Hopefully it won't be too exhausting for you! That is nice that your mom will be watching Hunter over the weekend! It will be reassuring to know he is in very good hands.

DH and I had a very nice day off yesterday together, although it was quite short because I slept in super late while he had to do some work stuff (for NO pay on his day off. ). I then had my final birthing class on breastfeeding (which was women only), so we had from 12:45 - 7 pm together and we tried to fit in as much as possible during that! We had a nice lunch date, walked around and enjoyed the gardens/greenhouse outside the restaurant, went for a walk by the river, got iced coffees, made supper, and dashed to our next activities. After my birthing class we went to a late-night showing of Moms' Night Out with friends of ours. It was ok. I enjoyed it but didn't love it. The night before we went to go see Divergent which was quite excellent! Have you seen any movies lately?

Yes, I definitely want to treasure the last weeks of pregnancy. That's too bad your pregnancy was so awful you couldn't enjoy it near the end. I definitely have days where I find myself whining about how uncomfortable and fat I feel but I know full well that I will miss being pregnant after she's out. I'll especially miss all the movements/kicks I get to feel...Being pregnant is such a blessing and privilege so I really try to enjoy it as much as possible.

Nursery prep is going great! All the furniture is up but we just need to hang some of our wall art and put some decals up. I also need to wash the baby clothes and put them away in the dresser. Everything came together really quickly over the last few weeks as we got our crib (a gift, which you saw), our dresser/change table, we set up our bookshelves, and my parents bought us a rocker/recliner. It's all looking so warm and inviting now and I can't WAIT until there's a baby in there (although she'll be sleeping in our room for the first few months). Our theme is Jungle Animal theme! We also have a couple little Winnie the Pooh elements as well. I'll try to send you a picture soon!

The only things we're really missing are little things like soothers, burp cloths, receiving blankets, etc, and then our last 'big' item is to buy a breast pump. We don't have a bouncy chair or exersaucer or anything but those aren't really necessities so if we don't get them as shower gifts we will see if we can borrow them from friends or family. It's amazing how it's all come together so quickly! My parents have bought us so much stuff already which has really helped.

I hope you enjoy your crazy wedding weekend! Have fun and don't get too tired out! Let me know how it goes!

 

[detterose]

Sorry for the late reply - Thats really good they have been giving you some useful tips at your birthing class. I never had the chance to attend one because of work and the only one I could book into wasnt til after he was due. But yeah the first week of going to the toilet can be a bit painful. Which is to be expected after pushing out a baby

As for the wedding, it was a very busy weekend! The wedding was absolutely beautiful though and went with no hiccups. So that was great. Being in the bridal party thought was super exhausting. Everyone stayed up partying at the reception til midnight and we all shared a holiday house so everyone came back and continued to party. OH and I went to bed not long after getting home and slept til 9am That hasnt happened in years!!

We got back Sunday around midday and Hunter was really happy to see us! Mum really loved watching him, they had a blast!

It sounds like you had a nice time together even though it was short and sweet but it was probably a good thing you went to your breastfeeding class! Good to be prepared I havent been to any movies lately. The last I saw was The Other Woman a few months ago with my BFF. I really enjoyed that though!

You would be about 32 or so weeks now hey?!? Oh my goodness. It has just cruised by. It doesnt stop when they are here either. One day you have a newborn then you blink and they are 6 months old! Sooooo crazy. I cant wait to see pics though! Eeeeppp!! Gettig me very excited

Sounds like you are just about prepped for all the big stuff and its great that people have been able to help out and take the pressure off you guys a bit financially. Will you post more nursery pics soon?

Sorry if theres any typos, on my phone as we are still without a computer and getting the laptop to work sometimes if just a pain!! Hope you are well xx

 

[Literati_Love]

I'm glad the wedding was beautiful with no hiccups! I enjoyed the few pics you posted of it. That sounds like a lot of partying! I agree that being in the bridal party is VERY exhausting. I kind of hope no one ever asks me to be a bridesmaid again! I'm glad you and your OH got to sleep in the next day. What a nice treat that must have been! It's funny, because 9 am barely even sounds like a sleep-in to me!

It's good Hunter and your mom and such a good time together! Maybe she can take him for a weekend again in the future.

Ooh yes, I saw The Other Woman a while back as well. I liked it okay. It was entertaining.

I am 32 weeks officially TODAY so yep...but pretty sure you said that a few days ago! hehe. Yeah it's going to be really crazy I'm sure. It scares me how quickly she will grow up!

If I don't instagram another nursery pic I will send you one personally soon! After all that progress we've sort of left the nursery in limbo for a while because we've been soooo busy. Hopefully we can find the time to put up the decorations soon! I also need to wash and put away clothes!

Did you get your new computer yet? You had mentioned you financed one...didn't you? or am I mistaken??

How are you doing these days! Please keep me updated!

Mrs W - How are you doing???

 

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Yeah all the bridal party are in their early to mid 20s and most of them dont have children. So there were a lot of nights of them playing beer pong and making lots of noise. I was glad our room was downstairs so it wasnt AS loud when we were in bed. It is very exhausting though. My sister is organising her wedding, while they havent set a date yet, I think she will ask me and our other sister to be a bridesmaid... And I cant say no, but they do get so expensive and tiring.

Yeah I am hoping for the same! If there is ever anything OH and I want to go to at night, I will feel better about asking her to watch him!

32 weeks, aww so exciting and you would be closer to 33 now. Didnt expect this pregnancy to fly by as fast as it has!

Aw I bet you have been super busy and its hard when DH works a lot! You can only get done what you can manage. Hunters nursery wasnt set up til a month after he was born, so dont stress Cant wait to see pics though!

No new computer yet. We will look at financing one in the near future. Maybe after tax time which is at the end of this month, woo hoo! Always love tax time.

No news on this end, other then what I messaged you the other day. Not sure if I mentioned in a previous post that I saw the specialist at the hospital. They didnt have many answers for me so she is referring me to a Rheumatologist instead. Not sure when I will get in to see them though.

How about you? Anything new?

 

[EMYJC]

So sorry xxxx

 

[Literati_Love]

Ooh yes, definitely can't say no to your sister! It really is expensive being a bridesmaid but hopefully your sister doesn't go all out and expect really expensive dresses or anything. For my wedding, we managed to find bridesmaid dresses for $90 each...which was nice since the weddings I've been in the dresses have been $200+! When did your sister get engaged?

Yes, that's great you can keep your mom in mind for watching Hunter in the future!

Yep, I'm 33+1 now. It is sort of going quickly, but sort of SUPER slowly. I just can't wait to meet my little girl already! This past week my friend had her baby so now time feels extra slow because it seems like I should be meeting mine already too. Her baby (named Zachary) was born Wednesday night, but I actually still haven't seen a picture or anything so I'm going a bit bonkers with impatience.

Yes, it definitely has been busy and we're not getting much done lately. But we have some good news on that front - my DH found a new job! It is a good 'career' job that he actually originally applied for back in September before he lost his other job. It pays pretty well (better than he made at his old career) and is salaried so budgeting will be a LOT easier, especially when I'm on mat leave. The best part is that he will be working Mon-Fri and only til 4:30 or 5 pm every day! It's absolutely perfect and I can't wait to have him around more again, especially for when the baby is born. His first day will be July 14th so a few weeks to go yet. His new job is at a bank dealing with small businesses and he doesn't have any banking experience, so he will be getting paid to be trained for the next 6 months, which is the only stressful part. He will have to be studying and the learning curve will be steep! He can still have a week 'off' when the baby arrives, but he will have to keep up with his readings/studying during that week so that will be tough...but at least he can be home with us and that's what's really important. I'm starting to get excited now that it's all setting in.

Oh, yes, tax time is always amazing! Our tax month is in April so we were able to get some baby furniture with our tax return this year, as well as save some and put some towards debt. That was very nice! I hope you can get a good return and put it towards a new computer!

How are you doing, on that front? I am thinking of you lots and hoping you're doing okay. Feel free to message me again and update me more.

That's interesting you are seeing a rheumatologist! I hope you can get some answers soon. All this waiting must be frustrating.

I hope you have a good weekend and get to have lots of Hunter snuggles. It has been raining non-stop all month here and I am getting sick of it. Today is DH's family reunion but we will miss most of it because he is working and then I am not looking forward to being cooped up in a small house when normally we spend it all outside.