TTC and Beyond!

[CantHrdlyWait]

Well that's good Ashlee! I hope it's over for you!

The time i'm taking after baby is FMLA. I get 6 paid weeks. I get 66-2/3 of my pay for 6 weeks and that's it. I am taking another week and using my vacation time. I just wish I had more time but I can't afford to take it unpaid.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Julie- that's awesome!! You're ARE quite the amazing twin carrier, I must say!! It's always so fun to proove MILs wrong!!

Mine told me today 11 pounds wasn't enough and asked if I was eating!! Ummm the baby weighs 2lbs, 11 is plenty for now, thanks! I told her "of course im eating!! A couple cheese slices and a piece of bread a day is enough right?!

Ash- that's awesome the the appt went well and freakin super great that you're finally feeling better!! Fxd it stays that way!!

Waves- that really does look just flat out uncomfortable! I'm sorry!

Saw my doc today and scheduled my 3 hr stupid GD test for Monday morning. Blah! I knew the did four different blood draws (fasting+ 1/hr)...I didn't realize I had to drink the drink three times?!! Lol WTF?! Buttt, the scheduled all my appts through my due date, which I thought was pretty crazy! I feel like she'll be here in no time! OH AND, Chili Peppers concert Saturday!! Woot woot!!

 

[wavescrash]

Waves- that really does look just flat out uncomfortable! I'm sorry!

Ugh it really is Haha oh well.

Good luck with the 3 hour! On the plus side, so many people that have to take the 3 hour test wind up passing so hope that's the case for you.

 

[goldstns]

Julie- that's awesome!! You're ARE quite the amazing twin carrier, I must say!! It's always so fun to proove MILs wrong!!

Mine told me today 11 pounds wasn't enough and asked if I was eating!! Ummm the baby weighs 2lbs, 11 is plenty for now, thanks! I told her "of course im eating!! A couple cheese slices and a piece of bread a day is enough right?!

Ash- that's awesome the the appt went well and freakin super great that you're finally feeling better!! Fxd it stays that way!!

Waves- that really does look just flat out uncomfortable! I'm sorry!

Saw my doc today and scheduled my 3 hr stupid GD test for Monday morning. Blah! I knew the did four different blood draws (fasting+ 1/hr)...I didn't realize I had to drink the drink three times?!! Lol WTF?! Buttt, the scheduled all my appts through my due date, which I thought was pretty crazy! I feel like she'll be here in no time! OH AND, Chili Peppers concert Saturday!! Woot woot!!

for my 3 hr gd test I only drank it once.

 

[asmcsm]

Kara, I hope it stays away too! It's definitely been a nice week though I still have a little nausea and food aversion. That's sucks about the 3 hour test :/ I have my GD test scheduled in 4 weeks. I got the fruit punch flavor and am hoping it's not too horrible. Fortunately I I get a little reward and will get to see Lux after

 

[clynn11]

Ash- glad the MS is finally letting up!! And yay for great results!!!

Amanda- That seriously does look uncomfortable! I bet she shows sooner than later! Can't wait to hear whether she's engaged or not!

Julie- You look amazinnnng with twins!!! You definitely carry it so well!!!

Kara- FX for good results!

AFM, I plan on leaving work starting July 1st. I don't get any paid maternity leave cuz I work at a really simple retail job with no benefits or anything, luckily DH gets paid great and is finally going back to work after being on disability so long. I plan on taking probably two months off with the babe after he/she is here and then starting back up at work part time, probably working 20ish hours a week. Hoping to sell headbands, etc on the side and make some extra cash.

 

[frsttimemama]

Kara, I only drank it once for my 3 hour test, too. Odd.

Ash, that's great! Glad you're feeling better finally!!

Julie, that's so awesome. Definitely something to be proud of!

I also plan to try to keep the weight in check. I gained 40 pounds with my son. Oops. A lot of it was fluid.. I swelled a lot. I was able to lose all 40 pounds in about 6 weeks. Hopefully I keep to about 15 pounds this time around and can still lose 40 in 6 weeks! I also have short term disability that pays a supposed 60% of my salary for 6 weeks. It's not 60% really, but it's definitely better than nothing. I'll take my vacation time, hopefully a couple weeks in the interim and figure out the rest later. Hubby will probably take the first week or 2 off as vacation so he can be home with us.

 

[asmcsm]

Cass, when is Kevin gonna be back at work?

Fortunately for me, my employers are like second family so I think they'll probably let me work part time at work and some at home since I can edit photos from home. Plus they're super stoked about having another baby around so I could probably actually take lux with me to work occasionally. They used to have their grandson there one day a week for the first 8 months of his life so they don't object to babies at work lol. It's more like they fight over who gets to hold the baby! But I'm gonna try and take the 6 weeks off since I should be able to get disability for at least that. But I can't afford to miss more work.

 

[frsttimemama]

That would be amazing Ash!! I'm hoping our parents will be able to help us with daycare and such. I don't want to leave our baby with strangers!

 

[asmcsm]

I agree, I don't want to leave her with strangers either. But all our family lives in town so I'm sure we'll have help. My sister and his mom both don't work until late afternoon and I know both are already dying to babysit, though now my sister is gonna have her own too. My gma is actually thinking about getting certified to open a daycare so she can watch lux, my cousins little boy and her new one and also my sisters once they're born. She's got tons of child care experience, she raised 5 kids, has taken tons of childhood development and also worked in group homes for years so it would honestly be perfect for her and us

 

[clynn11]

Kevin has a doctors appointment tomorrow with a new doctor. His old doctor literally just pissed me off and the crap she said last appointment was the last straw, she is just dilly dallying and not trying to figure anything out anymore. Sending him for blood tests and MRIs he's already had done multiple times the past 6 months. So damn frustrating. So we'll see what his doctor tmw says and whether he has any idea what's going on. If he doesn't have any plan of action Kevin is going back to his other doctor and demanding she let him go back to work. She wouldn't sign his release last month but she needs to realize we have a baby on the way now and need the money, and he NEEDS to go back to work. I loathe her lol.

That's another thing i'm thinking about, getting certified to watch a few kids at our house for some extra income so I can stay at home with baby longer. I worked at a daycare for over a year so I know I could do it easily. Ideally i'd love to be a SAHM. Gonna try to work it out, but I doubt it will. Hate that money is so essential to living comfortably. Ugh.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Julie- that's awesome!! You're ARE quite the amazing twin carrier, I must say!! It's always so fun to proove MILs wrong!!

Mine told me today 11 pounds wasn't enough and asked if I was eating!! Ummm the baby weighs 2lbs, 11 is plenty for now, thanks! I told her "of course im eating!! A couple cheese slices and a piece of bread a day is enough right?!

Ash- that's awesome the the appt went well and freakin super great that you're finally feeling better!! Fxd it stays that way!!

Waves- that really does look just flat out uncomfortable! I'm sorry!

Saw my doc today and scheduled my 3 hr stupid GD test for Monday morning. Blah! I knew the did four different blood draws (fasting+ 1/hr)...I didn't realize I had to drink the drink three times?!! Lol WTF?! Buttt, the scheduled all my appts through my due date, which I thought was pretty crazy! I feel like she'll be here in no time! OH AND, Chili Peppers concert Saturday!! Woot woot!!

for my 3 hr gd test I only drank it once.

Oooooh I really realllyyyy hope that's the case!! I guess ill see Monday!!

 

[asmcsm]

Ugh Cassidy that's so annoying! What a bitch! He definitely NEEDS to be able to go back to work, and if she doesn't want to figure his shit out then she needs to sign him off so he can

 

[clynn11]

I know. I'm so over it. He's so over it. I feel so bad because he still experience really worrying symptoms but it's like.. we can't just keep paying hundreds of dollars each month in medical bills with no freaking explanation! Plus we're losing at least $200 every month that he'd be getting on his paycheck. It's just all so damn frustrating and I feel so bad for him because he's genuinely worried but no one can figure out what's wrong :/ :/

 

[asmcsm]

Yea that's really awful It's crazy that they still have NO idea after this long. But like you said, you can't just stay in limbo land especially with a baby on the way

 

[Disneybaby26]

Ooooh I really hope it's only 1 bottle!!! The girl at work that told me 3 doesn't speak English very well so maybe I misunderstood! Fxd!

Cass-I had no idea Kevin was still struggling with his health issues, I'm so sorry!! Hopefully they're able to figure it out soon!!

Ash- that's amazing if you had daycare in the family like that!! All our parents and siblings work 9-5jobs so no one can really help! We have a meeting with a perspective daycare next Thursday which I'm nervous about. I just HATE the idea of strangers too and I know I'm not going to "love" anyone...ugh, sucks!

 

[clynn11]

He just told me the other day a few symptoms he never told me about before and it's REALLY freaking me out. I just hate not knowing I hate him feeling like crap all the time. Breaks my heart. I hope they can figure it out

 

[asmcsm]

Kara- I'm so grateful to have family that works different schedules than us that are willing to help out, it's one less thing to stress about. I hope that you guys find someone that you really like and can feel comfortable with!

Cass- ugh that really just sounds so awful I can't imagine. It's hard to watch the people you love suffer and not be able to do anything about it

 

[brunettebimbo]

Eurgh I feel for you girls. Americas maternity sucks! I couldn't imagine having to return to work after only a few weeks. 9 months was bad enough!

 

[morganwhite7]

My GD drink tasted like Sprite, too. WAY better than the orange I tried with Jaxon.. def recommend, it's much more tolerable lol

Cass- I'm so sorry about Kevin.... I can't imagine how worrisome that is esp with having a precious babygirl () on the way. I hope someone can find you some answers and ease your mind before baby makes her appearance :/

As for weight gain- I'm already up 25 lbs, I'm sure it'll be 30+ at my appt on the 13th. Hoping to break out my workout DVDs this weekend when hubbs is working.. hopefully break a sweat and lose a lb. or two, lol. I've been eating great all day other than at dinner.. sometimes DH doesn't get home til after 8 so we just eat out, and Marley seems to always want the fattiest thing on the menu! I just can't fathom going OUT to dinner, and just getting a salad, you know?! Lol I'm a steak and potatoes kind of girl.

What are you girls doing besides eating healthy? Just wondering how often I can get away with exercising.. trying to avoid gaining 55 lbs like last time, but it's so hard to find time/energy to do it. By the time I get home from work I'm exhausted from rush hour traffic and just want to sleep.

P.s. I feel HUGE today... Like WADDLING, belly is gonna rip, achy EVERYWHERE- kind of huge! Wow. February is here though, two months to go til Jaxon's bday, our shower, and full term day! Time has seriously been flying.