26 Weeks!

How Far Along: 26 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: Yeppers
Stretch Marks: Not yet...I feel like I'm jinxing myself every week when I answer this question...
Sleep: So-so....some nights good, some not so good. 
Best Moment of the Week: Andrew and I went out for dinner last night and it was really nice!
Miss Anything: Sleeping well...
Movement: yep...all the time. This week I could feel some different movement, almost like baby girl was changing position as opposed to kicking.
Food Cravings: Sweets still....I'm not allowed to bake right now!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Showing: you betcha
Gender Prediction: Girl!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In....but it keeps getting flatter, it kind of grosses me out...haha
Wedding Rings On or Off: On, I'm going to be really sad when this answer changes...
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Moody
Looking forward to: Finally getting to the third trimester!!! Only one or two more weeks, depending on which source you check.

This week was pretty uneventful as far as the pregnancy goes. Still having really bad acid reflux/heartburn almost every day. Also, I've been having bad back pain, especially at night. I think it must depend on what position the baby is in, as some days I have none, and others are terrible. And it doesn't seem to matter how much I've been on my feet or what I've been doing that day. I finally took some Tylenol yesterday, I didn't think I would be able to sleep without it. Today has been a bit better, so hopefully this week will be better.

I'm dreading my appointment with the midwife this week, it's on Thursday morning. I'm dreading it because I'm positive that my tummy has continued to grow since I was there last time. She had told me that she hoped my stomach would be smaller this week than it was at my 23 week appointment...I can almost guarantee that's not the case. There's nothing I can do about it, except wait and see.

We ordered the Benji glider that I posted about last week, it should take about 8 weeks to arrive...can't wait!

My work week last week was pretty shitty....it seemed like all of my clients hated me. In fact, on Monday I sat through a two-hour meeting where my client constantly just asked for a new worker, and talked about how much she disliked me. I must be more hormonal because usually it wouldn't bother me, but it did a bit. I came home in a bad mood a few nights this week because of work, so next week has to be better! I have to go to court on Tuesday, and I'm not sure that I have anything that fits anymore. I've been getting away with tights, but they really aren't considered appropriate. I still have some money on a gift card for Motherhood Maternity, so I think I'm going to go over lunch tomorrow.

I can't wait for the weather to get warmer. I would love nothing more than to be able to wear sandals, and walk the dog in the sunshine without a coat. Common Spring....

That's all for now.......

25 Weeks!

How Far Along: 25 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: The only pants I will wear, except for one pair of lulu tights I ordered in a bigger size :)
Stretch Marks: Nope...
Sleep: So-so....some nights good, some not so good. I've been having acid reflux in the evenings which is super fun!
Best Moment of the Week: Only 3 more months left of work!!!!!!!! Yayayayayayay! and going for dinner with a couple of friends I haven't see in a long time.
Miss Anything: I was really craving a Smirnoff cooler yesterday...
Movement: yep...all the time.
Food Cravings: Sweets and baking....I can't have them anywhere near me!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Showing: you betcha
Gender Prediction: Girl!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In....but it appears to be getting much less shallow...
Wedding Rings On or Off: On, but I've been taking them off at night as my fingers seem to swell a bit when I'm sleeping
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Ordering a glider for the nursery.

I know, I know....I'm a day late! Thank-you to some of you for reminding me! I remembered last night after I was already in my pj's, and the thought of getting dressed again (mostly putting a bra back on) seemed unbearable! 

Thankfully nothing too eventful happened this week. I've been feeling baby girl move all the time, she was actually moving when Andrew took the picture tonight :) Last week was a crappy work week, I worked really late two nights, which makes me completely exhausted these days. I had another draining two hour meeting tonight...blah! I literally feel like I am counting down my time left there....less than three months now! I am almost positive that my last day will be June.7!

This weekend was all about home renos and gliders! We spent all day Saturday looking for tile for our basement, and for vanities for the basement bathroom. We also went to the baby stores in Waterloo to look for a glider for the baby's room. There are so many beautiful ones, like this one:

but they are between $1000-$1200....we are not paying that much! We would all need to get an ottoman or foot stool, and we have no room for one.

So, I think we've decided on this one:

It's called the Benji Recliner from Best Chairs and it's only half the price of the one above. It's going to be really tight in the nursery, but I'd rather the room be tight and have a super comfy chair, then have the room look nice with a less comfy chair. Also, since it's a recliner, we won't have the make room for an ottoman. I think we'll get it in the gray colour above, it's a lot dark than the gray colour on the walls, but that's fine.

My co-worker who was using the same midwife as us had her baby this morning, she also had a girl. She ended up having a c-section, so i'm not sure if she'll be able to share too much of her experience with the midwife.

I really want to go on a babymoon....like really badly! I have lots of paid time to take off from work, but with the expenses from the baby and the basement reno, we really can't afford it. Ah well....a girl can dream!

Until next week.....

24 Weeks!

How Far Along: 24 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: Yep
Stretch Marks: Not yet....fingers crossed....
Sleep: Meh...hit and miss, depending on the night
Best Moment of the Week: Finding out baby girl is perfectly healthy after a bit of a scare.
Miss Anything: nope
Movement: yep, the kicks are starting to feel stronger lately
Food Cravings: Still sweets. I made brownies last week, but I only ate one and took the rest to work!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Showing: yeppers
Gender Prediction: Girl!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In....but it appears to be getting much less shallow...
Wedding Rings On or Off: On, but I've been taking them off at night as my fingers seem to swell a bit when I'm sleeping
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: I think if I'm being honest, I have to say moody this week :(
Looking forward to: Not much this week....I really wish I had a holiday or something to look forward to, everyone at work is off for March Break with their kids. 

So, this has been an interesting week to say the least. On Tuesday morning, I met with a new midwife, Minke, who will be my back up if my midwife, Jess, is away or at another delivery. I heard from someone at work that Minke is amazing, and they wanted to use her but couldn't because she's been off on a maternity leave. So, I did really like her and will be comfortable if she ends up being at my delivery. The appointment went fine, until it came time to measure my belly. My 20-week appointment was the first one where Jess measured. At that time, she told me your belly should measure about the same number of weeks you are. So, at 20 weeks my belly was 20cm which was perfect!

Well....Minke measured my belly a couple of times, and I could tell something was off. She told me that she wanted to get Jess to come in and measure, to make sure they were measuring the same way. So...I heard her interrupt Jess' other appointment, and then the two of them were whispering in the hallway. I think I started to freak out a bit at this point. So, Jess measured me, and she had the same reaction....I was measuring 29cm at 23 weeks. My belly grew 9cm in three weeks, and they seemed concerned. So, they called the ultrasound place and made an appointment for me to go in the next morning. They didn't really tell me what the possibilities were, so I was freaking out! I googled it of course, and lots of possibilities came up - big baby, too much amniotic fluid, gestational diabetes, etc.

We went for the ultrasound on Wednesday morning, but of course the technician didn't say anything. She did say "good luck" as I was leaving, which didn't make me feel any better. We did see baby girl moving around lots and opening and closing her mouth. She looked good to us!  On Thursday morning, Jess called me with the results, and baby girl is perfectly healthy. All the results were normal in fact, baby is measuring at the 57th percentile. So, as of now, there is no explanation for why I grew so quickly, she's hoping I'll be smaller at my next appointment. Also - on a positive note, my placenta has moved, so I no longer have a low-lying placenta..yay!

My work week was completely crazy this week. I spent the whole week searching for a set of triplets. The mother told me one died, and the other two were at Sick Kids in Toronto. I literally spent two days playing detective trying to find them and figure out what the hell was going on. Turns out - there never were any babies.....ahhh! I'm relieved I don't have to worry about the babies anymore, but was very frustrated with all the lies and the amount of time I spent working on it. 

I took most of the day off on Friday which was nice. We bought a dresser at Ikea that we'll use a change table. We also went to Snuggle Bugz and bought a car seat as they were having a sale....holy expensive! We're going to be poor by the time this baby gets here. That being said, I really love the car seat we got.

Until next week....

23 Weeks!

How Far Along: 23 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: Yeppers
Stretch Marks: Not yet....I think they're coming though
Sleep: So-so...
Best Moment of the Week: Buying some cute little baby clothes :)
Miss Anything: nope
Movement: yep, on and off throughout the day
Food Cravings: Sweets! Baking....yummm....
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Showing: yep...I feel like I'm starting to get huge. I feel like people are also starting to look at my tummy..
Gender Prediction: Daddy's little girl!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In....but it appears to be getting much less shallow...
Wedding Rings On or Off: On
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Happy :)
Looking forward to: Meeting a different midwife this week. There's 2 at every delivery, and I've only met mine so far.

I did a collage of my belly shots so far. The 18 week picture is kind of silly, because I was goofing around and pushed my belly out, so it doesn't really flow with the other ones. Oh well, definitely interesting to compare 12 weeks to 23 weeks...hahaha!

I went shopping with my lovely friend Bethany yesterday (here's your blog shoutout...haha!). We had lunch, and then giggled while looking at all of the adorable baby clothes. I behaved, and only bought things that were on sale. Since I don't have anything else exciting to write about this week, here's what I bought (fyi - you can click on the pics to make them bigger):

 Love Bugs!

 Flip flops for our summer baby!

These were on sale, so I bought them in 6-9 months for next winter.

Anywho, nothing really exciting this week, especially since my last update was only a few days ago. Until next week.....

22 Weeks!

How Far Along: 22 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: You betcha!
Stretch Marks: Not yet, but my skin is starting to feel tight. I'm still using my expensive stretch mark cream...haha
Sleep: Blah...not good this week. Last night I woke up at 3am, and was wide awake until 6am. I actually went down to the living room, ate cereal, and watched episodes of Roseanne.
Best Moment of the Week: Seeing the baby move from outside!!!
Miss Anything: nope
Movement: yep, feeling more and more every day. Last night, while we were laying in bed, we could actually see my stomach moving...weird, but so cool!
Food Cravings: Sweets!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Showing: yep...I feel like I'm beginning to "pop"! I'm actually starting to feel really big, and my belly button is not as much of an "innie" as it used to be.
Gender Prediction: Girly girl!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In
Wedding Rings On or Off: On
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Happy :)
Looking forward to: Actually buying some outfits for baby...haven't bought anything yet!

This past week was much less eventful than the previous couple of weeks. I was crazy busy at work, all of my clients seemed to go crazy last week...grrrr. As I mentioned above, I am actually starting to feel big, so I think I'm really gonna pop any day now. I felt so much movement during the day today, it was wild. I actually came home at lunch, just so I could get some sleep.

We signed up for childbirth classes on Apr.20 and 21st. A couple of girls at work have taken them and really recommended we go. I need to call and rebook our 3D ultrasound, we had scheduled it for Apr.20.

I'm already doing my countdown to being finished work, less than 4 months....wahoo!!!!

We spent the long weekend at my mom and John's cottage with some of the fam. It was nice to get away and relax, and of course we had lots of snuggles with baby Amelia. 

That's all, until Sunday...

21 Weeks!

How Far Along: 21 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: Yep, I can only wear maternity pants, except for my lulu...
Stretch Marks: Nopers...
Sleep: So-so.....I slept like a baby last night for 7 hours straight, it was heaven!
Best Moment of the Week: Our ultrasound :)
Miss Anything: nope
Movement: yep! I still mostly feel it at night when we're laying in bed. Andrew was able to feel lots of movement this morning, it was fun.
Food Cravings: nothing this week...
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Showing: yep
Gender Prediction: Girl :)
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In
Wedding Rings On or Off: On
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Happy :)
Looking forward to: The long weekend coming up.

We've had another busy week around here. We noticed on Sunday that the baby store near our house had some Canadian made cribs for sale. We messaged them, and they agreed to hold their last white one for us to check out after work on Tuesday. We ended up getting a $1000 crib for $475!!!! we figured it would fit in Andrew's car with the seats folded down....we were wrong....

So, on the roof of the car it went, and I had to follow Andrew home to make sure it didn't fall off! So of course we had to set it up as soon as we got home, the box was friggin' huge and I couldn't help Andrew get it up the stairs at all! Here it is, we love it:

On Wednesday I had my appt. with the midwife and we reviewed the results of our 20-week ultrasound. The baby is healthy and is developing normally. I, however, have a low-lying placenta. Apparently, my placenta will probably move as the pregnancy progresses, and it shouldn't be an issue. I'll have another ultrasound in my third trimester, and if my placenta hasn't moved enough, we'll have to consult with an OB.

AND....yesterday we went for a quick gender confirmation ultrasound at the 3D ultrasound place. It's now official....we are having a GIRL!!! The baby was moving around like crazy!!!! They told me to eat something sweet before the appointment, and I may have overdone it (hot chocolate, a snickers, and powdered sugar candy). We were able to see the baby yawning and stretching, it was so cool! She also quickly flipped it to 3D/4D for a quick minute because our little girl was in such a good position, it was awesome. Now we can't wait for the full 3D ultrasound which we booked for Apr.20 @ 9am.

Afterwards, we went and got curtains, curtain rods,  a new light, and a closet organizer for the baby's room. I was so excited about the light, it was originally $110, but we got it for $19 at Bouclair!!! Of course we spent the day putting it all up, well really Andrew did most of it. Here's the room so far:

So, we really just need a chair and a change table, and then we're pretty much be done. I'm going to order a wall decal from etsy for behind the crib, but haven't picked one yet.

Ok....that's all for now, we're about to watch the Grammy's....until next week...

20 Weeks! It's a.....

How Far Along: 20 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: You betcha...
Stretch Marks: Nope! Yay!
Sleep: I slept terribly during the week. On Wednesday night, I woke up at 3:30am and was wide awake. I actually went downstairs and tried to sleep on the couch, but no luck. When Andrew woke up at 6am, I was watching tv and eating cereal...ha! I ended up going into work a few hours late so I could get some sleep first. However, the last two nights I have slept like a baby, and only woke up to pee once!!!
Best Moment of the Week: Our ultrasound :)
Miss Anything: nope
Movement: yep! Sometimes I wonder if baby should be moving even more though based on other blogs that I've read. This morning Andrew finally felt the baby kick!
Food Cravings: nothing this week...
Anything making you queasy or sick: not really, just brushing my teeth....
Showing: still waiting for my first stranger to ask when I'm due...
Gender Prediction: keep reading....
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In
Wedding Rings On or Off: On
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Happy :)
Looking forward to: Another quick ultrasound on Saturday to confirm baby's sex...

We've had an eventful week around here! Found out on Sunday night that my dad and Carol were going to come for a visit this weekend. That meant that my dad could bring his tools and we could do the floor in the baby's room.

So....Monday night we went out and bought flooring. Tuesday night we went out and bought paint. Wednesday night we (well really Andrew) painted the room. Thursday night Andrew painted the inside of the closet white and ripped up the carpet. And Friday during the day Andrew finished ripping out the carpet strips, padding, etc., so that the room was ready to go.

Our ultrasound was Friday @ 1:30pm, and I had taken the day off of work. I spent the morning cleaning the house like a mad woman! Before we knew it, it was 1:30!!!! As we were just about to arrive at the ultrasound place, Andrew asked me if I'd brought my requisition form, and I panicked when I realized that I hadn't. I called the place to say I'd be 10 mins late, and they told me to come ahead in, and Andrew could run and get it during the first part of my scan....phew!

So, into the ultrasound room I went with a way nicer ultrasound tech than the one I had last time. I laid there for what felt like a lifetime, when she told me that the baby was not cooperating and was facing with it's back and bum forward. So, she had me lay on my side, but the baby only moved for a quick minute or two, and went right back. She then had me stand up, walk around the room, and do some jumping jacks. Baby was still not budging! She finally went to get Andrew, and told me she had a guess about the baby's sex.

She came back with Andrew, and showed us baby's limbs, body, etc, as well as the heart beating. I couldn't make out any of it, except for the heartbeat. She then said that she thought the baby was likely a.......GIRL!!!!!!!! She said she couldn't be sure and we shouldn't paint the room pink, but she'd had a few looks between the legs, and there didn't appear to be a penis.

She sent Andrew back to the waiting room, and said she would just do a few more pics. When Andrew left, baby moved a bit and opened the legs again. She quickly showed me that there didn't appear to be a penis, and declared that she was still guessing girl, but couldn't be sure.

Here's the pics we received:

Legs and Feet

Head

 Hand

Spine

When we left the ultrasound, we were excited, but also a bit confused and disappointed, as we had gone there hoping to leave knowing if we would have a little girl or a little boy.

Andrew suggested I call the 3D ultrasound place to find out when we would go for that. When I called, they told me that they had a package where we could go in asap just to confirm gender, and then go back at 28 weeks for the full 3D/4D ultrasound. So, needless to say, that's what we're doing. We're going on Saturday morning at 10:45am, and should be able to say for sure that we're having a girl.

On Saturday, Andrew did the flooring in the baby's room with the help of my dad and Jeff. I think it looks amazing, couldn't be happier with it. Here's a before and after:

Doesn't it look great?!

So...Wednesday I have an appointment with the midwife, I'm sure nothing too eventful will happen. I guess that's all, well really that's a lot.....

Until next week...