I've got a secret.
A little closer.
Closer.
Little more.
Ok, there.
I have a confession to make. I'm over feeling the baby move around. It's distracting and feels weird at times.
Ok, that is all.
Oh, yeah, one more thing.
I had a dream about breastfeeding the baby and it felt like it was sucking my soul from me. Little dramatic? Yes!
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Friday, January 29, 2016
Pregnant women are not invalids!
*takes of pregnant woman hat*
Son of a bitch!!
I planned this stupid Whistler trip before getting pregnant and since there were several people going, I couldn't really cancel. So no snowboarding for me. I figure there are a lot of things I can do. WRONG!
I had settled on going snowmobiling and snowshoeing, but nope, the tour companies won't take a pregnant woman. Well, the one I was looking in to doesn't. I'm emailing a few others, but I don't think I'll get a different response.
I could go snowshoeing on my own, but it would be my first time and I am not that experienced. I don't feel super comfortable taking to the trails on my own, but my research says there are some easy trails in the area.
So plan B is to spend on the money I was going to spend on lift tickets and/or tours on a crazy insane spa day(s).
Woohoo!
Son of a bitch!!
I planned this stupid Whistler trip before getting pregnant and since there were several people going, I couldn't really cancel. So no snowboarding for me. I figure there are a lot of things I can do. WRONG!
I had settled on going snowmobiling and snowshoeing, but nope, the tour companies won't take a pregnant woman. Well, the one I was looking in to doesn't. I'm emailing a few others, but I don't think I'll get a different response.
I could go snowshoeing on my own, but it would be my first time and I am not that experienced. I don't feel super comfortable taking to the trails on my own, but my research says there are some easy trails in the area.
So plan B is to spend on the money I was going to spend on lift tickets and/or tours on a crazy insane spa day(s).
Woohoo!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tank Tops
A couple of weeks ago, I went on a little maternity shopping spree where a handful of clothes were purchased, but only one specifically labelled as maternity. It was a crazy ass expensive tank top from Splendid. It is super soft and something I could wear after I have the baby. Win-win.
I figured I needed to buy more tank tops, but didn't want to keep buying these expensive ones. So I was on the lookout for something similar and significantly cheaper. Enter H & M. H & M has their own maternity line of clothes, but very few stores carry them. I am super picky about my clothes and refuse to buy something that I haven't already tried on or has an easy return/shipping policy.
I tried on their basic tank top and ended up with two of them for $10! They are long enough to cover my growing bump and come in an assortment of colors. They were so cheap, I don't mind getting them dirty or throwing them away after the baby comes. I had to size up, but that's ok.
On a side note, I was getting ready to take a shower tonight when I had the idea to write this post and while undressing (as one does before getting into the shower), I happened to catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I was pretty surprised by what I saw and it wasn't the belly. It was the boobs!
I walked out of the bathroom and into the office to say to the hubster, "Hey, look how big my boobs have gotten! Probably twice as big as they were before." Not exactly something I ever thought I would say. We both got a good chuckle out of it.
I figured I needed to buy more tank tops, but didn't want to keep buying these expensive ones. So I was on the lookout for something similar and significantly cheaper. Enter H & M. H & M has their own maternity line of clothes, but very few stores carry them. I am super picky about my clothes and refuse to buy something that I haven't already tried on or has an easy return/shipping policy.
I tried on their basic tank top and ended up with two of them for $10! They are long enough to cover my growing bump and come in an assortment of colors. They were so cheap, I don't mind getting them dirty or throwing them away after the baby comes. I had to size up, but that's ok.
On a side note, I was getting ready to take a shower tonight when I had the idea to write this post and while undressing (as one does before getting into the shower), I happened to catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I was pretty surprised by what I saw and it wasn't the belly. It was the boobs!
I walked out of the bathroom and into the office to say to the hubster, "Hey, look how big my boobs have gotten! Probably twice as big as they were before." Not exactly something I ever thought I would say. We both got a good chuckle out of it.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Strong Feelings
I don't usually get very deep with this blog. It is really just random thoughts. A topic that I am beginning to feel very strongly with is abortion. I've always been pro-choice, but now that I'm pregnant, I am even more pro-choice and that every woman should have reasonably easy access to it.
I would have thought that having a baby would make me skew more pro-life. That every baby is precious and blah blah blah. Nope, definitely not the case. I'm so scared of having this child and being able to provide for the baby and all that goes with it. How can woman not have that option readily available to them?
Compared to the general population, I'm pretty much set. I have a steady job that pays well. My husband also is in the same boat. We were DINKs (Dual Income No Kids), so we have a savings, we have disposable income. We have a stable family life and are prepared for this child.
I cannot imagine a woman who was not as unfortunate as we are.
And that is my deep thought for the day/week/month...
I would have thought that having a baby would make me skew more pro-life. That every baby is precious and blah blah blah. Nope, definitely not the case. I'm so scared of having this child and being able to provide for the baby and all that goes with it. How can woman not have that option readily available to them?
Compared to the general population, I'm pretty much set. I have a steady job that pays well. My husband also is in the same boat. We were DINKs (Dual Income No Kids), so we have a savings, we have disposable income. We have a stable family life and are prepared for this child.
I cannot imagine a woman who was not as unfortunate as we are.
And that is my deep thought for the day/week/month...
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Baby Brain
Usually this time of year, I will find myself on a plane headed to the east coast to attend the USL Convention. Well, not this year.
I had every intention of going except when I checked my Delta app last night to find that I had booked my ticket for the wrong fucking weekend! Le sigh. If you know me, I don't make these kinds of mistakes. I am a meticulous planner. What the heck happened? I'll tell you what! Baby brain!
So last night, I had the tough decision of whether to scramble and rebook or cancel all together. If I cancel, I would lose out on the plane ticket (which I'll get a credit minus the change fee to use the credit) and the cost of registration. If I rebook, I would have to pay $$$ or mucho miles for a new flight which would get me there, but I might be trapped due to the impending blizzard ready to hit Baltimore.
Well I decided after looking at my flight options and the weather forecast to not attend. I really don't want to take a red eye with two layovers only to find myself stuck in Baltimore and having to take more time off that I'm trying to save for my maternity leave.
I will miss seeing all my lacrosse friends that I don't usually get to see and since this year, I'm not travelling out to Ohio for lacrosse games this season, I will not see them for a while. Probably not until after the baby comes.
It was a tough decision, but I think it's for the best.
I had every intention of going except when I checked my Delta app last night to find that I had booked my ticket for the wrong fucking weekend! Le sigh. If you know me, I don't make these kinds of mistakes. I am a meticulous planner. What the heck happened? I'll tell you what! Baby brain!
So last night, I had the tough decision of whether to scramble and rebook or cancel all together. If I cancel, I would lose out on the plane ticket (which I'll get a credit minus the change fee to use the credit) and the cost of registration. If I rebook, I would have to pay $$$ or mucho miles for a new flight which would get me there, but I might be trapped due to the impending blizzard ready to hit Baltimore.
Well I decided after looking at my flight options and the weather forecast to not attend. I really don't want to take a red eye with two layovers only to find myself stuck in Baltimore and having to take more time off that I'm trying to save for my maternity leave.
I will miss seeing all my lacrosse friends that I don't usually get to see and since this year, I'm not travelling out to Ohio for lacrosse games this season, I will not see them for a while. Probably not until after the baby comes.
It was a tough decision, but I think it's for the best.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
My husband, the romantic
"I was looking in the closet and found your old sweatpants and sweatshirt and figured you'd need some warm fat clothes" - the hubster.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Clothes and pregnancy
It's starting! The bump is coming!
And now I don't know how to dress. I stopped at kohls yesterday with $60 in kohls cash and a mission. I could not find anything I liked that would suit a growing belly. I need help or more time or something.
And now I don't know how to dress. I stopped at kohls yesterday with $60 in kohls cash and a mission. I could not find anything I liked that would suit a growing belly. I need help or more time or something.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Guest blogger!
That's what I'm calling the emails and texts the hubster sends me recounting my nighttime conversations.
I've always talked in my sleep, but it's more frequent or funnier now that I'm pregnant.
So here's the first in the series:
I've always talked in my sleep, but it's more frequent or funnier now that I'm pregnant.
So here's the first in the series:
Monday, January 4, 2016
Super Colossal
I've been using a Baby Bump tracking app on my phone, not for the "useful" tips, but just to track the baby's size while in utero. The daily tips are crap. I'm sorry, but they are. For example, "Day 118 - Just for Dad: Here come the tears, again", I can tell just from the title I have no interest in reading the next 200 words of crap.
Anyway, I like to track the baby's size which has gone from lime to plum to peach to lemon to navel orange to avocado to its current state of onion. First off, when is a peach ever smaller than a lemon. In this day and age of producing, peaches are ginormous. Still of track of the main purpose of this post. My onion, to be more specific, is a 5.1 inch onion. At first glance, I think that sounds about right for size, but then when have you seen a 5 inch onion.
Because I am who I am, I googled onion sizing and my "onion" is a super colossal onion and not even on the low end of super colossal. Well into the super colossal family.
Click here for dimensions. A super colossal onion is 4.5 inches in diameter and larger!
I think whoever writes this app needs to update their produce sizing.
Anyway, I like to track the baby's size which has gone from lime to plum to peach to lemon to navel orange to avocado to its current state of onion. First off, when is a peach ever smaller than a lemon. In this day and age of producing, peaches are ginormous. Still of track of the main purpose of this post. My onion, to be more specific, is a 5.1 inch onion. At first glance, I think that sounds about right for size, but then when have you seen a 5 inch onion.
Because I am who I am, I googled onion sizing and my "onion" is a super colossal onion and not even on the low end of super colossal. Well into the super colossal family.
Click here for dimensions. A super colossal onion is 4.5 inches in diameter and larger!
I think whoever writes this app needs to update their produce sizing.
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