Pregnancy 2011-February

Luckily I'm still on Mat. Leave (I live in Canada - 1 year leave) and I don't have work to contend with on top of it all.

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I took another "bump" picture and didn't think there was much difference. I've been kind of in disbelief that my pre-pregnancy clothes aren't fitting AT ALL anymore when I haven't noticed that huge of a change.

I decided to do a side-by-side comparison of the last picture I took of my size (which I was using for weight loss comparison purposes) before I got pregnant. Yeah... :noway: There's a reason I've been feeling huge today -- I am! :laugh: I think my bump is a little out of hand for this being my first pregnancy. I was 'sucking it in' with all my might when I took that picture, too. :indifferent:

How tall are you? Short torsos allow room only for going out. I succummed to fat clothes today - mostly becaues in the move I'm not sure where my normal clothes ended up :laugh: but I'm about due to wear these anyway - I made it to 6 1/2 mos so I am happy :happy:. I have a long torso though to just be showing now.

Amanda- that is super scary, I am glad that everything checked out but you should seriously take tomorrow off and rest through the weekend. I wouldn't want to take any chances after something like that, take it easy and pay close attention to your body. I hope you feel better soon :flowerforyou:

Littlespy-your baby bump depends on each person I think, I always show early and get pretty big. I have known people who barely look 4 - 5 months preggo when they are full term. I think it all depends on your body, my mom got huge with me too!

Lynn- I always HATED when my coworkers would say gee you got really big the last few days! I already feel like a house and now it is gonna be pointed out? Seriously people are not sensitive to the situation.... I have been on bedrest for a while now so I wonder what some of them will say next week when they see me for my shower?

Katrina- I gained 43 with my last and that weight fell right off in no time, I am just freaking out about how much I have to lose in addition to the baby weight. We should get our "loose 100 lbs post baby" group together. We will be weight loss buddies! You will get your c-section on 3/29 and I have just had this crazy feeling that I am going to give birth on April Fools Day! Somehow I just think I am jinxing myself but that is a little late for me. I usually go by the time I hit 38 weeks.

We went for an after school snack today, I stayed away from the McDonalds ice cream and went to one of those yogurt bars. I LOVE those places, nothing tasts better than frozen yogurt with probiotics and all of the toppings you desire. I have been a freak about strawberries the last few weeks. Umm definately had some of those and oh boy, they had crushed girl scout thin mint cookies... mommy is happy!

Sheri and Katrina- you guys are so close! I am so excited for you two to meet your LO's.

So I went out to eat for the first time post throwing up time period today... mexican.... my stomach feels SO wierd... like very full but also really hard... I don't know I just can't explain how it feels. I like have to lay back. Its wierd.

Tommorows FRIDAY ladies!

I think Mwilson and Debnu are right there with us too.

Gas or no room for tummy to be full with baby.

My hubby felt the baby kick for the first time last night. I must have a very active baby to be 19 weeks and have him already feel the twitching from the outside. He had to be very patient and just lay his hand on my belly while we watched How I Met Your Mother (love that show). All of the suddon he just looks at me with shock and awe on his face. She kept going for quite awhile too, kicking his thumb repeatedly. I love firsts like those.

I ended up getting a cute little summery onesie that says "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" for him for Valentine's Day. He's going to love it.

I'm really excited about getting our travel system today. Our neighbors ended up having a carseat laying on their porch that they were about to throw away, so we are going to do the Babies R Us trade-in for 25% off. I also registered there yesterday and used a coupon to get a $10 gift card. That takes it from $220 to $155. I called my parents and proposed that it should be their gift to the baby and they agreed. A carseat is what we need the most right now, so they were happy to be buying something useful (and on such a great deal). Can't wait to get home and put it all together!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!:flowerforyou:

My hubby felt the baby kick for the first time last night. I must have a very active baby to be 19 weeks and have him already feel the twitching from the outside. He had to be very patient and just lay his hand on my belly while we watched How I Met Your Mother (love that show). All of the suddon he just looks at me with shock and awe on his face. She kept going for quite awhile too, kicking his thumb repeatedly. I love firsts like those.

I ended up getting a cute little summery onesie that says "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" for him for Valentine's Day. He's going to love it.

I'm really excited about getting our travel system today. Our neighbors ended up having a carseat laying on their porch that they were about to throw away, so we are going to do the Babies R Us trade-in for 25% off. I also registered there yesterday and used a coupon to get a $10 gift card. That takes it from $220 to $155. I called my parents and proposed that it should be their gift to the baby and they agreed. A carseat is what we need the most right now, so they were happy to be buying something useful (and on such a great deal). Can't wait to get home and put it all together!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!:flowerforyou:

Luckily I'm still on Mat. Leave (I live in Canada - 1 year leave) and I don't have work to contend with on top of it all.

So how does that work? Will you go back in 3 months for 3 or 4 months then take leave again or just quit your job now? They would have to take you back just for those short weeks then give you a year leave again? Would you still get any paid leave then or do you have to be working for a period before you can claim that?

I will go back beginning of May. I work 12 hour days (paid for 11) so the hours add up fast. We need 600 hours between Maternity Leave claims. So I'll work May 3rd - August 18th (to make 618 hours). I gave my Human Resources Manager at my work the heads up about my pregnancy. She was happy for me. I needed to find out if my holiday time and sick leave I have in the bank would count as hours worked if I'm off on any such leave during that period. They count as hours worked so it's all good. So fours months more work and I'll have another year off. Not bad! After that time I'll see about about maybe going back job share.

So I have been coaching the last 10 months! High school soccer then High school basketbal...... makes for LONG days and weeks. TODAY is the last regular season game for basketball... which means no more JV for sure and also varsity should only go to regions so probably only 2 more weeks with them. I feel like celebrating!!! The only thing that has gotten me through is that all the money I am making from coaching I am putting into a side bank account to use while I am on ML because I don't get paid leave unless I use my sick days and I don't want to do that. whew. sigh of relief.

thats very sweet. Where did you get the onsie from in the end?

My hubby felt the baby kick for the first time last night. I must have a very active baby to be 19 weeks and have him already feel the twitching from the outside. He had to be very patient and just lay his hand on my belly while we watched How I Met Your Mother (love that show). All of the suddon he just looks at me with shock and awe on his face. She kept going for quite awhile too, kicking his thumb repeatedly. I love firsts like those.

It's been a few days.. tried to read through most of the posts. I haven't been experiencing any symptoms yet besides being tired and ravenously hungry. I think I hit 5 weeks today or tomorrow.. everyone keeps asking me "Ya pukin' yet?"

Not looking forward to it.. but I read somewhere (out of the zillions of pregnancy websites I've gone through in the past few days) that the more you puke the more likely you are to have a girl. I'm hoping for a girl, so bring on the vomiting! Bleh.

Just found out one of my best friends is preggo!!! She is two months behind me, so just freshly pregnant but so excited we will be on maternity leave together and our children can play together, etc!