anyhoo, so that's big news, I'll leave you with some more pictures. She's waving in most of them, and I think sucking her thumb in the last one.
that is all!
Monday, November 26
more pics of the wee lass
as far as they can tell, anyway. They won't promise anything, but we looked for a while and couldn't see any naughty bits sticking out, so the tech said she's pretty confident it's a girl baby. She was great, she gave us 4 pictures this time, and even let me pee halfway through. My bladder was so full it was actually impeding her ability to take pictures, blocking shots and stuff.
anyhoo, so that's big news, I'll leave you with some more pictures. She's waving in most of them, and I think sucking her thumb in the last one.
that is all!
anyhoo, so that's big news, I'll leave you with some more pictures. She's waving in most of them, and I think sucking her thumb in the last one.
that is all!
Friday, November 23
well hello in there
Everyone has been like, really? You haven't felt movement yet? HOW far along are you? That's really weird, especially for your second pregnancy!
First off, that's not helpful. Don't ever say anything like that to a person, it's not going to make them feel better.
Anyway. I'm so glad I have this page, because I am then able to go back to this time last time, and I wasn't feeling K-baby kicking around until after the 18week ultrasound. I actually remember seeing him doing like, somersaults on the screen, and being really weirded out that I couldn't feel any of it. But the last week or so, I've been moving from the, "was that a muscle twitch, or..." to, "ok, there's definitely somebody in there." I know that I did know that already, I've *seen* the baby, and heard the heartbeat on 2 other occasions (the last time much more successfully than the first, the little one would not hold still any longer than was necessary for us to establish that there was in fact a baby with a heartbeat residing in my lower abdomen somewhere). It's still really nice to feel those little kicks and pokes. I know that in like, 2 months when they're more like angry jabs to my kidney and bladder, it won't be so much reassuring as annoying and sleep depriving, but for now it's good.
Going for the regular u/s on Monday. Going to Halifax this weekend to see my Grannie who's in the hospital with an aortic aneurysm. It is quite serious, but they're pretty confident they'll be able to fix her up as soon as they have a bed for her in ICU and can do the surgery. Coming back on Monday morning just in time for the scan. I'll post the pics when I get home.
That's it for now!
First off, that's not helpful. Don't ever say anything like that to a person, it's not going to make them feel better.
Anyway. I'm so glad I have this page, because I am then able to go back to this time last time, and I wasn't feeling K-baby kicking around until after the 18week ultrasound. I actually remember seeing him doing like, somersaults on the screen, and being really weirded out that I couldn't feel any of it. But the last week or so, I've been moving from the, "was that a muscle twitch, or..." to, "ok, there's definitely somebody in there." I know that I did know that already, I've *seen* the baby, and heard the heartbeat on 2 other occasions (the last time much more successfully than the first, the little one would not hold still any longer than was necessary for us to establish that there was in fact a baby with a heartbeat residing in my lower abdomen somewhere). It's still really nice to feel those little kicks and pokes. I know that in like, 2 months when they're more like angry jabs to my kidney and bladder, it won't be so much reassuring as annoying and sleep depriving, but for now it's good.
Going for the regular u/s on Monday. Going to Halifax this weekend to see my Grannie who's in the hospital with an aortic aneurysm. It is quite serious, but they're pretty confident they'll be able to fix her up as soon as they have a bed for her in ICU and can do the surgery. Coming back on Monday morning just in time for the scan. I'll post the pics when I get home.
That's it for now!
Wednesday, November 14
super shopper!
Which is good, cause my car cost me like $500 today.
I got this and this today. The first one is regular about $200 and was a floor model, undamaged, with all accessories, manual and a nice girl to show me how to fold it up, for 1/3 the price. The 2nd is on sale right now at Toys R Us, it's usually $60 and is half price. I'm very excited to go to bed tonight. I'm already not comfortable sleeping on my back, but if I sleep on my side all night my hips get sore. Nice. I tried a body pillow but they're so big, so I've been using a regular pillow, which isn't the right shape and is still kind of big.
(edit: I am so in love with my Snoogle pillow. I don't know that I'll ever be able to sleep without it.)
The stroller was funny though. Tiresa had seen it, and then decided that she really couldn't justify buying it despite the incredible price since she just has the one and she's like, tiny. She forgot about it, but then I mentioned today when we were out that I was going to get mom and dad to look for a 2-baby stroller when they go to Florida in the spring, and she was like, OH! I forgot about you! We have to go to Toys R Us! I was momentarily offended, but forgave her when I saw what she had in mind. Also, there was no UPC code to ring in, nor would manually inputting the code, so the cashier rang in 70 $1 charity star things. My receipt is really long.
I have nothing else to say, and TV is on. FINALLY got to see Taye Diggs with no shirt on. (I tried to find you a pic, but my battery is dying.) Bout time! Everyone who was supposed to have sex didn't, and the 2 who really shouldn't have, did. Also, Paul needs to tell what's her name that he loves her, so she doesn't feel like a total reject, even though she's kind of crazy anyway.
So, all in all, a good day. I think that
I got this and this today. The first one is regular about $200 and was a floor model, undamaged, with all accessories, manual and a nice girl to show me how to fold it up, for 1/3 the price. The 2nd is on sale right now at Toys R Us, it's usually $60 and is half price. I'm very excited to go to bed tonight. I'm already not comfortable sleeping on my back, but if I sleep on my side all night my hips get sore. Nice. I tried a body pillow but they're so big, so I've been using a regular pillow, which isn't the right shape and is still kind of big.
(edit: I am so in love with my Snoogle pillow. I don't know that I'll ever be able to sleep without it.)
The stroller was funny though. Tiresa had seen it, and then decided that she really couldn't justify buying it despite the incredible price since she just has the one and she's like, tiny. She forgot about it, but then I mentioned today when we were out that I was going to get mom and dad to look for a 2-baby stroller when they go to Florida in the spring, and she was like, OH! I forgot about you! We have to go to Toys R Us! I was momentarily offended, but forgave her when I saw what she had in mind. Also, there was no UPC code to ring in, nor would manually inputting the code, so the cashier rang in 70 $1 charity star things. My receipt is really long.
I have nothing else to say, and TV is on. FINALLY got to see Taye Diggs with no shirt on. (I tried to find you a pic, but my battery is dying.) Bout time! Everyone who was supposed to have sex didn't, and the 2 who really shouldn't have, did. Also, Paul needs to tell what's her name that he loves her, so she doesn't feel like a total reject, even though she's kind of crazy anyway.
So, all in all, a good day. I think that
Tuesday, November 6
or, it could be nothing, and my uterus is just...ambitious
That's what Tiresa decided was going on when I told her that there is just one baby in there, no extra fluid, no extra anything, and the aforementioned baby (have to wait a few more weeks for the sex, they couldn't see clearly enough yet) is a mere 3 days farther along than I had worked out. So, tomorrow I'm 16 weeks. I've even updated the Lilypie counter thing accordingly. April 23 is the new due date, which is now the day before rather than 2 days after my sister's wedding, so not really any better. Maybe worse. As soon as I get home and Kieran's in bed I'll post the pictures. Probably just one, one is way more clear. Although, you can see a hand in the 2nd one, so I'll probably put that one up too.
I came into work this afternoon so that I could do this staff perception survey thing, thinking it was like, a thing, and it was just this stupid fill in bubble sheet thing that I could have done tomorrow. Ah well.
I should do some work while I'm here though.
I came into work this afternoon so that I could do this staff perception survey thing, thinking it was like, a thing, and it was just this stupid fill in bubble sheet thing that I could have done tomorrow. Ah well.
I should do some work while I'm here though.
Monday, November 5
finally!
that's right folks. As of tomorrow at about 10:30, I'll know what the HELL is going on in there. I was out of my office at a meeting for about half an hour, and when I got back, there was a message for me from Angela. I asked Marjorie, my TA who had taken the message, if Angela happened to mention who she was exactly. Marj said no, she said you'd know what it was about. ok. So I call back, and they answer, Hello, Ultrasound? I said, OH, you called me! I gave them my name, and the woman is like, hi, Sarah, we're wondering if you can come in for an appointment tomorrow. I said, yes. She laughed, she said ok, do you want to know what time? I said yes, but it doesn't matter, I'll be there. 10:30 it is. Messes up my day, in that I won't be at work for most of it, but I will go back for our after school meeting. I'll let you know whatever I find out, probably tomorrow night.
My first thought was that I was really excited. I've been waiting for this for 3 weeks now, and as far as I can tell I'm even moreso too big than I was at my last appointment. I can feel the top of my fundus (sounds like a dirty word, kind of) right at my bellybutton, and it shouldn't be there until at least 20 weeks. That's a good 5 weeks off. Anyway. So we have what, 4 possibilities. Wrong dates, giant baby, more than one baby, and excess fluid. I think the last one is probably the most likely to be causing this much of a discrepancy, but I'm really going to try to just let it BE and forget about it for tonight, since I'll find out for sure tomorrow. Just over 12 hours! Grant can't come, so Erin is coming with me. I told her I couldn't take any kind of news by myself, and she's never seen an ultrasound, so it's a win-win.
Ok. Going to watch Heroes and Prison Break and eat peanut butter m&ms. Mmm!
My first thought was that I was really excited. I've been waiting for this for 3 weeks now, and as far as I can tell I'm even moreso too big than I was at my last appointment. I can feel the top of my fundus (sounds like a dirty word, kind of) right at my bellybutton, and it shouldn't be there until at least 20 weeks. That's a good 5 weeks off. Anyway. So we have what, 4 possibilities. Wrong dates, giant baby, more than one baby, and excess fluid. I think the last one is probably the most likely to be causing this much of a discrepancy, but I'm really going to try to just let it BE and forget about it for tonight, since I'll find out for sure tomorrow. Just over 12 hours! Grant can't come, so Erin is coming with me. I told her I couldn't take any kind of news by myself, and she's never seen an ultrasound, so it's a win-win.
Ok. Going to watch Heroes and Prison Break and eat peanut butter m&ms. Mmm!