24 Week Doctor's Appointment

I saw the doctor on Tuesday of this week. He said he is still concerned about my spotting, so he is keeping me off of work until the end of my pregnancy. I have finally come to terms with this and have decided that there is no reason to stress because there is someone at my work doing my job and I need to worry about me and the peanut right now! I am able to do a little more around the house now without an issue, the spotting seems to just happen spontaneously which is very strange.

He is also going to be sending me for ultrasounds every 3 weeks to make sure the baby is growing and developing well. I'm not overly worried because so far this baby has measured right on every time and he/she is kicking around like crazy! Baby's heart rate was 146 bpm this visit, so all is good.

We will be taking our daughter out of daycare starting in the middle of October since the daycare said they will work with us and only charge us part of the monthly fee next month because of the situation. I am very impressed with their cooperation.

6 Months Pregnant

Feeling: Better every week, still spotting on and off.
Cravings: Cereal, lemonade, chocolate, sushi, liverwurst sausage, tomato soup, cheeseburgers. Boy this list gets longer (and stranger) every month!
Aversions: Not too much this time.
Belly status: Growing bigger! Every so often I look down and go "wow, I really am pregnant!" haha.
Any movement?: Tons of movement lately, can tell my uterus has grown and moved up because I feel kicks near my belly button now. Ceili felt a kick this week (or says she did)

Missing my hubby

I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I don't think my doctor will be allowing me back to work before the baby is born. I had spotting again last night and I know if I had anymore bleeding he said he was unsure whether or not he would allow me to go back. I think I am now okay with that though since I only have 2 months and a couple weeks before I was going to start maternity leave anyway. I see him next week, so we will see.

My hubby is in Toronto for work right now, just for 3 days so I am alone with our little one. She has been pretty good so far, just the usual 3 year old attitude sometimes. I'm so glad he's coming home tomorrow night though. I miss him already! I didn't sleep well last night without him home. Usually I sleep just fine (and gladly hog the bed!) when he's away but I just had an awful night last night. I kept waking up from bad dreams and sweating...yuck.

On the positive side, Matt felt the baby kick for the first time on Sunday morning. I was so happy he finally felt it!

Today my best friend and her two kids came over for a visit and brought some soup for lunch. It was great to see them again. She also brought me a few unisex baby things that are super cute! The cutest is a fleece snowsuit with little ears on the hood :)

Tomorrow I'm keeping Ceili home with me again because I'm taking her to get her outfit for her dance class. She starts baby ballet on September 24th. I think it will be really good for her. She told us she wants to be a ballerina so we put her in the class.

I guess I should be off to bed right away because I'm sure little miss will be up early tomorrow!

Getting Better...I hope!

I am starting to feel better every day. I am loving feeling "normal" and being able to do more. I have not had bleeding in a little over a week, so I am hoping I can go back to work even if it's only part-time.

Last weekend we went to a guy from my work's wedding. It was pretty good, our daughter had a blast running around and dancing at the dance, but her attitude the rest of the weekend stunk! She wants to be so independant, but can't quite yet because she's so young and still needs help with some things.

The baby is moving around like crazy lately, punching and kick my bladder and intestines seems to be his/her favorite thing to do! When I lay down in bed, I can now feel the baby's little back and bum and almost always know exactly where the little peanut is. It's such an amazing thing to feel and I'm cherishing it because I know that this will be our last little one.

I found out some unfortunate news on Wednesday from a girl at my work, the lady that trained me at my job when I started last August committed suicide. After she left my position she was offered a new position with the company and took it. A few months later she got let go, but was with the company for a few more months and left just a couple of months ago. That paired with the fact that her boyfriend and her just broke up must have caused her to be depressed. For the last while she was always crying at work. I don't think I will be able to go to her funeral because our van will be in the shop, plus I don't do well at funerals. I'm not sure why but I have issues with death. I know I will die someday and that doesn't bother me, but when other people do it bothers me. If it's family or to support family I have no problem going, but I don't deal well with funerals and I don't think stress is the best thing for me and baby right now.

This weekend Matt and I are going out for dinner for his birthday. His sister is going to babysit Ceili so we can have an adult night which will be nice. I miss having regular dates! We are also hoping to get away in the winter to the mountains for some us time before baby comes. It's just nice to have some bonding time before the chaos ensues!

In other good news, we almost have the baby's room cleaned out now. We have been working on cleaning up our basement and the baby's room for the past few weeks because it has been bugging me. We still have to finish the baseboards in our stairwell and bedroom and then we'll be much closer to done! I don't know why but I'm starting to stress about all of this, but I know we have around 4 months left so I need to calm down, lol.