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.

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!

Movement!

My weekend was very uneventful. We just hung out and let Ceili play in the backyard since it was nice and warm.

On Friday night I started to feel the baby move which is exciting for me! It's not regular movement I feel yet, but I do feel the little kicks and punches every so often. It's so wonderful and helps me to know that our little peanut is doing okay in there :)

I also started to have a few cramps in my abdomen yesterday, feels like muscles stretching and have had a bit of spotting along with it. My uterus must be growing, I have heard that when the uterus grows, it is most likely to cause bleeding because the placenta is stretching so that must be what's happening. Thankfully it hasn't been alot of bleeding, so I'm just taking it easy today.

The dreams I have been having are just awful these past few days. Last night I dreamed that Matt told me he is no longer interested in me because I am pregnant. I was so upset in my dream and when I woke up I was crying. The fact that I am on pelvic rest may be part of why I had this particular bad dream.