Well today is my Dad's birthday, and hopefully (fingers crossed) his present for the day is a succseful pacemaker implantation. Here's wishing you a fairly stress free Dad and here's hoping you will have a good recovery, and that it will give you a better quality of life with fewer of your attacks.
I think this is one of the harder moments not being able to give him a call and wish him a happy birthday more than anything especially when I know he's in hospital. Unfortunately there isn't a lot I can to other than say a prayer and send my love.
Had a lovely weekend. Took a walk around the gardens at the Golden Gate Park on Sunday, was a beautiful day for it...sun was out not too hot, flowers in bloom but just missed most of the rhodedendrons, even Jagr enjoyed the change of scenery. Other than that enjoyed the first holiday weekend off together in I don't remember how long. Weather is supposed to warm up this week but couldn't have asked for more perfect for this weekened.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Managed to wait until I got to work this morning...
Week 14, had to buy some maternity clothes this weekend, stores don't have a lot of options for maternity wear for larger women, so ordered from JC Penny on line, they have a decent selection including some PJs. Some of my pants are getting a little bit tight around the old waist now, and I'm limited a little to some of my tops. One of my biggest problems is due to the necklines of plus size clothing, they always seem too big and well if I am not careful show my bra off depending on how I'm sitting.
I was hoping by week 14 the morning sickness would be leaving me alone, but I guess not I was feeling a bit queezy when I got to work so tried to put my head down on the desk but well yep ended up with the head down the toilet again /sigh.
Argh this week is going to be a long week. They are doing construction in our office bang bang crash whoomp /cry. Ah well my consolation is I'm not working in the office a full week this week.
I was hoping by week 14 the morning sickness would be leaving me alone, but I guess not I was feeling a bit queezy when I got to work so tried to put my head down on the desk but well yep ended up with the head down the toilet again /sigh.
Argh this week is going to be a long week. They are doing construction in our office bang bang crash whoomp /cry. Ah well my consolation is I'm not working in the office a full week this week.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Good week so far...
Spent Mother's Day with friends hanging out eating and gnerally having a good time. Jagr did a lot of the chores thank you, I wasn't feeling too energetic thanks to a restless night. I guess next year will be a little different :)
And just when I thought I was over the worst of the morning sickness for now, I found myself almost pulling over on my way to work yesterday to throw up over the San Mateo bridge...I kept praying I would be able to make it to the office, fortunately it did pass and I managed to keep my banana down but sheesh I can't wait to feel normal again!
Had a Dr's appointment yesterday, both babies heartbeats are going strong, my blood pressure is still a bit of a concern but definitely down, so she is upping the dosage a bit more. Oh I've not really gained any weight so the belly I'm starting to get is all baby. Dr isn't too worried about the lack of weight gain at the moment seeing as I've had a lot of morning sickness and well I've plenty of meat on my bones anyway and the kids are doing just fine right now. She did say if the morning sickness continues much more she can prescribe something to help, right now seeing as it's a lot less than what I was having I think I can manage but we shall see. Next appointment is in three weeks so that's not too bad. I have an appointment with the consultant she has me seeing next week. She wants them involved just in case....
And just when I thought I was over the worst of the morning sickness for now, I found myself almost pulling over on my way to work yesterday to throw up over the San Mateo bridge...I kept praying I would be able to make it to the office, fortunately it did pass and I managed to keep my banana down but sheesh I can't wait to feel normal again!
Had a Dr's appointment yesterday, both babies heartbeats are going strong, my blood pressure is still a bit of a concern but definitely down, so she is upping the dosage a bit more. Oh I've not really gained any weight so the belly I'm starting to get is all baby. Dr isn't too worried about the lack of weight gain at the moment seeing as I've had a lot of morning sickness and well I've plenty of meat on my bones anyway and the kids are doing just fine right now. She did say if the morning sickness continues much more she can prescribe something to help, right now seeing as it's a lot less than what I was having I think I can manage but we shall see. Next appointment is in three weeks so that's not too bad. I have an appointment with the consultant she has me seeing next week. She wants them involved just in case....
Friday, May 09, 2008
Hambuger or hot dog?
So this week I'm finally feeling more human again and starting to get my appetite back again yay! I'm also back to drinking my one cup of tea again...now that I'm out of the 12 week thing I feel more comfortable allowing myself some caffeine back into my diet. I can honestly say the last few months I've not even been tempted but this week yep I've been hankering for tea again, nice to know some things are back to normal.
So my belly is starting to expand some and Jagr is starting to notice the subtle changes in my body. I am feeling more energized for the most part although by the end of the week I'm dragging my feet at work and dying for the weekend and a lie in. I know I know this will all change once these two are born but I might as well enjoy this part of it.
My work colleague is currently off to as her Dr puts it found out if her baby has a hot dog or hamburger. Got to say that that image is almost enough to put me off of hamburgers for life! I've got 8 more weeks before I can find out unless I end up with another ultra sound before then. Must say I'm rather glad my husband changed his mind about not knowing the sex.
We have also decided that we probably won't worry about the rest of the genetic testings. I honestly don't feel there is anything wrong with either of the babies and the further along we have been progressing the more I'm getting attached to the idea of bringing them into the world and just let nature take it's course. More or less the same idea as to how I ended up getting pregnant in the first place. That we have been blessed with the prospect of having a family that we get 2 in one go (and I'm so not doing this again!). I know I'm getting drawn into the excitement of planning or at least starting to wrap my brain about planning for the arrivals.
Mother's day is Sunday and there are lots of news articles on the web celebrating motherhood. It's funny to be approaching this one and thinking next year it will have a whole new meaning. I hope I can be a good parent I really do. I hope I can bring up my children to become good people. I worry a little about drugs and gangs, although we do live in a fairly affluent neighbourhood so that tends to be minimized to an extent. Drugs and sex I'm already worrying about (go figure). I hope I can educate my children well enough that they are strong enough and sensible enough to make their own decisions and can look after themselves. I want strong independent children that can also love, I don't want to shelter them too much as I believe over sheltering is the same sometimes as neglecting them to allow them to be themselves to find their way yet help them when they need it.
So my belly is starting to expand some and Jagr is starting to notice the subtle changes in my body. I am feeling more energized for the most part although by the end of the week I'm dragging my feet at work and dying for the weekend and a lie in. I know I know this will all change once these two are born but I might as well enjoy this part of it.
My work colleague is currently off to as her Dr puts it found out if her baby has a hot dog or hamburger. Got to say that that image is almost enough to put me off of hamburgers for life! I've got 8 more weeks before I can find out unless I end up with another ultra sound before then. Must say I'm rather glad my husband changed his mind about not knowing the sex.
We have also decided that we probably won't worry about the rest of the genetic testings. I honestly don't feel there is anything wrong with either of the babies and the further along we have been progressing the more I'm getting attached to the idea of bringing them into the world and just let nature take it's course. More or less the same idea as to how I ended up getting pregnant in the first place. That we have been blessed with the prospect of having a family that we get 2 in one go (and I'm so not doing this again!). I know I'm getting drawn into the excitement of planning or at least starting to wrap my brain about planning for the arrivals.
Mother's day is Sunday and there are lots of news articles on the web celebrating motherhood. It's funny to be approaching this one and thinking next year it will have a whole new meaning. I hope I can be a good parent I really do. I hope I can bring up my children to become good people. I worry a little about drugs and gangs, although we do live in a fairly affluent neighbourhood so that tends to be minimized to an extent. Drugs and sex I'm already worrying about (go figure). I hope I can educate my children well enough that they are strong enough and sensible enough to make their own decisions and can look after themselves. I want strong independent children that can also love, I don't want to shelter them too much as I believe over sheltering is the same sometimes as neglecting them to allow them to be themselves to find their way yet help them when they need it.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Gone wireless...
Well we went wireless over the weekend...with the prospect of turning our current office / computer room into a nursery in the coming months we needed to come up with a plan to be a bit more flexible with the computers. I'd been toying with the idea of going wireless for awhile, but seeing as we had a perfectly good set up with the wires it wasn't really necessary. But now it's time for change. So we opened up the purse strings a little and invested in some new hardware, including a wireless network laser jet printer (more cost effective than the desk jet). Got everything working eventually, (printer took a little bit of effort as we were overlooking the obvious, Jagr got that problem solved so we could connect).
I may have the need towards the end of the pregnancy to be on bed rest but still need internet availability so this gives us the option of working pretty much anywhere in the apartment. I wanted to get this done before I started getting too big and cranky :) We also started planning a little bit about what we need to get rid of in terms of furniture and how to reorganize things a little better so that we have more room. For example the large coffee table in the living room will have to go it takes up so much space and the corners are a bit dangerous. The cat tree will also probably go it's not really been used by the cats since we moved and it will give us yet more space in the living room for the kids to play. My desktop computer and the old printer we are going to put into storage for when they are older...there isn't really anything wrong with it and it will be perfectly adequate for what they need, I also probably won't put it onto the internet for a long time, as it doesn't have a wireless connection I would feel safer as I don't want them to be unsafe and I do want to monitor what they do on line, sorry kids your Mum isn't a computer novice...
I may have the need towards the end of the pregnancy to be on bed rest but still need internet availability so this gives us the option of working pretty much anywhere in the apartment. I wanted to get this done before I started getting too big and cranky :) We also started planning a little bit about what we need to get rid of in terms of furniture and how to reorganize things a little better so that we have more room. For example the large coffee table in the living room will have to go it takes up so much space and the corners are a bit dangerous. The cat tree will also probably go it's not really been used by the cats since we moved and it will give us yet more space in the living room for the kids to play. My desktop computer and the old printer we are going to put into storage for when they are older...there isn't really anything wrong with it and it will be perfectly adequate for what they need, I also probably won't put it onto the internet for a long time, as it doesn't have a wireless connection I would feel safer as I don't want them to be unsafe and I do want to monitor what they do on line, sorry kids your Mum isn't a computer novice...
Friday, May 02, 2008
Ah Friday...
That means a weekend of recharging my batteries for next week :) Nothing of major note happened the last few days nausea not as bad today fortunately but still can get bouts of it from time to time, been finding taking a nap in the morning for 15 min helps a lot (well sometimes). Next week I'll be in week 12 and out of the first trimester so I run a lower risk of miscarrying at least now.
Jagr is being a brick which is just as well as I'm pretty miserable most of the time right now, mostly I'm either tired or struggling to get up an appetite. I have been walking most lunch times tho as it's starting to get warmer now I'm not sure I can continue doing that I might have to just walk on the treadmill at the community in the a/c.
Jagr is being a brick which is just as well as I'm pretty miserable most of the time right now, mostly I'm either tired or struggling to get up an appetite. I have been walking most lunch times tho as it's starting to get warmer now I'm not sure I can continue doing that I might have to just walk on the treadmill at the community in the a/c.
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