Mode switching 08/12/2009

Ok people I have switched modes – I am in the belly loving stage of my pregnancy.  This happened last pregnancy too – after I get through the first trimester of being embarrassed as my belly was sticking out far too early – I have now entered the omg it is growing and is so cute – my little bubba is in there.  My daughter has decided she would like to be in my belly as well with her brother or sister and has tried climbing through my belly button and through my mouth before I made it clear that she will definately not fit in there hehehe.  I got so many kisses and cuddles from her today………it was magic.  We also visited Santa and she went up by herself for the first time which was great as I didn’t have to be in the photo.

I’m so excited about the future and I feel like some of my energy is slowly returning – in fact I just realised that it has been a few days since my last nanna nap (although I was reluctant to get out of bed this morning).

My husbands last exam will hopefully be tomorrow (unless he has to resit one) so that will be a huge pressure off all of us and I already notice the dynamics shifting and us actually beginning to chat again and start getting back to our usual dynamic (without the constant stress).  Of course then the real estate stress will commence but its all good!!

Did I mention that last night a wave of motivation hit me and I got all my chrissy cards written and sent off today.  It was brilliant – the day before I didn’t even think I would be bothered doing them at all.

So anyway I’m upbeat (or perhaps I have just entered the delirious stage of the evening) – I have mopped the kitchen, wrapped presents, written my daughter’s birthday card and am all ready to great her tomorrow.  I’ll bake a cake in the morning and it should be a great day.

Hopefully later this week I will start christmas shopping (I know last minute right).  Did I mention I love Christmas time!!!!

P.S 1/2 an hour left of my first trimester………woot woot

Pregnancy Weigh In 07/12/2009

Ok today I weigh in at 95.5kg which is a loss of 700grams for the week.  Now I promise you my belly is getting bigger everyday  .

The last couple of day I keep getting headaches which is annoying – hopefully today will be the first without one – fingers crossed.

My hubby has his first final exam today so I have my fingers and toes crossed for him to.

I have my next glucose test on Friday – I borrowed a book from the library so the two hours should go quickly.

That’s about it for me – can’t think of anything exciting to say – the only thing is I keep wondering whether I will keep losing and somehow miraculously hit the 80’s while pregnant.  That is too much of a dream. 

I have another – I give birth to the baby and suddenly my model like appearance emerges………hehehe  ok that is definately a long shot!

I’m so excited 03/12/2009

Well I am walking on cloud 9 at the moment……….I had my two hospital appointments today and after thinking I was really going to cop it, it turned out so much better than I could have expected.

The first appointment was with the doctor who specialises in complications in pregnancy such as gestational diabetes and DVTs.  The first thing she said to me (after the other lady said that she would go off about my weight) was that I was a success story and that the lapband had really worked for me, and what an amazing weight loss I have had.  Well that put a smile on my face.  The second thing was we discussed my DVT and the circumstances in which I had it (I was almost at my biggest, smoking and on the pill).  She said that I am not that person anymore and she did not see any reason why I needed to be on Clexane during my pregnancy (daily injections to thin my blood – I endured that during my first pregnancy).  She did say I need a shot a day before I fly out for LA in February and one before my return flight and also I need them six weeks after the birth.  But I am so excited with this outcome – it means I avoid six months of injections!!!  She is going to make me have two more glucose tests but I can handle that – one next week and one at 24 weeks.  Otherwise she said I am ‘low risk’ and I don’t need to see her again unless I develop gestational diabetes.

Have I told you lately that I love my band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  She also said that we are going for zero gain pregnancy but if I lost that will be ok but the main thing is to try not to gain, that is fine, I’ll do my best (I would love not to go back over 100kg or should I say 99.9kg) but whatever happens happens.

The next doctor was so lovely and she went on about my weight loss and was excited for me and said that it was the best thing I could have done for my baby.  My blood pressure was very good.  We tried to find the baby’s heartbeat with the doppler but couldn’t so she snuck an old ultrasound machine in and I got to see my bubba again.  He/she was sleeping peacefully with it’s little heart beating away.  It was gorgeous.  Then she said because I have been large they may have trouble feeling the baby’s fundal height and then she said the funniest thing I have ever heard (I was lying down of course), she said but your stomach is quite flat so it might not be an issue.  Now there are some words I NEVER thought I would hear describing my stomach LOL.  I was lying down so it had all just spread out some of it probably touching the floor LOL.

Anyway it was such a great day when I was expecting a real bummer – I walked out of the hospital with ‘we are the champions’ in my head.  I just can’t even explain what this means to me to not have the injections.  Getting banded was the best thing I have ever done.  I love my band so much (is it possible to love something that isn’t actually alive LOL).

I’m really not that person I use to be – I have changed – and although I still have a long way to go this journey has so been worth it.

I love, love, love, love, love my band………but you guys get the point hehehe 

Third of the way through 02/12/2009

13 weeks pregnant and officially my last week in my 1st trimester.  Woo hoo.

I can’t believe how my belly is sticking out but I don’t mind    I know it is really early but when I went to bed last night I could feel the baby – no big movements or anything but I knew it was there (hard to explain).  I am really excited by that!!  I did feel my daughter move early too though not this early (I felt her at 17 weeks).

There is so much going on – my husband final exams for his job are on monday and tuesday (with the last one yet to be scheduled).  It is also my daughters 3rd birthday next week so I have to make her a special cake (she wanted a spider cake but I have worked on her to change her mind to butterfly – not because it is more girly but just because the other one needed 5 packets of cake which is way too much for the amount of people we are having).  I might see if I can find a different spider cake but I am sure she will love whatever I make.

Once the new year is through and my hubby’s exams are over it will be time to meet with some mortgage brokers and discuss our options as we are planning to buy our first house/unit early-mid next year.  This is both exciting and stress invoking!!!  I long to know that I don’t have to move as we have moved around a lot!!  P.S  on this topic I have to say Westpac sucks for putting their interest rates so high – like they don’t make enough profit already.  It is funny the things I notice now that I wouldn’t have before wanting to enter the property market.

So anyway one of our ideas was living in a better area but in a 2 bedroom unit (which is all we can afford) – this will be a bit of squeeze but it means that my daughter and next child will have access to better schools and also a way lower crime rate than the other areas we can otherwise afford.  The only prob is we get a bit claustrophobic in a unit and with two kids (although I know it will be better when they are no longer babies/toddlers).  This is versus getting a 3 bedroom house in an area I don’t want to live (we have previously lived around there and it is a bit dodge).  I would love to get my fellow bloggers opinions on this.  So the question is small and cramped in good area, or big and roomy in dodge area?