Week 31

Hello! I must say it has been a fairly uneventful couple of weeks. Everyone is back to work and school. I am counting down the days until spring break. I think I have about 50 calendar days left at work. It is going to be a jammed packed 50 days though! I have so much to get accomplished before I go on leave, not to mention moving! We may have a moving date set by the end of next week. I am crossing all my fingers and toes it is before spring break.

I spoke to my doctor’s office and my glucose test came back OK. I never had a problem with my last two pregnancies, as far as diabetes goes, but I was really worried this time. With my oldest I did have problems in my pregnancy, but it didn’t start until week 37.
I am at week 31 now. So…six more weeks until problems can start! Haha! The difference this time is that my teaching load is a lot less over the course of five days and I am not coaching. I have been trying to come home and rest. I feel badly, almost lazy, but if it keeps this baby cooking I am willing to do it.

Our scale at home has been broken so I haven’t weighed myself before Christmas. It has been hard for me not to gauge my progress. I feel pretty big. However, if one more person tells me I don’t look pregnant I am going to scream! Please know that I would much rather someone say that to me than “HOLY COW – you are HUGE!” BUT…I feel very pregnant. I can’t tie my shoes. I can’t sit with my knees together anymore. Trying to snuggle with the boys is getting harder and harder, as is bending down to get something off the floor. I don’t know why it bothers me so much when people say that to me…but it does.

I hope you have a great week!
Til next week -
Mummy Q.

Week 30 with a slide show!

It has taken me almost a week to upload these pictures! Enjoy!



If you click on the picture you can view the slide show larger; depending on your computer it may load slowly.

I will write more tomorrow - week 31 - since I have taken so long to get this up, I might as well combine the two weeks tomorrow.

til then -
Mummy Q.

Week 29

It has been a weird week! No school on Monday, school Tuesday, snow day Wednesday, school Thursday and Friday. I kind of liked it!

My appointment went well. For the glucose test I had to drink a super sweet orange drink. I can't remember how many ounces it was; it didn't look like much but the more I drink the worse it got! An hour later I had to have blood drawn. They are testing to see how my body is breaking down glucose and looking for gestational diabetes. I am crossing my fingers and toes that it comes back OK.

The whole family was with me this visit. My own doctor was available so she got to meet the boys. We all heard a nice, strong, fast heartbeat. The heartbeat was around 155 bpm. The doctor said "it sounds like a girl!" so I filled her in on our news. She wasn't surprised!

My "bump" is measuring at 29 and a bit which is on target. BUT - I didn't gain any weight. At first the doc seemed OK with this but then she said she wanted an ultrasound to measure the baby. So when I go back in four weeks I will have an ultrasound and my doctors visit rolled into one. I love another chance to see the baby. Luckily there is an ultrasound machine in her office so we can take care of two things at once.

Have a great week!
Mummy Q.

Week 28 - a little late

I am not sure why I didn't write on Wednesday - sorry. We had just got back from our holiday travels and were all exhausted.

We had a great time on our break. Since I last posted my mum and a friend threw me a baby shower. Actually they called it a "sprinkle" since this is not my first child. (Get it...a sprinkle, instead of a shower? Get it!!) It was a lot of fun. Several of my friends were there and a lot of my mum's friends came. It was nice to meet so many people my mom spends time with. Everyone was so generous to us. Even though not many people got the "girl" memo there was a lot of pink and purple to go around. We are very grateful for EVERYTHING!

I am feeling very big, again. I can no longer button my pre-pregnancy jeans or the pants I have purchased since. I am trying not to buy any maternity clothes but most of the clothes I have from my other pregnancies are for much warmer weather. I hear there is a Motherhood (Mothercare? Mother-something) clothing outlet not far from our house. I may have to go there next weekend.

I head back to the doctor this Thursday. I will post again after that visit. I have the glucose test then, which I am spazzing about. I don't really have any reason to be concerned but I am petrified of having to go on bed rest. I hope my worrying doesn't make things worse!

Til then -
Mummy Q.