An update...

Good Afternoon,

Mother and myself just came back from an appointment with Dr.Bhyana. I just needed to see her briefly to get a requisition for blood work before I see Dr.Spence (Heart specialist) early in January, and also get her to write a note for my work to say I may miss a few days due to my pregnancy. My work has been extremely unreasonable and I got spoken to about missing a day and a half in November...even though I was doing very well at work, and collected the company $16 500.00. Dr.Bhyana's office wasn't busy at all which was a very nice surprise, it's awful when that little waiting room is packed with a bunch of sick people. I really do like Dr.Bhyana, she is a very caring nice lady. Not like most doctors I have seen. She is soft spoken and not intimidating like alot of men doctors, I feel like I could tell her anything, which is a nice feeling to have with a doctor. She wrote out a note and put exactly what I needed it to say, she also mentioned sick leave, and that whenever I felt I needed to go on it she would fill out the paperwork. She said because Iam considered a higher risk pregnancy that I would have no problem going on sick leave before my maternity leave.

So my plan as of now is to work until the end of February and then go on sick leave until closer to the due date and then from there go on mat leave. I think I can last that long at work, At the end of February I'll be 26 weeks, so I think I will be ready to leave Aktiv Kapital and take it easy at home...however I'm sure I will be kept busy with the doggies. It will be nice when Ellen and the boys come at the end of March, so we can have little outings, as well as Talize trips...lol.

Speaking of Talize I went there yesterday to look for some new pants because I have grown out of all my pants, except for my black yoga pants which I wear everyday ahah, however I can't really wear them to work so I needed to find some work pants that are comfortable and don't cause me pain while I sit for hours at a time at work. So I went and looked in the small maternity section and it was quite the joke...hahah, I couldn't not laugh when I looked at the jeans. They were huge, There was no way I was fitting into any of them, They were all made for very large women and they look so funny with the front pouch, so unattractive it's hilarious. I just pictured Joe's face if I ever put jeans like that on, he would laugh his ass of...haha. The only thing I found was a pair of black work pants that are alot like my yoga pants and fold over..I think this alot better then the front pouch going over the belly...I don't like covering my belly and feeling so kept in, I find it uncomfortable. So I did buy the black very comfortable work pants and I also bought another pair of work pants that are just in a bigger size and are not maternity pants. These should do for abit at least. Once I'm done work it's moo moos for me...hahah. No probably not unfortunately because it will still be cold but I think I will stick to yoga pants. Practical and so comfortable.

I don't need many shirts at this point, I already really like showing off my little tummy so I like tighter shirts compared to the maternity shirts you buy that are really loose... but again the bigger I get the more room I will need. So of course I went and looked in the baby section in Talize for maybe a little to long...an hour of so hahah. And wow! so many cute things! If I already knew the sex I would have bought alot already. I must say though the boys section was very weak compared to the amount of girls baby clothes. They had the cutest baby girl clothes ever!! so many cute summer dresses my god... I had a couple in my cart because they are so cheap that why not buy them in case we do have a girl...however they were all around the size 6 months range and by that time it will be cold here so there was no point of buying little summer dresses, which was unfortunate because they were beautiful. I told Joe that when I got home, and he said
"Why are you buying dresses?? where having a boy" He is pretty convinced were having a boy, which worries me because I have a feeling were having a girl...hahah. We will see soon.
I did end up buying Osh Kosh short overalls, in a very nice washed out denim, which are for Baby Strong when he or she is 3 months. They were brand new with all the Osh Kosh tags still on it and only cost a couple $$ so why wouldn't I buy them. They had so much nice stuff, alot of stuff for when they are older so I will just have to wait. I told Joe I want to know the sex by Boxing day because Talize is having a store wide 50% sale on everything so I could go and buy all the cute things.

Tomorrow I have a cardiac ultrasound to make sure there is nothing seriously wrong with me, and then on Wednesday I have an appointment with Dr.Gratton (My OB) Iam going to try and see if they can do an ultrasound to determine the sex of the baby, but I doubt they will do it before 18 weeks, but I will try my best. Lots of appointments this week but by Friday at 3pm I will be done work for 9 days and then I work for 3 days and then off for another 4 days. I can't wait for the much needed break and Sister Jane will be here, so that's very exciting.

I have to go home now though, Take Care!!