22 Weeks

Week: 22

Weight Gained: I don't even want to talk about it....

Belly Button: Still in and shallow

Cravings: Anything with salt. I Know it's not good for me but it's all I want!

Sleep: Very tough. I am using a sleep wedge pillow and I now rely on a pillow between my knees to keep my hips from aching.

Best Moment of the Week: I have two. Meeting our fabulous OBGYN (she is one of my new favourite people) and waking up on Saturday morning to find David playing some Frank Sinatra for the baby on our IPod

Worst Moment of the Week: Staying home sick on Wednesday because I couldn't move. I somehow managed to throw my back out sleeping.

Thoughts from Dad: "I wonder what you are going to be like? Are your kicks into your mothers stomach artistic dance steps, athletic movements or are you just impatient and trying to kick your way out? Maybe I am the impatient one and just want to know what you are going to be like?

This week was a little bit of a rollercoaster. We had such a great time meeting the OB and David is really starting to get very attached to Baby E. On the other hand, I have been having a very hard time with sleep and my joints and back have been killing me. I think that I am starting to feel the extra weight that I have gained in the last five months.

I have been super busy with the Minerva Foundation Dinner and the Run For the Cure this past week. I am starting to notice that I don't have as much energy to do all of the things that I would like to do. Thankfully all of my charity events will be done next week.

We are continuing to work on the nursery and have begun reorganizing the rest of the condo. We are hoping to clear out as much space as possible so that we have room for all of the extras that will come with Baby E.

We have a busy week this week but I will try to update when possible.

S

Sleep Sucks.

I am seriously lacking in the sleep department. I try to go to bed early, but when I do the baby is wide awake and kicking away.

My latest struggle has been getting comfortable. I used to love my bed and now I hate it. I am now sleeping with a pillow between my knees and a wedge pillow under my belly. I wake up every morning with major pains in my lower back and I cannot even begin to tell you how uncomfortable it is when your legs and hips go numb when you are trying to sleep.

I think my days of glorious, easy, sleep filled nights are officially over.

Crap.

S

I Love My OB

It has taken me a while to get to this post because we have had quite a busy week.

We had our first OBGYN appointment on Tuesday! We met Dr. McCubbin in her office which is located across the parking lot from the Grey Nuns Hospital. We love that everything we need is soooo close!

Everyone had been telling me horror stories about waiting for up to two hours to get into an appointment with their OB. We arrived right on time and only waited about fifteen minutes to be let in. Her offices were small but clean and new and we felt really comfortable.

Her nurse Margie was the first to meet with us and she was fantastic. She gave us a run through of what to expect at each visit and gave us some printed information to take home and look over. After taking my blood pressure (perfect as always) she weighed me (I don't even want to talk about it) and we were left to wait for the doctor.

She came in and we were both immediately comfortable with her. She is such a warm person. She is very efficient and gets the job done, which we both loved. I don't necessarily want someone to hold my hand through this entire process, that's what I have David for, but it does help that she has fantastic bedside manner. Her efficiency makes me comfortable too. It leads me to believe that she really knows what she is talking about.

She asked me a few questions and then we listed to the baby's heart beat. She found it right away! After a few kicks from the baby we were able to measure the heart rate at 150 bpm which is very strong. We also found out that a baby's heart rate can increase by 10-15bpm just with the move of a leg or arm. Very cool.

Our favourite part of the entire appointment was when she asked us if we had any questions. I couldn't believe that she was actually taking the time to make sure that we had all of the information we needed! She answered all of our questions and reassured us that everything is going really well.

Our next appointment with her is October 19th and we are so excited!

More to come!

S

The Nursery is Under Way!

We accomplished so much on the baby's nursery this weekend.

On Friday our friend Brian came over to help us move the last of the furniture (two mattresses and a box spring) over to David's parents house. It was so nice of him and it was great to finally have that room cleared out.

After he left I was so excited that I couldn't wait to get paint for the room. I made David go to Home Depot before they closed to pick up everything that we would need to paint the room the next day. We managed to paint the entire room on Saturday. David was fantastic and did most of it on his own. Apparently my body can't handle working as hard as it used to....

Today I put up the wall decal that we ordered on Etsy and it looks amazing! It took me about two hours to get it on the wall but it was completely worth it.

We cannot wait to order the furniture to finish the room. We should be ordering it soon and once we get it all in we will put up the shelf we bought for the room and we can start loading all of the bits and pieces into the nursery.

We really hope to have the room finished by the beginning of December. Fingers crossed!

Here are a few pictures from the weekend...

S

21 Weeks

Week: 21

Weight Gained: 15 so Far!

Belly Button: Getting really shallow... I can see it changing every day.

Cravings: Buster Bars from DQ... It's the first time I have wanted ice cream in a looonnggg time.

Sleep: Getting less and less comfortable. I am starting to have to use pillows to get more comfortable.

Movement: Lots of little kicks and wiggles on a regular basis. I had one amazingly strong kick while I was sitting at work this week. It was so strong that it made me shoot back in my seat. It actually startled me quite a bit.

Best Moment of the Week: Hearing the heartbeat of our little bean. We also found out the test results from our Ultrasound and everything is perfect!

Worst Moment of the Week: Finding out that I had gained 9 pounds since my last appointment

Thoughts from Dad: "Baby, I have been reading about how to put you on a flex schedule all week. Mommy says that it will work but we will see...."

This week has been pretty busy. We have been working to clean up the last few items in the baby's bedroom and we have begun to think about what we will need for when the baby arrives. Getting the registry organized felt really good and it created a list for us to work from.


We are looking forward to this week. We have an OBGYN appointment on Tuesday with Dr. McCubbin and we cannot wait to meet her.


We will fill you in on more when after our appointment.



S

Baby's First Shopping Spree....

For those of you who don't know... we Eliuk's like clothing. Our closet recently had a total and complete meltdown of mass proportions as a result of our excessive love for fashion. Now... David will tell you that it's all me but he has quite the affinity for nice business attire and spandex items..... for racing of course.

So today was Baby E's first clothing chopping spree. Old Navy is officially shipping to Canada and I managed to put a hefty dent in my wallet by ordering over 20 items! I know.... it's excessive.... but it's all so darn cute! We have decided that this will be our one big clothing purchase and everything else will come along as we go.

Hopefully Baby E likes fashion as much as we do!

S

20 Week+ Doctor's Appointment

We had a doctor's appointment on Monday that I have been meaning to talk about. I think I have been putting it off because I am slightly in denial about the entire thing.

Everything went very well. Baby E's heartrate is strong and consistent and the results from the ultrasound were amazing. We are measuring right on target and there were no abnormalities found.

Here's where everything goes wrong... since my last appointment five weeks ago I have gained 9 pounds! 9 pounds! Everyone tells me that is a normal weight gain but my doctor tells me that I am not gaining enough. What?! Not gaining enough?! That's crazy..... I have never been asked to put on more weight.

We have our first appointment with our OBGYN Dr. McCubbin next Tuesday. Hopefully I can find out more then about whether or not we are on the right track with weight gain. I am really hoping to only gain around 30 pounds or so. I guess we'll see!

S