Countdown to Maternity Leave

After yesterday's efforts at work I now have just 4 weeks left of work. My shifts will actually be dropping to 2 a week next week so really only 8 shifts to go.... Yet it still feels like it will never end and I will never have my baby!!!

The past 2 weeks has been tough. As you may know we were all a bit sick a couple of weeks back. Well I has a big cough and ended up with rib pain. The dr said the pain was because of the cough. Well then the cough went, but the pain stayed!! OMG.

I had an ultrasound done and turns out the pain is actually my uterus pushing my floating ribs up.

The pain is shocking. I can't lay down at all. Thank god we have a recliner- that is currently my bed. Apparently the paid will not get any better, just worse as I get bigger.

So I am 31 weeks pregnant. 9 long weeks to go!!!

Guilty of enjoying Squeak being sick!

Well it has been a HUGE week.

Last Wednesday I got sick. Little sick in the stomach and the flu. So its safe to say I have done only what I absolutely must do this week.

By Sunday, Squeak started getting very sick. His temperature kept rising, bad cough and all he did was lay on the lounge and sleep- he couldn't even be bothered complaining about what we watched on tv! it was serious.

DAY 1- Ok so sucks that Squeak is sick, and sure its bad to see him like this- but gee its nice to have a break. I can watch whatever I want, read a mag, try to recover myself and I don't have to listen to his whining. Little angel just sleeping on the couch ill just keep his fluids up and give him medicine when needed. Too easy!!

DAY 2- Visit from the MIL. Still sick. Seems a little more talkative today. I already went to the DR for myself a few days ago and he said it was just a virus and to rest up... so will continue with my plan. Squeak eats a little dinner that night, good man he must be on the menz.

Day 3- Ok so we are still just on the couch. Getting worried now. Actually he seems worse today. High temps, cough is much worse, vomiting  OH NO.  Go to the Drs. Dr can hear something in his lungs. Get antibiotics. Go and get a chest X-ray done. Have to wait till tomorrow for the results. Spend the rest of the night watching him breathe and reading horror stories of kids who died from pneumonia.  I also feel really really terrible and think I should have gone to the DR earlier. Bad Mum!!!

Day 4- Call DR first thing. His lungs are clear. Just need to keep doing what im doing. Squeak gets out of bed a different child. He is refreshed, awake, eating, playing, destroying, making mess, being loud- yep he is back. Gosh that was quick.

Ok so it did really suck that you were sick, I hated seeing you that ill and I was worried- but now that I know you fine and its just a bug- cant you just be sick on the lounge 1 more day??? Mummy needs a nap!

MHO Monday Mingle #10

This weeks theme:  Birthdays

1.  When is your Birthday?

December 19

2.  Do you normally have a big party?

Not really. On the big ones we will have a little party but I like just having a BBQ with some family over or going out to dinner. Being so close to Christmas everyone is usually pretty busy.

3.  When are your SOs and kids birthday? Do they fall close together?

Hubster is in May. Squeak is end of March and this little one is Due in July... So I guess we will see. I have a feeling she will come in June tho :-)

4.  How do you celebrate their birthdays?

For Hubster we would do something similar to what we would do on my birthday. Dinner, drinks. BBQ- Whatever he would like, unless its a big birthday we would have a big party. Squeak has only had 3 birthdays. The first one was a huge party of course... lots of food and people. The 2nd birthday nothing massive just a few family over. And this year was the first year he has had friends... so we had a real kiddie party with friends. 

5.  If you could have one thing for your next birthday what would it be?

A tummy tuck and breast lift!!! I dont think that needs explaining :-P My tummy had plenty of saggy skin before I hate to think what it will be like after baby girl.

 Okay, now it's your turn. Grab the button and questions and repost on your page!!! You don't have to answer the questions, you can just repost the button on your sidebar or in a post. Link your page or post up and mingle with other bloggers!!! No rules, just meet new people!

The Baby Girl Diet

Its no secret i'm pregnant with a baby girl and couldn't be happier. However when I tell people that I was on 'The girl diet' prior to conception they are shocked, and didn't even know there was such a thing. 

We really would have been happy with a boy or a girl... we were just praying the baby was healthy. And if you have ready this post you will understand why we were so worried about health issues. However I thought, after losing a baby girl, a girl sure would be nice- So I went on the girl diet figuring it couldn't hurt. I thought I would post about what I did exactly in case any of you other mummy's or mummy- wannabes want to try. There really is MUCH MORE you could do.... I just did the easy things. 

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A diet high in potassium and sodium will favor a boy. A diet high in calcium and magnesium will favor a girl. The idea is to make the environment favor boy/girl sperm to give them a better chance at fertilizing the egg. So with my diet here is what I did:

• 2 Months prior to TTC I took prenatal vitamins and folic acid
• Calcium and Magnesium supplements (or eat food high in calcium and magnesium- I took the lazy option)
• Cranberry supplements
• Increased dairy intake
• Ate more chocolate (bummer, right?), sweets and fresh vegetables. 

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Thats is for my diet. Now there is also a way to sway for a certain gender by timing intercourse. I used the Shettles Method. The idea is that boy sperm doesn't live very long, but are faster then girl sperm- so if you DTD on the day of ovulation you are more likely to have a boy. Girl sperm are slow, but live much longer. So the idea is that if you DTD a few days before ovulation, by the time you ovulate there will only be girl sperm waiting as all the boy sperm would have died. Here is what we did:

• DTD leading up to ovulation and stopped 3 days before ovulation. 
• DTD in the missionary position (Shallow penetration favors girls- they are stronger and can make the journey).
• No orgasm- The alkaline when you release favors boys. That would cancel out all the hard work with the diet. 

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Like I said I just did the easy things you can try to have a girl. Who even knows if it really did work, I had a 50/50 chance anyway right? But I figured it couldnt hurt, and at least I know I tried. 

If you are thinking about going on the boy or girl diet just make sure you do PLENTY of your own research. The website In-Gender is a great resource and place to chat to others doing the same thing. 

The Scary Nana Radar

My mother has always been a little, err, scary in the mornings- and during the night for that matter. I remember when I was younger you would always feel so privileged to be able to sleep in mums bed with her. Well im not sure why I always put myself through it. It would go something like this:

• Get into bed with mum... we both get comfy, lights out.... damn... need to move. Roll over. Get yelled at- 'STOP MOVING.' 
• 5mins passes.... need to move again. Lay there stiff as a board with fear mum will kick me out if I move- all while thinking, I NEED TO MOVE. 
• Mums moving, this is my opportunity- I roll over at the same time. 
• Crap... I didnt have enough time... this isnt right, I still need to move... Ill just risk it and move. Mum- 'If you move 1 more time your going back to your own bed'

This all continues for about 30mins until I finally decide its not worth the stress and I will just go back to my own bed.

My brother, sister and I also knew not to bother mum in the mornings. She was NOT a morning person thats for sure. She needed a good half hour to have a cuppa and wake up before we spoke... at all. 

Well recently my mother has actually moved in with me. I am pass the whole 'being scared of my mum while she sleeps or just wakes up' phase... however it seems squeak has a 'Scary Nana' radar built in. 

The 1st morning she woke up here squeak was being extremely quiet upstairs. I went up to see what he was doing... there he was standing at the end of Nanas bed just watching her sleep. Not making a sound. I said why dont you hop in give Nana a cuddle (it was around the time she wanted to be woken up anyway). He looked at me like I was crazy!! Instead, he grabbed a shirt and threw it on the bed from a distance. 

Its funny how kids just sense these things. He will not go near Nana first thing in the morning... And to be honest im not really sure why she is always totally fine with him in the mornings... in fact she will try to talk to him and he will come running to me...  it really is like she is just omitting 'Scary Nana Morning Vibes'.