Santa.

The last place I went to be in December is at the mall. Instead of waiting another week and going when we could go mid week, I decided to go today and get N's Santa picture done. Now in years past it's never went over well. We always end up with a photo of her with the deer in headlights look just before full out crying happens.

This year I tried to work up the whole idea of Santa, how he was going to bring her presents and showed pictures, cartoons etc. Each time though she'd tell me "no Daddy brings gifts" (which makes me laugh since I do all the gift buying) or that she did not want to see Santa. /sigh

We got there around 11 and the line up was not too bad, I think we got to Santa in about 30m? What is nice about Chinook is that there are 3 elves in an area that has a tv playing cartoons/movies and puzzles to amuse your kids. So she spent the whole time there playing while I stood in line.

This yr, as a change in her usually demeanor she did not freak as soon as she saw Santa, but would not go near him, so Owen picked her up and sat down with her. You can sit with your child at MM, but at Chinook you can actually be in the picture.

Anywho, she was not too pleased to even be sitting on Owen's lap, and the first picture we got was a bit of a scowl which started to turn into a freak out. I saw it coming, reached in my pocket and pulled out the bribery, the Candy Cane. :p She calmed down right away and we were able to get our first non crying/deer in headlights Santa picture! Yay!

Oh and the woman that was distracting her to look at the camera was really good too. She straightened her pants, I fixed her socks and her hair. I wished we'd adjusted her dress a bit but oh well. I was so worried she was going to cry that we were working fast at fixing her outfit. heh

The out-take:

This is what we typically get. heh

GBS Positive

My test came back positive. Oddly enough with Tash I was negative. Weird. No big deal, I'll just have some drug via an IV when I go into labour. She said they could give me a 'dose' then lock? the IV so it was not attached to my arm and I could still move around.

Not much new, she's moving around like crazy, I've lost 4lbs again, went from 64kg to 62kg. Starting to wonder what is up with that? She does not seem too concerned. She asked if I was leaking any fluid and I said no, so we'll just chalk it up to there being a lot less treats in the house over the past week. :P

Baby dropped on Tuesday and the difference is amazing. I do not feel so big anymore, getting around is a lot easier, as well as sleep positions. Now if I did not have to pee so much with her resting on my bladder I'd be all set. Surprisingly I feel like I've gotten a lot of my energy back as well.

Her room is 100% ready (minus some storage baskets) and we moved N's carseat to behind the driver's seat last weekend. now we just need to install the bucket. We should do that this weekend I guess, since Owen and the Dr. seem determined I'm going early. I'm determined she is going to be at least 1w overdue so maybe she'll do a compromise for us and come somewhere in the middle? heh

I put in for my maternity leave at GAP on Sunday. Was a bit sad about it actually. I know some shifts I've complained about, but I really do enjoy working there and the ppl that I work with. Well most of them. :p

Oh I just thought of something I have not done, pre-washed her new diapers that I bought, although I do have time on those, as we will use disposables the first couple of weeks.

GBS Testing

yay! Umm yeah..so I got this swab done today. I feel like I've had way too much feeling, and fingers/objects up that area. Granted this was not 'in' and was fast but I guess I feel like some test subject with all the trans-vaginal u/s's and manual checks that even the smallest thing in that area bothers me.

I waited almost 2hrs today to get in to see her today. It was not verbally announced, but the doctor she shares the office with was giving H1N1 shots today and instead of the usual 2 doctors in, they had in all 3 and were using 1 of her exam rooms so she was down to 2, which slowed things down drastically. After I finally got into an exam room Tasha decided she had to pee. oiy!

Anywho, everything seems normal, blood pressure low but I guess that's normal for me. I'm slightly amused though that the 2 lbs I'd lost last time had now come back. I went from 60 to 63kg. Ahh well such is life, it came on, it will come off. I did get one shocker, the NP was typing in my blood pressure on my chart and says "So you are having a c-section?". I'm sure my eyes bugged out when she asked and I was like "Huh?? Umm not to my knowledge??" She then laughed and said "oh there is nothing here saying you are, I just ask bc you should have a GBS today and if you are having one, we won't need to do it"

gah! yeah never start a conversation with "So you are having a c/s?" to a pregnant woman.

The other thing that sort of bugged me was when I was joking with Dr. E about Christmas dinner in the hospital and she says "Oh don't worry we will start soon doing things to encourage labour." Since she was behind, I did not get time to ask her to elaborate on what she meant exactly by that? I don't care how long it takes for me to go into labour, I'd rather just let nature take it's course TBH.

The other interesting bit of information was that when I mentioned my retained tissue thing, she said I could have had a 2nd lobe and if so it would have been very easy to miss that a 'piece' was missing. I'm not sure if having that happen once (if it was a 2nd lobe) would mean it would happen again, and we did not get a chance to talk about any measures we could take (an u/s before I left), so I'll have to ask next week. S

She did offer me a script for Motillium before I left the hospital and would make sure I saw an LC. I appreciate the pro-activeness and having the 'script but am really hoping the only reason why I have milk issues with Tasha was the tissue.

Too early..

for a Christmas theme on the blog? heh

34 weeks or close enough

I looked in the mirror tonight and thought to myself "How did I get this pregnant?" and then I thought "God, how am I even pregnant?" I don't know why I asked myself those questions..it just for a moment felt so ... strange to be pregnant.

Funny that it felt weird or like I shouldn't be pregnant when I'm at a stage in my pregnancy where it's obvious I am pregnant and very noticeable. I feel movements all the time, heartburn, reflux, awkwardness to move around, get up, lay down...