Charmed

Spoiler alert!

Watching charmed season 1-3 the last couple weeks I noticed a couple things.

In season 2, when the sisters have to take care of a baby, they bought the wrong sized diapers and their neighbour put a tea towel as a cloth diaper on the baby!

In season 3, when the sisters go back to the 1600's, Phoebe's true love's first name starts with a "C" according to the apple peel at a festival. We (and she) all think, of course, of Cole, who she ends up married to for a while in later seasons and is her current love interest.

However, in season 8 (the last one), Phoebe finds out by mistake that a guy named Coop (who I think is a cupid) is her husband in the future. There's the "C" that really matters!

Deals, nesting and doctor

Jackpot on deals for me lately. Below are my 43 microfiber inserts for various diapers (I'll use as doublers for nighttime too), which I paid $10 for. I literally paid about $0.23 for each one. I've seen people selling them for $1.50 to $2.00 each and even more online lately.

The picture below shows my newly acquired 50 burp cloths/receiving blankets. I plan on sewing them into things. For example, I can serge 8x8 squares together (in 2 or 3 layers) to make cloth wipes, I can use some of the bigger ones as flat diapers for the baby while he/she is a newborn, I can sew a few together with some velcro maybe to make a couple swaddles (at $20 each brand new that's ridiculous) or I can make scrappy pants by sewing strips together and then cutting a pants pattern out of the sewn strips to make pants with random patterns in strips all over them. I'm sure there's lots more things to sew out of them but the point is I got a great deal paying $14 for 50 ($0.28 each).

And my last deal is below. it is a 36 inch square mirror worth $90 that DH and I won at a silent auction for $5. For now it's going to stay in the baby room and we'll lean against the wall or lay on the floor for baby to look at while he/she is stationary and then when he/she is mobile, we'll put it on our bedroom wall and bring in a white framed floor length mirror from our bedroom to mount on the baby's wall.

This here is a deal I got a long time ago. It's an old old style snap and go that so far works with a graco carseat. Hopefully we'll get our stroller we want before the baby is born but even if we don't we'll have a stroller frame to use until we get it :) Then when we get our stroller, we'll give the frame away to someone for free, just like we were given it for free and the people before us were given it for free. I'll post more about the stroller we want another time.

As for my nesting, well I came home from buying the inserts this morning and folded the 25 blankets that weren't folded, took some tags off things, sorted clothes and most of the other baby things.

Left: folded burp cloths 2 rows deep

Right: diaper inserts

Left: random freebies (wash cloths, changing pad, toddler feeding set), wall art, soothers

Right: baby pool floatie, nestle diaper bag, bedding

Left: organized coupons and random baby papers

Right: formula freebies that don't expire for a long time after baby is born. I'll donate at least 2 to the food bank or women's shelter once breastfeeding is established.

Left: ikea plastic bag holder (will probably use as a wipes holder)

Right: our 6 freebie avent NB bottles with breast pads

And last but not least (well, I'll probably be back later today so it's not really last lol), my doctor's appointment: CANCELLED. *sad face* The doctor's office cancelled this morning because the Dr. got called in to labour and delivery to deliver someone's baby :) I hope everything is alright with the mom and baby :) and I'll go back next thursday for my appointment instead.

Oh giveaways how I love you!

Elena at The Art of Making a Baby is doing another Boob Design giveaway! Go enter if you want to win $150 to spend in the Boob Design store! Click the link to her blog post above.

I would love to buy these pants if I won:

Super cute!

Drop everything...

... and pray for an online friend who just lost her baby due in September as well. It has been a really low time for her since about 12 weeks when she had her first trimester screening done. The baby came back with really high likelihood of down syndrome or another disability. She's spent this whole time since her NT scan (a month ago) freaking out because of the results. Earlier this week she got the results back and was supposed to go see a cardiologist because the baby had a heart defect but the doctors were telling her nothing specific about the baby (for fear of getting sued maybe).

Please just keep her in your prayers. I'd rather not post a name but if you need something to call her, call her A.T. Thank you everyone.

First week back to work

I bought a few cute outfits today off our CL site for three dollars each. One 6-12 month romper and one 0-3 month 3 piece winnie the pooh set with a onesie, pants and a jacket. She threw in 3-6 month onesie as well as bonus.

Also between today and monday I bought 38 burp cloths. I will sew them into anything I can think of :)
So far I've thought of using them for:
- flat diapers
- wipes (serging some layers together into smaller squares)
- swaddles (maybe sewing a few together and putting velcro on them)

Super sore boobs today as well as crampy pains in my higher stomach and sore in the uterus area too.

Told bosses today. They were good with the news. Principal boss doesn't seem to want me to come back in September for a few weeks. But guess what? If you want the best for your students in your school, you'll bring me back, otherwise his new E.A.'s won't know his technology and that will hold him back BIG time. I think he'll come around considering my mom knows this as well as my nice boss who had that conversation practically asking me to come back in September.

Also I need to flaunt the belly otherwise they'll see me at 27 weeks and then not again... that's just not okay with me.

T minus 13 days until the ultrasound and our news goes public!

15 weeks

Not feeling all that much different this week. No seabands in over a week now. Toothbrush caused me to lose my breakfast yesterday morning but no nausea it seems. 

Telling admin at work tomorrow. Was going to yesterday but the one boss lady who knew I'm pregnant wasn't there so I didn't want the two that I still need to tell running to each other with concerns and questions. Tomorrow the nice boss lady will be there for them to talk to. Hope those two don't get pissy that nice boss lady and mentor lady knew before them. 

Dr. appointment on Thursday and ultrasound in 2 weeks!

How your baby's growing:

Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")

You've probably gained about 5 pounds by now (a little more or less is fine, too) and are well into the swing of your pregnancy, but you may still be surprised by an unexpected symptom now and then. If your nose is stuffed up, for instance, you can probably chalk it up to the combined effect of hormonal changes and increased blood flow to your mucous membranes. This condition is so common, there's even a name for it: "rhinitis of pregnancy." Some pregnant women also suffer nosebleeds as a result of increased blood volume and blood vessel expansion in the nose.

If you're having amniocentesis, it'll most likely happen between now and 18 weeks. This test can identify hundreds of genetic and chromosomal disorders. If you're getting very anxious while waiting for the results, it may help to know that most women who undergo amniocentesis get good news about their babies — bringing welcome relief from their worries.

Don't be surprised if you and your partner are feeling a little stressed out these days. Many pregnant couples worry about their baby's health and how they'll handle the changes ahead. But with physical discomforts on the wane and energy on the rise, this is also a wonderful trimester for most women.

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