Telling the Boss

So this morning I went to see Peter, my principal and Lyn, my Head of Junior School. I said sorry a lot as I feel a bit bad stopping halfway through next year, but both of them were very happy and encouraging to me. It is funny because the classroom they moved me into is called the 'pregnancy room'. Over the past few years, each teacher who has taught in that room has gotten pregnant within the year and has a baby boy. Peter laughed because of it and Lyn said that it will be interesting to see if I have a boy as that's the trend. 

I'm glad that they both were happy and encouraging to me. I was worried that they'd go into next year mode, but fortunately they didn't. Yay for another chat being done. Hopefully all is still going well.

Re-arranging Begins

Today James and I have re-arranged a few things in the house, coz we can. We moved the small dining table and chair outside for Noel to take tomorrow. In exchange he will leave us Oscar's old cot. We moved the grandpa chairs and box to the corner in the lounge room. We're not convinced with it but will leave it for a bit to see if it grows on us. I'm thinking maybe putting a bookstand in the corner will make it more of a sitting corner and not feel so out-of-place, but we'll see how things go. We moved pello into the old 'grandpa corner' and the small bookstand, along with a couple of softtoys. We're both happy with how that looks. 

The next few big moves will be: the couch to Mum and Dad's and the cupboard to our place (probably a Christmas holiday activity I think). Also, to move the bookcase from the 4th bedroom, into the spare bedroom. But that will have to wait for another weekend.

On a different note, we are so excited about Jenny, Ryan and Maddie coming down next weekend! So can't wait to have them visit and be able to hang out and play with them.

House Set Up

This week has been a time of thinking about rearranging. Our church is having a carboot sale in the first week of December so I am wanting to get rid of any big things which we can at that so there is space for movements.
As our 4th bedroom doesn't have a built in wardrobe we are going to use Grandma and Grandpa's old one - we've looked at measurements and it will work well. As Oscar has moved into his 'big boy' bed Jens and Howie don't need to cot anymore, so we're going to get that too. Their old change table is at mum and dad's place as well. With each of these things needing to fit into the room we will need to move out the bookcase and fold out sofa. 
So the plan is to send the sofabed to mum and dad's place, to have the cupboard come here, to move the grandpa corner into the loungeroom and have the old 'grandpa corner' become a play area where we'll have some shelves and a rug. The smaller dining table and chairs will go to the carboot sale so that they are going to a new home. So that's the plan. It will be a lot of moving to try and fit things in and to be happy with how it looks but I'm looking forward to changing some things around.

Appointment Booked

Oops, it has been a bit of time since my last post. On Monday I was able to book an appointment with my ob. We tried to fit in during my 11th week, but that is also my last week of school and I just couldn't justify missing out on Presentation Day, Party Day or the last day so we decided to go for Friday of the following week. After talking with Jens on Thursday I do need to call up and double check if that includes a booking for an ultrasound, as I will be 12 weeks and it will be just before Christmas and Hervey Bay in January. I also received the information forms from Dr Booker and I hope that our baby isn't too late as Dr Booker will be on holidays 3 days after the due date... It will all be fine :-)

Then today I drove James to the airport so that he could fly up to Hervey Bay for Maddie's 1st birthday. He's also going to be telling Jenny and Ryan and Nan and Grandpa while he is up there. I can't wait to hear about it. I really wish that I was there. It was funny as I was dropping off James because I got rather teary... so blaming it on the baby. Same as on Monday when I needed to change most of my reports - I just started to cry. Blaming it on the baby.

Not much else to say really. Very tired still and today is hot which isn't fun. Jens came over today to drop off a lot more of Oscar's things which he has grown out of. I love how much we already have - so much less to stress about! I am now just trying to work out how everything will fit into the baby's room and what we may need to get rid of. Fun times ahead.

Dr Again and Telling Our Families

This past week has been pretty good - besides being very, very tired! But I guess I shouldn't complain in comparison to others. Last night we had dinner with my family so we decided that we would tell them then. It was weird to think about how to tell them. I told Jens first because I knew I could tell her without the awkwardness. So while Oscar was entertaining himself, I told Jens by pointing to my tummy and then eventually telling her. She was so excited for us which I knew she would be but it was nice to see it. We then went to have dinner and I told James to tell the family as I didn't know how to say it, so James did. My family were very excited about it. We spoke a bit about how I've been feeling and what to expect. It has been nice to be able to talk to people about it!

Then today I went back to Paul to get the blood test results and some other things. He told me that all my tests came back fine and that I am A+ blood group. After chatting a bit, I asked Paul about if I needed to come back and see him and he said that if all goes well, the next time I will see him is to get the needles for our baby when it is 6 weeks! Crazy! That comment made it a little bit more real. 

Then tonight we called up James' parents to tell them the exciting news. They were very excited to hear the news, which again was lovely to hear. We too spoke a bit about how I've been feeling. I love how supportive and caring both of our families are. Tomorrow we will try to call Jenny and Ryan to tell them as Jenny is busy tonight. So can't wait to tell them as I think she will be over the moon for us. And we got Maddie's birthday invite in the mail today (it is so cute!!)

So the next step is to try and call the obstetrician on Monday, while at school, away from others to try and book an appointment with him between 10-12 weeks. Crazy times!

Dr Appointment

On Thursday I went to my doctor to tell him that we were pregnant and to find out what the next steps are. It was really nice because Paul is very happy for us. It must be cool for him (but probably makes him feel old) to have looked after Jenny and I when we were little and to now be advising us on kids.

He gave us a referral to the same obstetrician that Jenny had (because I said he was recommended) so we now need to call him up and see if he is around in June. Paul told us that I am 6 weeks pregnant and that I should be due 27th June. That doesn't quite work as well as James and I had thought as it is before the end of term 2... but it will mean that I unfortunately miss out on Parent Teacher Interviews :-)

Yesterday I found that I can't stomach blood either - one of my students had a bleeding nose and I needed to clean up some of it. It really didn't sit well with my tummy. Today I went to get some more tests - blood and urine - to confirm and check some things. The man who took my blood wasn't the most friendly... I hope that the other people who I interact with are more friendly and approachable. So now I'm back to Paul on Friday to find out the results. I can't wait to tell our families our news.

Sickness

Ok. So I now have my 1st thing that I don't think I want to eat again - supreme pizza. The girls and I went out for dinner last night and I ordered one. After 1 piece I felt a bit funny but kept eating 2 more pieces. The leftovers I brought home for lunch. I went to sleep ok but at 3:00 I woke up feeling like I was going to be sick, and feeling like it was because of the pizza. I tried to sleep - no luck. I decided to get up to walk around a bit - felt better. I lay down again, felt sickly again. So I decided to make the most of my time being awake at a silly hour and edited my reports - it was at least productive. Eventually, around 4:15 I went back to bed and eventually fell back to sleep.

Then this morning when I went to the fridge I openned it to smell the pizza - felt sick again. So no deal with the pizza and James scores some more lunch.

I also found the 1st thing that I just can't stomach doing - cleaning up Chilli's vomit. Gross I know but I tried this morning and ended up being seconds away from joining her. So that is now a James job.

I so don't like being sick. I think that is going to be an even bigger problem because when I think I'm going to be sick, I try really hard to not let my body go through all the motions. I just really don't like it. Hopefully this morning has been the worst of it and school will be fine today... hopefully.