Congratulations

Ok now my friend has a name for her baby I feel I can post? If that makes sense.

She has a beautiful baby boy after a hard labour, with them not doing the cut like they promised, so she tore, ow ow ow! I am so proud of her for managing and producing such an amazing little boy!

The love she has for him is too beautiful for words, for someone who wasn't really planning on a family! I am so glad and so proud and so happy!

I know you don't read my blog, but congrats my friend! Wishing you many many years of happiness with your little boy! May he bring happiness, love and joy into your life! You deserve it, you really do. I so wish I could see you and give you and baby lots of love from a closer distance! Being so far away is hard.

You see my friend and I have been friends for over 21 years and been through thick and thin together. We even fell pregnant together, which definitely wasn't planned! But things happen and she has now got a little boy and my LO was due on Saturday. So I am guessing if I was still pregnant with my 1st we would have probably given birth together this week. Funny that!

Zzzzz Zzzzzz

Ok after pacing like a caged lion all of last night waiting for my friend to give birth! Getting an sms eventually at 1:30am our time to say little boy has arrived, mom worked hard but dazed and a photo came through, I thought ok now I can relax and sleep. Then at 1:30am I get an sms from someone close saying Your friend had a boy??? I mean like I didn't know ... no 1 and no 2 why sms at that time in the morning ... for what??? To see if I knew my best friend had a baby??? To brag she knew 1st??? What was she doig on fb at 1:30am ... haha! Oh well! Who knows other peoples minds, maybe I am being sensitive and she just was excited?? Ooo too many question marks!

So then I struggled to get back to sleep and am a walking zombie today. I feel like I could put my head on my desk right now and crash! But no such luck, work to do, washing to bring in, dinner to prepare and Belly Dancing to go to .... Just .... got .... to ...g..e..t going now!

Family "love"???

Yesterday I woke up in such a good mood and was bouncing around. Got into the office and I had an email from my 1 sister telling me I am depressed and not enjoying this pregnancy and I need help? Plus all sorts of other things. I was like WHAT? So I sobbed for 2 hours and sent a snotty email back, and then thought maybe it is just the hormones and felt bad so phoned her. Turns out she did it on purpose to get me to react???? I mean WHAT? And this is the sister who has been kind and caring? I don't get family? I really don't. Who needs enemies when you have family?

So last night I had a headache from hell and sinus this morning. My sinuses don't handle tears! Not those big wet ones that make you look like a clown with a red nose and just keep coming! Maybe that is why I tend to usually not cry? Hormones!!! They are interesting to say the least!

Anyway my other sister came over last night for a meal for her birthday, but she cooked, how awesome is that ... I think great! Was a good evening, I was just tired! And cold. I am so sick of this winter. Summer please come out and play!

But the good news is I got 2 nice and supportive sports bra's. From Ackermans of all places, but they were the most comfortable and weren't hugely expensive. My bbs feel so comfortable now, what a relief!

I am not usually 1 for junk food, but went and got a KFC rounder and ate it so fast, I have a sore stomach now .... haha serves me right!

Turning Point

I had a good weekend, other than not talking to G for half a day on Saturday morning as the man since I have known him makes me breakfast on a weekend and public holiday, so Saturday I have a shower dry my hair, turn off the hair dryer and what do I hear, G scrapping his cereal bowl. Man oh man was I so upset I thought I would die??? His excuse was I am difficult at the moment cause I won't eat anything, but still .... we have been living together for 2 years 9 months and this is the 1st time he has not made me breakfast or even bothered to ask what I wanted AND to top it off didn't wait for me and ate alone! But to be fair he did everything for the rest of the weekend food wise, so can't really complain, but I didn't speak to him until after lunch! Don't think he will do that in a hurry again ... hee hee!

Other than that I did lots of mending? Mending of the trailer house cover, mending of G's jersey, and shorts, mending of our 1 kitties play mouse. I baked and helped G make an apple strudel. G is busy making the table for next to our side board that the TV is on and I am way impressed, such a clever man! Oh and I cleaned all 3 fish tanks, big job and did a basic clean of the 2 ponds too!

Monday I woke up feeling so full of energy and no ms and thought I had hit the turning point, but alas by 6pm I had such stomach (air cramps) and wasn't hungry and didn't sleep well at all and this morning I am exhausted and MS is back with a vengeance! So guessing it was just a good day yesterday. I am grateful for having a feel good day! At least now I remember what it feels like! So worth feeling crap if it means baby is doing well!

Sleepy

So my boss was here for 24 hours, but didn't have too much to do with him luckily! Last night G and I went out for sushi with friends and I must say vegetarian sushi is ok, but so NOT the same as real sushi, but am so willing to sacrifice for now! Got home and crashed only to wake up at 12:30 with such a sinus headache and then couldn't sleep again!

Took my boss to the airport this morning and then went to a customer in Chloorkop and back home and that took a whole damn 3 hours! 3 hours!!! And driving in a nice sun heated car can really put me to sleep, stopped to get food for the gardener and maid and ended up looking longingly at the cooked chicken livers. So got that for all of us! Was so yummy! I know they say no liver, but I assumed it to be ox liver (yuk), but gee I could have had more, pity I had to share! I only had 3 so hoping it will be ok. Why of all things do I crave that? I am weird!

So other than waiting for time to pass so I can go for a walk and then sleep tonight, I still have to think of what is for dinner? Mmm maybe grilled chicken thighs and veggies?

Count down

It is Tuesday afternoon, which means only 3 full working days till weekend! Whoo hoo! The reason I am so excited, is for no other reason other than I have spent the last 2 weekends in bed sick as a dog (why do we use that saying, poor dog)! So other than a dinner we are making for my cousin for her bday on Friday, nothing is planned, but that is the best thing, woo hooo!

G has been such an amazing husband over the last week and a half, he has looked after me, cooked, brought me what I needed (other than cleaning up), he is just divine! He has the patience of an angel and the personality of a saint. I love him to bits. He has put up with me through this (1st time I have ever been this sick in 4.5 years) and I appreciate it so much. Neither of us are sickly people. So this has confused us both. He is even sweet when I have these tears that come pouring out my eyes during programmes on Discovery and movies, the tears are a new thing for us too, so it is all very funny! He is also putting up with me snapping at him for silly things. Thank you for being the best husband a girl could ever dream of having!

But I have decided I am a worry wart. At 12 weeks my baby was 5.38cm and another girl at 12 weeks is 7cm, is that a problem or do they all grow at different times. is my baby ok? Did it have a growth stump cause I have been sick? mmm man such a worrying time in life that is for sure!

My Morning sickness has come back with a vengeance! Geez, but if it is from post nasal drip, no wonder, I feel queasy all the time and a headache all the time and a horrible taste in my mouth, so a home made salt water solution is now my best friend, hope it clears it up ... quick quick!

Flu

I have been knocked down dead with flu. I am never in bed when I am sick and I stayed in bed all of Saturday and Sunday and most of Monday and just stared at my cupboard, I just couldn't move. I went to the doctor cause I can't take anything and she gave me a nasal spray and cough syrup, but can only use them like 2 times a day so don't really work. It is now Thursday and I am still damn sick! Oh well. Oh plus I have 7 cold sores on my bottom lip! 7 ???? My immune system is out for a whack that is for sure!

BUT the good news is being sick hasn't affected baby as I went for my 12 week scan yesterday and baby is doing well. 53.4mm and saw it move and saw it's heart beating. What an amazing experience! G was so amazed, his face was a picture!