12 weeks

I cannot believe I've hit the 12 week mark.  It still doesn't feel real and I'm not sure when it will.  Will it feel real when my belly starts growing?  When I get to the anatomy scan?  I don't know. 

Everything is going well.  No episodes of spotting but I do have some nasty round ligament pain from time to time, usually when I move too fast.  The only excitement I've seen recently was yesterday's nasty storm which I got stuck outside in for a half hour.  And this one was of epic proportions.

It started pouring before I left the office but let up a little so I could catch the bus.  Almost got to my home bus stop when the hail started coming down.  In the 10 years I've lived here I haven't seen hail once.  Then I get to my bus stop and the driver can't even drop us off b/c it is flooded.  The car parked on the street just in front had water flowing by it almost up to the door.  He dropped us off further down the block and I did so well not getting my feet submerged in water until I got to the sidewalk.  What is the point of a sidewalk again??? 

I get to the other end of the block and have to walk on the lawn to get around because the sidewalk is flooded.  Then I get to the end of the block and I see the flood.  Literally.  The water is coming down my cross street, the one I have to walk up to get to my street, and I can't do it because the water is literally flowing like the rapids of a river.  Insane!!!  I made a quick decision to cut across the lawn of that yard and hang out under the roof of their garage hoping that the rain would end soon.  Nope.  I was stuck out there for a half hour.  I had no way to take my shoes off and carry them since I had 4 bags and an umbrella otherwise I might have been very tempted.  Unfortunately, of the 4 houses on that block the two in the middle have no lawn so I had to either walk on a sidewalk submerged in inches of flowing water or through 2 yards of mud.  

One of the neighbours across the street came out to take pictures of the water way up his calves in the middle of the street.  He asked if I wanted to come to their house to wait it out but it would mean me walking through the water.  I said thanks but I'd be fine.  The lightning was overhead much of the time I was out there so I felt safer under the roof.  

Then a woman who had been over at this guy's house came over and offered to give me a ride the last 2 blocks to my house since she was about to leave for home anyway.  I was so happy!  But of course that was when the storm was letting up.  But it was so nice of her to offer.  Made my day after a half hour waiting out the storm!  

One of the good things is that I now know to get off at my old regular bus stop when it is raining.  It has been moved temporarily b/c of construction and it didn't look any better yesterday with water flowing up from the manhole.  And I also know that in that kind of storm that the flood protection mechanisms in my neighbourhood work.  And I definitely don't live in the lowest spot in the neighbourhood. 

Tonight, I discovered that my purse is still wet inside and my computer bag got soaked.  The computer was a bit wet but turned on just fine.  But many of my work papers got totally soaked.  I'm airing them out now.  Usually I'm super packed the night before I leave but I can't do that this time.  I'll have to get the suitcase done but wait to do the rest tomorrow.  No sleeping in.   :(

And now, today's belly shot.  Same clothes which still fit.  I'm happy with that.  You can really see the veins in my pasty white arms now.  

12w0d

Midwives and wildlife

I called the midwifery practice that covers my area and the good news is that they are just now taking clients with January due dates.  Based on the information I gave I was told that I have a good chance of getting in with them.  This practice has weekly meetings and based on the information given over the phone they set up consultations with potential clients and go from there.  So now I have to wait for 2-3 weeks to hear back.  If I don't hear back then I have to call them.  If I'm not accepted I'll still be kept on the list and could get the call at any time right up until my due date. 

In other news, I had an interesting night.  I had a raccoon try to break in through my bedroom window. I woke up hearing this scratching sound.  I thought my cat was clawing the carpet outside the bedroom door so I turned over and ignored it. Then I thought, maybe it is my not so temporary paper blinds that are blowing in the breeze.  I opened my eyes to see if they were moving and I see this shadow in the window.  I think, what is my cat doing up there in the window?  Then I realize there's no way she'd be in my room because my door was closed.  And then I realized that there is no way for her to jump up on the window sill.  No way because it is too high.

I panicked thinking 'what the hell is that?'.  I go over to the window quickly and look at this creature stretched up all the way to the bottom of my blinds and low and behold I'm looking into the face of a raccoon!  OMG!  I made some noise and it ran away but, sh*t!  Talk about a heart attack at 2:30 in the morning.  At that point I closed my window which I really didn't want to do because it was so hot last night but I didn't want the creature coming back to break in. This morning I noticed that the screen had been pushed in a bit and had those blinds not been partially down I'm sure that screen would have popped right off and I would have had a crazy raccoon in my bedroom.

And now for your viewing pleasure ... the little bean.

My little bean at 6w5d.  The yolk sac is on the upper right.

I had to figure out how to use my scanner and download some options into the machine from my computer before I could use it.  Pretty slick and faster than my old scanner.

I Forgot About Today's Bizarreness

I can't believe I forgot to post about this.  This morning while waiting to be called in for blood work a woman walks in to the clinic, hands over her health card and then sits down.  Then there is a knock at the door. (The clinic door is locked on weekends and we have to knock to get buzzed in.)  The woman goes over to open the door and I hear the unmistakable voice of a little child.  I was thinking WTH? 

The child and man at the door proceed to walk right into the clinic, the little guy chattering away as they take off their coats and boots.  Then they proceed to sit down right across from me.  They then proceed to talk about not bringing any paper along for their 2-year old to draw/scribble with and go on the hunt for some on one of the tables in the waiting area.  They then proceed to talk about toys they should consider buying for him.  I have no idea what his name is because all they called him was 'dude' over and over.  Really?

Who the hell brings their 2-year old to a fertility clinic?  I mean, really, what is wrong with this picture?

If they got lucky with #1 then I get that they might be completely clueless about being considerate of others.  But if they had medical help with #1 then I feel it is almost purposeful inconsiderateness. There are 2 parents in this situation.  If she were in for blood work only, could he not have stayed home with the boy?  It isn't like she was going to get the results within a minute and needed them there for support when she got her results.  We always get called at the number we leave in the morning.  If she was there for an ultrasound, why would they want him in the room with them?  Could they not have found a family member, friend, neighbour to watch him?  And if she were there for a procedure like IUI why was a 2-year old there?  It isn't like he should be in the room with them and they can't just leave a kid that age wandering around the lobby/waiting room. 

All I can say is this was a major FAIL by these parents.