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Dis - I'm not used to being a hermit! With Louis and Dylan I was out and about everywhere...after Ethan I was a little more at home and this time more than ever! Luckyh I'm not having anymore or I may never leave the house again! LOL!
Bugger you've been so tired - I hope Jr settles down for you soon!
Good luck tomorrow!
I've had a cruisy day...our house was a pigsty so dh, the kids and I spent the afternoon tidying up...so very exciting! LOL! I'm so glad it's done though...it was feral...
Well I am feeling MUCH better after an absolutely fantastic night sleep. Damien took the kids all night and slept with them in their room so I could sleep by myself and my god I feel good for it! I feel like normal again!
I have a doctors appt soon (and will have to get ready in a mo!) to get results from bloods and u/s, though the u/s tech guy told me all was well with bubs when I had the u/s over a week ago. I will be going for my 12wk u/s soon, yay! I'm in two minds as to whether time is flying or dragging for me with this pg, lol! Some days I feel like 'I'm 10weeks already??' some days its like I'm only 10 weeks I feel like I should be 30!'. Damien, the kids and I went to Dubbo yesterday so I could get some mat clothes. Mine are getting a tad tight! I am huge already I look like I'm about 6mths pg! I think it's because I'm (tmi!) constipated and my tummy muscles are absolutely shot. Thye are so weak and I just can't hold it all in like I usually do! In a way I can't wiat til bub comes so I can lose weight and get fit again. I'm feeling really horrible in my skin. Though I do like how I look when pg, just that at tehm mo I just look really fat! Well fatter than normal! I was rather disappointed witht he mat clothes choices out there. Even trusty old Big W had nothing out that I normally wear. I usually get a pair of Big W jeans and a few of their mat. yoga pants, but they had NOTHING. Not even the usual plain tops they have that I live in. I tried on a pair of pants that were ok looking and they were sooo small. Lily said to me, 'mummy you're too fat for them....really really too fat!' Thanks hunny thats one way to make mummy feel like crap! Then at PP, I tried a few pairs of jeans which were absolutely HUGE but the next size down didn't fit well. All I ended up getting was 3 tops. I didn't really need tops yet, mostly pants, but there was nothing! I might send some money to my mum and see if she can get me some staples to wear for now...ah well!
Ok ladies gotta go to the docs, I hope you all have a lovely day and I will try to catch up properly later
LOL Kel- am having the same issues with clothes. They are revolting, too expensive for what you get and just plain old...crap! I have my brothers wedding in just over a week and I have got a dress off ebay so hopefully that fits and I was hoping to wear my black pants and a nice top to the church but my pants have bleech makrs on them Went to Big W and Kmart and they have bugger all! Back to the maternity shops I go!
Kris- glad you got some tidying done. I understand your posts so dont worry too much about it! My mum used to go out with all of us most of the time. I dont know how she did it! I know she had a big gap between the middle lot so it was probably managable. She had the first 4, then a 7 year gap...in which she had 31 foster kids.... and then the second 4! It was always a mamouth effort to get out of the house though! You'll be fine! Are you still running around doing extra curricular stuff with the boys? I still need to get these girls into swimming and thinking the swim centre you were at sounded like an idea!
Am just relaxing thismorning. Girls are out for 3 hours at day care. They have school holidays starting so this is my last chance to just really sit! I should be doing bookwork...thats why they go to daycare! Oh well! Not my favourite thing to do!
Hey, I made a big post yesterday and its not here!!!
Don't have time right now, the boys had me up early and as usual when that happens, I've spent too long bumming around and am now running late!!!!
Kel, glad you're feeling better. I've found some nice clothes in Target in the past. Haven't visited there this time around because this bub is due two weeks' before Jr's birthday so I am pretty much set for the right season clothes.
Dis Mel, I saw that Target had some ok stuff but it was sooo limited! There was only one rack of stuff in smaller sizes. In Sydney there was always something I could buy from somewhere, but every store here just has nothing. Either they have sold out of it all, or they just don't stock nice clothes for pg women....you know you're fat and pg and hormonal, why would you want to look nice??? I had some nice maternity stuff, but got rid of it all when Damine was so adamant about no more bubs...then he had to change his mind didn't he??!!
Mel, yep if it's nice stuff it's waaayyy too exxy or they're really small sizings. I just want something half decent, even just some trackies that will fit me for a few months. There wasn't even any of the Bonds bumps stuff at Big W, or the plain long sleeved tops or t-shirts they usually ALWAYS have in stock!! Just literally nothing that wasn't soooo ugly I couldn't face buying it! I might just have to bite the bullet and buy online. I just want to be able to try it on tho becaus the sizings are so different. I tried on a size 16 pair of mat pants at Big W which were soo small I couldn't even get the up above my hips, but tried on x-large at Pumpkin Patch, which is 16-18, and they literally fell off.
Kris, I can understand your posts too, so don't worry about your typos!
I hear ya on the house being a pig sty! I have been wanting to take some pics of the house to put on FB for people to see but the house is soooo grubby at the mo, that I just can't do it! LOL! Damien and I will be cleaning up today though! At any cost!!!!!!
AFM, feeling ok today, better that Damien isn't on night shift for a while. Night shifts just suck sooo much, it means I'm practically a singel mum for those days and I'm just not coping with it at the moment. He did 6 in a row last week and besides the fact that he never used to work 6 days in a row at all, 6 nights with kids that aren't sleeping and a very hormonal lonely mummy.... well not a good mix! And Lily is just being such a whinger and I can't cope with it. If ANYTHING doesn't go her way she will cry. No matter what it is. I just send her to her room because I can't listen to it. I tried explaining to her and being patient but she just doesn't stop. So now it's a zero tolerance for me. She goes to her room and then has to say sorry for whinging or being rude or not listening or what ever it is. Anyone got any other solutions to this, it's soooo doing my head in! Gosh, terrible twos didn't happen for us, its horrific 3's!
Things on the friend front are getting there. One of the wives of Damien's workmates called me the other day to come for morning tea. We were at Dubbo so I couldn't go, but it's a start to things! I will arrange something next week for us. She seems really lovely and has 3 kids. She has a little boy 2 days...older?? than Liam and a little girl who is just 4, so it's good that the kids have friends too. And they just came here in March so she's probably in a similar situation to me. I have also gone to playgroup twice and though I haven't really met anyone yet (it will take me time to get up the courage to introduce myself!) the kids love going and having fun.
Ok gotta goa nd help with the cleaning!! Though I'm buggered! I think a nanna nap is in order for later!
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Went to Big W and Kmart and they have bugger all! Back to the maternity shops I go!
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