Let the search begin!

I saw my doctor today who confirmed my pregnancy! She's saying I'm about 8 weeks pregnant and my due date is around January 21, 2012.  So, I'll probably be a little off of my goal of a baby girl by the end of the year... but I'll take a new baby in the new year! Of course, now comes the search for plus sized maternity knickers.  The ones at Motherhood were good but not great. But they're about all that's out there unfortunately.  I think I may have a "Battle of the Maternity Panties" this time around.  Any manufacturers out there...feel free to send me free samples! :)  Oh wait, there's NOT anything out there.  If I had the capital, I could make a KILLING in super plus size maternity underwear, bump supports and bras.  And probably pants too.  I have to admit I wasn't enamoured with my pregnancy pants last go around.  I found the seam between the elastic and the pant fabric dug under my belly...not so pleasant when you're skin is so hormone-induced sensitive!  Maybe I'll just live in leggings this winter. :)

Pitter Patter

Apparently my grandmother has been reading my blog.  Because of this, I think she has some incorrect information, which has encouraged me to finally write a new, though quick post.  Yes, grandma, I AM pregnant!  My best guess is about 6 weeks, which means I'll be due at the end of January.  I haven't seen the doctor yet, so I haven't gone public with the news.  But seeing as how dad told grandma who then said I wasn't (based on my LAST post), I thought I should set the record straight here.  I'll post the story soon!

Not the Next Best Thing

Well, after 15 days of waiting, wondering and peeing on sticks, we finally have an answer.  I am NOT pregnant.  I FINALLY got my period yesterday morning.  Why it took 15 days to arrive when it's usually pretty consistent, who's to say?  But at least now I know.... and now I can take proper drugs for my sickness, which came on Wednesday afternoon.  I went home early and just went to bed, pretty much for 2 1/2 days.  But Thursday night, Friday morning I was having lower back pains/belly cramps and wondered if it was finally coming...and it did. 
So no little baby for Jacob.... yet.  But at least I've started on my pregnancy vitamins, which I'll continue, and this'll give me a chance to actually go and get the rubella vaccination, which my blood results have been saying I need.  So I suppose this was a little wake up call for mama Jen to get her butt in gear so Grundie baba2 can finally come into the world. 
I'm finally rounding the bend and my fever is almost gone. I think we'll take Jake to Spraoi where he can run around and play and frolick while I drink a cup of tea.... with caffine.  :) 

HCG and Fat Pregnancy

So the question arises to me, does it take more HCG (the pregnancy hormone) coursing through a fat person's body to trigger a positive pregnancy result on a home test?  When I was pregnant with Jacob, it took 11 days after my missed period to get that freakin' plus sign.  And now I'm at 12 days and counting and still no plus sign.  It's pretty frustrating, especially since your skinny (who thinks she's fat but is NOWHERE near fat) friend finds out DAYS before missing her period that she's up the duff.  I did a search online but noone seems to have an answer.  The only thing I could find was people asking the same question, and a few people saying, 'no, it shouldn't make a difference.'  But I think it does.  And I'm curious who I could ask to find out.  Because if the answer REALLY is no, then what's wrong with ME?  So at the moment, for those of you out there crossing your fingers for me, it's a big "I dunno."  I won't say I'm not until I've started bleeding (crass, I know, but that's just me) and I won't say I am until I get a positive pee stick.  Do the limbo!!

Brilliant Article

Hi Everyone,  I just wanted to take a moment to share a fantastic article (albeit written by my husband) on our 'brother' blog, Gentastic.

10 Things I Have Learnt About Parenting that the ‘Experts’ Failed to Mention

Please take a moment to check it out.  I was very much amused.

 

The Next "Best Thing"?

Well, I'm not counting chickens or anything, but my last period started on Christmas Eve 2010.  28 days later is January 21st.  Today is January 23rd.  So, I'm still within my possible cycle.  This could be nothing... but I'm starting to get hungrier at night, I'm having little (minuscule really) moments of nausea, and yesterday when I stood up after going to the cinema, a little acid reflux went up my esophageous.  Oh, and I've been hornier (which could be a sign I'll be getting my period too).  So I've got some clues, but I'll wait another week before being certain.

There's no point in me taking a pregnancy test.  I don't know if any other very large women have the same issue, but I took a pregnancy test when I was pregnant with Jacob the day my period was due and it was negative.  The next week it was still negative.  Doctor's urine sample was negative too.  It wasn't until a further week that it came up positive.  So maybe my hormone levels need to be much higher as I'm that much bigger a woman?  Then I have a friend on her 3rd baby who's test came back positive DAYS after conceiving.  And she wouldn't be a stick figure, she's a healthy size 12-ish.  I WANT to take a test but I don't want to waste the money, you know?  Especially since my husband is now without a job, I'd rather save my money for when I've got a chance of having the most accurate result.  My GP just has me pee on a stick too, no blood tests for her, so there's no point in dropping €70 for what I can buy at a shop for a tenner.

So I suppose for now, I'll start my precautions-  no alcohol, less caffeine, multivitamins with folic acid (good idea anyways as I'd LIKE to have another baby in the near future) and continued focus on healthy eating.

My husband and I both agree that Jacob was the best thing that happened to us.  So now, I just wonder if we are awaiting our next best thing?

Unhappy Mouth

UGH!  I have been suffering with mouth issues for the past week!  A week ago Sunday I could feel that I was going to get one of those things I call tongue zits...those little white raised bumps that hurt like h3ll!  So I was prepared to deal with one... ONE.  But no, something must be wrong with my chemistry at the moment, because come Wednesday, I'd say there were 4.  And the next day, one would be fading and another one would pop up. 

Yesterday I counted 5 on my tongue and a canker sore on my upper gum.  They make it very difficult to talk and the tip of my tongue feels kind of burnt and raw.  I had some aloe juice drink at dinner last night, and that was just lovely on my tongue, but then the drink was gone and the darned spots weren't. 

I tried that liquid that stings then makes all the pain go away.  That helped for a few minutes.  And I tried a gel... but the gels don't really stick to a saliva producing machine like a tongue.  I've been gargling with diluted TCP for the past couple days, but that just tastes nasty and makes me smell like TCP... yeck.  

I just got another gel today, Bonjela and that is definitely working better on my canker sore and slightly on my tongue.  And today my tongue feels like they are all starting to fade.  Was it the vitamins I took last night?  If so, I have GOT to remember to take them nightly! I sure as heck hope it's not in response to the new Tesco diet I'm on!  I'm going to guess that it's not as I started that on Wednesday. 

But even as I feel the tongue zits fading, I can feel another canker sore popping up RIGHT NEXT to the other one! REALLY!?!? 

Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?  If they're not gone totally in the next few days, Dr. H will be receiving a visit from yours truly.  Of course she'll probably say to keep doing what I'm doing and then bill me 70 euro.  Ugh.  Please send on your mouth healing vibes!