Husband's Birthday Drama

So the beloved husband turned 46 on Saturday November 24....Woot, Woot. He truly looks amazing and incredible at the young age of 46. So I had this whole plan, planned out and it's true what they say sometimes plans don't always play out as planned.

I ordered a delish Raspberry Vanilla Charlotte cake in advance from Dufflet Pastries...OMG it's the best cake ever. It's light as a feather and a small slice goes a long way. I think it's the second time that I have ordered this cake for him and he is always happy with it....

Well the people at Dufflet Pastries never cease to amaze me and they came through in a decadent way....

Well Saturday rolled around and I told "The German" to sleep in since it was his birthday so I took Emma to basketball and she had fun as usual and we headed back home to the freaking smell of burnt scrambled eggs....WTF? Seriously. I know I discussed this in my previous post however I have to bring it up again as it changed the dynamics of how the birthday celebrations DID NOT roll out.

Well what do you know I got all bent out of shape about the fact that "The German" is not taking his son's weight issues seriously. It wouldn't be an issue if he was letting him have healthy options such as poached eggs, or hard boiled eggs. Scrambled eggs and bacon don't count as a healthy mix of a healthy breakfast, even when you have it once a week.

Anyways we argued about it and it was the silent treatment all day until the next day Sunday. I was pissed off and I couldn't be bothered to celebrate in way at all. We made up and all is good in the Simon household once again.

Forgot to post the 28 weeks pregnant picture with my last post anyways here it is and I'm still feeling awesome as ever and loving every minute of it. I don't know if it's true that if you are carrying a boy you don't gain as much weight in comparison to when you are carrying a girl......I should ask my midwife on Thursday and here what she says about it...

Thanks for reading!

28 Weeks Pregnant & other ramblings

I'm 28 weeks pregnant and I'm grateful for every single day that I'm carrying this unborn child of mine. I have mixed emotions about this whole pregnancy and the only way of explaining the emotions is by digging deep into how I feel about this pregnancy.

Yes it was a struggle for a few months trying to get pregnant and when it finally happened I was filled with so much joy that finally it had happened. I was working full-time while pregnant with Emma so I didn't really pay attention to how the time went by.

And this time around I'm NOT working out of the home, I'm working from home or as most people would say "Stay-at-home-mom" and my job of course is endless. I'm up early daily to get Emma ready for school and once she gets on the school bus, I'm back at home to have some quiet time however that only lasts for a little bit.

I tidy up the house, empty the dishwasher, do the laundry, run the vacuum and plan dinner. I run out to go and run errands and usually they are all house related errands and then I get back home to start prepping up for dinner before I have to head out again to go and get Emma from the school bus. Before you know it my day is gone and I wonder what did I accomplish seriously?

Back to my mixed emotions about this pregnancy, I'm a bit sad that this will be my last pregnancy.....:-(. A part of me wishes I had started having children earlier in life and then I would have been able to have one more child. I'm an only CHILD and I recall being lonely. I always wanted a sibling, someone I could go to and talk to about stuff.

I imagined being married with lots of kids running around the house, and now I will ONLY have two kids that will call me "Mom' and two kids that I will love unconditionally. Who knew that this "whole biological clock stuff" needs to be taken seriously. Ooh gosh there I was thinking I could enjoy life in my younger years and then think about having kids later.

Well I guess I took my later in life to the word.....I had Emma when I was 36 which of course is considered way too old in the medical field. And at 41 I'm having my second child....and of course I have to have additional tests done due to having a higher risk of everything on this planet.

Well I guess I must have defied the odds of being an older Mom, the tests I have had done so far have all been NEGATIVE and I'm totally happy about it. My other very good choice I made was entrusting my pregnancy care to midwives. I did my research after Emma was born and I swore to myself that I would NEVER EVER GO back to an OB.

Someone up there must be looking out for me, because it's really difficult to get on the list for being with a midwife. Whatever you want to call it, I lucked out and they accepted me at hello. I'm so happy and content under their care and they really do know their stuff....I had no idea that internal exams are NOT NECESSARY until I go into labor.....WTF?

All along I thought it was the norm.......ooh man, what the heck was going on back in 2007 with all the probing from the OB here and there. Ooh well now I know and hopefully by the time Emma decides to start having children it will be the NORM everywhere to be under the care of a midwife.

And more exciting news is I signed up for Aqua bellies.....mainly known as water aerobics.....Woot, Woot. Went to my first class on Thursday and it was INCREDIBLE. Thank goodness there was NO Kumbaya at the beginning of the class as that would have been a turn off for me, the instructor went through some basic water safety stuff and we were ready to start exercising.

Here is a link Aqua Bellies

It was a great class, I was sweating while in water and it felt so good. Came back home and when I went to bed it was honestly the best night sleep I have had in months. I went to bed and didn't wake up until 7:00am the next day. It was amazing, I felt like all my stiffness and tightness had disappeared overnight. Looking forward to going back next Thursday.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Yuck that smells DISGUSTING

From the get-go of this pregnancy I got an egg aversion. The smell of eggs would literally turn me off and I would just brush it off as ooh well the eggs must be bad or something....LOL. Once the pregnancy was confirmed with a blood test, it all made sense that the little person growing inside me was somehow disgusted by eggs.

So I would avoid by all means to NOT be in a place where I knew they were making eggs and especially before I had told people that I was pregnant I would intentionally chose to go out and have lunch or dinner with them instead of breakfast or brunch as that would make us go into a place where they would be making eggs

Thinking back I remember once asking a person sitting next to me on the "subway" train if they had eggs for breakfast or something? The person of course went on to describe that their beautiful wife had made them an egg omelete in the morning and how delicious it was. This was around 3:00pm in the afternoon and the smell of the whole breakfast was still lingering on them.

The smell was so nasty that I had to get off the next stop and wait for the next train to come............yes I know so drastic however that's the only way I could stop myself from puking all over the subway. Ooh man, now fast forward to 28 weeks and now again I still gag at the smell of eggs however I'm now able to stomach them without puking.

Went to Emma's basketball game this morning and came back home to the horrible smell of scrambled eggs compliments of the "the step-son". I could smell them while I was still sitting in the car in the garage. The house still smells like burnt scrambled eggs and every breath I take is the HORRID SMELL of them.

I know I can't stop people from eating whatever CRAP they feel like putting in their bodies however, I wish we had a better ventilation system in the house to air out the SMELL SO THAT I don't have to inhale it with every breath I take all day today. I have opened the door and it's not really helping, so now I have lit my scented candle so at least I can smell some fresh vanilla scent.

Thank goodness for those scented candles they surely do mask the scent of unwanted smells...Thank You to the genius that created the scented candles.

Baby Names Comedy

So we got to hang out with "Michael's" parents yesterday via Google+, and it's always a mix of delight and sometimes total wonder of what we are chatting about. Michael's parents have tendencies of going off in their own little world and then come back to us.....it's the best way I can describe it, you have to see it to know what I mean.

Anyways it was nice chatting with them, and Michael's Mom once again had to "thank me" for being so hospitable while there were in Canada this past summer for 10 days. I'm like it's all good, I love having them over as long as they behave themselves it's all good.....otherwise we would put them in a motel 6 that's 2 minutes away from our house....LOL

The other thing might be due to my tolerance level for having them around. I don't really focus on the other stuff that's so unnecessary however I always focus on them having a good time in our home and of course enjoying their grand kids while they are here.

I love my in-laws very much and my house will always be OPEN to them no matter what our differences might be. I respect them for the fact that they gave birth to Michael the man that I have a child with and soon to be 2 kids with, hence without them I wouldn't have Michael in my life.

So in our Sunday chit chat with them, Michael's mother brings up the baby name question. Oh boy this always gets really interesting, well Michael and I normally think of our own names however we love entertaining the idea of what other names other people might want us to name our kids.

So "Jutta" Michael's Mom says since we are having a boy we should maybe consider her grandfather's name. That's her mother's father's name called "Anton". I'm like whaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttt, are you for real woman. When there were in Canada in the summer we had told them that we would give the "boy" the second name "Georg" after Michael's dad's name.

Ooh well, I guess Jutta didn't here that part of the conversation and she went and she asked her mom, how would she feel if Michael & Susan named their child "Anton" and of course the "granma" felt honored that her dad is being honored in some way....Well guess what we gave it a lot of thought and we now have a second name for the "boy" and it was just placed on us.....LOL

Got to love tradition man........and in my mind I'm thinking so if this "Anton" apparently owned tons of land in Germany and if we are planning the "boy's" future then definitely this "boy" will be all set if he decides to go and settle in Germany as he will have all this land and wealth in his name just waiting for him.........LOL.

Ooh gawd my train of thought is a killer, I should honestly be put away somewhere and throw away the key. Well that's the joy of having the kind of personality I have.....do you know how many people would love to be able to say what I say with a Susan "twist".......:-)

So the "boy's" name will be ______ Anton Simon, sorry Georg we have taken you out of the name puzzle, it will be too much and too long in the passport to have 3 names. However if we decide to have another child and it's a boy again we will definitely name it "Georg" after you.....:-)

To be 27 weeks Pregnant

So what's the deal on being 27 weeks pregnant, you might wonder or ask? Well it's becoming more and more uncomfortable to do the basic things such as tying my shoe laces....Aaaarrggghh. Turning over in bed is also a bit of a pain in the arse...

On the upside I'm now in the last trimester of my pregnancy....Woot, Woot. It's very exciting knowing that in less than a few months I will be holding my baby...and after that "Susan's baby making bank" will file for bankruptcy....LOL. Meaning no more babies coming from this body of mine. If I had started having babies earlier in life then for sure I would be happy with having one more.

I went for my Gestational Diabetes test last week on Wednesday and a huge part of me was really really nervous about what the outcome of the results would be. Reason being is, when I became pregnant this time around I was still lugging around extra weight from when I had Emma (5 years ago) yes I know.

Days and nights leading to the test were very sleepless for me. I found myself waking up at 3:00am and of course reading articles on the symptoms of Gestational Diabetes. All the articles mentioned being overweight was one of the symptoms and of course that scared the living crap out of me.

Wednesday crawled around and I went to my midwives office early....(the other advantage of having a midwife is that they do all the tests in the convenience of their office). I got there and guess what my midwife was at a birth and the back up midwife took great care of me.

I had to fast for 12 hours the night before and they drew one vile of blood from me. After that she gave me this extremely sweet and sugary orange drink. And let me tell you, drinking this stuff on an empty stomach is a shock to the system. After that I had to wait for an hour and then she took another vile of blood and I had to wait again for another hour before the last vile of blood was drawn.

If you want to read more on Gestational Diabetes here is the link http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/complications/diabetes/. So when my midwife called me the next day to advise me that my results were NEGATIVE, I was thrilled and I was like.....thank goodness this 41 year old body is working pretty good for it's age.

So what other tests are on the horizon, I have one more ultrasound that I have to go at 30 weeks to check the baby's lungs to make sure that they are both functioning well. I on the other hand look at it as making the world of science happy. I honestly don't think my mother went for all these tests when she was pregnant with me.

That's all for now people.....all is well in Utero and I will make sure that my partner takes another a picture of me 27 weeks pregnant so I can post it on here for you all to see how my bump is expanding.....:)

Baby Show @ MTCC

Got up early and eager to head out to the baby show that was happening at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. My initial plan had been to head out on Friday November 9, however due to my older child getting sick I had to change those plans.

After nursing my older daughter to health, I was so ready to spend a few hours away from the house and just have some downtime alone with my thoughts. So why not go out and check out the Baby Show 2012. 

When I was pregnant in 2007, I didn't go and just couldn't be bothered. So this time around I wanted to go and see what the fuss was all about with the Baby Show. Left the house at 9:10am and drove to the subway station where I parked and jumped on the subway.

Arrived downtown at 9:30am and headed into the show. The were tons of people already and things were happening. So I decided to just walk aisle by aisle and check out all the different vendors and see what they had to offer. There were tons of gimmicks and of course the freebies were so many to count.

In the beginning I was accepting all of them and towards halfway, I started saying NO to some of them. Oooh gawd do these vendors ever want you to take their stuff in the hopes that you will go to them after the show. Well there were tons of Frogs among Princes and I had to brush them all off.

There was nothing really new and exciting that I saw out there, that I already didn't know, the big shocker was how much the prices for car seats and strollers have gone up since 2007. Thank goodness the baby car seat we have hasn't expired yet so we can use it again for this baby.

I looked everywhere for a vendor that had the baby carrier that I want and unfortunately there were nowhere to be found.....Aaarrggghh that was annoying considering that I really wanted to try on a few carriers. I'm not a Sling or Moby Wrap lover and there were tons of those at the show.

So now I'm left with the option of having to buy a carrier online or go to the USA and buy a carrier there. I have a few carriers that I'm really leaning towards and they are the Mei Tai and BabyHawk. I do have the Baby Trekker that I used when Emma was little which I plan on using again however while the baby is still tiny I want to put them in a more cosy and compact carrier.

Upwards and onwards with the search for the baby carrier and once I find it I will buy it and the baby carrier subject will be put to rest. Need to go to bed now as I have a field trip with my older daughter's class tomorrow, so that will be one heck of a long day for me.

My older child is sick

I do love Full Day Kindergarten and of course it's the best thing that ever happened since who knows what. Anyways the ugly part of my kid being at school all day and yes I know she could have gotten sick anywhere else...ooh duh. 

So on Thursday my kid gets off the school bus and she is fine, and by 8pm the same night she started vomiting like no-one's business. Aaarrggghh what the heck is going on with her. I couldn't figure it out, I gave her a bath and she asked to go to bed earlier than her bedtime and at that instance I knew she was sick.

I went in 2 hours later to check up on her and she had thrown up again while she was sleeping.........ooh gawd poor kid. I changed her bedding while the husband gave her a quick rinse so she wouldn't go to bed smelling like vomit. She didn't object to what was happening and she just sat there.

Kept my fingers crossed that she wouldn't vomit again and we all went to sleep, low and behold she was upstairs at 1:00am, thank goodness NOT covered in vomit however she wanted to sleep with us. She climbed into bed with us and she was on & off with sleep.

She didn't complain much she just needed to be there with us and on the other hand I of course was getting up every 2 hours or so to check up on her that she was vomiting as well as having to go and pee...as that's the other thing that happens while pregnant....I pee every 2nd hour if not every hour.

We both finally managed to fall sleep again at 6:30am and there was no way that I was going to be sending my kid to school while feeling like crap. I called the school to report that she wouldn't be going in and tried to get back to sleep and it was pointless.

My kid decided to wake up and go downstairs to spend some quality time with her dad before he went to work and surprise.............she had another VOMIT episode. I could tell that she had vomited by the way my husband was huffing and puffing downstairs.....yup the way he handles stuff sometimes is totally wacko....but anyways he cleaned up the vomit and went to work.

I gave her a bath while I was taking my shower...so I could keep an eye for her just in case she was going to vomit again. Knock on wood she didn't vomit and we quickly got dressed and went out to Shoppers to pick up some Infant Gravol so I could run some errands without her vomiting all over the place. 

We came back home and she fell asleep on the couch for at least 3 hours while I did a quick tidy before heading out again. Poor kid she just followed suit and didn't complain one bit. We came back home and she went to sleep at her normal bedtime and I'm delighted to say she slept all night and woke up this morning at 8:00am and she looked so much better.

Well my joy for her speedy recovery was short lived as she started having diarrhea. Ooh gawd when is this bug going to get out of her system. Aaaarrgghh it's so freaking annoying. I have been watching her like a Hawk all day and keeping my fingers crossed that whatever it was is out of her system.

The husband and I have dinner plans for tonight so I'm going to give her some Gravol so she can have another good night sleep, gawd forbid the babysitter has to deal with my kid being sick while she is at home with her.

How am I feeling, well I'm exhausted as hell, I feel like I need at least 48 hours of sleep in order to recuperate from this sleep deprivation that I'm currently under. My house on the other hand is spotless as the "Cleaning Ferry" stopped by and gave my house a good overhaul clean-up session. And I was the one caught off guard when "Cleaning Ferry" arrived early...Woot, Woot.

My food intake has been so, so today,I haven't had much of an appetite all day, I guess due to my kid being sick and noticing that she isn't eating much so I don't eat much as well. I'm looking forward to our 4 course fall harvest menu tonight at Earth. The babysitter is coming at 6:30pm and we are heading out literally 10 mins after we say our hello's to her and good night...LOL.

I will be taking pictures of our food that I will blog about later, and of course I will be writing a review on Yelp about Earth so everything better be good...:-)

Prenatal YOGA

So I dragged my butt out of the house today, to go and pay homage to Prenatal Yoga.....OMG I'm so NOT a Yoga person I tell ya. It's NOT my thing, I  felt like I was stuck in some cheap under budget film....that's how I felt people so please don't shoot me for telling it like it is.

I guess not all Groupon's are created equal, the deal was awesome and I decided to buy a 5 week session and give it a try. I have been postponing going for a while now, and since stuff has settled on the home front I decided to start going this week....ooh gawd what the heck.

Walked into class where the cheerful instructor was eagerly waiting for all the pregnant clients to arrive. She was very welcoming and embracing at hello and I felt quiet at home until the introductions began. It was going around the circle talking about what kind of "mother" we aspire to be...who do we look up to for parenting skills.......

Drum roll as all the pregnant women started pouring their hearts out....OMG, wait a second while I buff. I couldn't believe what some of these women were saying......seriously what freaking planet do they come from. Thank goodness the lights were dimmed and I couldn't help but roll my eyes several times. Who signed up these women honestly....they all need some big time reality checks for some of the nonsense there were saying.

Anyways when it came to my turn....I just said I'm not a groupie nor a follower. I do my own thing and just because everyone else is currently hooked on eating Quinoa it doesn't mean that I'm eating Quinoa too...LOL. You should have seen the looks on these women, I'm surprised that they didn't strangle me.

So the class started with some mantra stuff, working from the bottom up, being in your Zen...ooh gawd what the heck was that. I honestly didn't get into my Zen and l was trying my best to be calm and all. This new age Yoga or whatever they call it is definitely not my cup of tea. I carried on wondering when the good parts were coming and sadly Nada, Nada it was just Zen, Zen and more Zen for the whole 1 hour and 30 mins.

Yikes what happened to sweating it up and feeling energized and all. I came back home with a disappointed look on my face that said it all. So next week I guess I'm trying Prenatal Water Aerobics....See you later Yoga

Woo Hoo I'm Pregnant Again

Where do I begin....

For a few months now, I have been contemplating with the idea of having a blog that's dedicated to the up's and down's of getting pregnant. So I finally came up with the name and decided that I would make it "unplugged" meaning I would literally talk about all the stuff that I'm going through "uncensored" while pregnant.

Last year in April 2011 I had a missed miscarriage at 11 weeks and I was devastated to the core of my heart. I had sent out an e-mail to people announcing the pregnancy and how happy we were to be expanding our family. Well low and behold little did I know that I will have to send the dreaded e-mail to announce the dreaded news of the miscarriage.

So I humbled myself and sent out the email and literally shut down emotionally while I re-grouped and tried to get my swagger back. In the midst of all this, all the women around me started getting pregnant. Ooh gawd what a kick in the butt that felt to me. I tried my best to be happy and pleased for them however I was pissed off inside that I wasn't getting pregnant.

I started to do a lot of reading to get my mind on a different mind set and low  and behold I came across a book called the "Infertility Cure". I literally threw myself into that book and read it cover to cover to try to understand why it was taking so bloody long for me to get pregnant again. In the meantime I had gone to get a physical done and my Doctor referred me to a Fertility Clinic that specializes in getting women above 40 pregnant.

The Fertility Cure suggested a few things that I should in order to balance my body so that all of me was in tact. I started going for Acupuncture as well as going to the Fertility Clinic. My Acupuncture sessions were very calm and laid back "Tanya" the Acupuncturist was amazing. I remember my first appointment with her where I literally cried for half an hour as I couldn't speak or tell her why I was there.

Eventually I gathered myself and I just poured my heart out to her and told her that she was my last hope, and she assured me by letting me know that she could help me out and did she ever come through or what. BUT before we get there, I have to mention the nightmarish experience I was going through at the Fertility Clinic.

We were hooked up with a Doctor that told me that my "eggs" were just old and expired hence that's the reason why I wasn't getting pregnant. However he would try to trick my eggs into thinking there were young and hopefully get me pregnant as soon as possible. We told the Doctor that we wanted to try naturally for at least 3 months and see what happens.

He wasn't too keen on the plan, however he said he would let us give it a try and see what happens. He told me to start taking 600mg of CoEnzyme Q 10 on a daily basis and go into his office every morning for "Ovulation Monitoring" and of course it had to be done every morning before 7:00am. Ooh gawd I used to wake up every morning and head out and to the Fertility Clinic and recall seeing other women who were in the same boat as me there patiently waiting for the process to start.

I used to think going to for a "Pap" was full exposure.......ooh please what was I thinking. Ovulation monitoring literally made a "Pap" look private. Ovulation Monitoring was full exposure to all, I had to get my blood drawn and then get what I started calling a camera "dildo" inside me to check if I was close to ovulating or not. Sometimes there would be a student doctor in the room with us and it was my vagina et al on full display.

The first month was a NO GO, as we didn't get pregnant and I was disappointed however on the Acupuncture side, "the Acupuncturist" was content with the results that she was seeing on my part. I stopped getting menstrual cramps with my 1st period after my first Acupuncture session and my cycle that month was at 28 days.

The second month I went back for the cycle monitoring and since my husband couldn't come to the face-to-face meeting with the Doctor we had a conference call and the Doctor suggested that since it didn't work the first month we should jump into having IUI which stands for "Intrauterine Insemination"...we both were like NO NO NO.

His tone and attitude immediately changed towards us and started saying that he doesn't think we would get pregnant naturally and that we are wasting his time blah, blah, blah. I was so pissed off that I left with so much hate for him. I went for my next Acupuncture session and once again cried to the Acupuncturist. 

The Acupuncturist told me that I should realize that most fertility clinics make money with IUI and Invitro Fertilization. They look down upon patients that want to try naturally without drugs as these patients such as myself are NOT money makers for them. We are considered seat fillers. Armed with this knowledge I knew exactly what I needed to do and I totally became focused on getting my body balanced via Acupuncture and taking it one day at a time.

My hubby and I started doing our own cycle monitoring and we calculated when our chance of ovulating would be. We were making love and not really paying attention to what the Doctor was saying. I went for what turned out to be my last cycle monitoring and he said to me....oh oh I think you ovulated already and I was like "What The HECK" so why wouldn't you get me to come earlier to monitor me. 

I went back home and I was once again so devastated and pissed that this moronic Doctor was seriously sabotaging our chances of ever getting pregnant naturally. Huffing and puffing I went to my another Acupuncture session and tried not to think too much about psycho Doctor and low and behold 4 weeks later when I went for a pregnancy test......and found out I was pregnant. 

I'm like ooh duh and guess what the psycho Doctor tried to take all the credit for it and I just rolled my eyes in disgust. I went to share the news with my Acupuncturist who was so thrilled and happy for me and she said what did I tell ya...you listened to your body and things happened for you.

Now fast forward to today and I'm 25 weeks pregnant and I'm being taken care of by the best Midwives ever. The way they are looking after me and this pregnancy is so amazing. I'm calmer this pregnancy around and I'm looking forward to having a peaceful and zen like delivery if there is such a thing.

Above picture was taken at 22 weeks, I will try to get caught up with my pictures on a weekly basis....:)