28 May 2008
Look! No hands
It is actually pretty handy to have an extra side table available when you are eating Ben and Jerry's ice cream (told you I have ice cream cravings!)...
Funny contrast
Now that my maternity leave started I am fully preparing for motherhood, but in a contrasting way I just realized importing pictures from the previous couple of days.
One hand I am not a very good mother-to-be, since I was in a big music place (The Melkweg) in Amsterdam on Saturday to support Sean's band during their performance. I exposed Jr to heavy beats and bass noises..... Oeps
But now 2 days later I am making up for it. I am doing Jr's laundry and turned our living room into a little laundry factory!
One hand I am not a very good mother-to-be, since I was in a big music place (The Melkweg) in Amsterdam on Saturday to support Sean's band during their performance. I exposed Jr to heavy beats and bass noises..... Oeps
But now 2 days later I am making up for it. I am doing Jr's laundry and turned our living room into a little laundry factory!
25 May 2008
Belly pictures at 36 weeks
I didn't really have the feeling that my belly had grown much in the last 4 weeks since the 32 weeks pictures. And indeed measuring the circumference it turned out I only went up from 94 to 95 cm... That explains my stomach getting smaller, Jr is taking up space vertical instead of forward.
Notice the linea negra that now is showing up below and above my belly button.
Notice the linea negra that now is showing up below and above my belly button.
24 May 2008
One more month!!
Today is May 24th, which means we have exactly 1 more month to go before Junior's due date. How can time fly by so fast?
Now that my maternity leave started I will enjoy sleeping in, going to the hairdresser and more of these activities to spoil myself. In one month from now I probably won't have much time to do this anymore (at least not for a while). Also spoiling myself will give Jr a change to grow and put on some more weight so (s)he will be totally ready!
Now that my maternity leave started I will enjoy sleeping in, going to the hairdresser and more of these activities to spoil myself. In one month from now I probably won't have much time to do this anymore (at least not for a while). Also spoiling myself will give Jr a change to grow and put on some more weight so (s)he will be totally ready!
23 May 2008
Maternity leave is starting!
In a couple of hours I will start my 16 week maternity leave! Sweet..... As you can tell I am spending my last day at work productive with updating my blog, cleaning my desk, eating cake with my colleagues and turning on my out of office reply....... He, you got to ease into it.
In Holland it is standard to have 16 weeks off. You have to stop working 4 weeks before the due date, but you can also decide to stop 6 weeks before. So when you stop at 4 weeks, you have 12 weeks after the baby is born, and when you stop at 6 weeks you have 10 weeks left.
I decided early on in the pregnancy that I would try to work as long as I could, because I like to have as much time as possible with Jr after the delivery. Even if I were to deliver 2 weeks late I still get 12 weeks after (so then my leave would be even 18 weeks).
I think I would have been ok to work longer. Physically I feel fine, it was more mentally hard the last 2 weeks. Like living up to a vacation, those last couple of weeks before are always difficult and you just don't feel like dealing with difficult clients, bosses etc anymore.
But none the less it is still very nice to be able to prepare and completely focus on the pregnancy from now on. I made a list of things I would like to do in the next couple of weeks, like washing the baby clothes, packing my hospital bag etc.....
Our first born (Clover) will also be very happy that I have extra time to spent with her!!
In Holland it is standard to have 16 weeks off. You have to stop working 4 weeks before the due date, but you can also decide to stop 6 weeks before. So when you stop at 4 weeks, you have 12 weeks after the baby is born, and when you stop at 6 weeks you have 10 weeks left.
I decided early on in the pregnancy that I would try to work as long as I could, because I like to have as much time as possible with Jr after the delivery. Even if I were to deliver 2 weeks late I still get 12 weeks after (so then my leave would be even 18 weeks).
I think I would have been ok to work longer. Physically I feel fine, it was more mentally hard the last 2 weeks. Like living up to a vacation, those last couple of weeks before are always difficult and you just don't feel like dealing with difficult clients, bosses etc anymore.
But none the less it is still very nice to be able to prepare and completely focus on the pregnancy from now on. I made a list of things I would like to do in the next couple of weeks, like washing the baby clothes, packing my hospital bag etc.....
Our first born (Clover) will also be very happy that I have extra time to spent with her!!
21 May 2008
Happy 3 year anniversary
Sean and I celebrate our 3 year anniversary today.
Sean very sweetly got me a gift certificate for a massage (have I been complaining that much about a sore back/neck/legs???). Now I just wonder how it will work out because I can't lay down on my stomach on the massage table.......... I will let you know on Friday after I have been there.
Sean very sweetly got me a gift certificate for a massage (have I been complaining that much about a sore back/neck/legs???). Now I just wonder how it will work out because I can't lay down on my stomach on the massage table.......... I will let you know on Friday after I have been there.
20 May 2008
Boy and girl names at 35 weeks
Today I am 35 weeks pregnant and have 35 days to go until the due date. That seems very close, but Junior is also very likely to greet the world late (as most 1st born babies are 10 days late), but I am starting to worry we don't have a girl name yet.
The boy name was decided on a couple of weeks already, but for some reason a girl name is more difficult for us. We were down to 2 names, Sean liked the one name the most, I liked the other name the most. This weekend however I came up with a 3th name (to add to the confusion). We both really like that name too, so maybe that solves the battle over the other 2 names.
At first I was convinced we will have a girl, lately I think boy, so maybe that is why we can't decide on a girl name..... because we won't need it????
The boy name was decided on a couple of weeks already, but for some reason a girl name is more difficult for us. We were down to 2 names, Sean liked the one name the most, I liked the other name the most. This weekend however I came up with a 3th name (to add to the confusion). We both really like that name too, so maybe that solves the battle over the other 2 names.
At first I was convinced we will have a girl, lately I think boy, so maybe that is why we can't decide on a girl name..... because we won't need it????
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