Quirkes in the grind

Several Months Later

teamoclark — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:13:37 +0000

Our little ones arrived on July 19th. I know this is really late – so late I wonder if anyone still follows it – but better late than never I hope. My delivery was long, but uncomplicated and resulted in 2 healthy babies. Audrey born 6 pounds 1 ounce and Cole born 6 pounds 12 ounces. The postpartum period hit me like a ton of bricks and I only started to recover after month 3 (not sleeping for more than 2 hours at a time can do that to you).
They are so big now and the light of my life. I wish everyone well and thank you for following my journey to motherhood.

A post at a later date

teamoclark — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:11:28 +0000

I will definitely post a birth announcement!

it is time to shut ‘er down

teamoclark — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:01:38 +0000

Well, if anyone still reads out there I thing you would agree that it is time (or perhaps long past the time) to shut the blog down. I have not been posting or even commenting on peoples blogs (although I do peek in to see how things are going from time to time). I no longer find myself in front of a computer very much these days and when I do it is more to look for discounted baby items or household items that will make life with babies easier (e.g., dishwasher).
Thank you to those who followed hope things are going well.
I am 30 weeks along and happy for everyday that I get closer to meeting the little ones.

absence

teamoclark — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:55:41 +0000

Well, I am breathing a little easier. Had my first ultrasound after the first trimester today. Still have two healthy babies growing in there. Thankfully. I was a little worried when my Dr only found one heartbeat with the Doppler – even though he said quite clearly that he would only be able to hear one heartbeat before he listened when he only found one I was a little nervous.
There are many aspects of pregnancy that I wonder how I would take if it wasn’t such a wait to get pregnant and wanting a baby for so long. Things like getting bigger, potential bed rest, extreme tiredness, navigating the paper work and EI laws around maternity leave. All of these are little things on the journey to parenthood that I would have dwelled on as negative if I got pregnant 2 or 3 years ago.
Now time to start preparing!

back from vacation

teamoclark — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:56:07 +0000

Thank you for all the congrats on the twins, we are very excited. Debbie is a twin so I think she knows a little bit more what it is going to be like for the little ones than I do. Spent Christmas with the in-laws and my MIL who has never been my biggest fan loves me now. It is nice.
I have some family in the area here, but my parents, brother and nieces are about a 27 hour drive away (damn great lakes make it for quite a long drive) and since getting pregnant and learning about twins I have been wanting to be closer to family. Debbie and I have been talking about moving to Toronto for work for her which would bring us closer to my aunt and uncle who have already told us they would love to look after our dogs to help out. I think that rocks, we might also try and sneak the cats as well if needed
We have also been thinking of moving to Montreal if D. can find work there to be closer to her family who are all interested in babysitting the little ones.
Growing up I didn’t really live near extended family and only got to know my cousins, aunts and uncles as a teenager. I want our children to be surrounded by loved ones…

Also, wanted to let everyone know that I did a 2 embryo transfer so the twins are not wholly unexpected…

Twins!

teamoclark — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:23:51 +0000

twins!

update

teamoclark — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:05:25 +0000

got my levels checked and they are good so things are looking fine.

leakage

teamoclark — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:15:40 +0000

Usually I am a strong fan of the health care that is available to me. Not so much last night.
Yesterday I had some leakage, it felt like I was bleeding, but it wasn’t blood, more of a yellow tinged sticky substance. I called the telehealth line b/c I didn’t know what to make of it. It was 6:10 on a Saturday. I talk to the woman about my symptoms, she asks about cramping which I have had since my embryo transfer, tells me I should see a doctor in the next few hours, but there are no health clinics open in the city so it will have to be the ER.
I go to the ER, they take my information, I was told there were only a couple people ahead of me to see a doctor. Not bad. About an hour later I am told to go to another waiting area and there are many many people ahead of me. I stayed there for over an hour and they called 1 person. There were still about 10 people ahead of me. I wait a while longer and then I tell D. that I want to go and she agrees. So we leave emerg without seeing anyone. This probably sounds ridiculous, but I knew that it would be hours before I saw anyone and if something was imminently wrong it would be too late. I was so frustrated and angry.
This morning I called my clinic and they eased my mind a bit. The cramping could be b/c my ovaries were quite enlarged and have not finished shrinking. I am going for a blood test to make sure my levels are still good. They said tomorrow, but I just called and left a message to see if I could go in today.
Fingers crossed.

Anxiety

teamoclark — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:10:20 +0000

I haven’t posted b/c well, there has been a lot to be anxious about right now and I don’t want to dwell on things. I was told that if I don’t get a massive pile of work done by shortly after the holidays I may be fired. This requires me to work on my ‘days off’ which are really school work days since I am a full time student, T.A., and then I work 3 days a week. I am tired and having problems keeping on top of everything so I am not sure that I will be able to get the work done. Normally it wouldn’t be worth it, but if I would like to be able to get some pay over mat leave (which we need) then I need the job. My youngest cat has been missing for the past 4 days so I am going to poster the neighbourhood today.

My ultrasound is in 1 week 5 days.

I am still enjoying my pregnancy right in the mist of all of these anxiety provoking situations. I know I should wait for the ultrasound and shouldn’t have told as many people as I did, but right now, I am pregnant and I am going to celebrate that despite what tomorrow brings.

sorry I spent your college fund on pregnancy tests….

teamoclark — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:36:47 +0000