SO pregnant

Today is my first day of mat leave and I planned to surprise visit Ed at work. I went to pick up some pastries for his co-workers and arrived at his office to lunch with him.

After lunch, we decided to take a walk around the block. 5 minutes later, I had to stop. Ed was amused that I sat on the curb between 2 parked cars to catch my breath. I was sooooo tired from walking!

The best time of my pregnancy was my second trimester because I didn't feel pregnant. That was when I started seeing the bump, feeling flutters and was still mobile.

Now I feel heavy, waking up in the middle of the night to eat, huffing and puffing from walking, seeing my stretch marks (already!) and the line from the belly button to the pubic area starts to get darker. Although my sciatica remained the same, my hips are pretty painful because my hipbones have shifted to get ready for baby to bust out (this is what causes women to 'waddle' when they walk). Even though I am very nervous about being in labour, I want my baby to come out now!

Diaper and Wipes Sale at Superstore

We picked up a few baby necessities from the Real Canadian Superstore. I'm not sure if it's a good sale but since the items we bought were half priced, it seemed like a good deal.

This was our haul:

Teddy's Choice Club Pack (reg. price $14.99) - Sale price at $6.99 (limit 6). We got one box of refills and the dispenser and one box that is just refills. The 2 boxes of over 1100 wipes comes to around a penny each. We want to use re-usable towels but when we go out, it's likely that I will be bringing this as I don't want to carry dirty towels around.

PC Green Diapers (reg. price $16 for sizes 1-4) - Sale price $8. We will be using cloth diapers but we picked up some disposable ones for when we go out. We also picked up a pack of N (for newborn) in case the baby comes before we have a chance to pick up our cloth diapers kit. N size is not on sale. They are $10 for 40 diapers. I hear that the first 2 weeks, the baby will be going through about 10 diaper changes per day. If they poo so often, maybe I can leave them in their diaper for the next few rounds and save some diapers... ;)

Planning for a baby is expensive, it feels like it's an eternal debt I have to pay for (it sounds worse than what I actually mean!) and when the baby outgrows diapers, there's also food, education, clothing and their activities... sigh...