We had a good weekend. Saturday, my sister had my niece's first birthday party. I can't believe Kaitlyn was born a year ago! There were lots of kids there and it was a little overwhelming. While I'm more comfortable around kids since getting pregnant, I still felt those pangs of jealousy. Those feelings of "Everyone has a kid but me". Even though I'm pregnant, I was the ONLY woman that wasn't chasing a child and it still hurt.
Yesterday was a very lazy day. I didn't even get out of my pajamas. I felt really, really tired all day and I couldn't figure out why... until 2:30 am this morning.
I woke up with horrible stomach cramps. For the first hour, I thought I was going to puke and then for the last 2 hours, it felt like someone was wringing my stomach. I never got sick (which might've helped). The pain was always above my belly button so I don't think it's baby related at all. I think it must be a bug of some sort. I had sweet and sour shrimp for dinner so I guess it could've been that? My stomach still feels all knotted up and at one point, I thought maybe I was getting a UTI. I've had plenty of them so I know exactly what one feels like. There isn't any pain when I pee so I guess maybe the babies have shifted a little and they are resting on my bladder. Anyway, I stayed home from work today just to be safe. I really can't afford to waste any of my PTO days but I figured I'm checking my work email every once and while and maybe that will count as working from home.
Todd just called me with some other news. His company was sold off about 3 weeks ago and everyone has been speculating about their jobs. His boss (who was assigned to a contract with the old company) told him in confidence that she thinks they'll be getting rid of the rest of the accounting department in about 3-6 months. That's great timing. He thought something might be going on so he started getting his resume updated last week but now that it's real, it's really, really scary.
We haven't been able to build up our savings account to the point that it can maintain us for any length of time and now it's even more stress with the babies coming. He is very talented and has a lot of accounting experience so I know he'll find something but with today's job market, I don't know how long it will take. Please pray for us and that he'll find a good job that he likes soon.
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That's horrible news regarding your husband. My husband was one of thousands laid off from Fidelity Investments (as a computer programmer)just days before Christmas and he's still unemployed. The only saving grace is Obama's unemployment extension that allows him to collect for a whopping 59 weeks, but now that 5 months have flown by, even that doesn't seem long enough!!
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
i hope youre enjoying your day off..
we are in the same boat as far as a savings account goes. our ivf cycle=our savings account. its scary to not have a nice cushion with a baby/ies on the way.
i really hope something works out for his job!!
oh and i LOVE the name taryn. its beautiful and different. we have actually talked about using it. tom + erin=taryn....hehe.
I hope you are feeling much better than you did. Ugh.
I'm so sorry to hear about our husband's news. It's so bad right now. I hope that if he is let go, that he finds something really quickly.
Horrible news and very stressful for you both. I send out 'better job, better hours, more money' vibes.
I hope you're feeling better physically.
I would suggest speaking with your bank - they were great when Dh got laid off.
I will be praying for you...these are hard days.
I loved reading your blog today. It has been so much fun making new friends through the blog world. This is my fourth month to have a blog. I am amazed at all the unique and fun sites.
All these changes are super scary, but the health of you and the babies is most important. Try not to let the stress get to you. I hope you get two healthy babies; I don't care about genders!
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