Worries...

Ok, so this could be long...

When I was pregnant with Aidan it was not an easy ride, in fact it was a rollercoaster majority of the time.. I had bleeding and HCG troubles early on, then finally got past 14 weeks when I did start to feel better, but the enjoyment was short lived, pre-term labour struck at 21 weeks, was flown to Adelaide and then the long haul til the end started... I spent the rest of the time- 16 weeks on bed rest and in and out of hospital... it was a long, drawn out, stressful and yet incredibly boring process at the same time, but I would do it all again in a heartbeat given the opportunity, by going through this, helped me to keep my little man baking for those 16 weeks... bed rest is incredibly infuriating at times, the first week or so is really good, you get to sleep as much as you want, day and night, watch lots of trashy tv shows, catch up on all the gossip mags etc, but it loses it's appeal very quickly when it becomes the only things you can do.... I got that bored I started knitting.... yes, you read right, knitting! Me, sitting there in bed or on the couch like a little old lady, a fat one at that, knitting! lol... but you know what, when you're in that situation it's amazing the things that will entertain you... and it did fill some of my time in.
But in the process of all of this, I turned into a phsyco pregnant lady, I was going nuts, I craved for any kind of conenction to the outside world, and thankfully Shane is easy going, and would let most of my crazy antics just go in one ear and out the other..... thank god for that, otherwise he may have gone insane too!

Now, the reason that has brought this all to an end is that amazing sister in law I have told you about, she is currently 27 weeks along with her 2nd bundle of joy, and is having a bit of a rough time with blood pressure, nearly landed herself in hospital, and I am worried for her, natural instincts I guess, and that's when I started remembering what it was like for me.... and have also given her the lecture, on rest up, read trashy mags, watch trashy tv and get lots of sleep, but I don't think this will be an easy thing for her, like me the first week or so, she will be loving, but it will get old, and quickly... so please everyone, cross your fingers for her, that the meds help bring it down and she can avoid the hospital, and bed rest.... But Ez, if this happens, doesn't mean you can go and start doing everything again!!! Take it easy! Ok?!!!

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Frustrations...

Ok, so today is going to be somewhat of a rant session, but I promise, not all will be doom and gloom.

I will start with my darling husband... cough cough, when he's asleep he's a darling anyway. lol.... No, just kidding, he is a fantastic loving daddy and husband, most of the time, but boy can that man have his moments! Take for instance, last night, I need him to get me some Panadeine tablets, and he was full of attitude and brought home a pack of Panadol Back and Neck tablets... "who are these for" I asked, to which I got the response "chemist was closed so I got these".... well that would be great if I had a sore back or a sore neck!!! Men!! Which got me thinking about the differences between men and women.... I don't know if ALL men are the same, but the majority of the species is, they just don't seem to be able to listen... I can tell Shane something and no shit, 5 minutes later he doesn't have a clue, it is soo infuriating, it is the main cause of any arguments we have... which thankfully is not very often these days, another thing I have learnt since having Aidan especially, is learning to, well, let me rephrase that, trying to learn to pick my battles... which I will shamefully put my hand up, and say isn't an easy thing for me, I tend to be totally oversensitive or overreact at times, but I am improving, I have always been stubborn, and have always had a severe lack of patience, another side of me which has improved a LOT since having Aidan, but could definately do with some improvement lol.
But all in all, Shane is a fantastic, loving, and caring (when he wants to be lol) father and husband, there is absolutely no greater joy for me than seeing my 2 boys together, laughing, giggling, smiling, it is the BEST moments!
But getting back on topic, the differences between men and women, I've mentioned the fact that men don't listen, and yet us women listen with very careful consideration of anything and everything that was said, and I can guarantee a lot of us, me included, can replay that conversation, whatever it was, a long time down the track and remember every detail, well the important parts anyway. lol. And you know what, it's some of those times, I wish we were a little more alike, because there are a lot of conversations, I wish I didn't remember, and wish I was as carefree as Shane is, but then if that happened who would remember to get the milk, bread, toilet paper etc...

So I guess as infuriating as our differences can be at times, we both create the perfect balance for each other, Shane is carefree and easy going, I tend to be the one who makes the decisions, and keeps everything moving along... and that is one of the things that does make us  good team, now if only I could get him to get on a good team- Geelong, it would be a serene house! lmao!

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