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My Due Date: June 27, 2014
I am postpartum » My due date was more than 2 weeks ago

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9 Weeks, 3 Days...
By Rhid78 » Posted Nov. 27, 2013 11:01pm - 229 views - 0 comments

My partner and I got to hear our little one's heartbeat for the first time yesterday and it was so amazing! I had ordered a Sonoline B doppler online and it finally arrived. Yay!. It took me over 2 patient hours to detect the heartbeat. Talk about persistence! But I found it in the end and so every minute was definitely worth it. It was around 170bpm which is pretty awesome. It was a special moment for us as we didn't get to hear the heartbeat in the last pregnancy. Somehow hearing it this time has made it seem even more real and like this time things are going to be ok. Fingers crossed :-)

He woke up before me this morning and when I opened my eyes there he was laying next to me just... staring. I was like "what?" lol. He was desperate for me to wake up so we could listen to the hearbeat again. So we did. What an amazing way to start the day.... :-)

3 weeks until my NT scan and counting. Now that I've heard the heartbeat I'm not as stressed out about it, but will of course check the heartbeat the morning of the appointment just to be 100% sure that I will see a flickering heart on the screen when I arrive there for the scan. I can understand why a doppler could potentially freak some women out if they can't find the heartbeat, but for me now I think it will be such an amazing device to have to ease my anxiety. I recorded it on my phone and sent it through to my mum - she couldn't believe such technology existed and commented she would have loved something like that when she was pregnant with me. Naw.

Work is gearing up but I seem to be handling it ok at the moment. I have a big tender that's just come in and will monopolise my time until the end of Feb. It is for an existing account (our biggest) and so I am already running through scenarios in my head about how I will cope/deal if we were to lose the account. We shouldn't, but you just never know. Anyway - will try not to let the stress build up. Thankfully I have a good support team in the office now that I have been delegating more and more to enabling me to take a bit of a step back and just 'manage' which is great. Hoping that continues. Whilst I'm still early in my pregnancy there is alot to organise on the work front to ensure a smooth transition to my replacement for while I'm on maternity leave.

Speaking of maternity leave... We are entitled to 12 months unpaid leave. Plus the government brought in 18 weeks of paid leave not that long ago at minimum wage. I will have 6 weeks annual leave owing by the time I'm due to pop, plus my long service leave which I will be taking at half pay for 6 months. I also will receive a nice bonus in April. Basically what I have worked out is that I will be getting paid for the entire 12 months. It won't be at my full salary, but it will pay the mortgage & the bills and I will have enough leftover for coffee dates with other new mums. This is wonderful :-) I haven't even factored in my partner's wage. Hmm. Ok so I may have enough for two coffee's then lol. Anyway it's a big load off for me, I really wanted to take as long as I could with bub at home before returning to work and was worried it would only be 6 months. Now that it's the full year I am absolutely stoked. After that I will return to work and my partner will drop back to being either a stay at home dad or working part-time. Interesting times to come!

Until next time...

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