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April 13, 2011

Mission accomplished

I am so relieved that I told work!  

My manager received it well, thank goodness, as I was expecting him to because I do consider him a friend.

I stressed my dedication to work, which is true.  I love this job because they allow me to work completely from home in a location that is far from any headquarters.  It is the best situation for me and I will work hard to keep it.

Not working is not an option for me because I am the primary earner in our household.  We can't be without either income, but if I lost my job it would have nearly twice the impact on our financial situation.

In an ideal world I'd get to do more with my children.   Although, I can't say I'm unhappy about how it has worked out with my daughter.  We have a wonderful life together.

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT...

Remember in my last post I whined about coming off of maternity leave 5 weeks early?  

The reason I had to start so quickly was because a very good friend of  mine started a consulting company (to save the butts of all of us who had just been laid off) and needed me to help land a client.  Well, that man, who I feel completely indebted to because he also helped me get my current job, was just hired by my company in a very high position.  I think he could be a great ally for me in this situation and speak to my work ethic and dedication.

I hope and feel confident that everything will work out well with my job.
I will make it so.

Posted by hopeful @ 11:01 AM

April 7, 2011

12 pounds it is!

Yay, according to the doctor's scale I have only gained 12 pounds!

At this rate My post prego weight could end up being the same or slightly less (miracle).
Holy cow.

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A second ago I just finished writing the first draft of my letter to my manager announcing my being prego. This has, already, brought on a sense of relief. Over the next couple of days i'll get a few second opinions, then I'll send it to his personal email on Sunday.

Even though I haven't met my manager in person, we've had many personal conversations, and I consider him a friend. It has been a little hard not telling him for that reason. I will be SO relieved!

The next big obstacle, that I will have to battle not putting off, is hiring a nanny. As much as I wish I didn't need to, I have to work.

How different it was with my daughter.
At that time, my boss took me to lunch at his favorite italian restaurant, which alone freaked me out. I thought he was going to fire me or give me an indecent proposal. The twilight-zonian conversation consisted of him asking me if I thought about having children, and when I choked out some sort of "I guess so", he said "good, you should, and you should do it soon."

That must have been some sort of omen because, I swear, I got pregnant within a couple of months. Of course I told him right away. What a diligent employee I had been :-) !

It turns out he was going out of business and laying everybody off and thought I should do it while I had good insurance. I'm dead serious about that. My last day of maternity leave was my last day of employment with him. Actually, my maternity leave was cut short by three weeks, but who's counting.

As luck would have it, or unluck depending on how you look at it, my husband had just dropped out of graduate school and was, too, unemployed. I call it luck because we had no need for a nanny.

I hightailed it back to work five weeks after my c-section (looking for some sympathy with this) and my husband stayed at home for the next three years (I was jealous).

Looking back, I feel so fortunate about all that. I had blessings from work and my daughter had her loving father at home.

I hope the outcome, this time, goes as well as that one. It will certainly be different.

Posted by hopeful @ 11:19 PM

April 5, 2011

22 weeks

OMG,
I still haven't told work yet! Although, I do plan on telling my manager at the beginning of next week when he gets back from vacation.

Everything is still going well and according to my scale I've gained about 12 to 13 pounds. I'll try and remember to update after tomorrow's doctor weigh-in.

I've been hustling to get my house in order, the nursery set up, and everything else I need to get done for the babies. I'm nearly there. It'll be nice when I can just sit back, relax, and ride out the remaining days.

Not a whole lot of change going on here on a daily basis (on the outside, that is, on the inside I am starting to feel kicking).

Here are pictures of me at 22 weeks

Posted by hopeful @ 11:44 PM