Pregnancy is sometimes scary but the Baby is fine

17 weeks and 6 days into the pregnancy and at 7.20am in the morning, I squatted to the floor to put my laptop bag on a scale at Harbour Air's Richmond location. I was getting it weighted prior to getting on a flight to Victoria for work. While I was low the ground, I felt a strange liquid rush.

I wasn't sure what was going on. I walked outside to put a sign in my car with my c0-worker when I realized something was wrong. Noticed that my black pants were wet. My hand was covered with blood. Well, that was the strangest way to tell my co-worker that I was pregnant. :)

We went back inside and told the staff. They immediately sprang into action. They were amazing!!! I was not in any pain. It was surreal. I wanted to drive my car to the hospital because it was less than 5 minutes away. Instead, one of the employees drove my car while another followed. They took such great care of me. Got me to the hospital before an ambulance could get to the terminal probably. (PS: Their VP called me that night to make sure I was ok - What a great service oriented company - If you ever get the chance, please frequent their company. They are one of the great ones. Will explain the longer story if you ask but otherwise, trust me, fly with Harbour Air. Can't say I actually got to fly this time, but I plan on rectifying that at some point after the pregnancy).

Back to the story.... The Harbour Air employees insisted I call Rich back from his commute. He turned around immediately.

I ended up in Emergency at Richmond Hospital. To keep the story short, I will say that I spent 8 hours in hospital, 1.5 litres of saline, and 2 ultrasounds and 4 vials of blood. I lost about 2-3 cups of blood during the incident. But after that, they said that sometimes, there is no explanation but the placenta and the uterus just bleed between them.

There was no ill-effects to the baby thankfully. I now have to go to my OB next week for a follow-up.

Righ and I are happy to say that the baby is ok. We both thank you all for your good thoughts and your patience. Keep us in your thoughts too. We appreciate it. :)

Many of You Know BUT Some Others Will Be SHOCKED!!!

I won't keep anyone in suspense any longer. I apologize for not updating my blog more often but I've been spending more time with work and Facebook these days.

OK. Enough with the suspense right? Richard and I have exciting news. We're expecting a little bundle of joy in Mid-March. I'm through the first trimester. Still dealing with massive "all day sickness".

We're going on a cruise through the Panama Canal in November as a bit of a vacation. Not like we're going to get a chance in the next decade or two. :)

Anyhow. Hope all is well.

Cheers for now. March 14 is coming quick.

I've Accepted a new Full-Time Job

Yup. I finally did it. I'm back in the grind for the full-time long haul now. I really did miss being around colleagues and people in general.



The first 5 months of this year were famine months (very very little work). I felt like I had cabin fever. Rich noticed a very significant change in my mood as well.



Most recently (and right now until the end of the month actually), I've been working at my old "Alma Mater" of Business Objects (Crystal as some of you remember it). Well, at the halfway point in my contract (end of June) they were starting to court me for a full-time position.



And today, I finally signed on. I start officially as an employee at the beginning of August.



Now before you go all "but you hated what they did to you", I agree with you. Yes, I did. But that was a completely different team and a whole different organization. Quite literally, I'm as far from that team as possible. I now get to work doing what I wanted to do all along. Report Design. I am what is called a Content Developer and I will be in charge of all reports designed for an online product.



I'm very excited. There is a good possibility for management as well. I miss that also.



Oh yeah. And also, just cuz I'm back working there doesn't mean I took what happened to me laying down. My contract negotiations were entertaining and I'm very happy with the result. I wouldn't take what I left with - let's just leave it at that.



I am now working for the old company but doing what I want and enjoying my new life as a wife. : )