Over the weekend I bought a bunch of maternity clothes that have plenty of room and should last me awhile. I got three sweaters, a business jacket, two pairs of slacks and four shirts. $177.91 total (lots of it was on sale).
Also saved $20 not buying birth control meds in October.
Total pregnancy cost so far: $813.62
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18 weeks, 3 days: cost update
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, personal finance, Small-space living on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
18 weeks, 1 day: Various gripes
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, vegan, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, vegan on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Today I considered staying home sick. I have what AS is confident is a sty–a pimple on my eyelid, basically. It’s been there for three days, and today I woke up with a puffy dark bag under my eye that looks bruised. I don’t think it’s too noticeable, but it’s distracting because the swelling pokes [...]
17 weeks: been awhile
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy on September 28, 2009 | Comments Off
I haven’t really had time to post lately, and nothing too exciting has been happening until the past couple days.
For the most part, no weird symptoms, and if I have them they’re not very long-term. Some congestion, including clogged ears and extra snoring at night; greatly increased appetite; a little bit of dragginess coming back [...]
New blog page for baby expenses
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy on September 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Inspired by the blog hisboyscanswim.com, I decided to make a permanent separate page on this blog for babymaking expenses. I’ll still talk about them in my entries, but I’ll keep that updated as a handy reference for anyone interested in the cost of the baby so far.
14 weeks, 3 days: great appointment and cost update
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, Polyfidelity, UTIs, personal finance, polyamory, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, polyamory, Polyfidelity, pregnancy, UTIs on September 10, 2009 | Comments Off
This morning I had a pleasant doctor’s visit. I told Dr. O about taking my after-sex meds a few weeks ago when I was experiencing UTI symptoms, which a nurse had later chewed me out for when I called in to ask about it. She said I could go back to taking the same pill [...]
14 weeks, 2 days: catching up on news
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, UTIs, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, UTIs on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We just got home from a weeklong vacation, which partly explains my absence from here. I guess the only other excuse is that second trimester feels pretty back-to-normal for me. Other than having a bigger appetite and a bigger belly, I had about two weeks of feeling pretty great. I managed to avoid UTIs during [...]
12 weeks!
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy on August 24, 2009 | Comments Off
This was an all-important milestone for me, equal to hearing the heartbeat (if not quite as dramatic and awe-inspiring). The time seemed to drag, especially with feeling tired and slightly sick all the time. Now I feel like the pregnancy will go faster because I won’t be counting every day. I’m still scared about the [...]
A baby with a tiny footprint
Posted in Budgeting, Environmentalism, Frugality, Green, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Environmentalism, Frugality, Green, Parenting, personal finance, pregnancy on August 12, 2009 | Comments Off
We’re realizing more and more that it’s an important goal for us. We’d already resolved, for frugality reasons, to borrow as much stuff, take as many handouts and buy as many things used as we could. But then NT heard that one of his friends had a nothing-new baby shower, and that sounded really right to us. It [...]
The real Week 9 (warning, it sucks)
Posted in Budgeting, Parenting, Polyfidelity, personal finance, pregnancy, tagged Budgeting, Parenting, personal finance, Polyfidelity, pregnancy on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So I should now be in my ninth week, which I thought I was in last week, so I don’t have any more interesting baby trivia to add.
Today I’ve been feeling nauseous off and on for about four hours. This really is one of the first times I’ve had feel-like-I’m-going-to-vomit type nausea; smells and things [...]
Week 9: cramps, cravings and…craven financials
Posted in Budgeting, Frugality, Polyfidelity, personal finance, polyamory, pregnancy, vegan, tagged Budgeting, Frugality, personal finance, polyamory, Polyfidelity, pregnancy, vegan on July 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Shortly after my post stating that my nighttime stomach pains had passed and that I had no cravings, I started having the cramps again (not every night, but every few, including last night) and craving Taco Bell. Bean burritos, fresco style. I’ve given in twice. My other cravings have included soy cream cheese and sliced [...]
