One of the coolest experiences in my life was (and is) feeling my unborn baby move inside of Jo. I've been able to for a couple of weeks now, but only recently has it started to become very real to me.
I can feel him rolling around, I can feel his little kicks and punches. We don't know what position he's in, so we just make stuff up and go with it. He's really active between 9-11 at night (give or take), and I'll often catch Mama Bean just sitting there watching her belly as it moves.
She hit the 30 week mark this week which seems like a whole lot further along than 29. At 29 she was still in her 20's, but 30! Now 30 has a whole other number in front. It is the home stretch; 10 weeks give or take a couple.
10 weeks...
10 weeks isn't very long at all. It's rather short. 2 and a half months. That's nothing. We've been in Winnipeg 1 year (celebrated our 1 year Pegiversary last week) and that has flown by. 10 weeks is less than 20% of that! Crazyness...
But I'm so friggin excited. I talked to my boss and let her know that I will be taking parental leave starting December 1st. Jo's official due date is Oct 21st, and she wants to be back at work for he beginning of December. This will give her a few weeks to start seeing patients before we take off for a couple of weeks to visit family and friends in Calgary.
So as of December 1st I am going to be a stay-at-home Dad for 37 weeks on the government's dime, which is kinda nice of them. It's a paltry 55% of my wage, but hey, I'm not complaining. They could give me nothing.
My boss took it quite well, though she was sad that I'll be gone. I'm friggin awesome, and she knows it. ;)
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I can't tell you how excited I am for you! I think it is fabulous that you are able to stay home so long with him with pay [even partial] The US has it so wrong...we get six weeks unpaid ...why I have always stayed home. It wasn't worth it to go back.
I love that he is kicking! Our E [eldest on my blog] would sleep all day and the minute I laid down to sleep would start with the "HEY MOM! I am awake!" sigh...miss those days.
That's exciting! It's going to be so awesome. 6 weeks unpaid? Sadness...
In Canada the mother gets 18 weeks, and then there's another 37 weeks that the mother and father get. In some provinces it is 37 weeks that can be shared between the two, and in others it can be taken by both. When on maternity or parental leave, EI gives you money, so I'll get 55% of my wage. Most companies will top it up, or give an additional amount while you are on leave, but unfortunately mine does not.
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