So, the plan was to wait until I was up at my mom's house to announce the pregnancy to my family. However, I'm impatient. lol So, I was on the phone with my mom the other day and said, "So, I have some news," to which she replied, "You're pregnant again?" I said yes. She said, "So, what's the news?" LOL Yeah, okay, so me being pregnant again isn't a huge surprise to anyone and is fairly commonplace. lol She's happy for me and said, "All the more reason to get out of that crackerjack place of yours!" I completely agree. We're just completely outgrowing our home. Definitely time to move up and out. We need four bedrooms. Three works for us now, but with the new baby, we're really going to need that fourth bedroom. Personally, I'd like five, but I'll settle for four.
We found some homes that are being built up in Lincoln (about seven miles from where my mom lives) that seem like they would fit our family perfectly. They're a little over 2,000 sq ft, four bedrooms, all upstairs (which is what I insist on...none of my small children will be staying in a downstairs bedroom while I sleep upstairs) and they're seemingly in our price range. So, we're hoping to go look at those while we're up there for Christmas. Granted, this is all contingent on Drake finding work up there.
Drake has really started coming around when it comes to the baby. He was rather upset when he first found out I was pregnant, but the other day he actually told me, "You know, I'm okay with having another baby. I never thought I would be, but I really am. In fact, I'm even a bit excited about it." This is such a huge deal for him. He's NEVER been excited about a baby. He's NEVER been okay with having another baby. Many of my pregnancies have been very unhappy times because Drake has been so negative about having another child. For him to actually be excited about another baby is HUGE. I'm so absolutely beyond thrilled about this. I think he keeps thinking about how much joy Sera brought to our lives. We were in a really bad point in our lives when Sera was born and she brought such unbelievable happiness to our family. Usually, a baby would just add to the stress and unhappiness in an already unhappy life. Sera brought exactly the opposite. She brought Drake out of a very unhappy state and continues to be the shining star in his life. I think that Sera has helped Drake realize that babies are actually good things and add so much to our family. This, of course, isn't stopping him from making sure we don't have anymore though. LOL
Monday, December 11, 2006
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
9 weeks, 6 days
I'll be ten weeks along tomorrow! So far everything is going smoothly. Morning sickness seems to have subsided...for now. lol I'm too cynical to believe it's gone for good. My belly is definitely growing and I think I'm noticably pregnant now, even if no one else does. lol
I want to start making my newborn stash of cloth diapers, but really feel like it might be a bit too soon. I would hate to put all of that work into the diapers, only to have something horrible happen and not have a baby to put them on. :( However, it's going to take the better part of my pregnancy to make an entire newborn stash, so I really should get started soon. I'm thinking I might start after Christmas because at least then, after 12 weeks, the chance of miscarriage will have dropped to less than five percent. Also, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season will be over.
We're hoping to move over the summer. This means that I'll have all of a month to find a new provider before I'm due to deliver. I'm trying to find a midwife that works at a hospital in the area we're planning on moving to, but so far I'm not having any luck. I've found midwives that do home births, but for purely selfish reasons, I don't want to go that route. I have nothing against home births and actually do believe that they are safer than hospital births, but I like the mini vacation I get when I give birth in a hospital. lol I like having people waiting on me hand and foot instead of the other way around. I like being able to push a little button whenever I want to and have food brought to me. lol I enjoy having a couple of days away from the kids to bond with the new baby. I like having the baby all to myself for a few days. So, it's a hospital birth for me, but goodness, I SO BADLY want a midwife! I HATE having an OB/GYN.
I want to start making my newborn stash of cloth diapers, but really feel like it might be a bit too soon. I would hate to put all of that work into the diapers, only to have something horrible happen and not have a baby to put them on. :( However, it's going to take the better part of my pregnancy to make an entire newborn stash, so I really should get started soon. I'm thinking I might start after Christmas because at least then, after 12 weeks, the chance of miscarriage will have dropped to less than five percent. Also, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season will be over.
We're hoping to move over the summer. This means that I'll have all of a month to find a new provider before I'm due to deliver. I'm trying to find a midwife that works at a hospital in the area we're planning on moving to, but so far I'm not having any luck. I've found midwives that do home births, but for purely selfish reasons, I don't want to go that route. I have nothing against home births and actually do believe that they are safer than hospital births, but I like the mini vacation I get when I give birth in a hospital. lol I like having people waiting on me hand and foot instead of the other way around. I like being able to push a little button whenever I want to and have food brought to me. lol I enjoy having a couple of days away from the kids to bond with the new baby. I like having the baby all to myself for a few days. So, it's a hospital birth for me, but goodness, I SO BADLY want a midwife! I HATE having an OB/GYN.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
My kids are the cutest
It seems as though not a day goes by that I don't have at least one child asking if they can feel the baby kick. lol No matter how many times I tell them that they won't be able to feel the baby until at least February, they insist on trying anyways. They're adorable.
Sera, who has no idea what a baby even is, has taken to kissing my tummy. She is the sweetest little thing. As usual, I have the fear that the "baby" of the family is going to have a difficult time adjusting to the fact that they're no longer the "baby." I think she's going to be an incredible big sister though. She has a heart of gold and the sweetest disposition. She is quite posessive of her daddy though. lol She's the first one to try to kick me off the couch if I'm cuddling with him. lol I think that attachment to her daddy will really help her when the new baby comes since the majority of the time, the baby will be on me.
Morning sickness comes and goes. Some days I feel great and only get the occasional twinge of nausea, but other days I can't even leave the couch because I feel so sick. I have lost ten pounds since finding out I was pregnant. However, I've gone up two pant sizes around the waist. lol How much does that suck? Luckily, I still had a bunch of old "fat pants" from before I had lost the weight I did. I don't know how much longer those are going to hold out though. I only have one more size up to go before I run out of fat pants. I don't want to buy maternity clothes in the first trimester! That's just ridiculous! Sadly, I still don't look pregnant...I just look fat. lol
Sera, who has no idea what a baby even is, has taken to kissing my tummy. She is the sweetest little thing. As usual, I have the fear that the "baby" of the family is going to have a difficult time adjusting to the fact that they're no longer the "baby." I think she's going to be an incredible big sister though. She has a heart of gold and the sweetest disposition. She is quite posessive of her daddy though. lol She's the first one to try to kick me off the couch if I'm cuddling with him. lol I think that attachment to her daddy will really help her when the new baby comes since the majority of the time, the baby will be on me.
Morning sickness comes and goes. Some days I feel great and only get the occasional twinge of nausea, but other days I can't even leave the couch because I feel so sick. I have lost ten pounds since finding out I was pregnant. However, I've gone up two pant sizes around the waist. lol How much does that suck? Luckily, I still had a bunch of old "fat pants" from before I had lost the weight I did. I don't know how much longer those are going to hold out though. I only have one more size up to go before I run out of fat pants. I don't want to buy maternity clothes in the first trimester! That's just ridiculous! Sadly, I still don't look pregnant...I just look fat. lol
Friday, November 10, 2006
Still chugging along
Not much new to report. Morning sickness has been easing up a bit, but not enough for my liking. lol Of course, one of the things I hate the most about pregnancy (okay, it's not something I hate the most, I hate everything equally lol) is that the days I don't have morning sickness, I can't enjoy because then I'm just worried about WHY I don't have morning sickness. Ugh, this all just sucks. lol
My pants are getting tighter. How sucky is that? These pants were too big just a few weeks ago. I don't want to have to get bigger clothes, and I'm SO not ready to be in maternity clothes, but this is just getting ridiculous! The baby is about the size of a raspberry right now...it's definitely not making my waist expand. That means I'm just getting fat. That sucks. lol Okay, so it's probably not that, since I'm actually losing weight thanks to morning sickness, but whatever.
I guess I should eventually go see the doctor. There really is no point to early pregnancy appointments. It's not like they do anything until 16 weeks when they can do an ultrasound. Short of bloodwork, which won't tell them anything I don't already know, there's no reason to go in just yet. However, when you don't start going until later, they all tsk tsk at you like you're a bad pregnant person for not going to your prenatal appointments. It's all just stupid. Pregnancy has been WAY over medicaliazed. I'm not sick. I'm pregnant. You can't cure me. At the moment, you can't do anything for my baby should something terrible happen. Even if you do find out there's something terribly wrong with my baby, I'd never abort, so it's not a matter of finding out in time...there's no reason to see a doctor right now other than to avoid the inevitable "tsk tsk" if I don't. Man, I so badly want to see a midwife.
My pants are getting tighter. How sucky is that? These pants were too big just a few weeks ago. I don't want to have to get bigger clothes, and I'm SO not ready to be in maternity clothes, but this is just getting ridiculous! The baby is about the size of a raspberry right now...it's definitely not making my waist expand. That means I'm just getting fat. That sucks. lol Okay, so it's probably not that, since I'm actually losing weight thanks to morning sickness, but whatever.
I guess I should eventually go see the doctor. There really is no point to early pregnancy appointments. It's not like they do anything until 16 weeks when they can do an ultrasound. Short of bloodwork, which won't tell them anything I don't already know, there's no reason to go in just yet. However, when you don't start going until later, they all tsk tsk at you like you're a bad pregnant person for not going to your prenatal appointments. It's all just stupid. Pregnancy has been WAY over medicaliazed. I'm not sick. I'm pregnant. You can't cure me. At the moment, you can't do anything for my baby should something terrible happen. Even if you do find out there's something terribly wrong with my baby, I'd never abort, so it's not a matter of finding out in time...there's no reason to see a doctor right now other than to avoid the inevitable "tsk tsk" if I don't. Man, I so badly want to see a midwife.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Oh my goodness...
So, I found out a few days ago that I'm pregnant. Can you believe it?!?!!? SIX!!!! Goodness, that's a scary thought. Five seemed like a lot. Six seems like a lot more. Kinda like how some ages seem a lot older than the previous year. You know, 15 doesn't sound that much older than 14, but 16 sounds a lot older than 15. Six just seems like a lot more than five. lol
You'd think after so many pregnancies, I would have known I was pregnant. I had all the classic signs...I just never put them all together. Just a week prior to finding out, I was thinking, "Wow, it's really odd that I've been SO tired lately," and just attributed it to my diet and thought I may be lacking nutrients or something. I was taking three hour naps EVERY DAY, then falling asleep around nine pm EVERY NIGHT, which is SO unlike me. Usually, I function on around four hours of sleep a night, and that's it. So, it was really odd to be sleeping so much. Then, there was the fact that after almost a month of being vegetarian, I just HAD to have fried chicken...just HAD to. Of course, that made me SO sick to my stomach. I just attributed that to the fact that my body wasn't used to processing meat. You'd think it would have clued me in when I was still sick DAYS later. lol
It wasn't until I told Drake that I was still feeling sick from the chicken and he jokingly asked, "You're not pregnant, are you?" that I had that "AHA!" moment and everything clicked in my mind. I went home, took a pregnancy test...or four...and sure enough, two very dark pink lines...no mistaking it!
So, here I am...pregnant with baby number six. Drake is taking it a lot better than I figured he would. Sometimes I really underestimate what a geat guy he is. I know he's scared. I know he's frustrated. I know he's upset. However, he's being incredible. I didn't change a single diaper yesterday!!! He had a talk with the kids about how they all need to try to do as much for themselves as they can and not just ask me to do it for them if they can do it themselves and that if he's home, they need to ask him to do things instead of automatically asking me. He asked me how to make his favorite snacks so he can do it for himself instead of asking me to do it for him all of the time. (And boy was he surprised at how easy it was...he apologized for not doing it for himself earlier. lol) The next time I go shopping I've been instructed to buy corn dogs, tv dinners, canned foods, etc., so he can make food for the kids on the days that the smell of food sends me running to the bathroom. He's being really amazing. He usually doesn't even want to talk about baby stuff, but he's already asked me to make up a list of the things we'll need for the new baby so we can slowly start buying it all. There are times that I really forget how lucky I am to have him in my life.
As to how I'm feeling, well, I'm still sick from that chicken. :P I'm paying homage to the porcelein god multiple times a day and my sense of smell is INCREDIBLY heightened. Any strong smell makes me SO sick. Ketchup is REALLY bad. lol I've been craving meat like you wouldn't believe. Perhaps I need more iron in my diet. Of course, it doesn't help that any meat I eat tends to come back up. Yeah, pretty picture, I know! I'm always tired. I feel like I'm just dragging all of the time. I could sleep all day if I didn't have other responsibilities! I've let the girls start walking home from school together because I've just been so sick and exhausted that I can barely move, let alone pack all the kids up and go pick the girls up from school. They're loving it though.
The thought of a sixth child is a bit overwhelming, to say the least, but every child is a blessing. I'm excited to have another child join our family. The kids are BEYOND thrilled! They've all been telling me lately that they want a baby brother In a few months we'll be able to tell them if they're getting what they want. lol
You'd think after so many pregnancies, I would have known I was pregnant. I had all the classic signs...I just never put them all together. Just a week prior to finding out, I was thinking, "Wow, it's really odd that I've been SO tired lately," and just attributed it to my diet and thought I may be lacking nutrients or something. I was taking three hour naps EVERY DAY, then falling asleep around nine pm EVERY NIGHT, which is SO unlike me. Usually, I function on around four hours of sleep a night, and that's it. So, it was really odd to be sleeping so much. Then, there was the fact that after almost a month of being vegetarian, I just HAD to have fried chicken...just HAD to. Of course, that made me SO sick to my stomach. I just attributed that to the fact that my body wasn't used to processing meat. You'd think it would have clued me in when I was still sick DAYS later. lol
It wasn't until I told Drake that I was still feeling sick from the chicken and he jokingly asked, "You're not pregnant, are you?" that I had that "AHA!" moment and everything clicked in my mind. I went home, took a pregnancy test...or four...and sure enough, two very dark pink lines...no mistaking it!
So, here I am...pregnant with baby number six. Drake is taking it a lot better than I figured he would. Sometimes I really underestimate what a geat guy he is. I know he's scared. I know he's frustrated. I know he's upset. However, he's being incredible. I didn't change a single diaper yesterday!!! He had a talk with the kids about how they all need to try to do as much for themselves as they can and not just ask me to do it for them if they can do it themselves and that if he's home, they need to ask him to do things instead of automatically asking me. He asked me how to make his favorite snacks so he can do it for himself instead of asking me to do it for him all of the time. (And boy was he surprised at how easy it was...he apologized for not doing it for himself earlier. lol) The next time I go shopping I've been instructed to buy corn dogs, tv dinners, canned foods, etc., so he can make food for the kids on the days that the smell of food sends me running to the bathroom. He's being really amazing. He usually doesn't even want to talk about baby stuff, but he's already asked me to make up a list of the things we'll need for the new baby so we can slowly start buying it all. There are times that I really forget how lucky I am to have him in my life.
As to how I'm feeling, well, I'm still sick from that chicken. :P I'm paying homage to the porcelein god multiple times a day and my sense of smell is INCREDIBLY heightened. Any strong smell makes me SO sick. Ketchup is REALLY bad. lol I've been craving meat like you wouldn't believe. Perhaps I need more iron in my diet. Of course, it doesn't help that any meat I eat tends to come back up. Yeah, pretty picture, I know! I'm always tired. I feel like I'm just dragging all of the time. I could sleep all day if I didn't have other responsibilities! I've let the girls start walking home from school together because I've just been so sick and exhausted that I can barely move, let alone pack all the kids up and go pick the girls up from school. They're loving it though.
The thought of a sixth child is a bit overwhelming, to say the least, but every child is a blessing. I'm excited to have another child join our family. The kids are BEYOND thrilled! They've all been telling me lately that they want a baby brother In a few months we'll be able to tell them if they're getting what they want. lol
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