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.
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