Moms of more than one will appreciate my whhhiiiiine when I say how much harder this pregnancy has been than the others. And that’s saying a lot because I am generally a pretty happy preggo with minimal things to complain about. I don’t get morning sickness – this time around was the first time I experienced any weird nausea which was around weeks 6-7 and then went away without me chucking up my (choco chip) cookies.
I don’t gain a huge amount of weight – sitting at 18 lbs up but with 8 or so weeks left and a pound a week I’m going to pass my weight gain with the other two I bet.
These past few weeks have been a surprise though – my belly hurts. Like, standing in the kitchen making dinner, after about 30 mins on my feet I am done and need to sit down. I blame gravity. Instead of wrapping around my body, this baby is poking straight out and when standing for longer periods, it’s pulling down causing me to ache. I tweeted about my misery yesterday and a few people suggested pregnancy support belts – something I’ve heard about before but never thought I’d need. I’m not sure if it’s worth looking into at this point but it could be a long 2 months (oh did I really just say that….2 more months? Really? Sigh.)
The kids are waiting for spring, because I told them that is when the baby is coming. They are excited but of course at 6 and 3 they really have no idea what they’re in for! I am counting down the days till baby because it also means at that point my husband will be home with us for a few months – yes months! Oh Canada!! How I love you and your parental leave options. *muwah!*
Here is my most recent preggy pic. Oh, did I mention I crumbled and asked my OB to reveal the gender at my last appointment??? We didn’t find out with the other 2 and we decided to do things differently this time around, errr at the last minute! Hmmm, can you tell by my picture what I’m having?!
P.S. Since this is the first time we found out ahead of time, I can’t say I’m not super paranoid it’s wrong. So paranoid in fact that I used the fact that my OB lives across the street to march over the day after my U/S to confirm the picture with him again….yes, because I am THAT much of a freak!
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