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| From 2009 12 07 |
Its true! Baby number 2 is on the way! We are so thrilled! We are about 10 weeks right now. We heard the heartbeat on Friday, which means the baby is healthy! He or she will be expected sometime in early July, right after Gregory's 3rd birthday. Many of you may remember that we had quite a complicated journey to conceive Gregory. With this one, it did take a little longer than we might have liked, but at least it did not require doctor intervention! So far this pregnancy has been quite different as well. I have been feeling physically better than last time, since I am not dealing with the huge ovarian cysts I had in the first trimester with Gregory. However, I have been far more nauseous, and have major food aversions. I have not been able to look at, smell, talk about, or think about any kind of meat. Actually just typing that makes me a little urpy! I have occasionally been able to eat a little of it if I distract myself and don't think about it too much! I haven't been able to do any cooking really...I haven't even hardly been able to open the fridge - I have to hold my breath! Thankfully, Dan is in between exams right now and has been able to take over all that, bless him! I am expecting to be back to normal after the holidays...please let me be back to normal after the holidays!!!
We have interviewed several home birth midwives here. There are so many to choose from! They were all wonderful, but I am having a little bit of a hard time deciding which one to choose. I need to get that figured out soon! Since midwives are all legal and cool here, it is really nice to be able to talk about them by name and not have to be all sneaky like it was in Omaha. Nebraska really needs to get its act together when it comes to all that, its just plain crazy there! Anyway, I am just so grateful to be in such a fabulous environment now, because I truly appreciate what having access to birth options means.
We have talked about the new baby with Gregory a little bit. So far, he knows there is a tiny baby in Mommy's tummy, which will grow bigger and bigger. He has seen other moms around here with big bellies so I think he sort of gets that. We have also talked about having to share the milkies when the new baby comes, and he seems to be ok with that. He says that they will "switch" which I think means that they will share both of them! Greg has already reduced his nursing quite a lot from before I was pregnant, probably due to my decreasing milk supply, but I am really hoping that he will nurse through. You may recall, I had serious oversupply problems with Greg and I am hoping that if that happens again, having a nursing toddler will be a welcome relief. If there is anything I am fearing about having another baby right now, its that - the engorgement pain is just a place I don't want to go again! I'll birth a baby any day compared to that! Anyway, I showed Gregory a picture of what the baby looks like right now, from a book called A Child Is Born that my parents used to teach us about babies when we were little, and he took the book and gave it a big hug! I think he is really looking forward to having a sibling, but occasionally he does say things like "I'M your baby" and he tells the dog "No Lucy, thats MY mommy!" So of course, there is an ongoing process. Knowing him, I definitely think it was the right idea to start talking to him about it sooner rather than later...he will need the time to adjust to the idea!
Well, I am hoping to do regular pictures again with the pregnancy. I think it will be special for the kids when they get older, and I also think it will be fun to compare!
