Written on April 4, 2016
Whew! Things are getting better. I am 2 days away from being 13 weeks and between my last post and this one, I was very tired and quite sick. I never threw up, but I was nauseated all. the. time. I wanted to eat nothing and everything. It was such a struggle to find things that sounded good and tasted good. And oh the heartburn. With my other pregnancies, I had mild heartburn near the end if I lied down right after eating. The last couple months it has been almost constant. I could drink a glass of water and suddenly have terrible heartburn. Speaking of drinking water, that seemed to be the one thing that finally helped the nausea go away, besides just time. I was having a hard time getting myself to drink any water at all, which is very unusual for me. I started forcing myself to drink water anyway and found that the day following a good water day I tended to feel a little less sick. This helped a lot, but it was still really hard to do. I think I might finally be doing better consistently but I'm not sure if it's because I'm drinking more water or it's really going away. I wasn't consistently sick like this with Adaline or Matthew so it's been frustrating since it was so unexpected.
I have been so tired. Either this baby is going to be a genius and a star athlete, or it's just because I already have two wonderful children using up my energy. Thankfully the kids are in bed from 7pm to about 7:15am and nap at the same time every day, so I've been able to get plenty of sleep at night-if I go to bed when I should-and an occasional nap when I especially need it.
Yesterday, we told Adaline about the new baby for the first time. Her eyes lit up and she asked if she could see the baby in my tummy. Obviously, she couldn't, but she gave it a kiss anyway. She is a great big sister to Matthew and I'm sure she'll be the same for this new baby. I'm excited to see Matthew as a big brother because he loves babies right now and is surprisingly soft and sweet with them. Speaking of telling people, Adaline is actually the only person we have told. We haven't even told a doctor, my mom, or anyone else. I have been looking and looking for a doctor, but I have had no luck so far. I really wish my OB from Utah would just move out here for the next 6/7 months. That would be perfect. [Update: two days after we told her, Adaline blurted out to our neighbor, "mommy has a baby in her tummy." I was in the middle of a conversation with our neighbor and tried to just move past it, but it eventually clicked and she asked about it. Dang, I think if we want to tell people ourselves, we are going to have to hurry and do it before Adaline does!]
It's already noticeable that I'm pregnant, and not in the cute way. I look like I ate too much dinner-which I probably did. It's a little depressing for me since it didn't happen this quickly with the other kids but such is life with a third child I suppose. I've already started taking over Andrew's wardrobe. My pants are still fitting fine so I haven't pulled out my maternity clothes, but I'm sure it won't be long. [Update added 9/1: Luckily, this was mostly bloating and went away before I started to get very big.]
Speaking of a third child, I kind of can't believe we're going to have 3 children. That feels like so many. We are going to be a family of FIVE and we already can't all fit around our kitchen table. I think about it a lot when I'm at the grocery store or pushing the kids in the stroller. Where is this other child going to go? Luckily, for a while I can use the carrier and not have to change anything with Adaline and Matthew and I'm hoping that by the time I get tired of using the carrier, Adaline will be independent and trustworthy enough to do more things on her own. I really think she will be because she is already pretty good about keeping up when we go to the regular grocery store with only one seat in the basket. I definitely got lucky having her as my oldest child.
Boy or girl you ask? Well, I really want a girl because I miss baby girl clothes, Matthew is so destructive, and I think Adaline would do a good job sharing a room with the new baby, so of course I feel like it's a boy. haha My food preferences are very similar to what I experienced with Matthew, and Adaline was so different from these two. We'll see, but that's my guess right now. Obviously I'll be happy either way.
Whew! Things are getting better. I am 2 days away from being 13 weeks and between my last post and this one, I was very tired and quite sick. I never threw up, but I was nauseated all. the. time. I wanted to eat nothing and everything. It was such a struggle to find things that sounded good and tasted good. And oh the heartburn. With my other pregnancies, I had mild heartburn near the end if I lied down right after eating. The last couple months it has been almost constant. I could drink a glass of water and suddenly have terrible heartburn. Speaking of drinking water, that seemed to be the one thing that finally helped the nausea go away, besides just time. I was having a hard time getting myself to drink any water at all, which is very unusual for me. I started forcing myself to drink water anyway and found that the day following a good water day I tended to feel a little less sick. This helped a lot, but it was still really hard to do. I think I might finally be doing better consistently but I'm not sure if it's because I'm drinking more water or it's really going away. I wasn't consistently sick like this with Adaline or Matthew so it's been frustrating since it was so unexpected.
I have been so tired. Either this baby is going to be a genius and a star athlete, or it's just because I already have two wonderful children using up my energy. Thankfully the kids are in bed from 7pm to about 7:15am and nap at the same time every day, so I've been able to get plenty of sleep at night-if I go to bed when I should-and an occasional nap when I especially need it.
Yesterday, we told Adaline about the new baby for the first time. Her eyes lit up and she asked if she could see the baby in my tummy. Obviously, she couldn't, but she gave it a kiss anyway. She is a great big sister to Matthew and I'm sure she'll be the same for this new baby. I'm excited to see Matthew as a big brother because he loves babies right now and is surprisingly soft and sweet with them. Speaking of telling people, Adaline is actually the only person we have told. We haven't even told a doctor, my mom, or anyone else. I have been looking and looking for a doctor, but I have had no luck so far. I really wish my OB from Utah would just move out here for the next 6/7 months. That would be perfect. [Update: two days after we told her, Adaline blurted out to our neighbor, "mommy has a baby in her tummy." I was in the middle of a conversation with our neighbor and tried to just move past it, but it eventually clicked and she asked about it. Dang, I think if we want to tell people ourselves, we are going to have to hurry and do it before Adaline does!]
It's already noticeable that I'm pregnant, and not in the cute way. I look like I ate too much dinner-which I probably did. It's a little depressing for me since it didn't happen this quickly with the other kids but such is life with a third child I suppose. I've already started taking over Andrew's wardrobe. My pants are still fitting fine so I haven't pulled out my maternity clothes, but I'm sure it won't be long. [Update added 9/1: Luckily, this was mostly bloating and went away before I started to get very big.]
Speaking of a third child, I kind of can't believe we're going to have 3 children. That feels like so many. We are going to be a family of FIVE and we already can't all fit around our kitchen table. I think about it a lot when I'm at the grocery store or pushing the kids in the stroller. Where is this other child going to go? Luckily, for a while I can use the carrier and not have to change anything with Adaline and Matthew and I'm hoping that by the time I get tired of using the carrier, Adaline will be independent and trustworthy enough to do more things on her own. I really think she will be because she is already pretty good about keeping up when we go to the regular grocery store with only one seat in the basket. I definitely got lucky having her as my oldest child.
Boy or girl you ask? Well, I really want a girl because I miss baby girl clothes, Matthew is so destructive, and I think Adaline would do a good job sharing a room with the new baby, so of course I feel like it's a boy. haha My food preferences are very similar to what I experienced with Matthew, and Adaline was so different from these two. We'll see, but that's my guess right now. Obviously I'll be happy either way.
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