I just realized that within a matter of weeks, we will be back to the basics around our house.
You know, the baby basics.
Back to changing diapers, cleaning up spit up, and I will be nursing 2012 in more ways than one!
I get to start breast feeding for the next year of my life once again, losing sleep, forgetting to eat, do my hair, put on underwear or makeup.
These are the baby basics.
I will admit, I am looking forward to doing it all over once again but am very, VERY thankful this will be the last time I will be doing it.
So, bring on the diapers, spit up, umpteen loads of dirty poop soaked clothing…..I am up for the challenge one last time.
I can’t wait to snuggle and take in that netter than life new baby smell.
Oh, and the pink and oh so cute girly things I cannot wait to put Ellie in!
I think the hubby is going to take away my credit cards and cut off all my access to Etsy and Pinterest because I have a serious addiction to finding adorable things I want to dress Ellie in!
And seriously, where the hell were these sites when I had my 3 other children?
I would have done some damage!
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Sleepless Nights
Over the last few weeks, I have had the unfortunate experience of numerous sleepless nights…..and baby isn’t even here yet!
Between Baby Ellie being extremely active, the contractions, the pain in my pelvis and the whole being oddly shaped at the moment and finding it impossible to find a comfortable position to sleep in I am lucky if I am clocking 3 hours of actual sleep each night.
I also tend to sleep better when the Alex is home because then I can use his body to get comfortable too. The bad part of that is that I am lucky if I get to sleep next to him 2 nights a week given his work schedule.
Needless to say….I am tired.
24/7.
Did I mention that the heartburn and the acid reflux doesn’t help things either?
I am looking forward to this pregnancy coming to an end soon.
I find it much more rewarding to lose sleep because I am up snuggling my little one, feeding her or changing her diaper.
As things get closer to the end I am getting more and more excited to meet her.
And I am not alone.
All of the kids are super excited as well.
Alexander cannot wait to be a big brother and was really excited to try on his big brother shirt I made him tonight. He is looking forward to actually kissing and hugging Ellie and not my belly anymore.
This weekend, everyone in the family had a chance to have a little belly time with Ellie. I am happy to report that she successfully punched/kicked each of them and she did it quite well.
This little lady packs quite the bunch.
Although I have been experiencing all of these sleepless nights, I have been taking advantage of it. I have had the pleasure of watching quite a few movies without anyone interrupting me.
I have scratched The Switch, Due Date, Friends with Benefits, and now onto Going the Distance. I have also managed to clear everything off of the DVR that I have been letting add up.
Oh and tonight I had the chance to FINALLY color my hair and make all of the gray go away.
Here’s hoping that tomorrow night I have the time to straighten my hair!
Baby Bean – 35 Weeks
Here we are in the 35th week.
Crazy.
I can’t believe we are getting close to the end and will get to meet our little Baby Ellie soon.
She is a VERY active little lady who doesn’t like to let her mommy get much rest but I’ve been coping with it.
We go to the Dr. on Friday, the 9th and I am hoping that we will have an ultrasound so we can figure our her position.
I cannot tell if she has flipped or if she is still breech.
One minute I think her little feet have moved from my nether region and then BOOM a nice powerful kick!
I’ve also been having A LOT of contractions lately and it has not been fun.
According to the Dr. I am a higher risk for delivering early due to the bleeding I experienced in the first trimester.
It has also become more difficult to move about like a normal person thanks to all of the pain in my pelvis.
I am hoping that I can get an appointment with the physical therapist this week to see if there is something that can be done to help ease the pain a little.
Other than that, all with Ellie has been going well.
I even had the Alex finally snap a belly pic…..I did edit it a little bit to make all of my lovely stretch marks disappear because I didn’t want to gross you out.
So, here she is at 35 weeks!
Fifty-One
5-1
I have to keep saying this to myself.
Fifty-one.
This is the age I will be when Baby Ellie graduates from high school.
Yes, fifty-one.
How did this happen?
I am having a very hard time digesting this.
When I first became a mom back in 1999 I had things all figured out.
I was going to get to be a mom and by the time my kid graduated from high school I would only be 38 and I’d have my entire life ahead of me still.
And then, I had my second child in 2000 which meant I would be 39 when she graduated.
Then, I got pregnant, got married and had a baby in 2008.
And now, here I am in 2011, approaching my 33rd birthday and preparing for the arrival of my fourth child.
I will be 51 when she graduates from school.
The Alex, he’ll only be 45.
I really need to work on digesting this……
The road to getting pregnant
Now that I am pregnant with baby number 4, I have started to look at things through a whole new perspective.
Both the Alex and I have friends that were not as lucky as we were to conceive naturally.
Actually, quite a few of our friends have only been lucky enough to start a family thanks to the help of a fertility doctor.
After thinking about it, if I were in someone else’s shoes and not able to get pregnant naturally, I would do everything in my power to get there.
In 2003, I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) during a week long hospital stay and was told that I would be lucky if I ever conceived again.
I never followed up on that diagnosis but am very thankful that doctor was wrong.
When we decided to start a family together and were trying to get pregnant with Alexander, I’ll admit, I was worried in the beginning that it was taking so long. But after nearly 5 months of trying we finally had a positive result.
This time around, when we made the decision to add one more little one to the clan, I was more worried that my weight would be the factor that would keep us from conceiving.
Nope.
Within 2 months of trying, we got that positive result once again and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Ellie!