25 weeks Well, I'm past the halfway point in my pregnancy. Time seems to be going by too fast. I can't believe that in a little over 3 months, I will have another baby. Things are going well. He kicks like crazy and moves a lot!!! I'm thinking he might be like Taylor and never stop moving from the time he is born.
Everyone has been asking me about names. I think we finally agreed on one. Scott Elvin. Elvin is Josh's grandfather's name. We thought about Luther, but there is already one in the family.
Seth and Taylor are very interested in the baby now. They like to go up to my stomach and put their hands on it and see if he moves. We are going to move their car seats to the back of the van and put the baby in the bucket seats. Seth is very excited about this. He keeps saying "when the baby comes, we will get to move to the back."
I have been feeling pretty good. Apparently I'm not very big. I still have a decent amount of energy. I know that I will be running out of energy in the coming weeks though. It's almost time for that dreaded 3rd trimester when you just want to be done being pregnant.
Josh and I are taking my sister's Bradley Method class over DVD. I decided I'm going to try to go natural. It's a good class so far and it's nice to have a teacher we know so well. It is a lot of work though as there are exercises to do every day and relaxation exercises which Josh is involved in. I just want to see what it's like to have a baby with no pain medicine and hopefully no interventions like pitocin. I have a feeling those slowed down my labor both times.
Well, I think that's all for now.
2008-05-12 (19 weeks)
Ultrasound, May 12...It's a.... I had my big ultrasound today. It's a Boy!!! I'm very excited to be having a boy. I would've been happy with either a boy or a girl, but it seems like Seth was an easier baby and is an easier child. Of course, i know that every baby is different, so we'll have to see. Anyway, I'm happy that Taylor gets to be the only girl since she will be the middle child, and it's the hardest to be the middle. I don't really have a name picked out. I don't think we're going to go with the names I wrote last month. The downside to having a boy is that I had several girl names picked out that I liked, and no idea what to name a boy.
We told the kids that I'm having a baby. Seth sort of understands. He'll tell me that there's a baby in my tummy. He's excited to be having a little brother. He doesn't understand that I'm going to have to stay in the hospital after I have the baby for a day or so. Today he said that when it's time for me to have the baby all of us will go to the hospital and "pick up" the baby. I think he thinks that I'll just have it like that and then we'll all go home.
This month I've discovered some of the side effects that happen to people who are on their 3rd or 4th baby. I have varicose veins in one of my legs. They hurt at the end of the day and are really ugly. So I get to wear support hose for the rest of my pregnancy. I'm not sure how that's going to work out in the summer when it's 95 outside. That means I get to wear pants and maybe long skirts for the rest of the pregnancy also. I'm not too happy about that. I also have a hernia that apparently is from the extra weight of my uterus. That also hurts from time to time. The doctor said that there's really nothing you can do about it unless it gets infected or something.. It might go down after I have the baby. If it doesn't, then I'll have to have surgery on it within a few months of when the baby's born. So that means that I'll be down for 6 weeks. Josh and I are still trying to figure out how that would work since I wouldn't be able to lift much at all or do anything for at least the first 3 weeks or so. So anyway, this pregnancy has been much more difficult than the other two, but the baby is healthy, and I know it will be worth it when the baby is born.
I've also been eating like a horse. Admittedly, I'm still craving junk food, so a lot of it is not so healthy. I've only gained 10 pounds so far. The doctor seems happy about that. This may be another 20 pound pregnancy like Taylor was. I can only hope.
Anyway, I think that's all for now. It's nice to know that I'm a little more than halfway done. Also, scary!!!
