Wonderful Distractions!

I'm really hoping that after the ultrasound I will be able to sleep again! I am having dream upon dream about the ultrasound and finding out if its twins or not! I wake up in the night thinking about it and can't fall back asleep. Sheesh already!

In other news; a few nights ago i was lying in bed and baby/babies starting rolling around! It was awesome! I could feel baby doing these slow rolls through my belly, i even felt a couple on the outside! I just lay there in bed enjoying it and trying not to fall asleep, I didnt want to miss a second of it! This is something that no matter how many times you've been pregnant, never gets old! I haven't felt it that strong since but the movements have been steadily growing stronger and more frequent! I'm thinking another 2 weeks and lawrence should be able to feel it!

God knew that I would need something to occupy my mind and hands while I wait for this ultrasound! Oh boy is there alot going on for us right now! And its all good! I just feel so blessed right now! Last week we signed an offer on our lakehouse! Wow! It happened a week after we took it off the market! So they have until August 6th the remove conditions, then completion is on the 13th! that seems so fast to me, which i like! We'll really miss our lakehouse! We only had it for a short time but that house and property was a realy life saver while lawrence and I were apart! It was so great for the kids to just be able to be outside exploring all the time! They really loved gardening and watching things grow! And all the lovely times we had a ton of people and children over! Good memories!! But that season is over! I would trade 10 giant lakehouses to be here with Lawrence full time! Were not thinking of buying here in Fort Mac just yet but it will sure be a relief to be rid of that mortgage payment! Our realtor Rick McDaniel has been amazing and I highly highly recomend him to anyone trying to buy or sell a home! He has worked relentlessly at this sale, even while on holidays with his family!! Rick actually sold our first home for us, helped us purchase and then sell our second and then purchase the lakhouse....and now sell it!

And then another great distraction! Were moving in one week! Our amazing friends that have rented us the house were currently in for a steal of a deal, need to move back in. We are so thankful to them for giving us low enough rent that we were first able to move me and the kids here with lawrence! They really have been the best, easiest landlords anyone could dream of! On saturday evening we get the keys to our new rental! Its in Timberlea (one of the newest areas of town) and so much closer to the school Gabe is starting at in the fall! Its way closer to Lawrence and Jeremy's work, it has parks everywhere you turn and the neighborhood is always filled with kids walking and biking around! Then there's the house! It just fits us so perfectly!! I will post pictures as soon as we get the keys! Sunday is our big moving day!

These things are really helping me not to go crazy wondering about this whole twin thing! Okay i'm still going a little crazy, but just imagine how insane I would be if I had no distractions!!
11 more days!!

Things with this pregnancy that are different from the others

-faster weight gain

-really sick (different from boys but not from lily)

-much bigger appetite! last night I had a big piece of corn and two helpings of fish and then 20 minutes later felt so hungry my tummy was growling!!

-heartburn (never had that before)

-uterus is measuring almost 4 weeks bigger than it should be

-still super tired in the 2nd trimester

-no inclination what the baby might be (i always felt I knew with the others)

-craving lots of really cold water all the time

-carrying all that extra weight in places i dont' normally carry it (arggg)

-heart palpitations (scheduled for an ECG)

Fabric!!

Moda Deb Strain, Love U Owls

Michael Miller, Giraffe Garden

Amy Schimler, On A Whim

Alexander Henry, Spotted Owls

Suspicions and Baby Moons

I've been rather surprised at how little I actually think about the sex of this little one inside me. With the other three I just couldn't wait to find out!! I think with Gabe it was because he was my first (and by the way I really wanted a boy first my whole life), and with Lily I just knew she was a girl and needed medical confirmation! Not sure why with Noah because I was on the fence with with I wanted. Not to say that I don't think about it at all because I do at times. It seems that so far the blogging community thinks girl. As for me, going by the pregnancy thus far I would guess its a girl. My nausea has been horrible just like it was with Lily (the boys weren't too bad). But if I go by intuition I'm leaning more towards boy at this point. But the intuition is barely there. With Lily I was totally convinced she was a girl!! I'm so excited to be surprised about this one! I'm going to be very clear to the ultrasound tech the steer clear of that whole region when I have my ultrasound! With Gabe we wanted to be surprised but it was so obvious in the ultrasound, lol.

Has anyone else ever gone on a baby moon before a baby was born? I have not. Simply because, we were too broke, lol. I would really like to this time around but in a different way. I probably should do a romantic getaway with lawrence....but..... What I would really like is to just go to edmonton for a couple days all by myself! Stay in a hotel, order room service, do some baby shopping....all by myself! I know, a little bit selfish but it would be so nice! I haven't talked with lawrence about it because its so far off yet (wouldn't go until the last couple months). We'll see.

10 weeks 4 days

I had my second prenatal checkup yesterday. The results from my bloodwork had come back. So my hcg levels are normal which means only one baby! I'm actually a little relieved. I big part of me wanted twins but I also understand how much more work it would be! The bloodwork also revealed that my platelet's are at only 100 already. argg. I was really hoping that this would not be an issue with this pregnancy. I'm frustrated with myself for not ever going for my follow up bloodwork after Lily was born though. My Dr suspects that maybe my levels never returned to normal after lily and that right now its not actually pregnancy related. But we have no way of knowing because I never did my follow up. Silly me. So for now I have a standing requisition for montly bloodwork to monitor my levels. We won't do anything about it unless my levels go below 50 and I'm really not sure what the intervention would be at that point. She said something about steroids (yikes) but we haven't gotten into the whys and whats of it.

In other news. I got a prescription for diclectin yesterday! Wow, i feel so much better!! I drank coffee and milk this morning, something I haven't been able to do for weeks without running to the bathroom! I look forward to eating! And I can get stuff done! So now I need desperatly the get the house under control. I've been managing the basics (with lots of help from Lawrence and Tasha) but the clutter is starting to take over! Time for a major cleaning!! It just feels so good to not be sick!! Thank you Lord!!

9 weeks and a break!

9 weeks today. I guess the time is ticking by at a decent pace. The last 4 weeks have been....interesting. I've pretty much been hibernating. I have missed church 2 weeks in a row because I couldn't bring myself to shower let alone go out in public. This past week I started employing a method I used while pregnant with Lily (that Sirena shared with me). In the mornings I get a tall glass of cold water and chug it right beside the toilet. For a split second it is immensly satisfying as I have been so thirsty lately but fluid make the nausea worse. Then the split second passes and I puke it all up. Well this gives me almost an hour of feeling somewhat functional. I can feed my kids and race to get the house tidied before the nausea is back full force. Yesterday I went to the laundromat and I think it was the first time I had left the house in a week and a half. It was strange. LOL.

I picked up a few things from the store on my way home, including ginger beer. I was curious if the ginger beer would be at all settling to my stomach (ginger ale wasn't cutting it). So starting at about 6pm I sipped on a ginger beer all evening. I haven't had it since I was a kid and my mom used to give us sips of hers. I like it, slowly. It does burn a bit on the way down and my oh my does it ever carbonate my system!! But what do you know, the nausea stayed very mild all evening. I was still snacking hourly of course. I went to bed thinking "this is great! I don't mind being "carbonated" if it will tame the nausea this much!" But then this morning my nausea was so very mild and has stayed that way all day! Wow does it feel good to feel almost normal! I keep telling myself that its just a good day and a nice break but I can't help hoping that the nauea is done for me. Only time will tell I guess. Either way i'm thrilled with today!

No Pity Parties Alowed....but maybe just a bit of whining?

I'm just begining to go through that hard part of pregnancy where really all you want to do is complain (not quite at the "cry into my cornflakes" stage) but you just feel so guilty complaining because wow, this is such a blessing!! I forget how the nausea wears on you especially when you have little people to care for, and mine isn't even that bad yet. The last three days (and if this morning is any hint today as well) I have been queezy pretty much all day, food doesn't seem to make a difference. With the boys I was generally okay as long as I kept food in my stomach. The fact that this doesn't help makes me nervous that this pregnancy will be like it was with Lily. I was so sick I could barely move without tossing my cookies. Last night I lying on the couch while my fabulous sister in-law was making dinner, and I suddenly remembered how with Lily I was so sick that it would wake me up in the middle of the night. Oh boy...i hope not again. So i'm trying to stay positive. I am so thrilled beyond words about this gift!! I would knowingly take the nausia any day knowing what the blessing at the end of the journey is!! I am going to try very hard not to have personal pity parties throughout this first trimester!! Today I'm so thankful that I currently do not have an aversion to my coffee! I'm thankful that my favorite jeans are super low rise and I can still wear them with an elastic looped around the button! I'm super super thankful for the beautiful sunshine outside!! I take comfort in that "they" say that if your queezy then things are most likely ticking along perfectly inside my oven!!!