The Secret in Mommy's Tummy

Am I crazy for wanting this!?  I'm questioning myself now...  We are excited but also sorting through our mixed feelings.  Even when this was a wanted event, it's hard to be excited when you feel like garbage--hopefully that will change very soon.

We are at 11 weeks now.  All the baby's organs are present. According to Mayo Clinic, the "baby might measure about 2 inches long from crown to rump and weigh almost 1/3 ounce". (About the size of a lime.)

The girls are excited about "the secret in mommy's tummy." However at this point they think we can keep it a secret from grandma until it comes out---ha ha! Piper now mentions that she is a Big sister.

9 weeks 3 days on May 1st, 2012

I was nervous before the ultrasound, but am happily relieved that baby was kicking around, heart beating, and that there is only ONE in there!  Why have I been so much more nervous about the pregnancy and baby than I was with either of the other two?  Actually, as time progresses, I feel better and better about it.

We told the girls at 6 weeks, the day before Easter, when we told our family. I wasn't ready for full public disclosure yet, so sorry if you were left out of the loop. Now that the pregnancy is further along and with positive evidence from the ultrasound, we are happy to share the excitement with everyone.

I've had some good days, but mostly I feel yucky 80% of the day. A combo of nausea, tiredness, insomnia, lessened taste, headaches, and hormone fluctuations make it hard to listen to my body.  I have to curl in a ball before sneezing to prevent stomach muscle cramps.

This news was the "...and all" part of the reason I took the wedding dress picture a week early-- I was afraid it wouldn't fit or I'd feel too cruddy to put it on.  I can still button my jeans and my belly looks appropriately pregnant when I wake up, but by afternoon /evening, I think I look 5 months pregnant and feel 7 months pregnant. My bottom ribs already hurt. My lower spine is already adjusting. My lower legs and feet feel achy, but I trying to rub them and put them up every day so I don't get swollen.

The fun is when the girls hug and kiss it and blow raspberries on my tummy.

Funny things the kids said:
Last weekend, Piper said, "I don't want the baby to have hands" because she doesn't want the baby to be able to take her toys away from her.

Addisyn has decided if the baby is a boy, its name will be "Cloud", and if it's a girl, its name will be "Rainbow".


We will keep updating!