Abit of an update

I'm really not "feeling" at all pregnant. Which I guess isn't too terribly surprising considering how mild the m/s was with twins! (I'm choosing to not entertain the possibility of twins again LOL). Last week was super busy with VBS each evening. Not sure how I feel about attending that VBS next year with a 4 mo old in tow. As long as it's a baby content to hang out in the sling the whole time, we'll be fine. I'm the wierdo that dreads a baby that doesn't want to co-sleep or stay in the sling all day LOL. But still not ideal . . . we'll play it by ear. I might work out a "tag team" arrangement with dh where I take the girls & then he meets us there after work & stays w/ the girls the rest of the time, or we alternate evenings or something. Which I'd have pushed for this year except his back was bothering him too much to spend 2+ hours alternating between sitting on hard floors & standing around.

I did have a couple nights at VBS where it struck me that it was a good thing snack time was next on the agenda because I was feeling abit queasy (and thankfully they gave the adults all a snack too, so I didn't have to steal food from my kids to ease the queasiness LOL).

Had a tad big of spotting (not really even spotting, just a tad pink when I wiped - TMI, I know, but this IS a pregnancy journal thankyouverymuch) last night which has had me abit freaked out all day today (just lots of trips to the bathroom "just to check") and I've used it as an excuse to take it pretty easy today (which is a bummer since I had planned to catch up on the housework that I let slide last week w/ VBS), and A was in "helper girl mode" so it would've been an ideal day to at least get the clutter back under control, but such is life . . .

I think dh & I have decided that I'll make the girls "big sister" bracelets and give them to them as our way of telling them. I had planned to go out today to get alphabet beads (thought I had some, but can't find them, just alphabet charms, and not enough s's to make 2) but dh ended up having to go help his mom, who's sick, so I couldn't go alone. Not sure if I'll attempt it w/ the kids or try to go some evening this week after dh gets home or what . . .

Current plan is to visit my parents the weekend of the 22nd so I think we'll tell them that weekend and plan a trip to MIL's the weekend before or after that to tell her. Once the girls know I'll let them decide if they want to use their bracelets to tell the grandparents or if they want to make big sister shirts to wear.

I've found a way to actually enjoy drinking red raspberry leaf tea. I had great intentions last pregnancy but just couldn't get into it. This time around I figured out to make ice tea with honey to sweeten it. Yummy and healthy!!! Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year also recommends regularly drinking nettle infusions, so I need to get through my herbs in the basement and see if I still have nettles and if not, get some when I order from Frontier next. Hopefully honey (or something) will make it edible too LOL.

I found a site that makes modest dresses and jumpers that has really reasonable prices (& cotton fabrics, not just poly/cotton blends!!!) and will modify for maternity &/or nursing at no extra cost! So I ordered a maternity dress & a maternity jumper today (haven't heard back on the fabric choices yet though). Beyond that I want to go through what I already have (need to get most of it back from Kim when I'm in MD next time), check the motherhood outlet (when I'm in MD next, it's going to be a busy weekend LOL) and then decide if I need anything else & see if I can con my mom into making me a skirt or dress or two :)

Also REALLY need to call the midwife practice this week, never got a chance to do it last week with VBS and bloggy giveaways (so far I've won a sun hat for the new baby, woo-hoo!) and all.

Last night we went to dh's boss's house for dinner, along w/ the department secretary & her family (who is also our neighbor & they have a 7 yr old dd, that is friends w/ our girls). Mike (secretary's dh) asked us if we were planning on more kids. I just used my stock answer that I've used for the past 3 years "depends who you ask" LOL.

DH has at least accepted w/o argument that we'll have a homebirth. He rolls his eyes abit at it all, but doesn't seem opposed. He's currently saying he doesn't want to come to any of the mw appointments, but DOES want to find out the gender, those 2 things don't go together because I can guarantee if they ask just me, if I want to know gender, I'm going to say no LOL. So we shall see . . . not sure what this practice's policy on u/s is anyway, though considering they do mostly hospital births (per someone on mdc) I'm guessing they'll at least do the 20 wk u/s, possibly others if asked (the one at 20 wks is the only one I'll agree to).

He HAS already vetoed my first choice of baby names, sigh . . . need to discuss it more when the girls aren't around, they came in the house just as we were starting to talk about it, so it was an abbreviated discussion.

Guess that gets us pretty much up to date. I don't think I'm having the thyroid issues I was having last time (losing weight) but maybe that didn't start till later? I need to weight myself again to see if I'm gaining/losing/holding steady. I'm fascinated with the little ticker thing I have on this blog & being able to see what baby is up to :)