I have news!
Jan. 25th, 2008 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaMichael and I are absolutely delighted to announce that I am twelve weeks pregnant! I'm due August 3rd.
I was supposed to be waiting until we heard a heartbeat before I made a public announcement, but we've pretty much run out of patience with waiting for my uterus to clear the pelvic bone so they can reach it with a Doppler. (My midwife practice doesn't do routine early ultrasounds.) I went in to the midwife for a quick check this morning, and although she wasn't able to find the heartbeat she said that there's been definite growth since my first midwife appointment two weeks ago. So yay! A baby!
How I'm feeling: the first trimester has been a lot harder this time around. Much more nausea. In the last week or two it's eased up during the daytime, but I still get pretty nauseated every evening (because I'm tired, I guess?) and I often don't have much appetite for dinner. And I'm tired, but not sleeping well.
I'd say I'm about three-quarters excited and one-quarter nervous. When Alex is being difficult, it's hard to imagine going through all of this with a newborn, too. But, you know, families have been having second children for millions of years. So it must all work out somehow.
I was supposed to be waiting until we heard a heartbeat before I made a public announcement, but we've pretty much run out of patience with waiting for my uterus to clear the pelvic bone so they can reach it with a Doppler. (My midwife practice doesn't do routine early ultrasounds.) I went in to the midwife for a quick check this morning, and although she wasn't able to find the heartbeat she said that there's been definite growth since my first midwife appointment two weeks ago. So yay! A baby!
How I'm feeling: the first trimester has been a lot harder this time around. Much more nausea. In the last week or two it's eased up during the daytime, but I still get pretty nauseated every evening (because I'm tired, I guess?) and I often don't have much appetite for dinner. And I'm tired, but not sleeping well.
I'd say I'm about three-quarters excited and one-quarter nervous. When Alex is being difficult, it's hard to imagine going through all of this with a newborn, too. But, you know, families have been having second children for millions of years. So it must all work out somehow.
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:02 pm (UTC)(also, I've found that they entertain each other after a certain point. Woo!)
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:43 pm (UTC)(my sister and I have a three year gap between us, which has, most of the time, felt perfect.)
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:51 pm (UTC)(Delighted to say it publicly.)
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:52 pm (UTC)You'll manage fine. Imagine families who have 10 or 12 children... Second babies, in and of themselves, are easier (YMMV, of course). What's tougher is having to deal with a toddler at the same time, but you'll find yourself wondering what was so difficult about a newborn the first time around. For one, newborns stay where you put them. :-)
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Date: 2008-01-25 06:12 pm (UTC)By any chance, was it the one about "there are reasons why it might be better to move now, rather than in the summer?" Because, yeah.
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:53 pm (UTC)Much joy to you and your entire family. Here's hoping for a coolish, gentle summer.
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:53 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:59 pm (UTC)K. & B
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Date: 2008-01-25 06:03 pm (UTC)What a wild year-OWL, a new baby, unexpected house-changing.
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