After my trip to Omaha, I found out I was pregnant. Of course I didn't tell anyone but Tim. We held onto our secret for awhile. I have to say it was a bit harder this time around because this pregnancy was a bit different than the others.
I had never been the least bit nauseous with the boys. Not even for one day. I never had morning sickness. I was always a little more tired at a certain point but that was all. With my little men, hiding the pregnancy until I wanted to share the news had always been quite easy. Not so with this little one!
About 6 weeks in the nausea hit. It wasn't too bad. My doctor's office gave me a bunch of info on all sorts of things, including a bookmark with tips for managing the morning sickness. I would actually start out the day feeling great. No hint of anything at all. As the day wore on and evening came though, I usually felt terrible! I followed the tips given to me and that did help greatly. I drank lots and lots of cold Ginger Ale and ate lots of small little meals loaded with carbs. It worked! Although coaching soccer made it a little harder. I didn't want to tell anyone but almost broke down and did! Soccer practices were a bit rough with 8 little kids and that nauseous feeling!
Also, I wasn't ridiculously hot! With the boys I was hot ALL.THE.TIME! And really hot at that! I would go out in shorts and a t-shirt in 40 - 50 degree weather and be just fine. Anything above that I would be overly hot! Not so with this one. I was FREEZING most of the time! It really got difficult to hide the little bump as my clothes started getting too small around the waist. I am now hot most of the time but the weather is in the upper 70's, so I guess I should be, right?
Finally at Christmas, we let everyone know we were going to be adding another little one to our family next year. Some family members and friends already knew but the majority didn't. I finally broke out the maternity clothes around that time too. I am happy to say that now, the pants will stay up! When I pulled them out at Christmas, my belly was too big for my regular pants but not big enough to keep my maternity pants up all the way. They kept sliding down. But on the plus side, it helped people figure out very quickly I was pregnant.
Monday January 13, Tim took the day off. We dropped the kids off at a friends house and off we went for our 20 week ultrasound. I was so anxious and excited. I was hoping for a little girl but figuring a boy would be the answer. I mean, after 3 boys, what are the chances of having a little girl? We just figured we would have 4 boys and that would work well. Pach and Pickle would end up in one room together, Jake and the little one would end up in another room together. We wouldn't have to buy anything really. It would be pretty simple, minus a name. We did not have a boys name.
As I was laying there watching, I got more nervous. We saw the head, the legs, the arms all that. Then it was time for the anatomy. Of course we wanted to know. I had huge plans for the room if it was a girl. Smaller plans (just new curtains) if it was a boy. I hated the ones that were in there. Found out later Tim hated them too! Communication would have fixed that. Hahahahaha!
The ultra sound tech glided over the anatomy and stopped. She said, "It's a girl." Honestly, if you had asked before that moment how I would have reacted I probably would have said, "I'll scream and yell and be so excited!" Well, I just laid there and thought, "Really? Did I just see that right?" It was a very surreal moment for me. The tech moved on quite quickly. I should have asked her to go back so I could stare at the screen but I didn't. As she continued on to get more pictures, the tech kept saying, "She's not moving, you might have to come back" and "I can't get a good picture of her head since your belly button is in the way". Well, that last remark made me think, "Yep, that's my girl. Let's be uncooperative with the ultra sound. That's the way all the kids were. She'll fit right in."
It didn't really sink in that we are having a girl for a week or so. We did stop and get paint and looked at fabric for curtains on the way home but even then it didn't seem real. I had even started painting the room but kept thinking, is it really a girl? I've looked at the ultra sound picture enough to know it's a girl. After 3 boys there are just some things you recognize and can see that makes you know for sure, they are going to be boys. All those things are missing.
So yep, WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!!! She is due May 31 but I am hoping she wants to be really kind and sweet to her mom and come a little bit earlier than that. One, I'd like to have birthday's a bit farther apart. Second, she LOVES to kick my bladder. I wouldn't mind a week or two less of that than is planned right now. I do LOVE feeling her move around and kick though. It's such a great feeling and I wish everyone could have the opportunity to feel it. It's about the only thing I like about being pregnant.
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