week 6
the baby is steadily growing and forming new organs. it still looks much like a little alien (don’t be afraid, mark, this goes away pretty soon, and i’m fairly certain who the daddy is!). one noteworthy thing – the lenses of the eyes develop this week. pretty cool.
i’m sleepy. it’s not terrible, but you know, falling asleep on the couch with the kiddos, on the floor while they’re playing, in my dinner plate is not so much fun! but, it’s temporary and it will get worse before it gets better, so it makes it very tolerable. that’s one of the great things about this being the fourth time around, there’s none of that, “will this ever end?” feeling – because it’s a known fact that with each child the pregnancy shortens by 2.5 months. ;)
not really queasy yet, i am reacquainting myself with that old friend tums already. oh, how i’d missed you, my chalky friend!
my belly’s out there. how?, you ask? because what the official books call a “bag of muscles” that surrounds my uterus is, for me – a bag of jelly. another little known fact… you can’t look like cindy crawford after having babies this close together. instead, picture the current brittany spears you saw on the special interview. it ain’t nothin’ nice.
however, i must say, the 2-5 “permanent” pounds that the official book says you will gain after each baby – it has gone roughly the other direction for me. although, before you get too jealous and hate me too much go back and read last week’s post on the baby “pregnancy in numbers” – i think i never had enough time after weaning to put my weight back on, so i didn’t do anything great (excercise, eat healthy – what’s that?), i just cheated the system by going on the lactation diet. it’s the newest trend. sorry, guys. i threatened this time to nurse gracie til she was 14 so that i could eat all that i wanted. so watch out when i know this one’s the last! i may be THAT mom. my honey said maybe that could be my job that we’re constantly brainstorming when i get the last child in kindergarten – anybody need a wet nurse?
my oldest’s decided this one’s a girl again. “our girl needs a sister and we already have 2 boys” my middlest boy changes his mind frequently. i will say, my oldest called the last baby. so we’ll see. i need ideas on biblical girl first names. and get creative because i’ve already researched this and rachel, sarah/sarai, mary, rahab (for reasons obvious), sapphira (although i pushed for ananias - pearl said we can’t name a girl after a guy that was struck down immediately for lying to God. such a stickler!), jezebel (oh, c’mon somebody out there likes this), esther (madonna ruined this one for me) or ruth (veggietales, “my aunt ruth had a beard, it was weird.”) are all out. we know what it will be if it’s a boy.
no doctor yet. i called the doctor that delivered our second, because that went great and even with my quick deliveries, if i left when labor started i would still get to little rock in plenty of time – my labors go about 5-6 hours total. they take medicaid, but not the good medicaid that covers all medical – including pregnancy, but only the pregnant woman’s medicaid. i’m holding on looking elsewhere hoping that the entergy job comes through with real medical – who could imagine?! so, no panic here yet.
i did realize that this baby will come right before t-ball starts and this year i’ll have 2 in it, but they’ll be on the same team, and i’ll only have my girl and the babyslug to tote/chase after. i love it. it will make great posts, i’m sure!
