have a healthy baby

still feeling nauseous but it’s different than my first 3 pregnancies where i was almost incapacitated by the sickness. maybe it’s a boy? i have my first u/s on thursday so that should help put my mind at ease since i’m still in the first trimester for about another 3 1/2 weeks. hang in there fellow preggies!

i have been sleeping whenever possible. that’s all i do lately. i drag myself around, take care of the kids’ basic needs, try to encourage more snuggle time with mommy, and sleep. it’s temporary, but neverending a the same time. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

on may 15th. my ob says we’ll forget all this iud mess and just celebrate the pregnancy. i suppose it’s the best way to go. thank goodness i love my ob b/c i sure see a lot of her! one day at a time….

another check for the iud today turned up nothing so it apparently decided to leave on its own. this is puzzling, but it does put this in the category of a normal, low risk pregnancy which is always good. extremely unexpected, but good. the man and i went out to lunch and talked a bit about how we are going to handle this. making concrete plans always helps me to feel better. since i’m going back to work (first one, then 2 days per week) we are going to hire some help around here. i never thought i’d have 4 kids, but i guess there are just a lot of things in life that you cannot control.

still feeling queasy (the reason for questioning my birth control at all) and it’s more identifiable as morning sickness. as much as it sucks (and it does suck!) i also find it comforting. it helps if i keep moving and remind myself that it is temporary. other than that, it’s one day at a time around here!!

i just found out that i am about 6 weeks pregnant with my fourth child despite that fact that i had an iud placed at the end of january. apparently it’s very rare, but they can fail. the pregnancy appears healthy so far and we are very grateful for that. as for the iud, no one knows for sure what happened to it. nice, right?

anyway, i guess mother nature laughed at our attempts to stay at just 3 children for now. what are ya gonna do? bring on #4!!!!!!!!