Yep... Pregnant! :)
I took 1 test yesterday morning... And 3 more tests this morning... They all confirm that I am indeed pregnant. Hubby and I have been trying for baby number 2 for 9 months now. I can't stop smiling! I am due Feb. 3, 2014... That seems like so far away!!!
Weird things we did different month:
First, we normally have pretty darn good sex (TMI?) but right around ovulation we had two occasions where we were both left breathless, tingling and joking that THAT was going to be the sex that got us pregnant.
Hubby gave me tummy rubs after sex. I have always loved tummy rubs (Don't know why) and he normally does it while we are cuddling up watching a movie, but for whatever reason this month he decided to save my tummy rubs for our after sex cuddling.
I had a Dr appointment, which included a Pap smear 4 days father ovulation.
Now, I'm not saying that any of those things had anything to do with me getting pregnant (Except the amazing sex ;) ), but its still fun to look at.
Symptoms that I'm feeling so far:
A bit of nausea (I'm not complaining - Promised myself I wouldnt complain about anything this time around - But it is a bit odd to be starving one moment and so full I might puke the next, Lol)
Fatigue... A girl who doesn't like naps is thinking that a nap sounds lovely right now!
Oh, and I don't know if this is a symptom or not but I am a bit more emotional than usual.
And since I need a question, I have some random ones for ya:
Question 1) After Oliver was born, I never stopped feeling twinges, flutters, or movements in my tummy. I knew that it was gas and ignored it. Now, I'm only 4 weeks pregnant. I know that it's still gas. But, when the time comes further down the road, how do I tell the difference between gas and baby movements? I think I started feeling Oliver move around 15 weeks, if that helps.
Question 2) Oliver is a bully (It's something we have been working on for a while now). I don't trust him around a baby. The first/last time he was around a baby he got jealous that I was holding the baby and nearly hit him on the head ( I managed to twist away at the last second). My SIL just had another baby so I was already thinking of ways to fix this, but hubby isn't sure about my idea. Do you think it would help if I bought him a baby doll and treated it like a real baby, showing how to be gentle with it? Hubby thinks that's silly, so if you agree with him can you give me another idea? Like I said, we have been working on his bullying for a while now but it's not really getting any better.
Question 3) When and how did you tell your family? With Oliver, I told everyone at 5 weeks. I spilled the beans to my hubby yesterday when I took the first test. I wanted to tell him in a very special way, but in the end I couldn't believe my eyes and needed him to tell me that there really were two lines. I had big plans of telling the rest of my family on Fathers Day, but I found out that they are all going to be gone on Fathers Day and want to celebrate that this coming Sunday. I would be 5 weeks (Well, on Monday I would be 5 weeks), so it would be the same time I announced with Oliver. I really want to follow through with my plan but hubby thinks its a bit soon. He's not totally against it though. What do you think?
If your interested, here is my plan: I'm going to write a poem in my dad's card. I have to work on my rhyming skills, but a poem would be appropriate because my grandpa wrote a poem when each of his grandchildren were born, as well as when his first great grandchild, Oliver, was born. My dad also wrote a poem when Oliver was born. It's a tradition, so telling them about this pregnancy through a short poem would be perfect. Another tradition in my family is to pass all the cards around so everyone can read them. i would like to video tape everyones reaction too, because unfortunately hubby is going to be gone on a fishing trip that day (He is fine with not being there when I tell everyone, but would like to see the reactions) Here's my idea for the poem:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You will soon be a grandfather
To TWO
Ssh, it's a secret
Don't say it aloud
Wait for the others
To pass the card around
We know you will be happy
We know you will beam
When you meet your newest grandchild
On February 3, 2014
So I guess question 4 is... Do you have any ideas on how I can polish up this poem a bit to make it perfect?
Sorry for rambling... And yes, I still haven't stopped smiling!
Wild Woman - Oops! 'Sash' was a typo. I noticed it and thought I had fixed it but once my iPad starts thinking I mean one word it has a hard time letting me change it. I think it is fixed now. And I don't know what to do about Oliver being a bully. If I did, I wouldn't have asked the question. Lol
Very cute poem. If you want poem perfection, too keep the rhythm, you need to add some syllables in line #4, so instead of "To TWO" you could say something like "To not one, but TWO..." and then maybe add "Just" before "wait for the others..."
Or not. The poem is very cute as is, and it's a great idea.
Congrats!
Congrats!!!!
Oliver will be older. His bully tendencies will change. My 3 year old is adorable with his baby sister. Both of my kids are super gentle with her, even though they both bully each other! I will worry when baby is walking, and my plan is to just not leave baby along with the big kids.
Congrats are in order, and your brave I would probably not have shared that much with a message board. I am sure all will work out. It seems to! Poem is good.
Congrats...be lucky it only took 9 months...it took us years...we gave up and I got pregnant by surprise at the age of 44.
Congratulations! Your post makes me smile. :)
V. Rae:
I would wait.
it's "shh" not sash - that's something you wear. Or "shush"
If Oliver is a bully now and you don't trust him around babies - what are you going to do?
How did we tell our families?
For mine - I was wearing a t-shirt with a portal hole over the belly - and a baby inside. It took my family a minute to "comprehend" it. They were overjoyed.
I felt my youngest move sooner than I did with my oldest and I started showing earlier too.
Nine months - it took us almost 4 years.
Congrats! February will be here before you know it.
Keep Oliver in the loop once you start showing. It's too early to talk to him about it. As you get closer to the time, get him to help you get ready for his little sibling. You keep telling him how much the baby will love him. And you tell him how proud of him you for being such a big boy.
pick a gift for him that you know he really wants and hide it until the baby is born. When you bring baby home from the hospital, give him the gift and tell him it's from the baby. The baby is so excited to meet him and wanted to give him a present. Pay most attention to Oliver when baby is awake and in your arms. That doesn't mean not to pay attention to him when baby is asleep, but you want him to WANT baby to be awake, rather than wishing baby were always asleep.
I'll leave the rest for others. Take pregnancy vitamins and drink water!!!
Just wanted to say congrats! The 9 months are going to fly by!
Congrats!
As far as your son being a bully? In my household we had a no touching babies rule. There's no reason why a young child would ever need to touch a baby since it opens the baby to being touched in the wrong spots and touched too hard. Nope. Instead only grown ups were allowed to touch the baby and big brothers/sisters were allowed to help by fetching things or giving toys to the baby.
The only exception was when the older sibling was allowed to sit holding the baby with a grown up sitting right beside but other than that there wasn't any touching at all. It worked out well for everyone and my kids all played well together once the babies weren't so helpless.
Congratulations!!!
1. I felt my daughter move 2 or 3 weeks "sooner" than my son, primarily because I knew the difference between gas "flutters" and "baby flutters".
2. Yikes. I would definitely try the baby doll thing. It really couldn't hurt anything, right? I would also make sure that you don't leave him alone with the baby at any point and that you make a really big deal about becoming a "big brother". You have PLENTY of time to post about this question.
3. My sister found out she was pregnant with #3 about a week before I found out we were having #2, so I called my mother and asked her what she thought about a 'double shower'. She freaked out and got my dad on the phone. For my in-laws, we went "subtle" and had our son wear a "big brother" t-shirt to a family dinner the next weekend. It took a couple of minutes, but my SIL noticed it first and started screaming, so the news spread quickly from there.
4. Very cute, but don't be surprised if the secret "slips" immediately! You may want to "flip" the verses to start with the "Shhh" to avoid the "OH MY!" being audible.
Yay! SO happy for you! Congratulations!!! I know how much you've been wanting this....
As for Oliver, he'll be older & more "mature" by Feb. with many months to get used to the idea, I think.
My brothers are close in age & my mom says she used to feed the baby with O. leg up to "block" the older O.! Lol
They're best of buds now. So will yours O. day. :)
Love the poem, wouldn't change a thing.
Woo hoo!!! Congratulations!!!!! That's amazing news!
I never got to tell my family really. I was out Christmas shopping with my Mom and we walked into a Bath and Body Works and she said I turned green and high tailed it out of the store. LOL At lunch that day, she turned to me and said "so you're pregnant." She ended up telling my siblings.
Congratulations again. Thanks for sharing. I've been having a really crappy day and your post made me smile for the 1st time today.
well congrats-but guess your private sex life should really remain"PRIVATE"
there are just some things you dont share nation wide-jmo...hope all goes well with new baby n bully son.
Awesome!!! Congratulations :-)
Congratulations!
The baby doll would be great. Also get pictures of him as a baby and show and tell how little and helpless he was. Show him videos of himself.
I would not do anything until you complete first trimester. I thi k you need to relax and worry about all the other things when you need to. You are getting way ahead of yourself! Congrats.
Congrats! I've always waited 12 weeks
Wait until 12 weeks. Congrats!!!
