Just personal musings
I know some of you have been asking for updates, so here we go!
I’m due mid August. That means I have roughly three more months before our third arrives. This pregnancy has been a breeze since we passed the first trimester. We’ve been feeling movement very early with this pregnancy - I started feeling kicks at about 12/13 weeks LMP (since last menstrual period, which is not the gestational age). My husband started feeling movement from outside my belly at 17 weeks LMP! We were quite shocked considering he doesn’t get that pleasure ’till usually at least 24 weeks.
This baby actually responds to people talking, too. When my husband talks to my belly this baby goes CRAZY and it looks like baby is doing backflips. Perhaps this means that this baby will be a daddy’s boy or girl? Baby does backflips when my daughter talks too.
Movement has been well defined and near constant ever since the baby has started moving. I barely ever get peace! But - that is a good thing. I like to feel my babies squirming around. It’ll be interesting to see how baby responds during labor and birth. I could feel my son squirming and kicking during labor last time, and WOW is it neat to feel your body prepare to birth a baby. The changes your body goes through as your baby descends is crazy.
I’ve already pulled out all of the gender neutral newborn clothes, onesies, socks and sleepers. And the blankets and towels. I have the boy and girl clothing boxes easily accessible so hubby can pull ‘em out once we know if it’s pink or blue. I’ve never not known the gender, and thought by now I’d be pulling my hair out but I’m really not too anxious to know. Now, if I had an ultrasound planned that would be a different story. But I’m ok not knowing but I betcha when I’m in labor i’ll be going nuts!
I’ve been working much more on the computer than I’ve been wanting to. I finished revising a cloth diapering book I had published a few years ago. I just finished updating my main website, created a branch to my business for publications, and last night I installed a php shopping cart on my website… Only to make a stupid mistake this morning and POOF it’s all gone. I stayed up till 2am getting everything set the way I want it and now I have to do it all over again. Yuck. I don’t see how people who work on computers full time can do it. I’m so deflated I don’t even want to touch the darn thing, but in the process of my goof up I made some errors on my main website and had to fix that before I can leave the house! I’ll attempt the shopping cart again tonight. Maybe. I need to do something to list all of my publications for sale in a professional layout though, so I can’t just say “forget about it” like I want to do so badly!
It’s a beautiful day today, I’ll probably take the kids and the dogs for a walk. We’re getting family portraits taken today (our first ever!) and I’m really excited to get a professional picture with a BELLY! I love being pregnant, and I certainly have the belly to prove it ;-) I’ll try to post a picture when we get them back.
I hope all of the moms have a wonderful mothers day tomorrow!