This pregnancy has been rough. I’ve been so incredibly sick. But I at the same time I am so grateful to be in this position. I really had given up the idea that we would have any more kids. I didn’t think it was in the Lord’s plan for us. Because I thought we were done having kids and I gave away so much baby gear! My friend, Christy, who was the recipient of most of the baby gear gave or is going to give it back. When I am done with it, it will go right back to her. That part is a huge relief at least.
In regards to being sick, I’ve had to get acupuncture treatments for nausea and STILL wear my sea bands. Were it not for the fact I’ve learned that a little bit of protein in my belly helps (I nibble on hard boiled eggs and turkey meat), and that carbohydrates tend to make me sicker, and blessings from the Lord, I probably would have ended up having another IV from getting dehydrated and not keeping things down like I did with Firstborn. I tried the anti-nausea medication they said I could take, but I had a reaction to it.
Katie (who is now my first counselor), and Julie (my second counselor) have been a tremendous help. I was so sick we ended up telling them and the Bishop in addition to our parents because I needed the extra help.
I was somewhat apprehensive at our 12 week visit. this was the visit where in the last two pregnancies things had gone wrong. First we had our 12 week ultrasound and we saw a strong heartbeat, and I could even tell the nuchial folds seemed thinner than the baby we lost. Then it was time for the doctor to see me after the ultrasound. When he came in a gave us a HUGE smile. Everything looked great at this point. I felt so relieved– we made it to a crucial point.
We still didn’t want to tell the world at large, but we felt lighter and a bit more optimistic. Thankfully as well, my morning sickness ebbed just in time for that family vacation I planned for in May.
We had a good time–so much so that our most recent trip has earned A couple of separate posts. I have had to put off things for my other children because I was so sick with the one I am carrying now. One of those is pressing for C5-Trainboy–though I think Acroboy is more appropriate now–getting him into preschool. We’re almost to Christmas and he still isn’t in a program yet. We were told we were on the wait list. There have been days when it was all I could do to make breakfast and lunch for the two of us, so I had no problem not having to run him to school each day.
Acroboy is smart, so it is not the academic portion I am worried about. It’s getting him to adjust going to school each day. It is getting him used to a regular classroom setting and interacting with large groups of children. He goes to the children’s class each Sunday, but that isn’t a substitute for a weekday routine. His sister got a call just before Winter break and would she like to join the preschool. I had been hoping that would be the case again, but not so far. I have another meeting with the district after the holidays to hopefully get him an IEP. I am hoping they’ll put him in one of their preschool programs then. Private preschool really isn’t an option for us.