Aaah the memories…

One thing about your 3rd pregnancy, is having time to reminisce about your previous pregnancies and what you did/didn’t enjoy and what you would/wouldn’t do again – so many decisions!

I really wasn’t a fan of the heartburn, constipation, morning sickness, nose bleeds and back pain and I’m not sure why I’m expecting this pregnancy to be any different, so all I can do is be prepared!! Check out the Ails & Cures category for ways I’ve dealt with these issues and be reminded – it is only my opinion!

One thing I totally wasn’t prepared for the first time around, apart from the obvious labour pains, was having to have a caesarian. After 19 hours of good hard labour, slogging it out, it was decided that a caesarian had to happen because I “wasn’t progressing”. What that means is that my cervix was only dilated to 6cm instead of 10cm and wasn’t going to dilate any time soon and the baby was under alot of stress.

You would think that having a caesarian would be great as there is no pain due to having an anaesthetic but strangely enough, I wanted to feel the pain of having labour and giving birth naturally to feel like I’ve done my job properly. So I kind of felt short-changed! But in saying that, we ended up with a healthy baby, so no matter how it happens, that’s all that matters

How many weeks am I really?

Ok, the first really confusing part when talking to your doctor is how many weeks are you pregnant?

Believe it or not, the weeks start counting from your Last Menstrual Period (LMP) ie. the last time you had a period. Forget that you conceived approximately 2 weeks after that, that doesn’t matter. So in actual fact, you get an extra 2 weeks of pregnancy for free!

So take that LMP date, add 40 weeks and voila! You have a due date. But I’m not actually going to be 40 weeks pregnant at due date, I’m only “really” 38 weeks. So do you take gestation as being “40 weeks” or “9 months”? Does 40 weeks sound like 10 months to you? Either way, it’s better than being an elephant!

In the beginning…

After initial feelings of shock have subsided and some lengthy discussion over the past 2 weeks, we are now at a place where we are very happy to announce the pending arrival of our third child.

Why the 2 week hesitancy you ask? There are many factors to consider when deciding to have a child, and obviously this one wasn’t planned!, so I’ll let you in on the first thoughts that run through the head at that crucial moment when you think you may be pregnant:

“Hmmm, I think my period is due this week sometime, or was it last week? Oh crap, I can’t remember.”

“My period hasn’t come yet, and I think it was due last week. Oh crap.”

“I think I should do a pregnancy test just in case. Crap”

“If this test comes back negative, I won’t be disappointed but on the other hand…..”

“Does two lines mean negative or positive <looks at included leaflet>: POSITIVE”

I guess the main shock is having three children so close together but is that necessarily a bad thing? I’m not getting any younger, if 33 can be classed as “getting older”. I certainly don’t want to have any more kids after turning 35 so it’s now or never. Our two other children are 2yrs&3mths, and 8mths so you might understand my anxiousness.

Having more children was an open ended notion that was never really discussed or decided upon as we thought we had more time to think about it (obviously not!). So my advice is to make definitely sure what each of you want before closing that door as one person’s opinion can severely differ from the other’s. This is where “communication” becomes important. I’ve heard of it before but never knew the true meaning until having to make a huge life decision!

For want of a better word….Welcome!

Well this is it!  The place where I will be dumping my thoughts, feelings, tips and tricks about my current pregnancy.  Hopefully you may find some useful information here and may relate to any of my posts, or NOT!

This will not be for the faint-hearted, in fact, some revelations may shock and upset some, but if you have a steel stomach and an open mind, then read on.  I’ll try to be as pc as I can

Over the next 9 months, you may possibly get to know me a little more than you should but I’m ok with that if you are.  If not, just close your browser.