Pregnancy Differences

So, I just have time for a quick post. But, I wanted to document few things from this pregnancy so I don't forget. For the most part, I have thought it is pretty similar to my pregnancy with Atticus. A few differences:

1. Still taking nausea medicine; sometimes I skip a day and the next day I'm sick, so I just haven't stopped taking it once a day.

2. This baby moves SO much more than Atticus did. All day long; all night long. I do love it though.

3. My body is so tired. Physically tired. I find myself wanting to just sit down for a few minutes after doing things at the house or running around for an hour. Actually, at church yesterday as we were standing during a hymn, all of a sudden, I just really wanted to sit and rest my body. Good grief! And then I feel kind of pathetic. I know I was not this tired when carrying Atticus; but of course I didn't chase a 1 year old around either.

4. Am I carrying higher or lower? I am not sure. I think about it all the time mainly because I am wondering if this is a girl or boy. I felt like I carried low with Atticus and this time I feel like it's in the middle. The  baby is not so high that I feel like I can't breathe, but doesn't seem to be as low this time either. Hmmm....

5. Oh and this is embarrassing. I can't get up off the ground and back onto my feet easily. I mean, let's be honest here: when you have a baby or a toddler, you are on the ground all the time without even realizing it. I mean, you play on the floor and read on the floor and pick toys up off the floor and bathe your kiddos on the floor. But, recently as I've grown in this pregnancy, when I have to actually get myself up, I feel like this large elephant that is having to put myself on all fours and then crawl up one limb at a time. It's kind of hilarious and then kind of sad. And when mentioning this to my aunt recently and saying how hard it was to get off the floor this time compared to last time, she said "You probably never got down on the floor on a regular basis last time". Of course I didn't! I went home from work, and sat like a normal person at the table or on the couch. So, then that made me feel better. But, to those friends of mine coming in a couple of weeks, I will try to be discreet, but don't feel a need to hold back your laughing if you are wondering what the heck I am doing just to get off of the floor and back on my feet!

6.  To add to the situation above, I also get LOTS of leg cramps this time around. I know I know - drink more water but I am actually a really good water drinker. I think it's just the being pregnant thing that gives them to me; mostly charley horses, but occasionally at my waist if I turn strange and then one day in my rear-end cheek. HOW DO YOU GET RID OF THOSE KIND? haha. Anyways, so one day, as we had Danielle and Justin over, Danielle and I were on the ground visiting. When they got ready to leave, Vic pulled me up off the ground right as I got a leg cramp in my calf. I went back down before he had me up because I couldn't put any weight on my leg and it all happened so fast, I couldn't even prepare him or myself. All of this was fine except that actually as I went down, I kind of turned my ankle. (I didn't even tell Danielle and Justin (now they know hehe) because I was so embarrassed). Well, while it hurt for a couple weeks and is still tender sometimes, it was not at all sprained or turned and never swelled. Whew. But, really - all because of a little leg cramp during pregnancy.

7. Gender: I cannot decide what we are having. This is not too different from Atticus's pregnancy except that with Atticus I NEVER had a gut feeling. This time around, as soon as we found out, I was set that it was a girl. Then, a few weeks later, I decided it was a boy and stuck with that for awhile. But, now I'm back to having that gut feeling it is a girl. Ay-yay-yay!

I guess those are the most differences. I am trying to remember to start taking side view pictures as I did with Atticus around this time so my 2nd little baby side views are not forgotten. AND I am making it a "MUST" that I will not do the whole "forget little things about 2nd baby" routine that lots of people tell me is so easy to do with a second one. I am vowing to record the same information and take just as many pictures with this little one. I honestly am so excited I cannot wait! And our delivery plan is slightly different this time as we are not sure whether we will attempt VBAC or c-section. We prefer a VBAC if we can do it, but the risks, while low percentage, are pretty rough if they occur (ruptured uterus). So, we are praying and waiting for God to show us what we should do - schedule a c-section for 39 weeks or go for the VBAC assuming we go into labor naturally before 40 weeks (otherwise they do a c-section regardless). We would like 3-4 kids so we want my body to be able to handle that many c-sections if I have to go that route. Let me think  - what else is different this time? OH! Well, Atticus will become a big brother which will be so fun. I tease all the time with people and say that he will not know what has happened when we bring someone else home that needs attention. But, honestly, I think he will be such a good big brother and helper and will love his little sibling. I have been telling him that he will be a big brother and while I don't know that he understands what a brother is yet, he says the word "brother" in the cutest way! And one day I asked him if he wanted a brother or sister and while I am sure it was just luck that he responded at all and chose, he did tell me a brother. And when I asked again specifically about a sister, he said "No". Hmmm. Not sure where to go with that one.

So those are a few pregnancy things, as of now, that I want to be sure to remember!