your questions answered: are you crazy?

This is a open letter, & a little talk about being a pregnant momma of a toddler

Pregnancy with a toddler is no joke my friends.

I worked a soild 3 weeks when I was pregnant with Kennedy; until I got sick. I laid on the couch mostly dying; but after the dying part. I took 3-4 hour naps, cuddled with my 3 pups watching old episodes of One Tree Hill I've seen a million times. When I had a sudden urge to gain 50 pounds with my cravings, I jumped into the car drove to McDonalds for that Big Mac, frozen cake at walmart or took the 20 min trip to get some damn fazoli breadsticks {mmm must get those soon.} with out a care in the world.

Lets fast forward about 2 years. 

I am guilty of turning on Tangled in the morning, grabbing a bowl of cherrios & cut up nana's & a ba-ba for those few extra 15 mins of sleep. 

Naps? HA. Bug takes two a day, what I am doing? I am "trying" to clean up my tornado of a house, the highchair with lunch slewed not only all over the highchair itself but the floor, wall & anything within 4 ft radius, the dishes, feed the dogs, let out out the dogs. If its a day I babysit I have a 1 in 1,000,000 chance they take their nap in unison.

& sometimes I just want to sit. Oh to sit & catch up on DVR. 

But that time, while sitting has to also be occupied with returning emails, & editing.

Cravings? Hell by the time I rangle her up, get the dog BACK into the house for the 5th time, I can't find my keys; my money isnt even in my wallet & franky I need a nap from the fourth said events I dont have the energy to look for it & probably forgotten what said craving was anyways.

Dinner? haha 

I am blessed with a child that when 8 o clock hits it bedtime at our house, no later. So by 830 I will try to stay up to watch those ever obsessive, trashy shows I love so much, catch up on twitter but really I give it til 10 til Im in a puddle of drool pooled on my pillow, awaiting the next hour I will have to get up and switch position to get some what comfortable.

So YES, I am crazy for having my babies 18 months apart & dare I say wanted them that close & even more TRIED to have them even closer.

This whole 3 trimester with a almost 15 month old shit isn't a joke.

& friends I still got 3 months left & months of newborn-ness to follow.

 

Am I complaining? No.

I am completely content in our crazy decision & with its said "tornado" of a life :)

But in the words of that person that always has awesome quotes about real life; "I may not have it all together, but together; we have it all."

26 & 27 weeks!

Did you notice week 25 was missing?

Thats because I got royally confused, the Dr tried moving my due date about a week & a half forward.

Making my due day the 20th.

There is just absoultely no way, Although we had stopped trying a few weeks before I went back & looked at my chart, I know down to day when I ovulated & conceived 

& since a "due date" is really just a guess, I am sticking with what I know.

& at this point he should just say I am measuring small, as a ultrasound at this point in pregnancy really isnt accurate as it is in the beginning

So I am 27 weeks TODAY, but according the Dr 25w5d

Just a matter of a few days but still irritating since they did this with Kennedy too.

Of course I was right with her too :)

At my last appt on Friday we found out a couple things

1. I have to have another ultrasound, they have some concern that they couldnt see any kidneys or the lower half of her spine. I could freak out, which I kinda am but I am really just racking this up to the tech {who is a biznatch} did a sucky job or it was just her position.

2. my cervix is now at a 4.1 this is wonderful!  & out of the 3 range is which is what we want! 

3.  I get to wait 2 1/2 weeks to come back, for most people NO big deal, for me I haven't gone this long without a appt for high risk mommas, its the small things :) but after that I am 2 weeks or less due to how far along I am anyway :P

How far along? 27 weeks
Baby’s Size: The size of an cauliflower
Total Weight Gain: 3lbs what what!
Bellybutton: innie!
Stretchmarks: nope!
Maternity Clothes: still just my pants & the shirts I got for christmas. I want to get some tho soon!
Movement: Always, big jabs now! 
Sleep: Still good. Kinda thinking about getting a pregnancy pillow, the body pillow just isnt cutting it! Do any of you own one? Is it worth the money?
Symptoms: Constantly drinking milk, like with Bug! More cravings than I did with Kennedy! Colostrum, lord have mercy lots of colostrum. So exciting!
Food Aversions: None
Food Cravings: Milk, & Scotch Eggs! YUMMM!
Best Moments this week: Finding out I can wait longer to come back to my appts!

Buggy really getting into where "bebe" is! Makes my whole world complete.

& making her a fun hat, that lets face it will probally not fit her huge head if she follows daddy & sisters suit! :)

What I miss: Still nothing. I love being pregnant, I can rarely find a thing to make me want to miss out on!
What I am Looking forward to: Getting her bedding!
Milestones: VIABILITY BABY! & Glucose test, that I probably failed since I drank a half a glass of cherry coke :S!