Number Three

Okay, So I haven't posted much about the new baby on the way. Maybe because I'm only six weeks and there is not much to say?
I am not at all excited about growing out of my clothes. As a matter of fact, I'm dreading the awkward months (at about 3/4 months along) when you are to big for regular clothes...but not quite "pregnant" enough for maternity. I hate that part.
Im tired. Im tired of being tired! I did get out and take a long walk with the girls this afternoon. It was really nice and did give me a small boost of energy, it made me love my neighborhood even more. I love seeing kids playing in yards and riding bikes, the mailman waves every time he passes us...even if it's the 5th time around. The girls pointing at every dog or cat in sight, Addison calling them all "lu-lu". The play ground being right around the corner, and I love the elementary school. I love walking by and seeing all the drawings and arts and crafts hanging in the windows. Watching the parents wait to pick up their kiddos, listening to the kids on the play ground talk about who likes who and who dumped who....(at age 12...lol). It kind of makes me want to re-think my homeschooling plans. I want my kid's to have that experience...to have friends. Not just "church" friends who they see Wednesday nights and Sundays. To go on field trips, be in a classroom. Play tag during recess. Not be isolated attached..."weird" kids. It's something Adam and I really have to pray about...a pretty big decision. There is a Catholic school in town I wouldn't mind paying for them to go to, it is a really good school...
Anyways...back onto baby three. Energy...I need some! Six week's along, six weeks to go and hopefully I'll be normal again! I am not seeing a doctor until January. We have CIGNA insurance right now, but Jan 1st it switches to BCBS. (Not so happy about that!) So I'm waiting for the switch before I begin prenatal care. I'm really excited and I already want to begin painting the baby's room and buy stuff. I know, I am holding out...I have a long way to go still. We have 2 names picked for a boy, and 2 for a girl.
I am having the baby in a hospital and I have a semi-birth plan worked out. Kind of...all I know is that I am not taking pitocin unless something isn't going right and they tell me I may end up with a c-section if I don't take it right then. No epidural. No c-section (unless a real emergency of course). I have to be on the IV for meds because I am GBS positive, however...I am not going to lay in the bed and not move an inch because I'm afraid of the monitors moving and the nurse running in all annoyed. I will get up and walk and I'm going to give birth however I feel the most comfortable. The nurses are not taking the baby from the room...even for the shift change.
That's about it. That's what I want right now, I may go into labor and beg for an epidural so I can sleep through labor like I did with my girls. Who knows.
I am praying that I don't get really sick with this one. I can handle being exhausted 24/7, but throwing up I don't know how I would do it with my two girls all day. Lord, please don't let me get too sick! My girl's need me to be well, not to be miserable and in the bathroom all morning.
I'm six weeks...so this week, the nose, mouth and eyes are taking shape. His/her heart is beating 100 to 160 times a minute (twice as fast as mine). Blood is beginning to course through it's body and it's intestines are developing. He or she is the size of a lentil bean.
For me...You may find yourself developing a bit of a split personality — feeling moody one day and joyful the next. Unsettling as this is, what you're going through is normal. Ricocheting emotions are caused partly by fluctuating hormones. But hormones aside, your life is about to change in a big way — and who wouldn't feel emotional about that?

Here's to getting through this next week! I'm excited, little lintel bean.