Monday, November 23, 2015

All About Baby #2

Thank you everyone for all of the well wishes! We are so blessed and excited for this time in our lives and I look forward to sharing my journey with you all again! I've been asked many questions so I thought I'd answer them all for you. A lot of people have asked if I plan on blogging weekly about my pregnancy again and I figure, sure! I'm always up for blogging material and I still enjoy reading back on my weekly posts with Campbell. Let's get started with all about baby number two!!

When are you due? My due date is May 28. This baby could very easily be born on Scott's birthday (May 18) or my birthday (May 25)! We'll see!!

How are you feeling? Oh you know, terrible. I am not blessed to be one of those women who has an easy first trimester. I have been miserable and often times have shed tears over how horrible I have felt these last 2 months. The nausea this pregnancy has been much worse than it was last time but I haven't thrown up quite as much. With Campbell I lost 6.5 pounds and this time I've lost 4. I still can't decide if I've felt better, worse, or the same as I did when I was pregnant with Campbell. It's definitely been harder being pregnant this time considering I have a little toddler to look after. Now that I'm in my second trimester, the last 4-5 days have been much better so I'm hoping I've turned a corner.

When did you find out? September 14. Apparently I'm one who gets a positive super early. With Campbell I found out at 3 weeks, 4 days and this time I was only 3 weeks, 2 days. I heard Campbell wake up so I went to the bathroom to take a test before I got him out of bed. I watched the test and thought I noticed a second line appear. I held it up to the light and sure enough there it was getting darker and darker. I thought to myself "well alright then," laid it on the counter and went and got Campbell.

How did you tell Scott? Thankfully Scott was home when I got the positive. I was in the kitchen while Campbell was eating his breakfast. Scott came in the room and said "hey buddy are you ready for your first day of Mothers Day Out?" and I said "he sure is! And he's ready to be a big brother too!!" Scott looked at me and said "oh really? Yay Campbell!" Scott clapped, I clapped, Campbell clapped. It was a sweet little moment for the three of us :)
Have you had any cravings? As I'm typing this I'm currently eating a bowl of cereal which is something I never do because I think milk is so gross. But apparently I like cereal when I'm pregnant because I was the same way with Campbell. I haven't had as many food aversions as I did last time but the one thing that is insanely strange is that the thought of mexican food and tea sounds horrible. Whaaat?

Is this pregnancy different than your first? The thing that stands out to me about how different this pregnancy has been is that I am so hungry all the time. Like, starving. It would suddenly hit me how hungry I was and I had to eat right. then. That's starting to go away a little bit thank goodness because I felt ridiculous pulling into a drive through at 2:00 in the afternoon and ordering a kids meal.

Are you showing? Oh heavens yes. My belly started pooching out at 5 weeks and I was convinced there was two in there. At 8 weeks I was having to wear clothes to try to hide it and by 11.5 weeks it was a full blown baby bump. At first I was kind of embarrassed at how quickly I was showing because with Campbell I didn't have any little bit of anything until 17 weeks. Once it really started to look like a little baby bump I was reminded of how much I love the bump and now I'm glad it's decided to make it's appearance a little early so I can enjoy it longer!
Are you so excited? I am excited! I'm also terrified. I've made it no secret that we struggled so much in the beginning with Campbell. Everyone tells me that this time will be different but I still have so much anxiety about having to go through it again. Newborns are hard. The sleep deprivation is what I'm dreading most and I'm already trying to come up with plans on how I can get some sleep. This time I'm definitely going to have to let people help me more. I wanted to do it all myself with Campbell (Type A) and now I'm already telling Mom and Scott what I'm planning on their "jobs" being.

How do you think Campbell will do? I truly think Campbell is going to do great!! He's so sweet when he sees other babies. I think he'll be interested in the new baby occasionally but I think life will just continue as it normally does for him. I'm going to do my best to make sure Campbell's life doesn't drastically change with the new addition. I plan on having the new baby nap in their room so Campbell and I can hang out downstairs or in the playroom, just the two of us, like we always do.

What has been your favorite moment so far? Getting to see the baby on an ultrasound is always so fun and special. We've already had 4 ultrasounds so we've been able to see our little one a lot! And I know this may sound silly but this baby looks so different than Campbell. I know it's hard to tell in an ultrasound but it's a completely different profile which is kind of crazy to me! I just assumed they would look identical. I'm so busy with Campbell so this pregnancy is passing right before me and sometimes I forget that I'm even pregnant. I'm ready to meet this sweet little baby and bring him/her (we don't know the gender yet) home so we can be a family of four (six including the girls!!). Imagining snuggling with both of my babies brings tears to my eyes and I'm looking forward to those sweet moments we will have together.

10 comments:

  1. Babies are a blessing and I'm sure Campbell will make an excellent big brother. So excited for you all!

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    1. Thanks Toni!! Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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  2. I hope your Mexican food aversion ends soon, how terrible! Kidding aside, congrats on the new addition!

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    1. Isn't that the most tragic thing ever? My two favorite things make me sick. So rude.

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  3. When are you finding out the gender? That's always my favorite thing-I love when people announce it. Though I know in the end it doesn't matter at all because you have a sweet healthy babe. ☺️ But when people announce their pregnancy, I always just wait and wait to find out the gender.

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    1. I really don't know. Amber asked me if I wanted to do the blood test to find out and I said no so we scheduled a 12 week ultrasound with Christy to find out--which is what we did with Campbell. The little squirt was moving too much to be able to see anything!! I knew Campbell was a boy at 12 weeks so I assumed this baby would be the same. All of this Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping has made me wish I had just done the blood test at 10 weeks!!!

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  4. Aww, the little squirmer! :) Did you tell him or her that Mommy wants to know what clothes she needs to buy or update? Lol! Well, I can't wait to find out too! Lol!

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    1. I know it! Kickee Pants had the best sale over the weekend and I was so bummed I couldn't participate in it since I'm sure that's all he/she will live in for the first month or so. Hopefully we'll find out before Christmas!

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