So, I realized I don't think I ever even announced on the blog that we have a baby on the way. Kind of crazy how fast time goes. We are expecting baby number 4. It's a little boy and his estimated appearance is the 24th of January. So here I am with only 8 weeks or less to go. I feel HUGE. The doctor actually said I am measuring big so next week we get to have a look at our boy again. I am excited that we get to see the little man again, we have never had an ultrasound this far along before.
So far, everything has been going well. Mom and baby have been healthy and things have gone just as they should. I have experienced more contractions from earlier on than I have with the other 3. I have had some moments of serious discomfort but I suppose it comes with the territory. It's been a pretty good pregnancy but my hardest so far. I am just constantly tired and often don't feel well or have back aches or contractions or whatever other thing may be causing me issues. I am grateful that things are going as well as they are though. I feel very blessed so far by every pregnancy and every delivery I have gone through. They have all gone well and relatively been uneventful and we just hope for the same for this little dude.
This baby is a total, unexpected surprise to us. We weren't planning on other kids maybe at all but for sure we weren't planning on any for a long while. The initial shock was difficult to deal with. This is for sure the first of our children where I actually had to work to accept it and be happy and excited about it. This baby brings on a whole new financial aspect for us and that has been hard to swallow. The biggest thing is our having to buy a car. We are a 1 car family and adding this member leaves us with not enough room for everyone. We have been blessed to never have a car payment and now we have to take one on which is so not a fun idea. Thankfully we get a lot of money back from tax returns and we have that crutch to help make the payments if needed. If we have learned one thing it is certainly that children are not cheap. At least we have both boy and girl already though because hand me down clothes really come in handy.
This boy was certainly not anything we expected. There was a lot of guilt at first about being pregnant and in our financial situation. Also a lot of guilt associated with the lack of thrill and excitement we felt about bringing another child into this family. I am incredibly grateful that over time the excitement has built and that we are all very happy to welcome a baby brother into our family. The financial stress is still there but we know it will all work out. This was not our plan but obviously we don't always see the big picture. We do know how incredibly blessed we are. Babies are wonderful and we are now so truly happy to get to bring another life into this world. We are so thankful for our family and know we are so blessed to have each other.
2 comments:
Ali,
You certainly are NOT alone in this boat. I've come to realize pregnancy takes 9 months so that Momma can adjust to the idea of another one whether she's ready or not. Kids are expensive and time consuming and sometimes the idea of a baby on top of it is overwhelming. Somehow the Lord helps us adjust to the idea and then, even better, He helps us survive it. I feel your car buying frustration. We had to upgrade to a van for Lynneah (and we're hoping this new one will fit too). Watch craigslist for something good. The van we found had over 300,000 miles on it, but ran well and was cheap enough to pay for it in full. It's currently at 350,000 miles and we pray everyday that it'll keep going long enough for us to get finances in a place to buy a "newer" one. I'm excited to see the new baby boy! We're women and we're tough and that's why we can handle these kind of surprises. :-) Good Luck! Glad to hear that everything is going well in the pregnancy.
Grandma and Grandpa are excited too! We can hardly believe this will be grandbaby #13. And all our grandchildren have very good people as parents - how much better can it get?
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