Ok, so 4 weeks and 4 days along apparently. I have been a bit nauseated off and on. Pretty much all the time, I at least feel like my stomach is sitting in my throat. Sometimes worse than others. Biggest symptom so far though is the nose. I can smell EVERYTHING. Just like the last two pregnancies.
So I did go back and read my pregnancy blog from Skadi. Wow, I was right, she was a girl and she would torment me – in utero and in life! I also laugh about my cravings – chicken fingers and serious aversion to vegetables. Hello do you know my daughter? Seriously now.
No food aversions yet, though I am finding I am just not starved. But I am having a serious tomato craving – Caprese salad please. I am finding a farmer’s market tonight and hopefully grabbing some fresh heirloom tomatoes. Must have them.
Lots of questions and thoughts – like, oh my goodness I need a new car. We are thinking about finding out the gender this time so we can prepare. We loved not knowing with Leif and Skadi. But this time (not that it really did before) gender doesn’t matter. We have supplies for both and knowing gender earlier will enable us to move kids’ rooms, get rid of one entire set of gender clothing, and will be a neat way to bring the kids in to it. Knowing the gender ahead of time may help with any potential disappointment on their ends. (From conversation a few weeks ago – they both want a brother.)
Both kids right now are really into asking about babies, seeing babies (Skadi really, not Leif) and asking about their behaviors while in utero. Really kind of strange actually that this has picked up.
We don’t really have plans to tell people yet. In fact, it has lately become more of an issue of how not to tell people. Like how do I tell my coworkers that I cannot go clean out the pyrolysis products on that piece of equipment because I am paranoid of fumes? Or how do I tell one of my closest friends that pregnant women aren’t allowed on the water slide? (Thank you Skadi for BEGGING me to take her into the water NOW!)
One of my good friends I work with is expecting #3 in January and has some of our baby stuff. And in fact, we just talked about it on Friday when he asked if he could purchase the items. I said no – he could have them and if by some miracle I ended up pregnant, return them then. Well ummm… I kind of hate to pull it back, but we should talk about this so we can figure out who gets to buy a new cosleeper…