Third Time’s A Charm, Right?
It’s my third time being pregnant and having a newborn, I should be an old pro right? I should have no worries at all…yeah right. First thing I’ve learned is that every pregnancy is different. My body has been used a bit more then the last time which was over 4 years ago. This pregnancy has been harder. It’s not insane or anything but I’ve experienced Braxton Hick’s contractions which I never had before and also round ligament pain. I feel like such a wimp but I’ve actually been in pain.
Anyway, I do have some concerns about this pregnancy. Mostly that the baby will be born early and quickly. The girls were both 9 days early and I was in labor 8 and 4 hours respectively. I hope I make it to the hospital with this one. I also worry about it being born early as I have had the contractions and all. However, saying that I can bet this will be my late baby, lol. Kids never do what you think they will do, right?
As for the newborn part, I have mixed feelings. Part of me is so excited and happy knowing that this time I have a partner who is a wonderful daddy. I know he’ll be supportive and helpful unlike my ex was. I am also closer to my family now which will be great if I need a hand. But I do see some obstacles that I will have now that I did not have then.
When my Cora was born, Sadie was only 2.5 and didn’t go to school. We had the whole day to do basically nothing if I needed to. Now, I have a first grader and and preschooler. Big change. I have to wait in a car for 45 minutes in order to pick my first grader up from school. I can walk to the school but I won’t want to until it’s warmer as I’m due in December. I don’t really like taking infants for walks in the freezing cold. It’s gonna be fun trying to get the kids out the door and to make sure the baby is fed around drop off and pick up times. Babies like to nurse on demand and it’s better that way. I hope I can count on my child to be considerate of their sister’s schedules lol.
There is also our next door neighbor. We just moved here and so far haven’t established when we want play time and when we don’t with the little girl next door. She will come over and ring the bell and yell outside the door. I have a plan to fix this but I hope it sticks. I don’t want to be nursing or just getting a baby to sleep and have the door bell ringing like that.
I am also going to use cloth diapers for the first time. Oh I “tried” it with my oldest for a whole day but I screwed up. I knew that being a first time mom I would have a lot to deal with so I waited a few weeks to start. I also had a different kind of diaper that was more of a pain. This time I am not buying any newborn disposable diapers and I am starting right away. Yes, I plan on bringing them to the hospital. I refuse to allow myself to use disposable this time. They are so expensive and wasteful. Besides, my oldest finally stopped wearing pull ups to bed this past year and my youngest still wears them to bed. Hopefully the cloth diapers really do help with potty training. Anyhow, I am a bit nervous about the diapers. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
I guess every expecting mom hopes to have enough time for all of her kids. I do worry a bit about that as sometimes even now it’s hard to give each one enough one on one time. I also worry about the lack of sleep and the feeling like I’m not getting anything done around the house. However, like I have said before, I have a great man this time and I know he’ll help.
I can’t really think of too many more worries right now. I do worry about not having the baby’s room ready in time but we will. It doesn’t seem totally real right now. We just moved and everything is changing that I didn’t have much time to think about being pregnant. Now it’s like, wow, I’m 29 weeks…uh it’s time to get ready.
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