The moment I found out I was pregnant with my first, I downloaded ALL the apps. I was part of the birth month groups. I downloaded a multitude of books onto my kindle. In fact, I was already reading them before, in hopes of getting pregnant. I wanted to be the most informed that I could be going into this life altering event. The app that I used had a weekly checklist of what I should be doing at each week of pregnancy, and I followed it religiously. When I became pregnant this time around, I tried to get into the birth month groups in my app. I thought I would have time to do some reading, but 22 weeks has already gone by. I have mostly just had time to check the weekly growth chart on the app.
During my first pregnancy, I had the registry all picked out after researching the best products. I started collecting cute clothing when I found out the gender. As of today, I have one outfit for this little girl we are having. Luckily, I don’t need to buy any of the other baby stuff that I had prudently researched for our registry for the first born. All of the excitement and preparation has been replaced by anxiety and stress this time around.
When Life Hands You Lemons…
Adding another child to our lives is an added challenge for sure. We don’t have a lot of space in our current house. After finding out that contractors were booked up for years, we decided to start looking to buy. We found a house we loved and were getting ready to list our house, when the pipes burst in our garage in-law suite the day before the photographer was coming to take pictures for our listing. Talk about throwing a wrench in our plans.
Luckily, we have homeowner’s insurance and have a good amount that will hopefully cover the costs of the repairs. I am hoping that the updated in-law suite will only raise the worth of our home and having the home we want to buy be on the market longer will be to our advantage (as long as it doesn’t sell first). I am taking it as the universe’s way of telling us this timing wasn’t right for us. Everything will end up working out the way it is meant to. Of course, this has made my mind anywhere but in the June birth month groups on “The Bump” app. I was looking at the calendar recently and only have 6 weeks left until I’m in my 3rd Trimester. I’m not sure how that happened.
Things I have Not Neglected This Time Around
Although I haven’t been able to really focus much on this pregnancy, I have not neglected my health and well-being. One thing I was determined to do differently this time around was to prepare my body and mind for the best possible postpartum experience. After my first birth experience, it was important to me to hire a doula to help with advocating and supporting my husband and I during the birth process. I have been meditating and doing postpartum exercises or yoga daily to prepare my body. It has been so important to me to be in the best mindset and body balance to have a positive birth.
We may not know what we are going to do about childcare with minimal options for infants in this area. I’m worried about how my almost three-year-old son will deal with these changes. We don’t have a bedroom or clothing for her yet, but there is still time. If we end up being able to move to a new home, great! If 40 weeks arrives and I still have one outfit and nothing set up for her, oh well! Everything is going to work out. It always does.