Maybe Baby?

Family of 4, working on baby #3

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It’s been forever since I’ve posted but I need somewhere quiet to keep my thoughts.

Baby is healthy and I’m 18 weeks tomorrow. Once I hit the 2nd trimester I started to feel better like normal.

That’s it’s for now

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Doctor’s Appointment

Today is my “first” appointment. I didn’t mean for it to be that way but I want to know if I’m anemic now vs later. So our family doctor suggested I come in and get all my prenatal tests done since she’ll be doing a blood draw for my iron levels. So this will make it official.

August 14, 2019

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Bottom test taken this morning at 10 days past ovulation. Happy 4 weeks of pregnancy!

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So I am an eager beaver and I found out tests are cheaper than when we had our second babe and especially our first. So I bought some and tested once I got home.

First test experience:

- I don’t think I had enough pee to do the test

- The line showed up about 20 mins after I took it, but I wasn’t trying to read into it.

Second test experience:

- I took it around 4:20pm

- The line showed up before the 3 minute timer

- I had more than a ton of pee

My friend told me I should test again today and I’m glad I did. After the first test I tried to reason and figure out what it all meant. But what led me to really test again was that I have been cramping since day 2 past ovulation. It hasn’t stopped and I was worried that something was wrong. It was all mild but I just needed to double check. Turns out it’s ✨pregnancy✨

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2 Week Wait

💚: First day of Period

💗: Day I will probably test

I honestly meant to post this on Saturday, but I forgot about it. Today is now August 5th and I am 5 days until the “first day of my period.” My period can be 1-2 days late sometimes. So I want to wait as long as I mentally can handle. BUT an early detection pregnancy test could possibly can my pregnancy. But if I am not pregnant, I spent money on a test for no reason other than a piece of mind. I will at least wait until Saturday or Sunday. 

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Ovulation

I got this off Pinterest. It’s well layed out.

I was gifted a piece of knowledge of self awareness from one of my sister in laws. She told me off hand she was cramping and I threw out an “oh periods sucks” and she told me it wasn’t her period. She was ovulating! I was mystified that a woman could feel that. This small conversation is what started my journey of self awareness. 

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When it comes to women’s reproductive choices, we think of the primary battlegrounds as contraception, sex education and abortion. We hear far less about the significant restrictions on childbirth.

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Mothers in this latter category have often endured a traumatic hospital experience and fear being pushed into risky procedures or surgery if they deliver there again.

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Learn more about the rebel midwives of Alabama here.

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SYMPTOMS: 

So on day 5 post ovulation, I swear I felt implantation cramping! I am now day 6 and it felt like I had some very light cramping. I mean implantation cramping is usually is light cramping. Some people experience it stronger. Implantation cramping can be felt on average 6-12 days after ovulation, most common is days 8-10. 

With both kids I had experienced implantation cramping and bleeding (VERY light). I haven’t seen any bleeding yet but I didn't turn on the bathroom light last night so it could’ve been then. 

Symptom #2: is my sense of smell! I feel like its heightened. I had this with both kids before. With baby #1 my bosses actually noticed before me. I was a preschool teacher assistant and I could smell stuff from the kitchen before anybody else. I could smell a room freshener from a mile away. I would go around the school every morning to make sure none were plugged in. The vice principal would plug it in when I wasn’t looking. I am pretty sure the whole school knew I was pregnant before I did. 

Symptom #3: I have had 2 headaches post ovulation. Day 4 post ovulation and a very minor one that went away with 30 minutes of Day 5. I haven’t had headaches in weeks, especially since we changed our diet. So I was surprised when the first headache came to. I took ibuprofen, so hopefully that doesn’t mess with anything. I read that you shouldn’t take any painkillers between ovulation and your “period.” 

Symptom #4: Upset stomach, more like I am non stop gassy lol

I could easily be reading too heavily into all of this. I have trained myself over the years to be sensitive to the changes in my body. Like I know when I am ovulating almost to the day. I have also been reading a book and a podcast that has shared that some women know very early. I do LOVE a good surprise but maybe I will be a person who just knows.

Websites I used to gather my thoughts:

https://myparentingjourney.com/implantation-cramps/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=517837170_18737910_505338

https://todaymommy.com/implantation-cramping/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_term=16233128

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Why another baby?

Well because of that cliche, our family doesn’t feel finished yet. We love our kids and we want to add more. I bet we finish around 4, but wouldn’t be surprised at 3 or 5.

Lets back track to when this all came about... again lol. 

So about 7-8 months ago my youngest sister in law announced baby #3. I was so happy for them, but also jealous. I SWORE up and down, left and right, that I would carry another baby. I didn’t want to go thru labor again. Later that night I cried in my room, realizing that I did want another baby. I just needed (still do) to deal with the trauma (in my mind) of labor. My labor went pretty averagely, post baby shooting out of me, I did lose a lot of blood and it was scary for a second. I had no idea what was happening since I was now holding our baby. Both times the kids were born, I asked for food. FEED ME lol  

Anyways, June 30, I was given the gift of watching my nephew being born. I was there for all of the active labor and a little bit of early labor. It was one of the best things I’ve ever experience. She had a hard labor, it was painful and we weren’t sure if she was going to the hospital or not. It scared me bad, but did not tame the baby fever. We got home a couple of days later and decided that we wanted to start trying. As you saw on my previous post, our plan to go with our normal sex life got thwarted by life. So maybe there will be a baby April 2020

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We hit the fertile days like a boss. More like life finally let us have a sex life again. We got back from visiting family the 4th. Then my period. Then my husband had a kidney stone and that finally finished on the 25th. So we’ve just been enjoying each other plus trying for another babe.

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I did not mentally prepare for birth with either baby. I barely physically prepared. I didn’t take any of the knowledge I learned seriously and it came back to bite me in the butt. This time I’m going to do better. I may not be pregnant yet but I want to be ready. I still need to work on the trauma from the last birth