• Jun. 7, 2006
Baby #5, 9 wks, Feeling Yucky
I'm in basic survival mode. I do the bare minimum neccessary to get by. Dishes get done when either a: the counter is too full or b: we are out of clean dishes. Ditto for laundry, which by the way, hasn't been folded in two weeks. My flower gardens are battlegrounds between my perennials and the weeds. The kids are enjoying a steady diet of pb&j and cereal with milk. Cooking is definately not neccessary to survival. Either is vaccuming more than once a week, dusting, washing windows or sweeping our 9 foot ceilings for cobwebs. And our homeschool retroactively dismissed for the summer back to Memorial Day weekend.
Not that I am complaining. My blogging friend Mumof5 suffers from HG, that type of pregnancy sickness that lands you in the hospital, dehydrated and losing weight faster than is safe. So my mid-range level of constant queasiness is easily managed: avoid most food smells and increase diaper changing speed so that I can hold my breath during messy changes.
The bigger battle for me is the fatigue. I have no energy. Even to sit here and do a blog entry is tiring. I spend an hour or two at a time reclining on the couch, making sure my little darlings don't get hurt or set the house on fire. Then I get up, go to the bathroom, do about 10 minutes of whatever (lunch prep, change a diaper, put a load of dishes or laundry in) and then back to the couch for another hour or two. I go to bed by 9 pm and don't get up until 7 am. Not that I sleep all those hours, but at least I'm lying down.
I know that I'm about halfway through this stage. I'm 9 1/2 weeks and right around 12 weeks, I'll begin to feel better, and by 14 weeks, I should have lots of energy for tackling my to do list and catching up on housework. Until then, by the grace of God, I am blessed to have a loving, hard working husband, who comes home to a messy house and tired wife and never complains.
One more thing, we've starting telling our families...the response so far has been mostly quiet (we emailed the news) and very happy from Dean's mom. Which is a big relief, since we rent our home from her. She even offered to pay for the ultrasound co-pay, if we would find out boy/girl. Which we will by having the tech write it down and seal it in an envelope. We will give her that and then she keeps it to herself, because we like to be surprised.
Well, time to head back to the couch. I'll see y'all later...
Comments
• Jun. 8, 2006
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Posted by contented
I hope you're feeling better soon and have more energy.
• Jun. 9, 2006
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Posted by TheMotherAtHome
Oh dear..I hope your tired stage passes quickly and peacefully...wish I could come over and offer a deep house cleaning for you! Hang in there and keep your eyes on the Lord. :-)
• Jun. 10, 2006
Hang in there!
Posted by dawilli
Just found you off another blog... congrats on the pregnancy! I know what you mean about the fatigue thing, that first trimester is sleep city for me... but things are looking up, the summer sun is helping,
Hope things progress well,
ali
• Jun. 18, 2006
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Posted by TheMotherAtHome
Praying for you...
