Baby bump update

The bump is more noticeable these days. Especially now that I am forced to wear both pregnancy shirts & pants. It is kind of cruel that as much as you try to ease into wearing maternity clothes, the second you leave the house in them your bump looks about twice as large! When I was pregnant with Addie I was really excited for people to notice that I was pregnant. I think when I was pregnant with Etta I was just resigned to the fact that I showed earlier and I did not care much. For some reason I feel more self-conscious about this bump. Maybe because I already have two kids and I worry that people think things like "3 kids, really?". Or if Addie & Etta are not being well behaved I feel like that proverbial mom of numerous undisciplined kids who no one wants to be around. But they are good girls. The next post will mention that more.

For now, on to pregnancy dreams (or lack of). I remember having pregnancy/birth/baby dreams with both girls. But I do not remember how early they started. A fellow co-op mom has a 2 year old girl and is due with baby #2 this July. Even before she had her anatomy ultrasound she was convinced the baby was a boy due to all the strange dreams she was having. And she was right! I had my first birth dream last night. It may have been brought on by lingering anxiety from something that happened yesterday. That will be my next post. But what I remember about the dream is that I was in the hospital in a labor room and I did not feel great, but I knew the baby was not ready to be born yet. I was there for quite a while and there was a big group of nurses, family, etc there with me. Finally someone checked and said I was only dilated to 2. The Dr then started to leave the room to get some drug or something to help speed things along. But I got up and said "I'm leaving now. I'll be back when I am ready to push. I have done this twice before, I know what I am doing." And I left. The dream, I am sure, was longer and more detailed but that is what stuck with me.

Here is a picture of my handsome nephew Bennett to stick with you.

And for those who are curious, Myron & Lori found out they are having a girl.

We find out gender on the 11th.