8 Week Pregnant

This is my attempt to track some of the highlights of my pregnancy for my third child. Once it is complete I plan to make a journal all scrapbook style.

I found out I was pregnant the morning of Thursday, September 20th. I was 4 days late and even though we had been trying to conceive for 7 months, I was still shocked. I had to think quickly to come up with a clever way to tell Ryan so I didn't have to keep it quite for too long. Leif and Ryan were going up to the cabin that weekend, so I decided I would pack a surprise in the bag and that way he would find it and be surprised. I got a little t-shirt that said big brother and I made a little card that was kinda baby-ish and said "Leif's going to be a big brother". I wrapped the whole thing in curly ribbons and put it on top so that when Ryan unzipped the bag to get Leif ready for bed it would be the first thing he saw. So when he called me that night to tell me that it was cold up there and that he had Leif all bundles up in his feety pajamas, I knew he would have seen the shirt and asked him how he liked his surprise.
"What surprise?"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
...anyway I walked him through it, explained everything, and he was happy. Not giddy, not freaking out over the moon like I was, just happy. I think he was in shock.
His parents were up at the lake also and he told them the next day. They are excited and have told all the rest of the family.
I have gotten into action on the hunt for a midwife. This will be a homebirth. Ryan and Leif were both born naturally in the hospital, but I just don't feel like I need to go to the hospital again. I really want a more personal treatment from my caregivers and I secretly hope that Ryan will catch the baby. I told him that I was going to catch it myself and he said, "won't you be busy enough". i told him that he could do it then, and he kinda just went pale. We'll see.
This pregnancy has been ok so far. I feel like I am putting on a little weight, and things are moving around. I have felt tired and the last couple of days I am trying to ward off nausea.
I am planning to update this every 4 weeks, I am 8 weeks today.