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Hi
it’s Stacie from
http://the-personalized-baby.com/. Today I’m just going to talk about
how when I first started contributing here at Baby Talk Radio I kind of
debated whether or not I was really still in the baby zone because my son is
going to be 2 in December. So he’s not really in that infant/baby stage
he’s more in the toddler stage.
I
decided to go ahead and do it anyways and I was thinking that maybe when he
get’s older I really won’t have too much baby things to contribute but I
just found out is that I am expecting my fifth child. If that sounds like a
lot of kids to you it sounds like a lot of kids to me too. I never ever
expected to have more than four kids even growing up four was kind of like
my upper limit.
So
when I saw the pregnancy test that said pregnant because (I did one with the
lines but the line was so faint I wasn’t convinced either way I had to go
out and buy another pregnancy test and I bought the one that says pregnant
or not pregnant so there’s no confusion as to is there a line, is there not
a line, does a faint line still mean a line and all that good stuff.
When
that test said pregnant let me tell you that hit me like a freight train
even though I kind of had an idea that I probably was pregnant it was just
like wham this is for real. It was kind of over whelming because like I
said I never expected or planned on having more than four kids. On top of
that we are already planning on expanding our house because we already have
four kids and only three rooms so now that has kicked it up into a higher
gear of we definitely have to do it, before it was sort of like well if we
do it that will be better but if we don’t we could still get by but now
we’ve got to take care of that one day.
The
other thing is that the two vehicles that my husband and I own both seat a
total of six people and that’s it we don’t have a van, we have one car that
seats 3 in the front and 3 in the back and we have my husbands full size
extended cab truck which also seats 3 in the front and 3 in the back. So
basically nothing in our life is set up for having this many children.
It
was very overwhelming and I almost never felt more unprepared another child
then this time. I mean this is going to be my fifth one it was just such a
weird feeling. My first daughter was unplanned too but I just don’t
remember feeling this man this is going to be a big deal. I was a little
worried and overwhelmed for a couple of days but I’ve had a little bit of
time to get used to the idea now and I’ve had a little time to think about
it and I am very excited.
There
are a couple of things that worry me, one is that besides the whole having
more space in the house and getting a car that seats all of us and all of
that and that added expense and those type of things one thing that worries
me and I was worried about this with all my kids – the fact that I have had
four relatively smooth sailing uncomplicated pregnancies and you say well
that’s a good thing.
Yes
it is a good thing and I’m definitely thankful and happy about that but I
always think in the back of my mind how many times can you do this and have
so little complications, I mean this is not a small process this is a
developing human being. There are so many things that go on and go into it
so many things that this little life has to do in order to be prepared to be
born into the world.
It’s
just something that I worry about because like I said I’ve had 4 healthy,
happy kids and I’m so blessed and so thankful for that but at the same time
I worry that well maybe this is the one that won’t go so smooth sailing, so
uncomplicated. That’s something that I kind of worry about but hopefully
you know I try to be positive and not worry about that so much because I
know you aren’t supposed to worry when you are expecting.
It’s
just something that I do worry about and because my mom also had such a hard
time with her pregnancies that’s just something that is in the back of my
mind as well. Basically I’m going to probably be here at Baby Talk Radio
for quite a bit longer, for a few years more and probably start sharing more
about my journey to this fifth pregnancy of mine that is what I call and
unexpected blessing.
I’ll
be back in a couple of weeks or maybe at the next show to talk a little bit
more about my first doctor’s appointment and how that went and other things
that I’m feeling and thinking about and adjusting to as this pregnancy
progresses. Have a wonderful day and take care, I’ll see ya next time.
