Now a days having another child before your first one turns
the age of 2 is a little nuts to some people. Conceiving another child before
your first turn’s one is just insane to most people. Back in the day, almost
all my friend’s had siblings that were just a year older so to me it wasn’t
that crazy. However, when Jon and I made the announcement to people, the
reactions we got were, “oh wow, were you trying?” “wait, you are pregnant again?”
and my favorite from one of my co-workers, “didn’t you just get back from
maternity leave?” So, no we weren’t really “trying” but obviously not really
preventing it either. Did the iPhone app
come in to play? Well, yes because I did upgrade to the newer version that cost
money so obviously I took a gander before anything happened. Still not a reliable tool. Yes, I am indeed
pregnant again. It can in fact happen before your first turns one. And yes, I
basically just got back from maternity leave. It was just so much fun last time
that I thought I’d make it a bi-yearly event. Which brings us to where we are
today.
My daughter Avery is almost 15 months. I swear once she hits
two I will stop using months to tell people her age. And I am pregnant with our
second daughter, No Name Levesque, due 3/11/2014. Despite another surprise, we
are very happy to be having our second daughter so soon. Yes, my husband did
shed a tear that he in fact wasn’t going to have a son but I reminded him that
girls are the best and he will always be taken care of and there is always next
time! J
Going through my second pregnancy has been extremely different
from my first. Mainly because I have a child to take care of on top of working
and being a wife. Not to complain because tons of women do it all the time but
I look back at my first pregnancy and the person I was and I want to smack
myself. So I made a list of things I wish I could have said to myself during my
first pregnancy….
1.
What’s that you say? You are tired? Awh, poor
baby that you only got 7 hours of sleep because most of the other hours were
filled with heartburn and trips to the bathroom. I’m sure you will figure out a
nap sometime tomorrow when you have nothing else to do but watch TV and get fat.
Next pregnancy you can look forward to still waking up at 6am after a night of
no sleeping to take care of your child. So, enjoy all that sitting and complaining.
2.
No, you aren’t all belly no matter what anyone
says to you. Your belly is your baby. That black raspberry ice cream that you
are self-medicating with for your heartburn is hitting your thighs and butt so
hard right now. May not notice it in your roomy maternity pants but enjoy
attempting to fit into any of your pants even though the scale says you are
down to your “pre-baby weight”
3.
Wow, good for you that you didn’t have a sip of caffeine
your entire pregnancy. Your second child will have consumed so many flavors of
Starbucks Coffee that she will be leaving the womb a seasoned barista. You
think that by not having coffee that your child will be mellower, laid back and
will have an easier time sleeping. Good luck with that. Enjoy six weeks of not
sleeping because your daughter Avery is the furthest thing from mellow.
4.
You are going to work up until your due date? What
a wonder woman! I mean, don’t take off any time to sleep, put the car seat in the
car, put together the nursery or anything else to prepare. You should totally keep
working to prove something and then enjoy kicking yourself in the ass when your
water breaks and your husband is still figuring out that car seat base.
5.
I’d probably step away from all those baby and
birthing books and take a nap. Your best
friend after baby is born will be google and your mom. And in regards to this
birthing books? Yeah, you aren’t going to breathe away the pain. It is going to
suck so badly and do not listen to anyone that will tell you any differently. All
the best.
Despite the challenges of being pregnant a
second time while watching my not even two year old daughter, I’m glad that I’m
a lot less neurotic than I was during my first and a lot more down to earth.
No, I haven’t been able to take a belly photo or get 3D ultrasound pictures or
do cute updates each week. I didn’t send out a thoughtful announcement and no I
won’t be taking maternity pictures. But that’s OK with me. I don’t love this
baby less. I’m in fact looking forward so much to meeting our daughter. I’m just a mom with different priorities and
quite frankly, I’ll take sleep over any of those things. J
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