Hey there Steemit fam! This is my first ulog entry and I’m pretty excited about starting this. I’ve had a few friends from @Steemitmamas do one and I really enjoyed reading there’s so I wanted to give it a shot.
It’s Sunday June 10th at 11:37AM and I lay here in my bed as my husband is up taking care of the kids. Yep that’s plain olé Pregnant me in the picture. I am now approaching my 40th week of pregnancy this Wednesday and I am feeling quite miserable. Two days ago I caught a cold from my kids which included a sore throat. So yes at first I was anticipating the baby coming soon...like telling her she could come ANYtime now...like Before 40 weeks. That has changed since I got sick. What woman wants to deliver her baby while she’s sick and feeling weak? I need ALL of the energy I can muster up and this just ain’t cuttin it. So my conversation with my daughter has changed. I am now encouraging her to hold out a little longer until mommy feels better. “Please baby girl wait for me to go from this 🤒😩 to this 💪🏼😃!”
In the meantime I’ve managed to get some of her things organized. We’ve been ordering from Amazon quite a bit because I’m the type of mama that likes to have the supplies I need beforehand.
You’ll see from the pic above some of the items I deem “necessary” when bringing home a newborn (bassinet, diapers, breast pump, nursing pads, baby wrap). This will be my first time wearing my baby. I decided to try the Baby K’tan for this purpose. Since I homeschool and have a wild and curious one year old running around all day, I feel the baby will be safer on me the entire day. I don’t feel comfortable with laying her down around the house due to curious hands that may reach for her. I’ve also heard great things about having them close to you and being able to nurse easily right there on the spot when their ready.
This pregnancy came by surprise as I felt I was getting too old (this is me personally ladies no offense to you older mommies 💓) to have another child. I will be 37 in September and this is my fifth round. I’m tired, my body aches and hasn’t had enough time to recover from the other births. I admit that as we started getting her baby clothes and supplies the more excited I became because I realized God is giving us another child to be stewards over. Every life is a blessing and should be cherished. Parenting is truly a privilege! We are especially thankful for another life because we experienced losing one when I miscarried one of our twins in 2016.
You know you must really love a plattform when you’re feeling like I’m feeling and have this HUGE belly weighing you down but yet still want to make time to blog, ulog and vlog. I had plans to get another episode of my crochet series filmed but that wasn’t happening this week. So here I am ulogging away instead because I love being on Steemit so much. I’m having consistent mild contractions, my hips shift out of place every time I stand, it feels like this baby is gonna just roll out of me any minute now, I can’t breathe through my nose, my throat hurts when I swallow, my sciatica nerve has been going crazy, I can’t stop blowing my nose, my lower back is killing me and I can barely stand for two minutes without wanting to fall over...yet here I am! 😊 We gotta keep moving right? I still have four other children to take care of and there’s no pause in parenting. Oh and did I mention all of them were sick too? Haaa oh Life is a Wonderful thing!!! We gotta keep pushing and persevering to get through the day.
Well it’s 12:10PM now I guess I better go and show my face to my family so they’ll know I’m still alive lol! I wonder if my sweet husband is making me breakfast today? I wonder if my sweet obedient and well behaved children (Ha on a good day 😅) have made their beds and picked up their rooms? These are some of the things a wishful mom wishes. I admit it sure was nice sleeping in and sharing ME with YOU today, thanks for listening. Hopefully you’ll be seeing a post from me soon introducing our new baby girl to the fam~ 💕
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