It's been over three months now since our international move and before we get too settled, we've started on our next adventure...a new baby! I about 3 1/2 months pregnant and due in mid September. Of course for me that means if I get to August, I'll be thrilled.
Things have gone well so far. Food hasn't been my best friend over the past three months but nothing as bad as when I was pregnant with Max.
This pregnancy brings with it the challenges we knew of when we decided we would like a 2ND child. Due to having an incompetent cervix, I had a cerclage last week. Not a fun experience by any means. I was on bed rest all of last week. All is fine with the baby and I am no longer on bed rest. However, I do need to start scaling back on things. No more cleaning the house and no more walking more than a couple blocks for example. I begin going to the doc every 2 weeks now and once I hit 20 weeks I will have to scale back even more. The doc is thinking that if all goes well, I won't have to go on complete bed rest until week 22 or after.
My first summer back in Chicago won't be all I dreamed of, but it is a small price to pay for trying to keep that baby in me and growing for as long as possible.
We appreciate your thoughts and prayers over the next months. And all the kindness from friends has been greatly appreciated (thanks Sara and Elisabeth).
As for Max, he's not so into this baby thing. The only thing he knows about babies is that they "break toys". As he has been our attention sponge for the last 4 years, saying it will be an adjustment for him is an understatement!
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Congratulations Butz! I was just looking at people's blogs b/c I want to start one of my own and saw your wonderful news. I hope that you can find some time to rest with a 4 yr. old running around... We will certainly keep you in our prayers and hope that things will go very smoothly for you. Congrats again!
Congratulations! I was just looking at everyone's blogs b/c I want to start my own and saw your wonderful news. I am so happy for you, and I hope that you can manage to take it easy with a 4 yr. old running around. We will definitely keep you in our prayers.
Yippee!!! Finally an official announcement!
Such great news for you and Bas. We can't wait to cater to your needs while you are on bed rest :-) And don't worry we will still have a good summer, it will just be at your house all the time... keep that pack n' play up for Cam!
Congratulations Butz! What exciting news. We will definately keep you in our prayers over the next several months. So glad to see you blogging again...Take it easy and keep us posted.
OUCH! But we hope that this goes well for you and you make it through many months. All the best and you are in my prayers! Dree
What a Spring Blessing--New Life! Thought and prayers that all continues to go well...hope you find someone to clean up to your standards : ) no big adventure trips to Montana this summer, right?
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