Pop! goes the belly
NS April 21st, 2008
On Thursday I began having Braxton Hicks (practice contractions that the uterus performs to prepare itself for labor) and could literally feel myself stretching and growing. By Friday, I no longer fit into any of my pre-pregnancy trousers. By Saturday, I was asked for the first time by a stranger if I was pregnant. By Sunday, the bottom button on my jacket popped off. As of today, it is getting uncomfortable to bend over to pick things up off the floor and I have to take a deep breath before leaning over the edge of the bed to put my socks on.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bump! It is ever-expanding, though still covered by a layer of post-my-last-baby-and-pre-this-one blubber, so mostly it just looks like I swallowed a small Yorkshire terrier and washed it down with ten gallons of Newcastle. And we all know that Yorkies can’t handle their booze.
But this means it’s official — I’m really having another baby, and in just under five months. Holy cannolli! I’m simultaneously extremely excited and terrified at the prospect of having two munchkins under my care at the same time (how exactly does one do that while staying sane?) but a little more of the former than the latter at the moment. Plenty of time for freaking out later, like after the baby is born and it’s too late, right? You women with two or more kids, just smile and nod politely and make reassuring ‘oohing’ noises. Unless you found becoming the mother of two children under three years apart so joyful and carefree that you have nothing but heartwarming tales to impart, in which case feel free to tell me how wonderful it will be from the get-go and how I won’t ever contemplate throwing myself off of a bridge while shouting “Whyyyyyyyyyyy???!!!!”
‘Cause right now I’m enjoying my little belly and would like to stay in a state of ignorant bliss for just a little longer. That’s not called denial, is it?
- The Noble Fetus
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Aww,a Noble Baby Bump!
Well, I survived having twins,which counts as having 2 kids under three years apart,right? I went on to have 2 more after that so it must not have been THAT bad.:)
yay! can’t wait to see the baby bump in person! as for having two little ones, just think – after the baby gets to a certain age, he/she and TNC will be able to entertain each other!
Making joyful and carefree noises right at you! My first two were 22 months apart, and if the first few months of having two were a little difficult, it was worth it because they are wonderful friends now. At this very moment, one is reading bedtime stories to the other, because I couldn’t tolerate a second chapter of Felicity Wishes. That’s how good it is.
Congratulations on the appearance of the Noble Bump.
yes, i can attest that there is, in fact, a noticably distinct pregnancy bump! and no it does not look like you swallowed a terrier
I believe you are in that blissful “honeymoon” phase of pregnancy. Enjoy! It is a feeling like none other. Maybe you can tuck away some of the good feeling for later as well.
YAY! Will you PUHLEAZE update that other site of yours? I WANT TO SEE PICTURES! I am very jealous of the other Andrea right now…
Our two are 19 months apart. The second is exponentially more work (especially for your husband
). But watching them interact makes it all worth it.
Rebecca, you are my hero. If you can have twins and then go on to have two more kids, that makes my situation pale in comparison. Kudos to you!
Thanks, Andrea and Charlotte.
Jen, are you sure I didn’t look like I swallowed even a toy poodle, or any of the other kinds of dogs that celebs carry around in their handbags? ‘Cause after brunch on Sunday I swear I felt some growling and barking in there.
Zoesmom, I am definitely in the honeymoon stage right now. Give it ten weeks and I’ll be in the homicidal stage, for sure. Everyone, enjoy it while you can! LOL
Andrea, I am so crap, I’m sorry. I worked on the site yesterday but haven’t finished it yet. I will do that today, I promise promise promise. Will even include a belly pic, though I’m not sure how I feel about showing off my stretchmarks. Eh, I’m not that bothered, really. A little slice o’ reality for you childfree gals. Remember to take your birth control, darling!
Jake, I’m sure the inability to give birth, all of the uninterrupted sleep he’ll get and the non-leaky boobs will be very tough on The Noble Husband but somehow he will make it through. I’ve got my gold stars all prepared to put on his sticker chart. Ha!
If your kids are anything like mine, he won’t get uninterrupted sleep from the moment the new one is born. Once number 2 was born, number 1 was fully my responsibility during the night, and he rarely sleeps through and ends up in the guest bed with me most nights. Also, as the new one never sleeps past about 5:30 (nor does number 1 come to think of it), I am generally up with the both of them then while the wife “lies in” till 7:00 or so.
congrats again! i’m glad you’re so upbeat about having a second child. thank god i can’t have any because i don’t know if i could handle even one. oh, and i’m excited to see you guys in one short month!
My friend with two 21 months apart said that yes, the first year of the two is really hard BUT she then said.
“I am now sitting here, talking to you on the phone with a glass of wine in my hand, undisturbed, while my son and daughter play happily together upstairs. That would not be possible if there was only one, I would be upstairs playing with them.”
In other words. Later on it will give you a choice and more space. My brother and I are 21 months apart, too and my Mum says exactly the same thing.
Although this was also the woman who sympathised with my SPD etc and said. “Yes… I did want three but after the second I couldn’t face the grim reality of getting pregnant again!”
What I’m saying is… don’t worry it will be ok.
Cheers
BC
Seeing as we have three little Brinksters I can offer some encouragement that it won’t be so bad, I mean, if after having two we were still enthusiastic enough to go on to a third then it can’t have been that bad!?!?