Picture Journey of Baby #11 - 7 weeks

7 weeks with Baby 11

Disclaimer:

I seriously don't feel very good and the picture clearly indicates the state of nausea and the absolute exhaustion, lending itself to no makeup. So lovely. But you get the general idea.

To celebrate the 7 week milestone I figured we'd start the picture journey with this baby. I was really wanting to wait around until 9 weeks or so....but I started at 5 weeks last time around. 8 weeks seems like such a critical milestone and one that if you manage to get past you stand a much better chance of staying pregnant. I'd even thought of waiting until after the sonogram at 11 weeks but this baby is real, its tiny heart beats, and it is already apparent that it grows. I know that as I grow older and as I've watched close friends, and my closest and dearest of them all, live through the heartache of multiple losses it becomes so apparent that we are not the giver and taker of life and it is never guaranteed to us. So, we celebrate life in the present, the here and now, and in the meantime I take the 1st trimester one day at a time and hope to welcome sweet baby 33 weeks from now.

I am absolutely awful at predictions or determining what quietly lies within, being woven in the dark places of the womb. I was adamant, based on pregnancy history, that the last pregnancy was a single baby girl...and out came two boys! That pregnancy blew away everything I had ever known or experienced about pregnancy. I have the nausea to go along with a girl pregnancy, or the extent that I went through it with the little twins. My hunger is insatiable and the exhaustion rivals what I dealt with in the big twins pregnancy. I could've eaten us out of house and home with the big twins but I completely lost my appetite with the little twins. I even lost 10 lbs in the 1st trimester with the little guys, and energy was high. I slept so long this afternoon that husband showed concern. So, in the event it is anemia this early in the game I've started iron supplements along with the vitamins I'm already on. If I were just to take a random guess I could honestly say that I wouldn't be surprised if we found two more in there again. But, as I said before, I'm beyond awful at guessing anything and every pregnancy is so entirely different. The odds of twins twice in a row...and the odds of 3 spontaneous sets with no family history....are pretty much non existent. And the fact there was much doubt as to whether I even could get pregnant in June leads me to believe there is definitely only one baby. But, I suppose after having two sets a mind is capable of wondering.....or wandering....or both. I'm losing inches but the scale has gone up a few lbs....probably blood volume and mild fluid retention. So, guess I'm just saying that although I do not expect it in any way whatsoever, I just wouldn't be surprised at all if they discovered two babies based on what I'm feeling and what is evident right now. The exhaustion, weight gain, and hunger alone are enough to raise legitimate questions. We'll happily and excitedly welcome one baby and I'd gladly embrace maxing out at the size of a small whale instead of an entire house. As of now, we are preparing for just little #11 to take his/her place within our home. And I can honestly say I truly won't be disappointed either way. I just feel so overwhelmingly grateful to even be pregnant and my heart aches for the very many who long to be but aren't or who have suffered the loss of their tiny babies.

7 weeks!

And on a completely different note.....my war wounds from jiu jitsu rolling. You can actually see his fingerprint in there! This would be due to the infamous "monkey grip". He keeps grabbing the same spot. He grew weary of me saying "Oww!" everytime he grabbed it so my new motto..."wince and keep going!" No girly fighting allowed.