30 Weeks and counting
So yesterday was my 30 week checkup as well as Jay's birthday. We did some errands before my appointment, like picking up the crib and changing table and clearing out space in the guest room to turn it into a nursery. No, I didn't move heavy furniture or anything. I just helped balance bulky things we moved down into the basement. I'm doing well overall and so is the sprog. My BP was 104/70, dipstick test still negative, and I'm assuming the fundal height is all normal, too. I've gained another 2 pounds in the past two weeks so I'm up 15 pounds total this pregnancy. His HR is 150, and he's still rolling around like a rolling thing. :) Other questions were answered while we were there, and apparently I can take a tour of the delivery area with Maddy whenever we're free and nursing staff is available.
Jay and I wound up having a Serious Talk regarding the possibility of having more kids after he's born. The timing would potentially be an issue, regarding practical things like day care and potty training (and regressing) and bedrooms in our house. Not to mention the actually carrying of said kidlet, pumping while at work for the year following and making sure that there's time to really spend with them. And then longer term... Well, Jay turned 39 yesterday and next month I'll be 33. Neither of us feel our age, but it's still a consideration. I don't think we'd be thinking of age as a consideration if Dawn wasn't pregnant again. Hers is an accident, not planned, but Nelson's in his mid 40's and she's going to be 43. They're going to have a baby in the spring, Deanna's five and there's Alysha's baby running around, too. Their household is going to be even more chaotic. Jay's already going to be almost 50 when our son is 10, and he wants to be able to do stuff with him. Neither of us want to be 60 and running around with a very young kid. Not to mention when they're teenagers and want driving lessons and cars and college money.
So, barring an act of God (which, given my wacky hormones it might have to be...) we're prolly not going to deliberately try for more kids. It makes me feel a little sadfacey, but we need to be practical, too. Having more babies pushes things like family vacations and travel and getting more pets out a bit farther. And, as Jay said, this just covers me being pregnant. There's getting more dogs, adding ferrets to the mix or adopting as options. We just wouldn't adopt babies, and likely would adopt kids similar in age to our own. So we may still have the three or four we'd talked about before. And when our kids get to elementary school and invite their friends over a lot, it'll still be a full house anyway. That's the fun part of having the family, in our opinion. :)
Jay and I wound up having a Serious Talk regarding the possibility of having more kids after he's born. The timing would potentially be an issue, regarding practical things like day care and potty training (and regressing) and bedrooms in our house. Not to mention the actually carrying of said kidlet, pumping while at work for the year following and making sure that there's time to really spend with them. And then longer term... Well, Jay turned 39 yesterday and next month I'll be 33. Neither of us feel our age, but it's still a consideration. I don't think we'd be thinking of age as a consideration if Dawn wasn't pregnant again. Hers is an accident, not planned, but Nelson's in his mid 40's and she's going to be 43. They're going to have a baby in the spring, Deanna's five and there's Alysha's baby running around, too. Their household is going to be even more chaotic. Jay's already going to be almost 50 when our son is 10, and he wants to be able to do stuff with him. Neither of us want to be 60 and running around with a very young kid. Not to mention when they're teenagers and want driving lessons and cars and college money.
So, barring an act of God (which, given my wacky hormones it might have to be...) we're prolly not going to deliberately try for more kids. It makes me feel a little sadfacey, but we need to be practical, too. Having more babies pushes things like family vacations and travel and getting more pets out a bit farther. And, as Jay said, this just covers me being pregnant. There's getting more dogs, adding ferrets to the mix or adopting as options. We just wouldn't adopt babies, and likely would adopt kids similar in age to our own. So we may still have the three or four we'd talked about before. And when our kids get to elementary school and invite their friends over a lot, it'll still be a full house anyway. That's the fun part of having the family, in our opinion. :)