Need to Tell Someone, Waiting to Tell Husband

You'll be fine mama! Congrats! My sis has 4 kids (2,5,6 and 14) and she's a busy lady but she loves it. As soon as you see that little baby's face you'll forget that you ever had a doubt. :)

Hugs.

I know of no pregnant friends... that only had angelic thoughts.
Your "fears" are what many women think of.
Heck we are only human, right?

Yin Yang.
Dichotomy.
That's what its all about.
We all have those moments.
Its okay.

I guess you are no longer on the fence! Well, here are some responses to your concerns:
You will still look awesome in a bikini this summer, just fit and pregnant. Keep up the fitness routine since it will help you in pregnancy, delivery and in getting back in shape afterwards. You can modify your workout to accomodate the pregnancy.
You can still paint, you will probably just have less time to devote to it for a while. It sounds like you already have two little ones at home. If painting becomes part of your routine, it will also become part of theirs. I am sure you have heard the expression that we always find time for what is important to us.
You can still homeschool. The baby will be not born or just born when school starts and not mobile for several more months, so you can try it and see how it will work, or get a computer led curriculum so your oldest can do a lot of it with you supervising, but not having to devote so much one on one time to the studies.
The weaning.....well that one is a little harder unless you just gave the new baby formula, but that can be expensive.

I had my third and final just over a year ago. My kids are eight, four and one now. Three is definitely more activity than two, and everyone always need something. I don't sit down much. But, as the baby gets older, it gets easier. Now that he can feed himself, mealtime is easier. Now that he can walk, he is happier wandering around the house, so there is less entertaining to do. He is our only boy, is very happy, and we are thrilled he is here. Good luck to you and your growing family!

Congrat's! I have three children too! I had the same feelings your having too. I thought I would never keep up and wouldnt beable to do it all! But in all honesty, I am so happy to have our three! Did I get a little sick while I was pregnant, yes, was I tired all the time, HECK ya!, Did I worry about giving more attention to the new baby , of course! But I balanced it all out, it took time for me to adjust but I did it. I gained soo much weight while I was pregnant too, heck, I even developed "new" stretch marks too! But all of it was worth it! I made up a schedule and worked on that. Believe me, you are going to find it to be not soo difficult. My husband and I are thinking about having baby #4! Sometime I re-think and wonder if i'll beable to handel it all over again. I always wanted to be done by age thirty(which will be this June). Just watch what you eat, get out and walk and be active, i'm sure your other two keep you on your feet as mine did. Enjoy your pregnancy, it's such a beautiful phase, even with all the icky stuff Lol! You will be just fine darling! Just try not to stress over it too much. Think positive and not negative. I wish you the best of luck! Congrat's again on little bundle of joy #3!

Many friends of mine have 3...most of them are now in better shape than ever after their 3rd pregnancy. Just because you have another pregnancy - it doesn't mean you can't get back into shape after that. You're just a year behind...it will go fast.

Each pregnancy is different, you may not be sick...you can also exercise moderately during pregnancy if you feel up to it.

Hi I.. Congratulations! It WILL be great.

I have 4, own and run a local business, homeschool 3 of my kids and still breastfeeding #4, who is 9 months old. I took my husband to the urologist for a vasectomy consult 2 weeks after #2 was born. He wasn't ready, so enter #3 and #4.

That being said, people lie. They told me going from 2-3 was easy. They lie. I was outnumbered, but I will tell you, that it does balance out. Going from 3-4 was easy....since I already know how to be outnumbered! LOL

Contests!
Any fitness routine you have already started you can continue as long as you are feeling ok and your doctor does not advise against it!
Pregnant women are beautiful and you will look gorgeous this summer!
Set up your studio, paint and be inspired by the new life you are growing.
Every pregnancy is different, who knows. this may be your best one yet.
Good luck!

Congrats :-))

Remember all babies are a blessing. Everything will work out just as it is supposed to.

You are not really selfish to want to look good and you are putting in the effort to do this. Keep at it and remember pregnant women are beautiful women.

You are not selfish to want to work on your art. Being an artist is a gift that is to be used. You may get a lot done before the baby is born and slow down for a while after but it's like playing the piano -- it will always be there.

You are motivated to keeping yourself in good shape so you will do just that. You are gonna be one of thise awesome grandma's with a tiny waist and perfect hair -- because it's important to you.

It's okay, every pregnancy is different. You're just trying to wrap your mind around it all. Iti'll be okay,just a slight detour of your "plans". Doesn't mean you can't start with your plans in 9 months!! :) Congratuations!

Here is my advice:

Go ahead and grieve. Too often, we're expected to "glow" with pregnancy. I suffered from depression during my first pregnancy, although I did not know that was what it was until afterwards (I thought I was just genuinely unhappy about it). I'm not suggesting that you are just depressed, I am saying that in my experience, everyone expected me to be so happy. But I was mourning everything I would have to give up to be a mom. I think, if I had been allowed to grieve for what I was losing, I would have been able to move on to celebrating what I was gaining earlier.

Don't obsess on what you are losing, but go ahead and give yourself permission to feel sad. Have a good cry-out about it. You might even see if you can find a counselor to talk some of this through with, to help you gain perspective.

Continue to work out (as is appropriate for your pregnancy) throughout your pregnancy, which not only helps you get back into shape quickly afterwards, but also makes labor easier. (Disclaimer: I never looked awesome in a bikini, even before my first child was born, so you already have one up on me!)

Then, after a couple of days or weeks of mourning, start planning for the baby. Get yourself involved in working out what will happen with your oldest (with the help of a good mother's helper, you could still home-school, for example). Don't worry about the lack of sleep or being sick or you'll become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I am pretty sure that you'll eventually see this baby as a blessing, but you need time to get yourself there, and you should feel free to take that time. Good luck.

awe just breathe. it sounds like it will take you a little while to really get happy about the baby and that ok considering what you were in the process of working towards. tell him when your ready ;)

Well, congratulations- maybe this time you won't be sick and you're already pretty used to running on zero sleep. You can still do all of these things, but will need to put them off for another year.

Buy a cute maternity tankini and keep working out! If you are fit throughout this pregnancy, you won't have to "get back into shape" so much as tone-up the abs.

Go get the book "Pregnancy Sucks." It really helped me through my horrible pregnancy. I was totally miserable the whole time. I couldn't wait till I had my daughter in my arms and I was alone in my own body again.
I found this book after I bought "Pregnancy Sucks For Men" for my husband. We had some good laughs and learned some too. I read a couple other books while I was pregnant but I needed this book to get through it.

I have had six children. I wouldn't trade them for anything. I look at my stretch marks as my badge of courage. I love being pregnant. It is really rough though. With my last I had a love of issues and ended up having to get shots every other day for the entire pregnancy. I don't care! I love feeling that child moving inside of me. Never again are they so close and I cherish their every move. I promise it will all be worth it. Once you take one look at that ultrasound and see that little one you will fall forever in love. Sit back and enjoy it. You will get your body back, don't worry.

I had these same feelings when I found out I was pregnant with my third. I was cleaning up my resume and had started applying for some exciting jobs. I was revamping my design business as well. I also have very difficult pregnancies and was excited to get back into shape (and was doing good at it too.)

But now, 7 months later, with our first baby girl almost here, I am super excited and happy that this happened to us. I still get stressed and think how I am going to make this work, but in a few years time, I will be able to still meet all my goals, and make good plans on doing it in the meantime. I can still be creative and you can still paint, it will just take a balancing act. So, it's a win-win, just with a payoff of a new child and some patience.

Be sure you get on Zofran to help with nasuea and you have lots of support from your husband, family and friends. Also, you can still workout, and eat healthy, I go to the gym 2-3 times a week still, it is going to be much easier to get my pre-baby body back.