It's March 9th, which means just two more months until May 9th, my due date! I can't believe it's that close! On the other hand, my body is showing signs all the time that it really IS that soon. I wake up at least once every night because of all the pressure on my bladder, my back hurts often, I'm starting to waddle when I walk, I'm getting short of breath, and I'm feeling pretty exhausted sometimes. But it's only gotten hard the last few weeks, and it's not to the totally-miserable stage yet, so that's great! Those middle few months, from mid-December until late February, were wonderful. I had so much energy, the morning sickness was gone, the baby started moving, and I felt on top of the world. Up to a month ago, I was still running, one or two miles at a time, but now I get contractions just from walking around. This little girl is active, moving and kicking me and reminding me all the time that she's on her way.
Here's to enduring the last two months! Want to know the sad thing? After enduring the twins' pregnancy, I vowed I'd never complain about the last bit of pregnancy again. At 30 weeks, I measured larger than I had ever before, and I was absolutely miserable. My feet swelled up, and my uterus outgrew my stomach area so much that my ribs were constantly pushing into my belly and causing me sharp pain. I felt ready to burst. But that's not the sad part. The sad part is that while the end of Eliza's pregnancy was easier to endure because that was fresh in my mind, those memories are starting to fade and I'm becoming more of a wimp than I wanted to let myself become. In fact, the last month of pregnancy with Harmony, I begged my fellow twin-moms to remind me exactly how hard it was so I wouldn't complain so much!
In any case, two months from now and I'll be greeting our newest little girl. I still marvel that we'll have five girls under 6 years old and I'm excited to watch them grow up together.
Thanks everyone, for all the wonderful name suggestions, by the way. I took them all, as well as some others I liked, wrote down their meanings, and then asked DH and the older five kids which ones they liked. They put their initial by the names they liked, then I sorted the names by how many people liked them.
Weighing in with three votes each were:
And the clear winner (thanks goes to Kacy who first suggested it) with five votes (Mom, Dad, Lillian, Joey, and Allison):
We've had a few months to let the name settle, and it still sounds wonderful. So, Baby Katie it is!
But now we don't have a middle name for her! I'd really like something short, sweet, and beautiful. My first preferences were for Grace or Hope, but DH vetoed both of those.
So, once again, anyone have some suggestions?
(edited to add: for middle names, we've already used Jane, Christine, Joy, and Anne)
Here's to enduring the last two months! Want to know the sad thing? After enduring the twins' pregnancy, I vowed I'd never complain about the last bit of pregnancy again. At 30 weeks, I measured larger than I had ever before, and I was absolutely miserable. My feet swelled up, and my uterus outgrew my stomach area so much that my ribs were constantly pushing into my belly and causing me sharp pain. I felt ready to burst. But that's not the sad part. The sad part is that while the end of Eliza's pregnancy was easier to endure because that was fresh in my mind, those memories are starting to fade and I'm becoming more of a wimp than I wanted to let myself become. In fact, the last month of pregnancy with Harmony, I begged my fellow twin-moms to remind me exactly how hard it was so I wouldn't complain so much!
In any case, two months from now and I'll be greeting our newest little girl. I still marvel that we'll have five girls under 6 years old and I'm excited to watch them grow up together.
Thanks everyone, for all the wonderful name suggestions, by the way. I took them all, as well as some others I liked, wrote down their meanings, and then asked DH and the older five kids which ones they liked. They put their initial by the names they liked, then I sorted the names by how many people liked them.
Weighing in with three votes each were:
Julie (meaning: youthful, downy)
Amelia (to strive, excel)
Emma (universal)
Getting four votes was:Amelia (to strive, excel)
Emma (universal)
Anna (gracious, merciful; though we already have an Harmony Anne and an Allison, so this isn't a very good option)
And the clear winner (thanks goes to Kacy who first suggested it) with five votes (Mom, Dad, Lillian, Joey, and Allison):
Katherine (pure)
We've had a few months to let the name settle, and it still sounds wonderful. So, Baby Katie it is!
But now we don't have a middle name for her! I'd really like something short, sweet, and beautiful. My first preferences were for Grace or Hope, but DH vetoed both of those.
So, once again, anyone have some suggestions?
(edited to add: for middle names, we've already used Jane, Christine, Joy, and Anne)
Comments
You could always go with Anne (if you haven't used it yet)
Look through your family history names, and see if anything jumps out at you. That's how we've usually picked our kid's middle names. Or you could opt to not give her a middle name.
Don't you just hate all the options, and choices you have to pick between.
Gin, I like the name May, too.
Wendy, I like the name Renee, but it's my mother's name and DH says we can't use it because there's already cousins using it (cousins we never see, but whatever).
Dina, I'll have to check our family line for other names I haven't considered.
Hope your last two months fly by.
All the middle names I thought of, were already commented on. I thought Faith, and Jane. Other less simple and maybe you've used them are Elise and Aliza.