As most of you know this is my last baby. It has truly been an incredible being pregnant and I am so thankful for the blessing of being able to have 5 soon to be 6 kids. I never realized that it was a blessing to just be able to get pregnant. As I've had friends and family that have had difficulty I realized that this is something I took for granted. I have had many spiritual experiences with this last baby in the temple that have been wonderful feelings of joy knowing this is the last baby for me.
As I've gone through this pregnancy I've thought of funny things, annoying thing, and wonderful things that only a mother gets to go through while carrying a baby. Here they are:
10. Having to go to the bathroom constantly, and heartburn. Why the heartburn?
9. Feeling like your groin is going to fall out from the pressure of the baby.
8. Having the knowledge of what the sex will be. I've always had a feeling and known what I was going to have.
7. Going to the Dr with my kids and having to explain why I'm peeing in a cup, and then Josh asking if he gets to pee in it too. :)
6. Waiting for Russ to pick a name! This is the ONLY time in our marriage that the man is difficult. :)
5. My older kids wanting to feel the baby kick them, and writing down their names and passing them along to Dad to see if he'll take any of them. Janette calling me and giving me more names to choose from. She's done this with a few babies. Russ denied every name nonetheless, but that was so sweet of her to care to try again, and again.
4. Being told that I look like I swallowed a basketball. Josh actually thought that is what is coming out of my belly. Not a baby, but a basketball.
3. The surge of energy that I get the last few weeks of delivery. I wish I could always have that energy.
2. Feeling an elbow or bum roll around inside of me.
1. Knowing that Heavenly Father sent me these sweet children, trusting that I'd do my best.
I am so thankful to be a Mom!
