Sometimes stomach feeding and laminating just do not help anymore. The belly stays. And the reason this time is totally crazy and crazy and just a little miracle: Baby No. 3 is on the way!
And it's actually a miracle because we did not really expect it, because first of all, I turned 40 this year and second, we already have two cute boys. Although we always thought:
"Actually, there is still one missing!"
But I did not notice at first that I was pregnant. I was with my chiropractor and naturopath because I had a mini-lumbago and had my spine "straightened" and it occurred to me again that I am always so tired and exhausted and my skin is completely spinning and I even felt me so spongy and fat. She then did a blood test to check the values of my thyroid. I found everything completely logical. I had also gotten my days, but only a little bit, well, you never know what's going on in your body. So no suspicion and I did not wait to finally get pregnant. Then my brother called and told me excitedly that he and his girlfriend are pregnant. The great pleasure on all sides!
Click, Click, Click
And suddenly it clicked on me. Pregnant! I fell asleep for one night and deliberately looked in the mirror the next morning. Yes, I looked different. It's always been like that with my pregnancies. I recognized it first on the face. You suddenly look different. Then I bought a pregnancy test for 2.99 euros at dm. Old Swede, I have always bought some of the money I spent on pregnancy tests at the other pregnancies, so I've always bought several, so it's safe to say that one does not work. But this time around, I was not sure if that was funny and really cool. While the children romped and the man-made dinner, I closed myself briefly in the bathroom and tested. And, well, the test confirmed my "fear". Pregnant! I was pregnant! Thinking for a moment if that feels good and yes - it felt kind of damn good.
I told my husband in the evening, on the way to the premiere of Nutcracker. He was beaming all evening and was overjoyed!
Purely mathematically, I was there in the 8th week of pregnancy. And what can I say, the weeks that followed were not nice. I've always always been sick and not only in the morning at noon and in the evening. I was tired, I was frozen, I was insufferable and besides, I felt fat and could not tell anyone. The magical 12 weeks were not over yet. We have had this through twice, miscarriages in the 11th and in the 14th week. So it was time to wait and pretend that nothing was wrong. That was really exhausting.
My camouflage: glasses
From then on, I used to always wear glasses, because when someone said, "You look so different !?" I could always answer "Yes, my glasses. I rarely wear them. "Always worked. It's really the best I-don't-don't-say-that-I-pregnant-camouflage. I can only recommend 😉
A baby at 40. Does this have to be?
Then I suddenly thought, oh dear, I'm already 40. Is not that too old? Can I do that? Do others do that too? Gwen Stefani got her third child over 40 and Janet Jackson is 50 years pregnant. And I have found even more women here. It seems to go. Will it be different from the other two pregnancies? Well, until now nothing is different, I have to say quite honestly. I do not feel tired, not worse, not weak or something. It's exactly the same. The miscarriage rate rises from 40 hugely. Whatever that means. I had the first miscarriage at 30. So you never know. Also after the 12th week. Something can always happen. As a woman, you are ready for a pretty big adventure. Luckily, you do not think about it before.
And now?
Everything is over so far, the 12th week, the neck pleat measurement, the Harmony blood test. Everything through and everything ok. We also told our children. The big guy is overjoyed and is so happy that we did not expect that. The little one is restrained. Grandma asked at the weekend "Well, are you looking forward to the baby?". His answer: "I'm looking forward to the school!" Well, he'll have to get used to being a big brother soon.
I am now in the 15th week of pregnancy and my stomach has exploded in the last few days since everything is official and safe. And yes, I am sure: All good things come in threes.