I finally caved and got the pregnancy test. Yup, two lines means pregnant. I am quite excited. I keep thinking this one will be my girl. After having a definitive answer I decided to evaluate my meal planning and found that I am a little low on the protein side of things for a pregnancy. I am sure I am getting more protein than I think because there is protein in whole grain bread and some veggies and other unexpected places. These aren’t considered good sources of protein but they contribute to the overall tally.

I have still been exercising but I am knocking it down a notch and I am splitting my usual workout into two days instead of cramming so much into one day. So I do weights one day, cardio the other and I swim once a week!

We told Kevin’s family today and they seem excited. After having had two babies I kind of thought people wouldn’t care too much but I was wrong. I mean, I didn’t get (or want) a parade but people smiling and saying, “take it easy” is nice. Even the boys are excited. It was my two and a half year old that spilled the beans today. He went and told his Peepa (Grandpa) that he was going to have a baby sister. He has been very excited about babies lately and I can’t wait to see the excitement mount when he can actually feel the baby’s movements.

My sister is due in two weeks or so and Trey keeps talking about Aunty Sandra’s baby. He can’t wait to see it.

I haven’t been sleeping well for a week and I don’t know if that is pregnancy related. Yesterday I forced myself to workout despite being terribly fatigued and the result was the best night of sleep I had all week. It was far from a great night of sleep but it was better.

So besides eating more protein I am not really changing my eating habits. I may drink the very occasional glass of cow’s milk (just so I don’t eat too much of the controversial phyto-estrogens found in soy) but I still refuse to eat eggs. Poor chickens. Poor cows and calves too actually.

Well I am still months away from an ultrasound. We always like to find out what it is. If it’s a girl it will likely be an Anna. A boy? We don’t know. We will start ploughing through those baby books if that event presents itself. Kev wants Anna Lexis but I dunno about that. Anna I am cool with but not so much Lexis. We’ll talk about that one some more.

For now I am having  a glass of chocolate soy milk and getting ready for bed!

Well, my weight has been acting funny. Despite exercise I have bloated a bit. I think it’s hormonal because I haven’t done anything to cause a small jolt in my weight up instead of down. Plus I think there is a chance I could be pregnant. I was wondering if that would have done it.

Kevin decided he had to have a little girl. We always wanted one and had talked about trying later (because I wanted to run my marathon) but he was at work and a co-worker’s wife dropped by with their little infant girl and he has been buggin’ me since. So I guess we are trying now.

I am so excited and I really hope it will be a girl because after having two boys I will cry if it’s not a girl.  This makes me a little sad because I wanted to get fit before I tried again. I will keep exercising even throughout this pregnancy but weight loss is not advised which means that I will likely end up with an extra 20 lbs on top of what I am already trying to lose! Man!

I am excited too because that will be my first vegetarian pregnancy. I am looking forward to taking care of my body and doing good meal planning and seeing the results of my healthy veggie baby!

I would love to have a home-birth again but things are really up in the air right now and we aren’t sure yet where God is leading us. When we get there we will have to figure out arrangements. If I can’t get a midwife I will definitely birth with a doula. I’d like to have the same one as last time but I haven’t been able to get a hold of her. I would also like to birth in a hospital without an anesthesian. That way there will be no temptation for drugs. When I had my home-birth I didn’t think about having drugs because they weren’t available. The thought never occurred to me during that time. At one point I wanted to pause the contractions and go have a nap but that’s about it. In my hospital birth the nurse used to come in and offer me an epidural every time she came in the room, even after we said we didn’t want drugs!

This will be my third time so I think I should be able to get some respect in a hospital birth room this time. Sigh, my home-birth was so great. I wish I could do that again. But even in Edmonton there isn’t really a certified midwife that I’d really want. I guess Barbara Scriver would be the best bet but she is soooooo busy that I would have to know what is going on with living arrangements for that. Although I have heard of people letting you use their homes as birth homes in the city. I am sure I could find one friend/acquaintance to let me use their home to birth if I wanted it bad enough.

I am about a week late but I haven’t taken a pregnancy test yet. If I am pregnant I guess I will have to put off my weight loss for a while. Oh well, it’s always worth it in the end.