Sorry I haven't been responding to comments or writing any new posts for a few weeks. We had the internet shut off and I'm actually surprised we got it back on so soon. I wish I could say, "Everything is better now." but we haven't gotten through our financial crisis yet. I think the only reason the internet bill was paid for, instead of all the other more important ones, is that it was the cheapest one to pay. Don't be surprised if I'm away again for a while starting in about a week or so when we might actually hit rock bottom. Since "hitting rock bottom" probably won't actually kill me, I'll be back on and blogging as soon as I can if that happens.
Hubby is still working and has thoroughly impressed his employers. In fact, he's already been offered a great promotion with salary pay that will bring in paychecks more than 3X the amount of the largest one he's gotten at this job so far. When the promotion starts, hopefully within a week or 2, he'll probably be making almost enough money that we could survive on our own if we got our own (cheap) place even if I didn't work. That's an exciting concept to think about. The problem is that right now, in the home we live in with Eric's mom, we need so much money so quickly to catch up on bills that are overdue and to turn on the utilities which have been shut off (heat, for instance) that his job and the promotion he's about to get aren't really enough to fix things. It could take several months to get everything straightened out. It feels like he and his mother are getting paid pennies when we need dollars catch up on the bills.
As far as the pregnancy goes, we have some news. It's officially a boy... little Owen! He was also head down at our ultrasound and I'm hoping he decides he likes that position because we're planning on trying for a VBAC. I'm nervous about trying to deliver vaginally, but I think a VBAC is the way to go. I know doctors frown on people having more than 3 c-sections, and although I (highly) doubt I'll ever want more than 3 kids, I hate that if I had a second c-section I'd probably need one with a third, and doctors would tell me to stop having kids after a third. I would prefer to make the decision about how many children I have on my own terms. I'm the type of person who always tends to want things I absolutely can't have. If I was told I couldn't have a fourth child, I would want one. But if I was told I could have a fourth, I'd probably say, "NO WAY!" Because I currently only have one and I'm overwhelmed about having a second.
As far as the SPD thing, which I still think I have, doctors continue to blow it off. It's "normal" they say, and I can try heat or ice packs to help. If it ever gets bad enough that I literally can't walk or get out of bed, they might take me seriously. Thankfully the pain and discomfort has actually decreased quite a bit since it was at it's worst. I had such bad pain for a few weeks that I seriously couldn't imagine how I'd make it through another 20 weeks of pregnancy. I was getting pretty worried! I think the heating pad I was trying was actually making things worse, so I quit using it. This past week I've been able to almost forget about the pain. I'm still in pain when I roll over in bed, move in certain ways, or when I am very active. But the pain hasn't been as severe and hasn't affected my lifestyle much at all recently.
I haven't really been experiencing many other discomforts with this pregnancy. I nap every day when Ricky takes his nap, but I feel pretty normal otherwise. The beginning of this pregnancy was harder than my first pregnancy, but it's getting easier now that I'm halfway, believe it or not. Maybe God decided to take it easy on me this time around since I have enough other things to deal with. I'm thankful, no matter what the reason!
Here are some pictures of my beautiful family:
Hubby is still working and has thoroughly impressed his employers. In fact, he's already been offered a great promotion with salary pay that will bring in paychecks more than 3X the amount of the largest one he's gotten at this job so far. When the promotion starts, hopefully within a week or 2, he'll probably be making almost enough money that we could survive on our own if we got our own (cheap) place even if I didn't work. That's an exciting concept to think about. The problem is that right now, in the home we live in with Eric's mom, we need so much money so quickly to catch up on bills that are overdue and to turn on the utilities which have been shut off (heat, for instance) that his job and the promotion he's about to get aren't really enough to fix things. It could take several months to get everything straightened out. It feels like he and his mother are getting paid pennies when we need dollars catch up on the bills.
As far as the pregnancy goes, we have some news. It's officially a boy... little Owen! He was also head down at our ultrasound and I'm hoping he decides he likes that position because we're planning on trying for a VBAC. I'm nervous about trying to deliver vaginally, but I think a VBAC is the way to go. I know doctors frown on people having more than 3 c-sections, and although I (highly) doubt I'll ever want more than 3 kids, I hate that if I had a second c-section I'd probably need one with a third, and doctors would tell me to stop having kids after a third. I would prefer to make the decision about how many children I have on my own terms. I'm the type of person who always tends to want things I absolutely can't have. If I was told I couldn't have a fourth child, I would want one. But if I was told I could have a fourth, I'd probably say, "NO WAY!" Because I currently only have one and I'm overwhelmed about having a second.
As far as the SPD thing, which I still think I have, doctors continue to blow it off. It's "normal" they say, and I can try heat or ice packs to help. If it ever gets bad enough that I literally can't walk or get out of bed, they might take me seriously. Thankfully the pain and discomfort has actually decreased quite a bit since it was at it's worst. I had such bad pain for a few weeks that I seriously couldn't imagine how I'd make it through another 20 weeks of pregnancy. I was getting pretty worried! I think the heating pad I was trying was actually making things worse, so I quit using it. This past week I've been able to almost forget about the pain. I'm still in pain when I roll over in bed, move in certain ways, or when I am very active. But the pain hasn't been as severe and hasn't affected my lifestyle much at all recently.
I haven't really been experiencing many other discomforts with this pregnancy. I nap every day when Ricky takes his nap, but I feel pretty normal otherwise. The beginning of this pregnancy was harder than my first pregnancy, but it's getting easier now that I'm halfway, believe it or not. Maybe God decided to take it easy on me this time around since I have enough other things to deal with. I'm thankful, no matter what the reason!
Here are some pictures of my beautiful family:
I have been thinking about you and wondering how you are doing. Congrats on little Owen!!
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