Things are finally starting to look up over here in the Carlile household. After laying in bed at least 85% of the time for the past 8 weeks or so, I am finally starting to feel better. I am not feeling great, but anything is better than the misery I have been feeling. The last few days it has been more like 50% of the time that I've been laying around, which honestly feels fantastic! Plus, this is an unexpected surprise - I was sick for 5-6 months with Madeline, although at least with her I still maintained a somewhat normal existence with work and school.
The other surprise bonus is what a terrific mood Madeline has been in since I have been up and about more. We have really gotten into an awful habit of watching way too many movies, but I just wasn't up for playing and doing fun mommy things so it just kind of happened. I have felt incredibly guilty about the amount of time she has been spending in front of the tv, but I also wasn't up for making the committment to change it yet. Now that I am around the house, she is around the house more too, wanting to be by me and help me with the laundry or pretend she is driving me to church. It eases my mind a bit to know that she may not be quite as addicted as I was making her to be in my head. The best part is seeing her so happy.
I had my first official doctor's appointment the other day (although I had already gone in to be treated for my "morning" sickness, which was unsuccessful). The appointment went well, and everything is looking good so far. They performed an ultrasound, but our scanner is not working so I won't post any pictures. The baby is a bit big, so they moved up my due date from Sept. 19 to Sept. 13. I guess that makes me roughly 13 weeks along. I keep telling everyone I hope it comes early so it can be born on 09/09/09. I won't hold my breath on that though.
Now, as long as I continue to improve, I can start tackling the 18 loads of laundry and the sink full of dishes and the general disorder and messiness in my house. I can't wait to be able to see the floor again! For the record, Joe is still working long hours and comes home tired, so it's not that he isn't willing to help around here, he just has limits like the rest of us. But if it weren't for him we would have no groceries and we'd probably be eating what little we had out of our hands for lack of clean dishes.
As far as inclinations on boy/girl, I am on the fence. Before I got pregnant I always felt that we would have another girl, but Joe has 5 siblings and ALL 5 had one of each for their first 2 babies. Three had a girl first and a boy second, 2 had a boy first and a girl second. So if I go by genetics, it looks like we'll be having a boy. I'm not sure if I really have that in my head, or if it's because this pregnancy seems different than my last one, or what, but I have gradually backed away from the idea of having another girl and started trying to warm up to the idea of a boy. I really don't know. The ultrasound is scheduled for April 27, so hopefully we will know then. I'd love to hear your inclinations on this topic.
Also, thank you for pointing out that you were waiting to hear the announcement, since Joe recently returned from deployment. You know you are LDS and in an Army community when no less than 8 women in your small ward are pregnant at once. With us waiting a whole 2 months after he got home, we are behind the curve. I think I have the latest due date of all the ladies. I guess that makes for good playmates down the road!
