12 Weeks Pregnant

11 Weeks

We have lived up at Simon Fraser University for a year now. I can't believe how quickly time has passed and already the great memories we have made in Vancouver. The only negative, really, was our apartment - and not the layout or size, but its location within the building. North facing, facing the undergrad housing, bright bright lights that stayed on all night long and no yard. Ugh. We finally found another apartment on the other side, with a fenced yard and a nice view. We even have a huge Maple tree within the yard. We just moved in and it feels so great! Its amazing how much better life is with abit of sunshine streaming through your windows and some peace and quiet from the loud undergrads! As for our house on the Island, we have found some suitable renters who will remain in our house for the next two years (could be longer!!). I would be lying if I said I wasn't feeling nostalgic for our Island paradise! I think that now that I am pregnant, I am much more sensitive to my surroundings and a part of me really does miss the true nature and feelings of clean living that is impossible to feel in the city.

I will miss this view outside my bedroom door.....

Jordan is back in regular classes and Jonas is going to my old daycare up here at SFU - funny isn't it? I was about his age when I was here in the 70's. I am working as a Doula and am looking forward to attending as many births as possible before baby #2 comes along.

Its been difficult lately because of my fatigue, which comes in waves. Some days are fine and others are like I have this huge hangover and my body feels like lead. I am not feeling as nauseous but still have some food aversions. Those are slowly going away as well. There has been no weight gain yet, but I am beginning to feel my uterus expand above my pubic bone. As well, I can feel the little flutters of the fetus doing flips inside of me.

Jonas will sometimes put his hand on my belly and say that he can feel the baby. He gets very excited about a baby growing inside of me and I always tell him about when he was growing inside of me. I think he thinks its all pretty cool - I have no idea how much he truly understands since he is only 30 months old, but he understands enough to bring it up on his own sometimes.

I often wonder how he will react to the new baby and the shift in family dynamics once baby is born. Although its still so early in the pregnancy I am making conscious little changes with Jonas, such as not carrying him around so much and also letting him know that I am tired alot and need to rest more often. I am also making him wait while I finish tasks - rather than going to him so quickly when he has a need that must be met. I am hoping he will learn just a small amount of patience over these next few months so that he is more understanding when I am attending to the new baby first. Well, we will see how it all pans out.