One sleep issue I struggle with a lot in pregnancy is getting back to sleep. This has happened with my last two pregnancies. I think it usually starts later than 8 weeks (boo!), but I’ve had a couple of nights of trouble this week. Typically I fall asleep okay, especially if I give myself a long time to wind down, and I sleep until I get woken up, either by a snoring husband, a crying child, or my own wacky body. Then, if I’m very very careful not to have too many coherent thoughts, walk around much, or talk at all, I can get back to sleep okay. But if I have to talk or think about something, I’m looking at at least an hour of laying there, waiting to fall back asleep.
This morning James woke up screaming at 3:30. I could tell he needed to comforted, but I had to talk Matt into doing it. :) I also struggle with nausea in the middle of the night and really really didn’t want to get up and have to really feel it. Matt came back to bed after a few minutes and fell back asleep immediately. I laid awake until about the time he woke up for the day, close to 5:00. Then I slept very very well for one hour.
While I was laying awake, I got really really hungry (and nauseous) and decided I was craving a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit. It took a lot of will power not to wake Matt up at 4:30 to ask him to get me one. :) I did mention it to him later, and he got me one at closer to 7:00. It didn’t sound quite as perfect at that point, but it tasted really good, and I WILLED it to stay down (which is working so far anyway). I knew I needed the protein and something filling (that I didn’t have to make.)
I’ve been having a particular kind of tummy trouble this week, and my friend Martha prescribed (among other things) some coffee to help. She even made me a yummy cup and brought it over this morning. I don’t like coffee AT ALL, but this is really good! I think it’s mostly sugar and milk, but I’ll take it! And, I don’t know if y’all are aware of this, but coffee is strong. I’m having trouble getting my eyes to close. :)
I have my Joanna home today, which I love very very much. She stayed home yesterday too. She threw up one time yesterday morning and was running a fever last night. Right now though she appears to be totally fine. Oh well!
I am thinking I will start reading about carrying and mothering twins. (WHAT?!!!) There is just so much to think about! My brain is already making lists of things we’re going to need. I’m going to try and keep that list in check (we have kind of a small house), but some things we just won’t be able to avoid. (TWO carseats!) There’s also plenty of worry hanging out in the back of my head, which I’m trying not to take too much ownership of. I know this is going to be hard. I know it could get very scary. I know I might not even get to keep them. But I read something on a blog that I like very much:
“For as long as God allows me to, I will partner with Him in creation. I'll do the very best I can to mother my third and fourth children, whether I get to do that for 12 weeks, 12 years, or 5x12 years. They are real and they are His and they are ours and we are blessed.” {from www.sortacrunchy.net}
Because it’s not all about me you know. Thankfully.
On a happier note, we have gender predictions from the children. Joanna (whom we already know has a psychic link with my uterus) thinks they will be both be girls. James thinks they will both be boys, and Natalie at first said one of each but then changed her answer to two girls. All of these options scare me. Ha!
I haven’t even had this information for 24 hours yet, so it kind of feels like a dream. Sure, I’ve thought about twins before, but I always assumed that would be a club I’d never be in. NOT so! I’d better look in to getting my membership card.
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