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Well, shit. Number 4. *False Alarm*-My Body Playing Jokes
  • MorganD
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    Original Post:
    I find myself contemplating the number 4. Often, I find that 4 of anything is nice...4 cookies, for instance. Or 4 hours of quiet. However, right now I'm rolling over and over in my mind the concept of 4 kids. I have 3 boys. J(almost 5), C(almost 4), and B(1.5). It seems that I'm pregnant with a 4th little monster. Now, don't get me wrong, I want more kids. However, SO and I are both in school full-time, so right this second wouldn't be a good thing... We aren't absolutely positive that I'm pregnant, because the test I took was negative, but my glaring lack of a period is becoming an obvious marker. On top of that, I had absolutely no sign of PMS, and trust me when I say that I have some pretty obvious PMS. Irrational grumpiness and a fountain of tears, for starters. Not to mention how different my body is beginning to feel, which I can only contribute to a period or pregnancy, and since there's no period... Oh, and heartburn. I've only ever had heartburn while pregnant, and right now everything I ingest is giving me heartburn. SO doesn't really want to talk about any of this until we know for sure, but I'm already pretty sure. I'm either pregnant or something is very effing wrong. After all, a woman's menstrual cycle only stops for a few reasons, and I'm neither feeling sick nor like menopause is setting in.
    So, I'm still thinking about the number 4, the fact that I'll have 4 kids at 24, and what SO and I are going to do next. Not to mention, I'll be having this kid in the middle of the Spring semester. Talk about poor timing...*sigh* This is what I get for having baby fever.

    Well, my ANNOYING body decided to revamp the schedule a little bit...making me a week late for my cycle. OMG. I've been on edge for days, wondering how we'd make it with #4 in the middle of the Spring semester. Sheesh. What a mess. My poor SO...he's going to think I'm a nut job, because I've been FREAKING...for no apparent reason. Good Lord...then again, this might be another big joke on my sanity and there really *might* be a bun in the oven. I'll update later. *hugs* Thanks for the support anyways, ladies! *more hugs*
  • Monkeynmoo
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    Well, congrats! Everything will pan out... Maybe take online classes if you can spring term. That way you don't have to be in campus for classes... I hope dh comes around, having another is always scary but he won't even remember that fear when that little peanut comes around!!! OH, AND I HOPE HOPE HOPE IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!
  • MorganD
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    Monkeynmoo said:

    Well, congrats! Everything will pan out... Maybe take online classes if you can spring term. That way you don't have to be in campus for classes... I hope dh comes around, having another is always scary but he won't even remember that fear when that little peanut comes around!!! OH, AND I HOPE HOPE HOPE IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!



    I'm already doing online classes, thankfully. We can't afford daycare, so I have to stay home with the Monsters Three. I love being able to do both, but Idk if I can do it with 4. Oh, and I'm not so sure about having a girl...that scares me. She might take after her mother.
  • undercoverbanana
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    there is NEVER a convienient time to have a baby, once you really think about it. there is NOTHING convienient about pregnancy and having another person in your body.
    i'm nekkid.
  • MorganD
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    @undercoverbanana *sigh* That's so true. I just wish SO would stop ignoring it.
  • MorganD
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    OH, and just to add this little bit of information: NO ONE in my family will know I'm pregnant until I'm in labor or can no longer keep it a secret. I figure I have until Easter before everyone knows. Thanksgiving and Christmas? Hey, I can just pretend I'm getting fat. After all, everyone gains weight during the holidays. But it's the Easter holiday that will expose my little secret. Or, by then, my big secret. If I can avoid going to my moms at Easter, then I'll be in labor by the time I tell everyone...since my mom would kill me if I missed Easter, I think everyone will know. Wish me luck with that potential train wreck.
  • BlessieBlessie
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    I have my surprise #4 on the way right now, too. Same thing, wanted more, just not *yet*! I just started a new career in April!. Our kids are 6, 3, and NINE MONTHS. I am ~9 weeks along. I took 2 pregnancy tests because I "felt pregnant", nada. Thought I was safe. Then I got heartburn for 2 days strait. Remembered the only reason I have ever gotten heartburn, tested again. Faint positive. Next day, digital, positive. Right there with ya sister! Congratulations!
  • MorganD
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    @Blessie Thanks. I feel like a mess, and SO thinks I'm looney, because I keep saying that I *feel* pregnant. As if a man would understand.lol I'm just hoping that I can get him to stop being such a punk when the test inevitably says positive. *hugs* If I'm pregs, I'm only about 4-5 weeks. Thanks for letting me feel like I'm not the only one freaking out! :)
  • BlessieBlessie
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    My DH didn'tbelieve me either, not until I showed him the digital. I was about 6 weeks?
  • BlessieBlessie
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    I'm just praying Mine's not twins. 8-}
  • LLB
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    Sometimes mommas just know. I swear I knew I was pregnant with this baby the second dhs sperm hit the egg! I started feeling pregnant immediately! I tested the day before my period was expected with a cheapo test and got a positive!
  • MorganD
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    @Blessie OMG, twins...I'd freak.
  • MorganD
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    @LLB It was so funny, the night of our *slip up* I was thinking, good Lord, this will be the night I end up pregnant. But then I didn't think much of it...Whoops.lol
  • BlessieBlessie
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    I'm terrified. Both DH's and my family's are due for another set of twins. We have lucked out so far.... I keep sending voodoo vibes to his sister and my brother, neither of which have kids yet. Lol
  • MorganD
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    @Blessie My dad used to say, with my first two pregnancies, that I was going to have twins. Well, I've had three kids, no twins...but if I end up with twins this time, I can already hear him laughing all the way from Heaven.lol
  • LLB
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    Twins aren't that bad. Mine are almost 6. We were actually hoping for another set of twins as this will probably be my last pregnancy due to health issues.
  • MorganD
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    @LLB I thought twins would be really cool at first...but now that I have 3 kids, and another coming, Idk that I could handle two babies at once.
  • BlessieBlessie
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    @morgand @llb
    MorganD said:

    @LLB I thought twins would be really cool at first...but now that I have 3 kids, and another coming, Idk that I could handle two babies at once.






    Ditto!
  • mama2tutnkcmama2tutnkc
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    Congrats!! And I applaud you. I'm good with 2.. I don't know how y'all do it...
    feels like *home* to me
  • MorganD
    Posts: 3,456Member
    Thanks, @mama2tutnkc. I'm not entirely sure if I'm happy about it or not, I'm still kind of reeling, and it's such bad timing.lol I just hope that everything turns out ok.
  • chaosmomchaosmom
    Posts: 3,865Member
    It WILL turn out ok. My youngest are 1 yr & 1 week apart. It was the 1st time we had sex after #3 was born & I was exhausted. It was a "fine....just do it already so I can go to sleep" situation. But it all works out eventually. You make some tweaks here & there & then all is well.
  • PandamandaPandamanda
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    I have taken tests and they are negative but day 3 of missed period, nausea & I don't know.if this happens with you guys but me & DF had sex yesterday & normally if my.period is delayed, it will start with sex....nothing! He thinks I'm overreacting but I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant! Oh & our wedding is two months away!!!! But good luck with #4 :)
  • MorganD
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    I HATE my body. I started this morning... a WEEK later than I was supposed to. What the hell??? No period, no PMS, lots of heartburn...all signs I've had in the past when I was pregnant. This is like one huge joke that the universe is playing on me. I've been freaked out for DAYS. Ugh. Well, no baby and no worrying, but I'm still so frustrated...I should get on BC. At least then I'll be on a schedule.
    Anyways, thanks for the support, ladies! *hugs* Love you all!
  • BlessieBlessie
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    Aww, I was hoping to have a buddy to through this with! Lol oh well, do some "yay I'm not pregnant!" shots in my honor. :)
  • MorganD
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    @Blessie If I drank, I'd do some for you.lol But really, I'm not positive yet. When I got pregnant with DS1, I had a period the first month. And it's funny, because as much as SO didn't want to talk about it, he said he even felt like I was pregnant.... and is it weird that I'm a little sad? My emotions are all a mess right now. *sigh*
  • BlessieBlessie
    Posts: 1,500Member
    Well then I will hold out hope. ;) And if you're not, since you don't drink, eat some sushi, or a hot dog, or some fancy soft cheese in my honor. :)
  • MorganD
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    @Blessie Mmmm...hotdogs. lol
  • BlessieBlessie
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    Bitch.
  • BlessieBlessie
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    ... Sorry, hormones. ;)
  • MorganD
    Posts: 3,456Member
    @Blessie lol That's okay.
  • mama2tutnkcmama2tutnkc
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    If you want to be preggo I will keep my fingers crossed X o.o X but IF mother nature is being a bitch then I will do a have -a-baby- rain dance ( I have a rain stick blessed by a Chickasaw medicine man) maybe that will work!! :D
    feels like *home* to me
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