JanB43
05-18-2008, 06:22 PM
Hi, I am Jan, I am a 43 year old mom of six kiddos, ages 25, 23, 21, 9, 8, and 4. I was stupefied Saturday to be holding a positive pregnancy test. I had taken it after dreaming that I was pregnant and realizing that I was really late for my period. I just thought I was hitting menopause.
I realize though that it's a good time. First off, I love kids, babies, all of that. I just had my gallbladder out on April 15th, which is good, because if I hadn't had it out I would have been in a world of hurt until they decided to do it after the baby was born. Also, I have lost a hundred pounds and am in much better shape than I was ever in for any of my other kids.
It does sort of bug me that I will gain again, but I can take that in stride and keep up with my exercise and moderate eating. I am not going to starve this baby. And I am off the soy for sure. That stuff is scary if you are carrying a baby.
As for background, I am a sahm, I am a new painter, having been painting for about a year and a half and having my first gallery show next month. I have three kids at home, and three on their own. One of my little ones has severe autism and one of my older kids has schizophrenia (where he hears voices in his head). That one lives in a group setting in another town.
I have two dogs, a collie and a great pyrenees and a cat, some fish and a guinea pig. We live out in The Big Woods of North/Central PA, in a tiny mountain town of about 300 people and my husband is a physics teacher in our tiny school district here. I spend way too much time on the computer.
Looking forward to hanging out through the pregnancy here.
I am not sure what the implications are for my age, but trying to take it one day at a time. I guess I will do the triple screen with a level 2 ultrasound before launching right into an amnio, because even if they thought we had downs I would not abort, so why take the chance. But the threat scares me. And labor just gives me quivers. With 6 pregnancies under my belt, with only one with an epidural, and each of them vastly different, I can't imagine what this one brings and it scares me, but I guess I am not going to worry too much at this point about labor!
Jan
I realize though that it's a good time. First off, I love kids, babies, all of that. I just had my gallbladder out on April 15th, which is good, because if I hadn't had it out I would have been in a world of hurt until they decided to do it after the baby was born. Also, I have lost a hundred pounds and am in much better shape than I was ever in for any of my other kids.
It does sort of bug me that I will gain again, but I can take that in stride and keep up with my exercise and moderate eating. I am not going to starve this baby. And I am off the soy for sure. That stuff is scary if you are carrying a baby.
As for background, I am a sahm, I am a new painter, having been painting for about a year and a half and having my first gallery show next month. I have three kids at home, and three on their own. One of my little ones has severe autism and one of my older kids has schizophrenia (where he hears voices in his head). That one lives in a group setting in another town.
I have two dogs, a collie and a great pyrenees and a cat, some fish and a guinea pig. We live out in The Big Woods of North/Central PA, in a tiny mountain town of about 300 people and my husband is a physics teacher in our tiny school district here. I spend way too much time on the computer.
Looking forward to hanging out through the pregnancy here.
I am not sure what the implications are for my age, but trying to take it one day at a time. I guess I will do the triple screen with a level 2 ultrasound before launching right into an amnio, because even if they thought we had downs I would not abort, so why take the chance. But the threat scares me. And labor just gives me quivers. With 6 pregnancies under my belt, with only one with an epidural, and each of them vastly different, I can't imagine what this one brings and it scares me, but I guess I am not going to worry too much at this point about labor!
Jan