I'm having my third kid at 39. It's a distinct cognition from whenever I was expecting alongside my another 2 boys.
My 40th anniversary is in April, and my third son is due fair two months before my milestone age. It's a fact that came as a bigger astonishment to me than anyone else.
A few days following a missed duration and continual cramping, I asked my hubby to go buy a test. It lit up alongside twice lines so quickly that, in my shock, I wondered if there were multiple babies. Later, I learned I was hosting fair one new babe.
Things are distinct this time
The pregnancy was unexpected, but not unwelcome. After multiple miscarriages, apt because of my bicornuate (or heart-shaped) uterus, I idea our days of having babies were over. However, this one established a viable place to clasp onto, and he's now complete half-grown, having fair completed his anatomy scan alongside nonstop movement.
Unlike my earlier pregnancies, this one is taking a greater toll. At five months pregnant, I'm additional tired and nauseous, and my belly has gotten bigger faster. That meant before acidic reflux, additional washroom breaks, additional months of waddling, and all the difficulties that arrive alongside pregnancy: it's a procedure to remain up, difficult to curve over, and I'm fair plain slow. Every day, the words, "And that's Uncle Joe, he's a moving kinda slow" from Petticoat Junction perform in my head. Not dissimilar Uncle Joe, I'm moving extremely gradually at all times.
And that's alongside extra sleep — following getting my sons (7 and 9) to sleep all night, I'm in bed correct rearward them, normally wrecked out by 8:30 or 9. This build is doing a lot of growing, and it's exhausted.
Much to my husband's chagrin, there was no "fun period" of this pregnancy. I went direct from changeless nausea to emotion uncomfortable. This is apt because of it being a third advanced pregnancy. Despite lone gaining 15 pounds thus far, I'm abbreviated alongside a abbreviated torso, so whenever the baby grows, I develop alongside alongside him.
One item that has made existence easier this go-around is that my children are older now. Now, I have two helpers who can choice things up, fetch drinks, or obtain out the trash. At home, they do most of my bending and gathering and are blessed to help; it's a far cry from the first days of having two under 2.
I have a spotless invoice of health, although we'll be doing additional common monitoring
My doctor noted that 35-39 is a "gray area" for the advanced maternal age protocol. Though chromosomal and cistron type lifeblood tests are recommended following 35, my coverage disagreed, opting not to shield the recommended prenatal lifeblood tests because of my heritage. Thankfully, we weren't on the hook for the complete $12,154 invoice because of the company's earnings necessity guidelines — families up to 400% of the national poorness flat are eligible for dense discounts — but my coverage rant is beside the point.
The tests were done, and all came rear alongside fine news. Considering the annual addition in hazard to pregnancies in one's 30s, it came as a huge relief. There volition be a item anywhere my doctor visits addition — to date, I've been seen formerly a month, but following 32 weeks, that jumps to formerly a week for fetal monitoring and lifeblood force checks. Medically, this is the lone alter from my former pregnancies I've seen so far, gratitude to an alternatively spotless invoice of health. Hopefully that continues to be the case, but there's no denying this gestation is taking a toll on my body.
Pregnancy is a young person's game, but thankfully, I'm complete midway through. In the meantime, I'll continue to sleep and rest, assisting us the two through a fit pregnancy.
