
Stefanie is 10 weeks into this pregnancy, and it remains a bit of a challenge. I operated under the mistaken assumption that pregnancy was like other things in life, it should get easier with practice. The reason I extended this idea to pregnancy stems from watching Monte Python's The Meaning of Life and seeing the baby just fall out while the mother does the dishes. For some reason that has always stuck with me. In my subconscious mind, I assumed that Stefanie would hardly notice her pregnancy, but I have been wrong. Instead of suffering from morning sickness, Stefanie suffers from all-day long sickness. This is true--water actually makes her nauseous. She has trouble shopping because she smells food through the packaging, and she needs to vomit. Don't get me wrong, the first trimester was always hard for us, but I had a different idea of how things would go this time.
THe sickness notwithstanding, we are extremely happy for this fourth child. All we are hoping for is to make it into the second trimester as soon as possible. I think we might find out the sex of the child early this time. We loved not knowing with the others, but I think the kids really want to know. In any case we will keep you updated.