Monday, September 01, 2014

happy spring! it's time to share some news

I'm so happy to tell you that baby #3 is growing beautifully. I'm 13 weeks pregnant, due early March, and we are ecstatic. 

It's been difficult to keep it from you (although I'm sure some of you may have guessed from my quieter ways of late). Indeed, all I have wanted to write about is this pregnancy, the emotions and challenges of the first trimester and the way that joy and overwhelm seem to coexist for me right now. I've got much to share over the coming weeks.

Winter was the perfect season for my first trimester; I definitely took hibernation to a completely new level - a daily nap was essential and early nights were the norm. Now, with the onset of spring and warmth, I'm enjoying the return of energy, clarity and motivation. Every morning Che and Poet join me in bed to talk about the baby, how much it has grown and whether it's ready to be born yet. The day after we told them the news (at 10 weeks) Poet said to me: "It's taking soooo long to be born!" Indeed, it will take a little longer. Unsurprisingly, Che would like a boy (named Tintin) and Poet would like a girl (named Elsa). We won't find out the sex; the surprise is just too precious to give up.

Let the pregnancy documentation begin (although don't expect weekly belly shots, I'm far too disorganised for that!)...


74 COMMENTS

  1. Congratulations Jodi! Strange... I thought of you out of the blue recently and wondered whether you were pregnant. Must have felt it in the coming spring air! Glad to hear that all is well... x

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  2. Hooray! Congratulations! What fantastic news... You must all be so thrilled. Wishing you and your family all the best x

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  3. Wonderful news! How exciting! Can't wait to hear everything you want to share about your journey from two to three kids.

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  4. Congratulations! What wonderful news… I was wondering! Such a lovely start to spring. x

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  5. Wonderful news! Congratulations. Our third child was born four months ago, and while I was a little nervous about how I would cope with the ratio of more children than adults, she has fit into the family perfectly and everything seems to have fallen into place. Now I can't imagine life without her and she is so doted on my her two big sisters. I'm sure the same will happen for you :)

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  6. Yay Jodi!!! How exciting! So very happy for you. xxx

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  7. Such wonderful news! Congratulations to you all. Xx

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  8. I'm 10 weeks with my third. How wonderful to watch your journey at a similar time! Congratulations :-)

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  9. Aww, congratulations, how wonderful!!

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  10. Congratulations Jodi! What a perfect way to start spring with such exciting news!

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  11. Congratulations!!!! I miss being pregnant!

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  12. Congratulations Jodi! I thought I spied a little bump in one of your last posts. Wonderful news xx

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  13. Oh such beautiful news, blessings to you all. That was my exact timing with Marlin... Born March and first trimester through Winter. I LOVED it, as you say, Winter was the perfect time that energetically supported so well with its invitation to hibernate - that first trimester so demanding of rest and stillness. And birthing in March was again the same, with a wee newborn in autumn and winter, it was again the perfect time to hibernate in that quite world of baby. All the love xxxx

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  14. Such beautiful news! I woke up this morning & felt someone I knew would be making a baby announcement, I'm so pleased it was you! I hope you do have a boy named Tintin, so cool. Take care mama & enjoy growing your new little life xx

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  15. Happy spring to you too! What lovely news, congratulations and enjoy!

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  16. Such lovely news. How exciting for you all xx

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  17. So happy for you Jodi! You do make sweet babies xx

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  18. Oh a heartfelt congratulations! That photo is just lovely, happy growing and happy days. Looking forward to following your journey xxx

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  19. Huzzah and SNAP! I'm due end of Feb with my first. My only sadness is you are too far away to travel to for yoga! *s*

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  20. Congratulations! Such lovely news :) (I feel a twinge of envy, knowing that I will never have a third...)
    Enjoy that growing belly of yours!

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  21. Lovely photo Jodi, we can see the joy in your eyes. Congratulations! I'm with Poet it does take soooo long to wait to meet this little babe :) Blessings on a beautiful pregnancy for you xx

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  22. Congrats! You look radiant! Sending you amazing healthy baby bump vibes from across the world. We decided to keep the sex a surprise with the first, opted to try finding out for the 2nd. If we would have had a 3rd I think I would have wanted the surprise again. :-)

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  23. Wonderful news....how exciting for your family. Congratulations to Mum and Dad. Loved the Tin Tin name....my son was right into Tin Tin too a while back. Regards Kathy A, Brisbane

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  24. Oh YAY!!!! I guess that's where the posts on considering 3 were coming from!! Congratulations!! I love pregnancy, especially when it's not mine!!! =D

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  25. such beautiful news Jodi, and what a gorgeous welcome to spring this post is! x

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  26. How beautiful! Congratulations Jodi, such a happy, exciting time for your family! xx

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  27. Congratulations, such a blessing. x

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  28. ahhh, & what a radiant mama you look too. Big congratulations Jodi xx

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  29. Congratulations, Jodi! And what a lovely image of you. xx

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  30. What beautiful news Jodi! Very happy to hear your baby news, there are a lot of bubbas growing on my blog feed at the moment! Much love x

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  31. Whoo-hoo! Wonderful news! Congratulations to you all. Just one in there, I hope ;) xxx

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  32. Congratulations Jodi. You look stunning!

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  33. Congratulations Jodi from whole my heart!

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  34. What fantastic news, congratulations!! Look forward to sharing your special journey! x Dre

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  35. Congratulations!Big leap of faith.You're jumping into the unknown...
    I wish you a lovely pregnancy!Big hug from France!

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  36. This is such exciting news! I'm excepting my very first baby, and your story of sharing this voyage with your two other children sounds like a dream to me…

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  37. So exciting! Congrats to you all! x

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  38. A big congratulations to you and Daniel!!

    Sarah xx

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  39. Congratulations! You look lovely! Can't wait to follow your adventures with three little ones, you are such an inspiration. My second child was born in early March this year and ever since I have been dreaming about having another one. Good luck and blessing to all of you from Denmark where we are heading into fall already.

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  40. Big congrats Jodi, what a beautiful tiny bump. As a mum to three young ones, I can tell you n° 3 is indispensable! Rest well x

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  41. Oh Congrats lovely lady! That's three IG/bloggy friends now having babies - you, Steph and Kesh….oh it's a magical time and so so lovely that your energy has returned just at the start of spring! God Bless xx

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  42. Gah! Just remembered the sling! I'm such a muddleheaded wombat. I'll pop it in the post in the morning. Congratulations, this is fantastic news!

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  43. 3 is the best! Congratulations!

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  44. Oh what beautiful news…congratulations!!!

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  45. Congratulations again! It will be so nice to follow your journey and learn from it, as I hope to be pregnant myself sometime in the next couple of years. I hope you'll stay well and take good care of yourself! xoi

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  46. Congratulations Jodi! And what a lovely picture, you look so very very happy. I wish you and your family all the best for the upcoming months!

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  47. Dear Jodi - how wonderful!! Sending you my congratulations and love on reading your fantastic news. I have so enjoyed following your life and times through this magic space (from just before Poet was born) and it is lovely to see that your dream came true to expand your beautiful family. You are radiating joy! Hugs xXx

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  48. Congratulations Jodi, this is wonderful! Sending so much love to your gorgeous family. xoxo

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  49. Many many congratulations. That is very exciting! I noticed something, but thought it was something sad - that you were going to give up blogging. So happy it's for such a happy reason!

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  50. Congratulations! Such exciting news for you all - so lovely that Che & Poet are so excited :) Much love xox

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  51. oh wow. you look so cute with your third baby growing. congratulations, enjoy, and yes i suspected. xx

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  52. Congratulations! Another beautiful person to join your beautiful family. I am thinking about how you mention that joy and overwhelm are your feelings - I definitely understand; I felt the same way while expecting (surprise!) number four - with a small amount of panic thrown in the mix. I say embrace the overwhelm, and use it to help mentally prepare yourself for the stretch to three - if you expect it to be busy, it's not so difficult to cope with when it is. I found this really helped when preparing to welcome our beautiful, darling fourth child. I hope you are well, and will continue to be so! xx

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  53. Congratulations!!!! Little ones get so excited! My kids have always told our neighbours before most people as they are busting to tell people :) you look fabulous. We went from 1 to 3 but it's when I really felt like we were a big family. You will love itxxx

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  54. Congratulations Jodi!!! I just saw your IG post about wearing something for 2nd trimester and thought I had better come over to find out more although I did suspect we would hear some news from you soon. Such lovely news..... Take care xxx

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  55. Blessings to you and your family. What a joyous time! Also I would like to thank you for the link to Red Tent Boosting Immunity Course. I know of Red Tent but if it wasn't for you I would of missed out on such an informative and enlightening course that is especially relevant to our lives right now.

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  56. How wonderful!! I am also 13 weeks along with our third child, so I'll especially enjoy following along your pregnancy journey. Congratulations!

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  57. just the best news Jodi, so rapt for you all! xx

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  58. what joyful news!! you look beautiful. how wonderful the surprise will be when the gender is announced at birth. my brother in law was the one who told my sister "it's a boy!" when he 'caught' their first son - precious, indeed. congratulations!

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  59. congratulations! best best news!!

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  60. I'm just catching up! Congratulations Jodi, what wonderful news!

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  61. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x

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  62. A little late, but how Fabulous! Congratulations!

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