Where to begin?

I am what people call computer challenged so this blogging is all new to me but people on my parent boards have them so I thought to myself, why not? I am hoping to get input from others on what I should do or not do or do more of to make this a more interesting read. I went for my 24 week obgyn appt yesterday and while I was sitting there in the waiting room for over an hour it dawned on me that in a little over three months I am going to have another baby. I swear I think I have been in denial this whole time. Now my youngest is currently almost 11 months old and the two will be 15 months apart and that should be no biggie considering my first two were only 12 months apart, right? Well I was alot younger then. 13 years younger to be exact when I had my second a year after my first. I was young and energetic and supermom. We did play groups and mom groups and went to the library and park weekly. We did field trips to the airport and museums and took swimming lessons and now I don't have time to both shower and eat in the morning.

Well I found out that I am hypertensive. For those not knowing what that means it means I have high blood pressure. Why would I be stressed and why would I have high blood pressure? I just waited for an hour in a crowded waiting room to be called in to sit for another 15 minutes in a small office. I am overweight, eat horribly, am running around with five children and expecting my sixth. I work full time to watch my entire paycheck cover the cost of daycare and the cost of hockey for the four of my children who play.

Paying for hockey is like building a new house. You find a house that you would love to buy and the price seems ok or atleast within what you expected but then when you go to sign the papers and they are like oh, you wanted a toilet in the bathroom and a front door or carpet or padding and before you know it you are up thousands of dollars above what you thought the house would cost you. See, hockey is the same way. My daughter made the A team and I thought how wonderful and was so proud of her but be careful what you wish for. Aside from the registration and monthly ice assessments and equipment purchases and upgrades and tournaments and extra ice time at a training facility and warm ups and fundraisers we are close to two thousand dollars for the year and the season just started in late September. Now I will complain and complain often about the cost of hockey but I love the freaking sport. We have season tickets for the River Rats (AHL) team and although we often miss games because of our own hockey schedule, it is nice to get out and watch the team. My daughter's team is going Wednesday night as a team and have box seats. Me and the other children will it in our regular seats. My husband hates everything about hockey. He offers to stay home with the baby who he insists will never play hockey, however every morning the baby grabs his plastic hockey stick and pushes a ball around the house. I think my husband will have to continue to work way into his old age so the little one can have his ice assessments paid for.

The only good thing that came about from my appointment is that they are going to induce me the week before my due date. I know alot of people have issues with induction and believe a baby will come when they come but for starters I will most likely be battling hypertension the entire pregnancy. Secondly, I have five other children that I will now be able to arrange child care for when I go into the hospital instead of finding someone in the middle of the night that can come over and sit with them and the part that makes me so happy about the induction is that I will get to have an epidural. I have VERY quick deliveries and last time they were just able to get the test dose in and I had to push. With my history of rapid deliveries this doctor feels it best to have me come in before so it can be in a controlled environment. Meaning my husband and I don't have to deliver this one like we did with my oldest. :)

Sorry for being all over the place, I thought I wouldn't have anything to say and then it took off in all different directions.