"Mommy, How Does the Baby Get Out of Your Belly, Really"?

Me about 8 or 9 weeks ago.

When it comes to the conditions of my uterus, I have a hard time keeping secrets. So, for all of you who may not have heard yet, yes, I am pregnant! I'm 7 1/2 weeks along and feeling quite nauseous most of the time as well as very tired...but the rest of time I feel great and enjoy indulging in my cravings. Examples: snow crab, fillet-o-fish sandwiches, junior whoppers, chicken salad on an everything bagel, pickles, Coke Icees, and ice cream to name my most recent favorites!

7 weeks

I found out I was pregnant 5 days before my missed period...I went in for my annual exam, not expecting to get a positive result, and was rather shocked at the news! After 5 months, I was beginning to think I was too old to get prego or something....well, I was wrong! Phew!

The first person that I told was Chloe. (Only because Jason wasn't returning my text messages-he was in a part of the hospital that he couldn't and took forever to get home that day....so I had to tell someone!!!!!) I told her it would be a secret and that she shouldn't tell anyone. Well, that didn't work. The phone rang, she picked it up, and blurted out, "Guess what, Nanna! Mommy has a baby in her tummy"! So my secret couldn't really be a secret...as she continued to tell more and more people as the days went by.

Both girls are very excited and have been putting their baby dolls and stuffed animals under their shirts. It was reported to me today that Lily was caught nursing her baby in the football position at school today. (How she knows about that I'm not totally sure)!

This morning was the kicker. Chloe was ready for school and we were sitting down eating breakfast and she says, "Mommy, how does the baby get out of your belly, really? Do you cut it out?" Previous to this she figured that I would throw it up. She was constantly asking me to open my mouth so she could check it out. I guess she figured that wouldn't work very well. So, upon considering the honesty approach from my friend Angela, I decided to give Chloe a quick anatomy lesson. I told her that the baby is inside my uterus and made a circular shape with my hands. Then I told her that when the baby is ready to live on its own, he or she would travel through the birth canal and come out of my vagina. You know that hole that you have down there? That's what that hole is for. Sometimes that doesn't work and then they will cut the belly open. But most of the time babies come out of the vagina. She then stared at me for what felt like forever, and said, "Wow. That's really gross, Mom!"

I just wonder how many of her friends at school now know where and how a baby really comes out.!?...