I love it when you are asked when your due date is and you say you don't know. People look at you like you are crazy and then begin to ask questions. Well, how far along are you? I don't know. When was the first day of your last period? I don't know. Are you sure you are even pregnant? (staring incredulously)
It makes me giggle.
So first, a little family history. I have always wanted my kids to be close in age. I had Alexis, and at just about 18 months later, I had Emily. I loved that spacing. I loved how close my girls are as sisters and friends. I love that when my oldest was growing out of the baby stage- I had another baby coming. I loved it!
Then, when Emi was around 9 months old, I thought we ought to try again for the same spacing. Unfortunately, this time we were told no (we always pray about and take the decision to have or not to have a baby seriously). And I waited and I waited and I waited. Finally I felt the time was right to be off of birth control. And I waited and waited. Then I got pregnant- and miscarried. Then I got pregnant again. By the time Johnathon was born, Alexis was almost 5 and Emily was 3. I loved this spacing too. My girls were so independent- I had so much one on one time with my baby. It was perfect timing for us at the time, because my husband was deployed and I didn't have his extra help.
Pretty much right after Nater was born, I was ready for another baby. We prayed and agreed that we didn't need to be on birth control and when it was time, we would have another baby. I tested monthly because I was not having a period. On Nov. 29th, the test was positive. We were having another baby!!!!!
And thus, the questioning begins. I don't know when we conceived, and I didn't have any periods between Nater and this pregnancy- so there is little to base the due dates off of. Pretty much I can narrow it down to a month based on when I had a negative pregnancy test and when I had a positive pregnancy test. The furthest along I could be is about 13 weeks. The least is about 9. My body is suggesting that is closer to the 13 weeks- as several of my first trimester symptoms are diminishing. I should be due in August. We won't have a more accurate guess until we have an ultrasound (typically at your 2nd doctor visit). Which will be awhile for us. We had some issues with getting our insurance switched over, now we have to make it to the clinic (with a rental car I can't drive- during hours my husband works) for a pregnancy test. Then we wait for a referral to see a doctor. Then we schedule a visit (first visit is personal history). Then we will get to schedule our second visit. If each of those steps takes only a week- I would still be at the beginning of my second trimester based on my least pregnant possibility.
I am so excited about this baby! Philip is hoping for another boy- to even out our numbers. The girls want a sister. I felt for the longest time like it was twins (I think mostly because then I would be done having babies). We are 85% sure that we won't be finding out the gender of the baby. With Alexis, we did not have an ultrasound and I love that Philip was the one that got to announce to me that she was a girl. I think it made it more concrete that we had a baby. With Emily, we had to know- we either had everything we needed, or we needed everything. With as tight as money was then, we would need at least 9 months to prepare for a boy. With Johnathon, we found out because Philip was home for R&R on his deployment and wanted a son SO badly! The doctor checked early for us- so that Philip could be a part of finding out the gender of his boy. Now- there really isn't much of a reason to find out. I think I want to wait and have it be a surprise (or at least I know I want to wait now, I don't know if I will change my mind later).
Wow, this ended up being a very long post to say a simple, "yay! I'm not so sick anymore!" Sorry if it was boring, but I hope you enjoyed reading some of our personal family history. Because we are not yet announcing this to everyone (a.k.a. facebook) it was fun for me to tell.
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