Pregnancy Confirmation - 8.21.13

"Well you can't get anymore pregnant that that!"

Today I met with a midwife to confirm my pregnancy. Simply meaning I peed in a cup and they ran a professional pregnancy test on it. Don't know if they're able to check the hormone levels or what b/c the comment "MWA" (that's what we'll call the midwife) made when she walked in made me think there must be some sort of level that was high.

It was a quick appt. I was able to ask some questions that I had and we made an appt. for me to have our first ultrasound to make sure everything is progressing as it should and also meet with Dr. F (my fave) to discuss the plan for this pregnancy. With Aubrey, I had to take blood thinner injections due to my Factor V Leiden. I'm sure the plan will follow the same as my pregnancy w/ Aubrey, but MWA wanted me to meet with Dr. F to make sure. For now, I'm taking a baby aspirin daily.

I am also considered AMA (advanced maternal age) b/c I'm 35. Higher risk for women once they're 35, and apparently now there is a blood test that can tell you the gender at 10 weeks (as well as test for chromosomal disorders)!! I have 2 friends that have been able to have this test done to find out they're having BOYS! Wonder if we'll follow that trend?

So I have the ultrasound scheduled for Tuesday, 9/17. It feels like that is forever away, but I'm sure it will be here before we know it. Steve will join me for that appt as well (and all others following).

Once we have that appt., we will plan to share the news with our parents. And BB Squared is the size of a sweet pea. Amazing that in a just a few short weeks, baby has gone from the size of a poppy seed to the size of a sweet pea!

Prayers for a Friend - 8.15.13

One of my dear friends had her 8 week pregnancy appointment today and sadly found out via ultrasound that the baby stopped thriving around 5 weeks gestation. She is hoping her body will take care of this naturally. Lifting her up in my prayers. My heart hurts for her and her family. :-(

Pregnancy is so scary. There are so many unknowns. My friend has a strong faith and good attitude about it. She believes, just as I do, that everything really does happen for a reason.

I try to remain optimistic and feel that I'm much less stressed about this pregnancy than I was with AG. Likely because my pregnancy with AG was following a miscarriage, so I was on high alert. But I do have some not-so-positive thoughts about this pregnancy that creep into my mind and I pray daily that I have a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby. This is in God's hands. This is His doing. His creation. I am blessed to carry a baby in His name. Thank you Lord.

One Week Later - 8.15.13

One week later since a positive pregnancy test.

Still not many symptoms. Maybe some mild morning sickness. And I mean mild.

Still no period. Officially 4 days late.

Called to go ahead and schedule an 8 week appt. with the midwifery group that my OB practice started right at the end of my pregnancy with Aubrey. I figure we could go down that route with this pregnancy. They've changed things up a bit though since my pregnancy with Aubrey. Now they bring you in prior to the 8 week appt. for a pregnancy confirmation appt and they go over insurance and pregnancy prep stuff. So I scheduled that for next Wednesday.

I tell myself daily "holy crap, you're pregnant". Gonna be a fun ride!

An Orange Seed - 8.12.13

Still so early in the pregnancy but I'm 4 weeks along. Don't have any pregnancy symptoms I don't think. Baby is the size of an orange seed.

Girls weekend was great! We had a small group (9 of us) and I drank odouls all weekend. Someone who's the party starter and not drinking will always raise some questions, so I informed my besties that I had in fact, taken a pregnancy test and that thing came up positive. What is funny is that 3 of our friends announced their pregnancy in the last 2 weeks and another friend announced over the weekend. We will have 2 new babies in our group come February, 2 in March and 1 (mine) in April. 5 pregnant friends!! What's even more funny is that the other 2 friends I was pregnant with when I was carrying Aubrey was Kory and Kristina and they are the 2 due in March! I informed the rest of our girls weekend crew via email but asked to keep it off of Facebook. Our parents don't even know!

Hope to come up with a fun way to tell them. I did go ahead and buy AG a "big sister" shirt. But it's a 3T. Lol. Gonna be a little large. Maybe she can wear it as a dress with a cute little belt!

Pictures...a few of my faves - 1 year, 8 months old

History Just May Be Repeating Itself - 8.1.13

Back in 2011, I had a trip planned to Charlotte to visit with friends and drinking was going to be involved. Steve and I had suffered a miscarriage the November prior and had been trying to get pregnant again for 3 months. I wasn't having any pregnancy symptoms and I wasn't "late" yet, but just to be safe, I decided to take a pregnancy test. I would have hated to have found out I was pregnant after a weekend of drinking. Well, long story short, the test result was positive. And now we have a beautiful baby girl who is almost 2!!

Fast forward to today. I leave tomorrow for my semi-annual girls weekend and of course there will be drinking involved. How many people take pregnancy tests revolved around drinking? Anyway, Steve and I weren't exactly careful the last month and so to be safe (again), I decided to take a test. Steve ran out to buy one, along with some ice cream and I took the test this morning. FULLY EXPECTING the test to come back negative, I peed on the stick. 

To my surprise, that darn thing starting displaying a cross sign for positive. Well I'll be damned. Monday will mark me officially being "late". I will refrain from alcohol this weekend with the girls. 

I'll call the doc next week for an appt in a month or so. Pretty exciting and crazy all at the same time! AG is gonna be a BIG SISTER!

Now...what's a fun way to tell the parents and then friends and family?