The post title says it all . . . I’m pregnant with baby #2! It has been a huge shock to us {and everyone else}. I was on birth control so this took us by complete surprise. We always knew we wanted another baby but didn’t think it would be so soon!
This experience has been the total opposite of the first time we found out. We were both pretty confused as to how this happened. I mean, yes, we know how this happened but still . . . how did this happen? A lot of stars had to align for me to become pregnant! My doctor believes that my birth control failed after a month of taking antibiotics to try to stop the terrible symptoms I had been having. But now that green bean is a part of me I wouldn’t want it any other way.
When I took the test and saw the second pink line pop up my mind went into overdrive! I was thinking of how far along I might be. Since I was charting while trying to conceive Landon I knew exactly what was happening with my body and had the timing down to a science. This time? Not so much. I hadn’t had a period in over three months (you’re not supposed to get it with the pill I was taking). So I’m sitting there thinking that I could be three months pregnant and this has been the cause of all my terrible symptoms over the last three months.
I had to go have my blood drawn to figure it out. The first number was 589, which put me between 3-4 weeks pregnant. I was so glad it was early. I wanted as much of the first trimester possible to start this little one off right! I had to go back at the end of that week to see if the number had doubled. It had. So I went in for an ultrasound on Friday, September 18th to try to date the pregnancy.
Our second little green bean’s heartbeat popped up right away. I got really teary-eyed because I hadn’t expected to see a heart flickering yet. My mom was there with Landon and the whole experience was just as heavenly the second time as it was the first. Only maybe even more special because there was my beautiful little boy smiling at me and on the screen is our new precious little one. How lucky are we?
After taking all the measurements the computer did the math and said that I was 6 weeks, 1 day pregnant with a due date of May 13, 2010! That date is all we have to go off of because I seriously can’t recall when I had my last period and really have absolutely no idea when I ovulated. This kinda scares me because it just seems wrong for some reason. Who really knows when the baby will be done baking?
So . . . here we go again! We’re getting excited thinking about a new addition to our family. At first Naaman and I were both in an utter state of shock. It’s like I couldn’t make myself believe it until I saw green bean on the screen. But now that I’ve seen him/her it feels so real.
I’m 7 weeks, 2 days along today and feeling great! Although the other symptoms I had been struggling with seemed like they could be pregnancy symptoms they weren’t. I was suffering with those from June until the end of August and obviously wasn’t pregnant when my symptoms peaked.
Honestly, I am feeling pretty fantastic right now. Those symptoms are gone and I don’t have one single pregnancy symptom with the exception of wanting to eat everything in sight. I know it’s early but I can already tell that this pregnancy is going to be different than my first.
Get ready for lots of pregnancy updates and belly pics. Only this time they will probably be belly comparisons.
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