We are having a BABY!!

Baby #3 is due to arrive on July 14th, 2013!  My BIRTHDAY!!  I can't think of any other way I would rather spend a 33rd birthday, than hopefully holding a healthy newborn baby!  I am counting down the days to when I will be a mother of 3.  Blessed doesn't even begin to describe how I am feeling! 

It was 5 AM on Sunday morning, November 4th.  Brigham hadn't been sleeping well for a few nights, and then it was also Daylight Savings, so he was up extra extra early, and this mama wasn't real thrilled!  I wasn't expecting my period for a few days yet, but when I woke up that morning, taking a pregnancy test was the first thing that popped into my head.  I had tested a few days earlier and it was negative, so I really was not expecting it to be positive.  I didn't want to be disappointed.  When the test processed and showed up PREGNANT, I was shocked & SO happy!  I woke Derek up and told him right away!

I had a doctor appointment on Thursday, November 15th.  It was just with a nurse, and was very brief.  Basically I just had to pee in a cup so they could confirm the pregnancy, and also test the urine to make sure all the levels were where they needed to be.  I got a binder full of pregnancy related info. and I was on my way home.  It all checked out great!

Wednesday, December 5th, I saw my doctor for my first appointment and first ultrasound!  It was such a relief to see the little bean on the ultrasound screen, and also see the healthy heartbeat!  I was estimating the due date to be around my birthday, but when she told me the due date was actually ON my birthday I got a little teary eyed.  So awesome!  Everything checked out wonderful at this appointment too! 

I have been feeling fabulous!  During weeks 5, 6, and 7, I had terrible back pains/aches, and was queezy on and off, but it was actually much less than I remember having with the boys.  Ever since then I have hardly felt sick at all!  One thing that has been the same in all 3 pregnancies is that coffee and diet coke (which are 2 of my most favorite things) never taste like normal in the early stages of pregnancy.  Just this past week or so I have started to love coffee in the morning again, so we are in good shape!  Of course I limit my caffeine intake to much less than normal, but a cup or 2 a day is perfectly ok in my book! 

Because I had gestational diabetes with Brigs, and my mom has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in the last year, they tested me early this pregnancy.  On Friday morning, December 14th, I headed in for a 2 hour glucose test & blood work for the 1st trimester screen.  Thinking about the orange drink prior to the appointment made me gag, so I was real worried I wasn't going to keep it down.  It ended up going down fine, and staying down!  I drank the drink by 7 and had blood drawn, and then waited in their waiting room for more blood work at 8 and 9.  And of course, I couldn't just have extra blood drawn for the trimester screen, so I had to drive to a different building to be poked again!  By 9:30 my arms were bruised and I was starving!  Later that day I got a phone call that I had passed the glucose test!  They will test me again later in the pregnancy. 

I feel like my tummy is definetely growing.  Even Boston has made comments about it... long before he even knew I was for sure having a baby!  I love the honesty in children :)  The boys are excited, although you wouldn't know that from the video of them opening up the Christmas gift with blue & pink balloons!  I was waiting for Boston to scream and jump up and down because he has been talking about me having another baby for a long time, but he just acted real confused and uninterested.  He has said 100 times since then 'I can't believe your having another baby!'.  He is really hoping for a sister this time around.  Brigs is a little too young to really get it, but he does like to lift up my shirt and say 'Baby'.  He is used to having me with a little daycare boy during the week, so hoping the transition to a baby in the house full time is much easier than it was for Boston!   

My next appointment is Monday, January 7th!  I have the 1st Trimester Screen ultrasound, and will see my doctor afterwards.  Anxious to see the little bean on the screen again, but more anxious to know that everything is right on track and there are no concerns for anything abnormal.  So many worries and uncertainties, but I know that God has had this little life planned out for a long time!